Fulham @ The Big Bad Bullies

Looks like Johnson and Konchesky failed their fitness tests. That's an awfully mediocre squad we're putting out there, I'm afraid. Don't suppose there's a recall clause in Andreasen's loan agreement?

 

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none are confirmed exactly

 

didn't listen or see the match. was it as lopsided as the result? worse? Baird? how did the two youngsters Milsom and Brown do when they came on towards the end?

 

Milsom made a long, Radzinksi-esque run that ended with him getting eaten alive by 2 or 3 defenders. For a second though, I thought he might score!

 

As long as anyone came into that with mostly probable expectations, they should be okay with what happened today.

Now let's move on....to Europe!!!

 

The less said the better. Let's flush this one down the commode and move on. I see a W Brom thread already! Outstanding.

 

Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate.

 

An expected result.Regardless, good to see the young 'uns get a run out.

Fuck the ref, yet nobody gets calls at the "drive-in of dreams."

West Brom is going to get stomped this weekend.

 

The game was not on the tele live here (that I could find anyway). Followed the game on a match tracker. Thay had a replay at 10 pm. I know this is weak, but I did not bother to watch it. I just don't have enough S&M in me to do that (plus I have a wicked cold).

As W-Bhoy mentioned, this was a bit expected so not too let down. On to WBA.

 

Worse, I thought. Surprisingly, United showed some poor finishing. I thought Berbatov should have had a hat trick.....in the first half. Also surprisingly, I thought Gera was one of our best players in that game.

MOTM was Scholes. He was an absolute assassin with his passing, especially his long balls out to the wing. I don't think he was an inch off target with any ball he tried.

 

The game was lost before it started.

Hodgson created a defensive lineup and told the team: don't lose. The lack of confidence showed in the players, from the goalie to the outfield players.

I'd have much preferred if Hodgson had put an aggressive 4-4-2 out there and said "ManU hasn't given up a goal in a long time. I don't care what the score is, but end that streak." It couldn't have been any worse.

 

Agree Andy. And after bearing through Setanta's replay I noticed it wasn't even just a defensive formation and mindset -- it was stuff we've never seen under Woy before.

A 4-1-4-1 at Old Trafford, with Baird as the holding midfielder? And Simon Davies playing center-mid and responsible for marking Scoles? Seriously?

And hands down Schwarzer had his worst game of the season -- never seen him so unsettled before.

I know this isn't golf, but I'd kinda like a mulligan please.

It was nice to see Milsom and Brown though. I thought they played well, def have a future, and now somewhat comprehend why Andranik and Andreasen were loaned out.

Lets go shit on West Brom.

 

From Richard Jolly at ESPN:

"FULHAM VERDICT: Hodgson's team have held Chelsea at home and taken points at Liverpool and Aston Villa, but never threatened to do likewise at Old Trafford. The charitable interpretation is that the injuries to Andrew Johnson and Paul Konchesky proved too great a disruption to a previously settled side. The reality, though, is that they were thrashed."

 

United are in far better form than Liverpool and chelsea were when we faced them. We still laid an egg, but given how many matches we've had of late, if we were to take one off, this is the one I'd have picked.