Match Thread: Fulham v Liverpool

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I'm not saying in either cases we didn't have problems in the sequence of plays leading up to the goal, but in both cases the very final part was a case where Trent could have definitely averted disaster with better - and BASIC - defending.

He starts to drift to the middle too early (and too often when he shouldn't) and loses sight of the acres of space behind him over his shoulder where a decent attacking player knows to slot into and get an easy shot (or header in this case) with no challenge.

For sure, I've posted above here about how Gini pushing up in attack from a lcm was enabled by the defenders on our left, Robbo, Virgil & Mane (now Diaz)

Whereas in recent times we're using Hendo in a similar role to gini but on our weaker right side from rcm.
In both goals you won't find Hendo in good positions for a rcm in 433.
Tactically it's a big mistake as I see it, as you'd want that extra cover defensively from one of our cms to be coming from our rcm

Whilst Hendo is a lesser 10 than Gini who wasn't exactly a top end type. But it complimented our flanks for him to push up on our left.

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Now Thiago looks like he’s pulled a hamstring

Why do we have this blind spot persistently injured players.

Thiago, Keita and Ox all injured half way into the first game of the season.

This is why so many of us want fresh blood in the midfield but not the club.

Heads in the sand

But there's 9

[Kev0909]

Henderson is fucking shite

[shminkyred]

Is Mo still on the pitch?

[eggy81]

We look dead on the feet

[Crimson Dynasty]

Their Number 9 is really good.

Classic Center-forward hold-up play and powerful runs into the defense.


We easily could be 3-0 down here as we gift them another chance to hit the post.

[Jenson78]

they already have started fallign apart (the sick notes) we're missing Keita jones and Ox already. Game fucking one.

https://forums.lfconline.co.uk/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=2763624

Yep Keita Jones Ox are brittle. I was thinking Gomez,Matip,Thiago,Fabinho,Henderson,Milner.

[scientificred]

And I'm still insisting that the header had too much power on it for him to be able to do anything about it.


You can see it coming early and still not have a chance to do anything about it much less stop it if the attacking player gets it right and in this case he got it right.

A bit like the penalty Mo scored against Ederson in the Charity shield.
Ederson guessed and dived the right direction, but Mo had enough power and accuracy that there was little Ederson to do to stop it beyond getting some fingertips on it.

But Carroll's much more powerful header was saved!

[Kev0909]

Yeah hendo have a go at others

you was the one that passed it to em in first place ffs

sort your own game out your doing shit lad

[3underpar]

This is all energy for Fulham. We are sluggish and second to most balls