Fulham v Aston Villa Post Match Thread

[olaftab]

What’s the odds on us doing the quadruple ?

Might throw half-a-crown on that

We're about 100/1 for the league, 40/1 for the European Cup, 16/1 for the FA Cup, 10/1 League Cup.

By my calculations that should give you a return of £96,795 17s/6d (including your stake back).

PS. As your placing your stake in pre decimal, that will be less betting tax.

I would have thought with those odds the stake would be no more than tuppence ha’penny?

[RichardBatchelor]

Thought Torres was pathetic for thier goal.
Carlos MOTM for me. Did everything right.
Watkins was crap but an exceptional header.
Bailey was old self, lose the ball and wave arms about.
Tielemans superb again and Onana got through a lot of work.
Cash frustrates as usual.
Digne excellent
Martinez..it just expected now.
Ramsay in and out
Rogers good in spurts but not commanding

Overall a great wi against a very decent side

A fair summary. The goal was pathetic from Biff Bing Pau but I would add he played pretty well after that. Carlos was a rock.

[darren woolley]

Great win and great away day.

[Legion]

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

Same. I love being proved wrong.

[Accent Guy]

I just knew Rogers would score today. Great win and sets us up nicely for Tuesday.

[TonyD]

Just home from the match.
Great day out.  We won it at a canter. 
Special thanks to a H&V guy who got me ticket at the last minute and went out his way to get it to me. 

[Percy McCarthy]

The thing with Torres, is you're gonna get moments like that when he's in a one-on-one tussle with a physical striker and we know he struggles. He's in a position where all he can do is be aggressive enough to play that fine line between knocking the player off fairly or fouling and if he does that in the position they were in he risks the red. Carlos as we know would have gone shoulder to shoulder but won naturally, Torres is gonna have to be more aggressive to win that kind of tussle.

The flip side is what he does on the ball, arguably better than any defender outside the top 3. He also dealt with Jimenez a lot better in the second half, with help from Carlos softening him up a bit. Our way of playing also means we're occasionally prone to balls over the top and more robust forwards will target Pau's side. But I do think he gives us way more strengths than weaknesses. It's also arguably why Konsa is the most suited partner as his recovery pace might have given Jimenez more to think about (good finish tbf).

If Konsa was the most suited partner, surely they wouldn’t be the weakest pairing in terms of goals conceded?

[Rory]

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

You're a gentleman, Franky. Good luck to you for the rest of the season, also.

[edgysatsuma89]

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

You're a gentleman, Franky. Good luck to you for the rest of the season, also.

I like this Franky bloke, and I like Fulham, so I concur.

[Rory]

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

You're a gentleman, Franky. Good luck to you for the rest of the season, also.

I like this Franky bloke, and I like Fulham, so I concur.

I think my Grandad was a secret Fulham fan (he grew up in Lewisham) and the first time I ever saw Villa win in the flesh (at the seventh attempt) was Fulham. So I have a bit of a soft spot for them, too.

[edgysatsuma89]

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

You're a gentleman, Franky. Good luck to you for the rest of the season, also.

I like this Franky bloke, and I like Fulham, so I concur.

I think my Grandad was a secret Fulham fan (he grew up in Lewisham) and the first time I ever saw Villa win in the flesh (at the seventh attempt) was Fulham. So I have a bit of a soft spot for them, too.

When I used to be able to get to away games (physically and financially), Fulham is the one place I'm gutted I never got to. Everyone talks about how much they love going there, pisses me off thinking about it!

[Garyth]

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

One of the ‘benefits’ of near post set-pieces is that if the opposition gets a head to it first, it often will go out for a[nother] corner anyway. We saw that quite a lot today

[Rory]

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

You're a gentleman, Franky. Good luck to you for the rest of the season, also.

I like this Franky bloke, and I like Fulham, so I concur.

I think my Grandad was a secret Fulham fan (he grew up in Lewisham) and the first time I ever saw Villa win in the flesh (at the seventh attempt) was Fulham. So I have a bit of a soft spot for them, too.

When I used to be able to get to away games (physically and financially), Fulham is the one place I'm gutted I never got to. Everyone talks about how much they love going there, pisses me off thinking about it!

I would've loved to have seen that Michael Jackson statue.

[cdbearsfan]

I've seen it but can't seem to find any photos on my phone. I have photos of statues of Amy Winehouse, WG Grace, Nye Bevan and Robert the Bruce if any of those will do?

[edgysatsuma89]

I would've loved to have seen that Michael Jackson statue.

Haha. Who'd have thought Al-Fayed would be a wrong'un, ay?