Fulham v Aston Villa Post Match Thread

[remy]

A splendid, splendid win.
Caught napping in the first few mins but the quality we have, we struck back immediately. The shift in mentality I knew we were not going to lose like I would have pre-unai.
Bailey was a bit frustrating and I wish he could show last season’s form. We play some really good stuff and are one of the best teams in the country now.
Wonderful goal by Watkins. Fantastic.
Great Pen save from the world no1.
Great to see the bench players - we have great depth and makes us villains thrilled on games to come.
Take a bow players, manager, coaches - Wow!! 

[VillaTim]

It was nice that the corner to the near post finally worked. Think it was 11th time and boom what a goal !!

[ChicagoLion]

Tielemans MOTM, when I see people pick teams that do not include Digne I think wtf.
I thought  Rogers and Watkins were poor but their goals make up for it.
3 points, we move on.

[SamTheMouse]

Tielemans is a better player than Luiz. We've done great work there.

[Londonfranky]

That was certainly an eye opener for this Fulham fan, after our promising start to the season, apart from the first five minutes, it was all Villa, every corner created danger, we never created much at all you certainly kept our midfield quiet and that’s been the best part of team so far this season, I suppose we were a bit unlucky first goal deflection, third goal own goal, and a completely shite penalty, but that doesn’t take away from how well you played, good luck for the rest of the season

[Demitri_C]

Its a key win. We have some real tough tests coming up

H Bournemouth
A Spurs
A Liverpool
H Palace
A Chelsea

So absolutely vital we got the 3 points today as we have some real challenges coming up

[VillaTim]

Tielemans is a better player than Luiz. We've done great work there.

Absolutely a higher pedigree player , Luiz is good but had too many lapses in concentration and often slowed the game down to snails pace . Tielemans has elevated the centre mid to a different level .

[Villa in Denmark]

That was certainly an eye opener for this Fulham fan, after our promising start to the season, apart from the first five minutes, it was all Villa, every corner created danger, we never created much at all you certainly kept our midfield quiet and that’s been the best part of team so far this season, I suppose we were a bit unlucky first goal deflection, third goal own goal, and a completely shite penalty, but that doesn’t take away from how well you played, good luck for the rest of the season

Thanks Franky.

Yeah at the top level it can be a game of fine margins, but I didn't think we actually played as well as we can.

Good luck to your lot for the rest of the season too. Apart from the return game of course.😁

[CT Villan]

Great performance, only slight disappointments are the lack of physicality from Pau and Bailey's ongoing dip in form. No way was it a second yellow for Jaden. I'd also like the ref to explain why he did the crossed-arms signal to say no penalty on Cash when looking right at it, then rolling on his back with his legs in the air once VAR started tickling him.

[remy]

On 20th October 2022, we played Fulham away under slippy and I sat through one of the worst 90 mins ever. In a drowsy-stupor like fever dream that night my phone pinged like mad and I knew he’d been binned without bother to checking.
We scored an own goal, had a sending off and conceded a penalty.

One Mr Unai Emery arrived TRANSFORMS the club, players and mentality and nearly 2 years to the day we return, we played, we conquered.

This time, their man gets sent off, we save their penalty and they score an own goal. We also come from behind to win yet again. 99% of our squad is now available for selection and we’re 1 point of the top.

Happy Days.

[cdbearsfan]

That was certainly an eye opener for this Fulham fan, after our promising start to the season, apart from the first five minutes, it was all Villa, every corner created danger, we never created much at all you certainly kept our midfield quiet and that’s been the best part of team so far this season, I suppose we were a bit unlucky first goal deflection, third goal own goal, and a completely shite penalty, but that doesn’t take away from how well you played, good luck for the rest of the season

Thanks LF. Fulham are a decent side, IMO... wouldn't have been devastated with a draw today, especially after the first five minutes! Good luck for the rest of the season, return match(es) not withstanding.

[olaftab]

That was certainly an eye opener for this Fulham fan, after our promising start to the season, apart from the first five minutes, it was all Villa, every corner created danger, we never created much at all you certainly kept our midfield quiet and that’s been the best part of team so far this season, I suppose we were a bit unlucky first goal deflection, third goal own goal, and a completely shite penalty, but that doesn’t take away from how well you played, good luck for the rest of the season

Thank you LF. Pleased Jimenez scored as he’s in my FFT and best wishes for the rest of the season.

[Matt C]

We are now just a very, very good football team. It’s great, isn’t it?

[ChicagoLion]

That was certainly an eye opener for this Fulham fan, after our promising start to the season, apart from the first five minutes, it was all Villa, every corner created danger, we never created much at all you certainly kept our midfield quiet and that’s been the best part of team so far this season, I suppose we were a bit unlucky first goal deflection, third goal own goal, and a completely shite penalty, but that doesn’t take away from how well you played, good luck for the rest of the season

Cheers Franky.

You were bypassing your midfield because I don’t think you have the players to play through a well organised press.It could have been different had you scored the penalty.
All the best for the rest of the season.

[rob_bridge]

Tielemans MOTM, when I see people pick teams that do not include Digne I think wtf.
I thought  Rogers and Watkins were poor but their goals make up for it.
3 points, we move on.

Tielemans has been our best player this season.

No mean feat bearing in mind the competition.

Honestly though when we bought him it was a 'meh' signing from Leicester and we got 2nd best compared to Toon behind Barnes.

Glad I was wrong Yourri has had a brilliant 2024