Fulham vs Amkar Perm

Demps!!!

 

Looks like Dempsey had a good match from the statistics with 5 of our 8 shots.

 

The wonder boy strikes again!!!!!

 

Sounds like another good outing in Europa. Got the win, a 2 goal cushion and Duff got some action. Good to hear Clint had a good game. Wish we hadn't conceded an away goal, but probably won't come back to cost us. Doesn't sound like A-P's place is a fortress.

Oh yeah, as a vocal detractor......all credit to Zamora for finding the net again. Hopefully he used his head or a boot this time.

Any word on AJ's injury?

 

Just got back from the Cottage. A near perfect night with the only blemish being the goal surrendered at the end.

Craven Cottage lived up to the hype that I had in my head plus a nice cool evening after some warmer/muggy days the last couple of days.

Nice first goal by Andy Johnson to get things started.

Duece's goal was pretty awesome and a rocket into the corner (and in the goal right in front of me).

Duff comes in and makes a great move and hustle play around a guy to set up the third goal. I saw more good things out of him in 10 seconds than I did the whole game with Zoltan Gera.

Gera was my one complaint. After seeing him in person (and I am no professional by any means), but his vision is garbage. So many times he would pick up a loose ball or a pass and someone would be making a great cut somewhere and he would never see it. The few times he tried to make some through ball type pass, it was intercepted or deflected.

Hopefully Duff gets to start soon on the left with Dempsey on the right until Davies gets back.

Otherwise, a fun night and I can't wait until Sunday's game.

 

Skysports is reporting that AJ is set to be sidelined for up to 8 weeks with a dislocated shoulder...

Balls.

 

That sucks. He did get knocked down pretty hard and it took him a bit to get up.

The crowd ended up booing at the guy who knocked him down every time he touched the ball after that point.

 

Thanks for the update LAX, and I don't see Fulham conceding more than a goal to big perm next match. Roy has the leeway to allow a 0-1 defeat carry the Whites into the group stages, so, I'm fairly confident at this point.

The curse of Bouazza strikes AJ. Damn.

 

Roy has confirmed AJ is out for 8 weeks with a dislocated collarbone.

 

Missed the game, but its good to see a comprehensive display by the boys, and get well soon to AJ.

 

A nice win but we still have work to do next week. Keep in mind, we DON'T have a 2 goal cushion. Amkar scored an away goal, so thats like scoring twice. Don't forget that.

Can't wait to see some highlights. Apparently not only did Demps strike the crap out of the ball, but Zamora's goal was a thing of beauty as well.

My guess is Nevland starts Sunday with AJ out.

 

Here is a highlight of Demp's goal minus the crowd reaction. It's a great view and shows our great ball movement.

http://www.constantlyoffside.com/index.php

 

Watch Roy's postgame interview on the club website, he is NOT happy.

Personally, I'd like to see a clip of the challenge on AJ before I'm as angry as he is, but certainly it seems like in comparison to this and to other things that Perm got away with, Dempsey's yellow was quite harsh.

Edit: On the bright side, that's a nice goal by Clint.

 

Excellent. See you Sunday afternoon. Where did you sit?

I half-assed listen to the game as orated by sir GJ and popped in the chat room a couple of times. Seems the game was easily won by Fulham also the opinion of the Sky Sports talking heads.

The AJ injury is troublesome, but I think we have enough guys that can step up (Zamora...time to shine amigo). One of the beauties of last season was the lack of injuries, with any luck this is the last major one (touch wood and all that). Our entry to Europa is bad ass but it comes with some downsides....more matches played means the probability of injuries goes up. A risk that I think just about everyone on this board is happy for Fulham to take and I think our recent additions help provide cover as well.

On to Chelski.

 

I have heard people are having trouble viewing the highlight.

It is a quicktime file, so you must have quicktime installed in order to be able to view it. I have a mac, so it automatically comes with the OS. I believe if you have itunes you should also have quicktime.

Go to http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ to download quicktime if you don't have it. It will automatically detect your OS.

Hope this helps.