FFC v Sunderland [R]

I am in Kentucky right now for opening weekend at Keeneland with my buddy from Chicago...hopefully we don't have to leave before the match is over and I can sit in the chatroom so I am not opening up the internet to check the score...that is way to depressing...I like to know the result by following the match...that way I can prepare myself for the heartbreak...

All that being said, and completely unneccessary, I will attempt to be in the chatroom...

UP FULHAM!!!

 

Forget my second wind, try my second cup of coffee. Will be in the chat for the opening kickoff only (have to try to get some mojo). My daughter has an appointment between the sticks at 8am. Hoping for a clean sheet for her and for Kasey.

 

I expecting to see kamara and Booze playing last week. They had really slipped off of the radar, so who knows who will be out there this week...I read somewhere that Litmanen was available and would atleast get a spot on the bench. I don't care who's out there, as long as they play with heart and leave it all on the pitch. If we go down, let's die with our boots on. It'll be a (2-0) win at the Cottage.

 

Youse guys cross fingers and enjoy a {hunch} brilliant game. I'm gonna be on the road.

 

disgusting.

with every other result going our way today...

disgusting.

 

Done In by Sunderland

In the famous words of Porky the Pig, ba-da-ba-da-ba-da, Dat's All Folks!!

:coffee:

 

Son of a...

Murphy is not good enough -- he should have scored on that chance. We just are not good enough.

I wish I would have seen more heart fron the Ws-- Keane and co. definitely had us on that score, especially scoring so soon after we did. Woy needs to inprove on that front. I realize there are not as many leaders as inspirational as Keane, but Woy needs to do better. He deserves the opportunity of a transfer window to see how he can do next year in the CCC.

Damn. We are going down. It sunk in when I heard the Sunderland fans singing "We are staying up".

Damn.

 

balls

 

Ok, being a 'newbie' to the sport. Are we the worst team in Prem history (I realize this is an exageration) because we lack quality players or has this team been so poorly managed that the players have given up? Is the stink is so thick at Craven Cottage that not even Roy, with some of his guys coming in the transfer window, could not change the morale of this group off players? I didn't get to see them last year so I can't compare year to year. I just watched the 2nd half and we were not inspired and not everyone was working hard. I have observed we seem to play unspired football most games, Villa, Blackburn, Everton being the only exceptions I can remember since late November.

I read a lot of knocking the players for our woes and Roy's choices as well. For those of you who have earned your football chops, what is it?

 

Sanchez was a significant reason for the demise of the Club. He brought in what I consider one of the worst crops of players, considering who left the Club.

However, the rot started much earlier then that, when Mohammed Al Fayed refused to splash the cash early enough last season. Our place in the Premiership would most likely be secure if Cookie had been given money winter of 2006-2007, hell maybe even as early as the summer of 2006.

Of course, it is not as if it was not fixable, but the gamble by MAF to not make a significant investment (until too late) was Fulham's version of The Butterfly Effect. And it has been as disasterous now as a Cat 5 Hurricane wiping out the collective dreams of all FFC Supporters.

Nothing left to do now, but rebuild.

 

Thanks. Very interesting.

Was it widely known that the players that Sanchez brought in from Northern Ireland and other places were not Prem level?

Or did it just become obvious after they stated playing games?

Is MAF a second rate owner? and we should never expect him to create a consistent top half of the table team?

Is the club just not big enough in terms of potential draw of fans to ever aspire for that level?

God, I hope we can get back up after next year. Not being able to see them on TV will be difficult.

 

OK. It all is starting to get a little clearer. Thanks for the great background. I am going to search for that article.

So when do we start our collective letter campaign to Rupert Murdoch to televise Fulham CCC matches next year?

 

I'm gonna go along with the rest of you lot and say that if Cookie had been given 20-30 in 2006, we'd be in the top half this season and last season. The one thing Cookie did right was spot talent. Remember he bought Diop at 2m and brought in Dempsey for the same price. This guy can obviously spot a player. Had he been given actual funds, we'd be challenging for the UEFA cup. I remember one season where he was talking about how we couldn't afford Darren Bent at 3M. 3M! The board set Cookie up to fail. And Cookie did just that. I was a tough critic on Cookie, but looking back, it wasn't his fault it was the boards fault.

 

What he said...

Aside from that, I honestly have nothing else to say that hasn't already been said. Just waiting for the Grim Reaper to arrive, really.

It's truly messed up how this season has transpired.

 

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah...



...shit.

 

Well the fat lady is warming up and to be honest, after watching that performance, I'm not surprised. We don't look like a team in a relegation battle. We look like a team about 5 points above relegation and breezing through the end of the season. I'm livid with all of our boys, even Hodgson for not mentally preparing them. For fucks sake, giving up a goal just before half time?! Is this a school boy league or something?!

I have to say that I was more gutted against Derby but it was the 2nd lowest I've been since I became a fan. The inevitable awaits.

I had only a few bright spots from Saturday:

1) Meeting Nick and Mike from NY, Mo and family and the Hotlanta crew. Albeit brief, I really enjoyed talking to each of them and I still feel horrible that Fulham didn't justify their long flights. Hope you all get home safe.

2) David Healy's goal, wow! But it was cruel since I did get my hopes up.

3) The Fulham fans in the pubs were singing like we won, all night. Most likely out of defiance but its great to see us all coming together.