Fulham v Citizens

Looks like it's on FS+ (which I now have in HD as of today) on Sunday at 11:30 am EDT.

After yesterday, anything seems possible. I haven't even looked at what Citeh have done lately but I'll go with 2-1 for the good guys.

COYW!

 

i'm still walkin' on sunshine...but, does the momentum continue or does the squad hit a wall? i suspect roy may actually change things up, depending on fitness, for this one.

i see a draw...and i'll still be walkin' on sunshine...

COYW

 

After the win on Thursday this may be a tough match to get up for emotionally or then again they may be to high to be contained. I have no idea what will happen come Sunday but I know I am grinning from ear to ear still today.

 

I'm done doubting anymore. Since we're not traveling out of town on thurs. I think we'll have a similar lineup as always (maybe out hold Brede). Would love the 3 points, but next Thursday is the next "biggest game of the season"

 

Yes, I think we could honestly agree that the FA Cup 6th round replay at Spurs is a bit more important than City at home. Roy even said that his priorities are the cups now that we are virtually guaranteed safety. I think Roy might just freshen up the side a bit so that our key men are ready to make us FA Cup Semifinalists!

 

Yes, I think we could honestly agree that the FA Cup 6th round replay at Spurs is a bit more important than City at home. Roy even said that his priorities are the cups now that we are virtually guaranteed safety. I think Roy might just freshen up the side a bit so that our key men are ready to make us FA Cup Semifinalists!

 

Fulham starting XI
1 Schwarzer
3 Konchesky
6 Baird
18 Hughes
26 Smalling
11 Gera
13 Murphy
16 Duff
20 Etuhu
29 Davies
25 Zamora

Substitutes
2 Kelly
7 Shorey
9 Okaka
17 Riise
19 Zuberbuhler
23 Dempsey
27 Greening

Citeh starting XI
1 Given
5 Zabaleta
19 Lescott
28 Toure
33 Kompany
11 Johnson, A
18 Barry
24 Vieira
14 Santa Cruz
32 Tevez
39 Bellamy

Substitutes
4 Onuoha
7 Ireland
8 Wright-Phillips
12 Taylor
15 Garrido
16 Sylvinho
34 de Jong

 

the handball that wasn't called was horrid

 

Heck with it -- still too pumped over Juve to care.

Some guys are starting to look tired though.

 

Not too upset about the loss, but it was winable.

Bright spot for me was 'kaka. Thought he scared the bejesus out of Citeh. He worked well with the other players; I hope we see more of him.

 

Completely missed this match due to a volunteer event, but just saw the MOTD2 highlights and, well, meh.

City NEEDED this one, we're caught in between two key matches. Sucks, but I'll take it.

Oh, and still no goals conceded in the second half!

 

Talk about a hangover. Given the matches this is sandwiched between I'm not too upset by it. Besides, we had a chance to pull out the draw in the end despite the first half.

That said, if anyone needed a reminder as to why Chris Baird had the piss taken out of him by the fans a few years ago, he gave a reminiscent performance today. When he wasn't giving the ball away and giving up on plays, Bellamy was abusing him. Hell, Zamora tracked back to save him on one play. Surely Shorey can play right back.

The entire back four except Hughes were crap. Etuhu wasn't much better.

I liked what Okaka brought to the table but he needs to put away his chances or he won't get many more. Roy looked like he was trying to rip his face off after that one miss. Dempsey looked good again....time to get him back in the starting XI.

On to Spurs and hopefully the FA Semis.

 

Since following Fulham, this is the first game I've seen us lose at home and I realized that I just didn't care that we lost.

It was a nice training session and we got a run out for some other players. Who cares about the result? We'll finish no better than 9th no matter how well we play and will finish no worse than 12th no matter how bad we play.

Wednesday, now THAT game matters and, unlike Spurs, we got to rest some players today.

 

Only saw the few highlights on FSC. Glad to hear Okaka looked bright, but that's 2 really bad misses for the kid.

 

Tevez (aka Captain Caveman) plays attractive football and was a pain. Santa Cruz was a big thorn in our side. Our defensive wings were terrible and gave the ball away too much. The handball from Kompany was more obvious than the first one.

...but yeah, I'm okay with this loss because of what happened against Juventus.

(The game changed big time in our favor when Dempsey and Okaka came in. I would like to think that Gera and Zamora were a bit tired from the early part of the week. It'll be nice to get Murphy back for the last leg of the Wolfsburg matchup.)

 

I fast forwarded thru the majority. I agree with you Andy - I didnt care about this result a whole lot.

I would have liked a draw to keep City at bay for #4, but I wasnt worried from a Fulham perspective.