Fulham away to Brighton

Massive game with European implications (dang its fun to type that!). Good news; Willian is in lineup. Bad news; Mitro is a no go, and Cairney not available. Suprising news; Marco not opting for Vinicious, but Wilson is in and moving our Jack of all Trades BDR up top.

 

How about that. Dominated most of the game yet we leave with the W.

 

We stole it. And I don't care. We'd been a better team and lost in the past. Karma owed us this one.

A monster game from Tim Ream. But it's hard not to give MOTM to Solomon.

 

Happened to us so many times in the past, it was our turn to haha.Great job by Diop and Ream again, and move up the table.

Also, please sign Solomon by any means!What a player and I hope he starts next time out.

 

100% on signing Solomon. Ream to Vinicious to Solomon..Boom!!! My wife could only laugh at my screaming fist pumping reaction. Ain’t nothing wrong with a Smash And Bleeping Grab!!!

 

I missed the match. When I saw the stats, I thought “well it looks like we kind of stole that one”. Watching the highlights definitely confirmed that thought. The only, and I mean ONLY, Fulham highlight was the goal.

 

For the first time in recent memory, we FULHAMISHED OUR OPPONENT! In a different year, in another season, on another Saturday afternoon, we play the role of Brighton today. How do you know it's your year? Today's result. Just kept plugging away until Solomon's moment of brilliance. I feel so happy for him after such a horrible injury before the season even started. To come back and do this special, special play for a winner, one we really didn't deserve, is just, well, special. He had a lot to do after being played through on a great combo from Ream and Vinicius, but he did it all perfectly! Wow! I'm gonna put that whole play on a loop and watch it until the cows come home. Dare we dream of Europe? What a great lesson in perseverance. Lots of heroes, but Leno...man, how good has he been all season, really? This is fun! Who's next? Wolves at the Cottage? COME. ON. YOU. WHITES.

 

Ream. He was a late-bloomer and didn’t start playing in MLS until 2010 (would that make him 22,23?). Much less wear and tear than in a typical European scenario where players are expected to start breaking into the first teams in their late teens. If he keeps having fun, he could go on for a few more years, and I wouldn’t assume that he would not be in the top-5 CB group for the 2026 WC.

He’s such a good human being that I’m doubly happy for him.

 

Currently on vacation celebrating a big birthday with my significant other, so I had to watch this in bits and pieces throughout the day. I got a significant eye role when I suddenly burst into fit of joy when I was supposed to be relaxing.

Although Fulham did steal this one late, they played excellent defense the entire match. As others have said Ream did great, but Tete did a very good job as well, and I might put Leno in the MotM discussion too. I just wish the Solomon change had been made earlier.

What a season! Chelsea may end up being the third best team in West London!

Oh yeah I almost forgot the highlights if you've been living under a rock and haven't seen them yet

 

Solomon is still ostensibly on loan with the contract expiring on June 30 after we shafted Shakhtar, and I hope we're speaking with them about a permanent deal. He is likely to be more expensive now than he was last summer, despite the injury that cost him half a year, because he is proving he can hack it here and because Shakhtar isn't likely to feel very warm toward us. It's one of those deals where I think the Khans outsmarted themselves (while acknowledging that TK's talent acquisition batting average has improved immensely).