FULHAM @ Everton [R]

Ok. Not time to panic IMO but we need a good showing in a tough place to play against a quality team. We need to make sure we keep a man on Arteta as he can produce moments of brilliance when given time. Their CB's are big, strong, physical, and fast. I think we should try to counter that with more of a possession game and by attacking with through balls on the ground. Here's my lineup:

-----------Neimi--------------
Ozmusi--Hughes--Stefanovich--Konch
Davies--Smertin--Dempsey---Bouazza
-------Kamara--Healy--------


Have Dempsey play up behind the strikers in an attacking mid role.

 

RE: Fulham @ Everton

i have no idea how to spell Omuzusi or however it's spelled and i'm too lazy to look

 

2-2

Healy with a Brace.

Still not liking our road form, but I sense back to back wins over New Castle and Wigan in the near future. COYW!!!

 

I thought it was on Setanta.

 

I've been a huge fan of TIMMY! ever since he was a Metrostar, and I hate wishing ill-fortune on anyone, but if he were to pick up a minor injury and miss Saturday's match, I think I'd be OK with that.

 

I like the lineup also, Omsdogg. Let's get Smertin back in there and drop Dempsey to the middle. I see a tie (1-1)...but we'll have our chances to pull it out.

 

If their CBs are that big, then we'll need Kuqi up front. Whether we use Healy or Kamara with him is another question - I would tend to think Kamara as he works better in the short passing game than Healy and with Dempsey in the middle, that style will appear more than the "typical" Fulham game.

 

This is a very hard one to call, the toffee's are a strong, fast, tough tackling team who can play good football-if we get a point out of this it will be a very good result.
They have some very good ball playing defenders, they can pass and move right from the back to front,with cahill and arteta spraying out lovely crosses to the big and fast strikers-those two tricky midfielders can score the odd one or two as well!!!!
If we come to play football we have a chance, if we go to defend I think we will get cut to peices
just how I see it guys

 

I'll be making the trip up there (via the free Fulham coach, thanks FFC!) but i'm not expecting much. We have an awful record up there.

If you are watching it on TV, make sure to keep a look out for the first of three flags we are having made:



WE ARE FULHAM

 

Brilliant banner Mike. I'll keep a look out for it.

I am hoping Fulham can steal a point from Goodison, but would love to see them walk away with three. Neither result looks likely. Especially with Fulham's inconsistency in the middle of the park.

Davies, Smertin, Dempsey, Bouazza (or Seol)

Please please let this be the midfield lineup for Fulham. Wouldn't mind seeing Murphy in the middle if Smertin isn't fully fit, but Steven Davis needs to get his head right before Sanchez puts him back in the starting XI. He gifted Ronaldo the first goal and has not completed three consecutive passes for the past 4 fixtures.

Healy and Kuqi up front... could work. Odds are we will see Kamara featured.

Enjoy the trip Mike and any other Fulham supporters make the trek to Liverpool. COYW's. (I'm already missing England like mad...)

 

False alarm with the flag...the idiot guys delivering it couldn't get down Orms road due to a trucking blocking it! So it's back at the wharehouse! Ugh...next match!

 

Were due for a win, we need a win! I'm hoping for the best.

Good to see they got that banner made. Are they planning on following through on any of the others that were proposed?

 

Just WIN!

Everton 1 - 2 FULHAM FOOTBALL CLUB

 

With Everton playing mid-week in a tough match, we could jump out early and hang on for a tie. We are finished away with the Big Four and just need to hang on at the end in this one. Merryside is a tough environment I am told. The schedule gets better and with the return of McBride later in December, Dempsey can get back in to his proper role.

 

Update, we may have the banner for tomorrow afterall. We are also going to do the 'Citizen Smith' one Spencer (guy with fist in the air) and probably the Intertoto one as well but Uefa just announced that they are going to scrap that so not sure we'll do that one.

If you have any ideas, just give me/us a shout.

An anonymous donor as give the 'Fulham Flag Fund' £2000 to kick start the campaign.

Back to the match, if we win, I will be buying a big bottle of champagne...COYW's

 

well, smertin is out (from soccernet):

Fulham midfielder Alexey Smertin will miss the clash with Everton because of a muscle problem.

I think we should get some points from Goodison, but my usual unsure self is unsure.

Anything but last season's embarrassment is all i ask for. See everyone in the chat room.