Fulham vs Spurs FA Cup 6th Round

I still don't know why I'm not confident about this one, despite last week's performance against Juventus.

And I've said it before, but Fulham always looks the part to score with Dempsey on the pitch, so Mr. Hodgson, please start him from the get go. And given the big, fat ZERO registered this year against Spurs, the Whites need all the attacking bite they can muster, even if it means playing Davies at right back.

 

...And, my Directv guide says "Reading" is playing Tottenham at 5pm tomorrow. Maybe, if Spurs are also confused as to which club they're to play, Fulham stands a better chance?

 

No chatroom for me, I won't be back from school, but I hope to see a repeat of when I walked through the door Thursday, see the score, and start losing my mind in the living room.

COYW

 

Ill be working so I'll have to check on my phone for results

 

There is only one thing missing so far from this magical season...a signature away win versus a top English side.

24 away matches this year and the squad has found a result half the time (4 wins, 8 draws). 2 Europa League wins (Vetra and more importantly Basel to advance). The Whites won at Pompey to start the Prem season, and won at Accrington Stanley to advance in this competition.

The Keys; Draw upon the feeling the team had at Shaktar recently after the game, it was a 1-1 final, but it felt like a victory.

Brede being good to go. Roy held him out of Citeh for this one, he'll be out there.

The Captain: I know Murph feels indebted to his teammates for getting him to the next round of Europa. Now he can pay it back by coming up huge.

Roy: A 0--0 draw thru extra time until pks is highly unlikely. Now is the time to be bold and go all out for victory.

The supporters: I'm guessing there will be at least 3000 in the away section. The team needs to feel that support.

COYW!!!!!

 

I guess Demps isn't fit for a full 90 yet. I hope he gets in the game, at least for a half.

 

Well that sucked.

 

First Half: Yay!
Second Half: Boo!

 

Well this match was won when 'Arry made a gamble at HT, bringing on Bentley and Huddleston; and moved (or quarantined?) Palacios to RB while making Gudjohnson their roving CM.

I think had he tried something similar against a better side, he would have paid for it.

Spurs were ripe for a counter but, unfortunately for us, within a span of 15 minutes the gamble paid off. And the game was effectively over.

DAMMIT.

 

THE AGONY.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
:3d crying: :3d crying: :3d crying:
:3d crying: :3d crying: :3d crying:

 

That sucked is right. Poor result but not a bad FA run. At least we still have Europe.

Imo we went far too defensive far too early and then waited a little too long to bring on the offensive spark. I was thinking if we could get on the board first and do it early we'd have a good shot at them but as we closed out the first half, it felt like a Spurs goal was imminent.

When trying to turn up the offense, I wonder why Roy doesn't pull Etuhu? He's pretty much a liability offensively and gave Spurs one less guy to worry about marking.

More spark from Okaka. Hopefully he can get a game down the stretch. I'd like to see him work his creativity with Bob's target man play. I'd also like to see Simon find the bench and get back to Demps and Duff on the wings.

Oh well, 'Arry can go bag on the team he bankrupted at Wembley, we've got German fish to fry.

 

Does anyone else feel like the worst thing Fulham can do on the road is score an early goal?

Fulham was very good for the first 25 to 30 minutes and then Schwarzer was far to busy for the rest of the match. Gareth Bale looked good early for Spurs and the worst thing that happened to Fulham was Gudjohson was moved to midfield.

Zamora's goal was beautiful and the pass from Duff was outstanding. Too bad we couldnt't duplicate it for a second goal while things were rolling Fulhams way. So close but so far away. Regardless I am proud to be a Fulham fan.

 

Admittedly I've been listening and not watching, but it sounds like Okaka has had some golden chances the last two matches and blown them.

 

Congrats on the run by the Whites as it has been a damn fine performance with a kind draw as well. Fulham should've taken care of this at home, so I shouldn't complain...

That said, I concur with the above posts that Etuhu should be subbed once in a while for offense b/c he offers little to nothing going forward (he's a solid defender though, and an ok distributor as long as the target is within 10 yards). I suspect it's the Italian-influence that prevents Hodgson from subbing the defensive midfielder (thoughts?).

Spurs showed some class after that fluke, f$*&#ing free-kick went in. The keeping and defending on Spurs' 2nd looked like traffic cones though.

And considering Fulham's best scoring threat (after Zamora) spent 70 minutes on the bench...I fault Roy for that one. However, while I don't think Dempsey's inclusion would've made much of a difference tonight, you never know. Hodgson is brilliant, but I still believe I can criticize his decisions until he walks on water or turns water to wine (preferably, a nice zinfandel or syrah).

 

...and now we have to listen to talking heads spew myriad Redknappy Dugout vs. Portsmouth stories, and yet, all will address the exact same subjects. Oy.

Damnnit, Fulham, Damnit all to hell.

 

Aw crap.

Spurs still blow.

 

Good stuff as always Don.

And here's a stat about Spurs that people tend to forget/boggles my mind: since 2005-06 Spurs have spent about 225 million pounds. Or a quarter billion pounds.

Sure, they've also offloaded a whole bunch of that outlay.

But all of their goal scorers last night cost more (in transfers and wages) than our entire team combined.