Fulham FA Cup 6th Round

everdead.ie

Saturday 5pm on ITV and Setanta

I'd Like to see

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Gomes

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Corluka--Dawson--Bassong--BAE

Kranjcar--Palacios--Modric--Bale

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Pav--Defoe

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I think it's going to be a seriously tough match and we could see another replay alhough we desperately need to avoid it unless palacios picks up a yellow then we'd be only missing him for the blackburn and replay matches.

Also Livermore needs to have some input in this match if he hopes to step up we have to see what he can do in a really competitive match like this.




Jermaine Jenas underwent groin surgery in Germany on Wednesday.

The surgeon was pleased with how the procedure went and has indicated that the England international will make a swift recovery.

Meanwhile, Tom Huddlestone will continue to receive treatment after damaging ankle ligaments in Sunday's win against Everton before having a repeat MRI scan in two weeks time to assess the 23-year-old's progress.

cup of tea

Fulham fan here...reckon it will be a tight game.I think we have to take ye at the cottage.I think ye will beat us if ye get a draw and take us back to the Lane.

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Schwartzer

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Baird--Hughes--Hangeland--Shorey

Davies--Ethutu--Murphy--Duff

Gera

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Zamora

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I reckon thats how we will line out.Huddlestone is a big loss for ye.We are unbeaten in 8(5 of which we have won) and this is the longest break we have had in over a month.I can see it being a very close game but hopefully we'll be able to knick it.

mickman

i think spurs will win this one to be honest. dont know will we see bale on the left wing, he may play liver more in the centre and luca on the left

mushykeogh

A tough tough game, they more than matched us there in the league. I think we can nick it if pav continues his goal scoring form.

SuprSi

Very tough game, especially with us looking weak in the centre without Thudd. Pav has been in great form though so hopefully that'll continue and we'll nick a win.

1 - 2

Hatch99

Would take a draw and replay now if you offered it to me.

mickman

defoe is a concern now. ham string

everdead.ie

mickman wrote: »

defoe is a concern now. ham string

I wouldn't mind seeing him rested for this match to be honest and have him fit for next week

Emoran

would be nice to see spurs in 4th place and a semi-final of the cup:D
an F.A cup and 5th or 6th place wouldnt be too bad maybe get a chance to see them in the Aviva stadium for the 2011 final;)
harry should start pav and eidur/crouch and if need be throw defoe on for 20-30 minutes if he's fit and if he's badly needed! him being injured would be a terrible blow to the many we already have!
i think we need to start thinking more positively... were missing 9 first/good squad players and were currently in 4th and have a decent chance to stay there at least as good as the other 3 competing? its ours to lose no?
and a quarter final in the Cup? were playing some great ball at times and horrible at others but things are improving alot:D
COYS

everdead.ie

There saying on goal that bale picked up a knee injury on international duty anyone able to confirm this? Is he a doubt for tomorrow?

Hatch99

everdead.ie wrote: »

There saying on goal that bale picked up a knee injury on international duty anyone able to confirm this? Is he a doubt for tomorrow?

Yes he picked up a slight knock but nothing serious, he wil start tomorrow.

tippspur

Hatch99 wrote: »

Would take a draw and replay now if you offered it to me.

So would I with the injury list we have at the moment,:(

mickman

im at my mums house and trying to get itv for this match. when i go to other channels , itv isnt listed, does anyone know how to get this?

everdead.ie

mickman wrote: »

im at my mums house and trying to get itv for this match. when i go to other channels , itv isnt listed, does anyone know how to get this?

What are you using rabbit ears ntl sky?

everdead.ie

Ginola's doing the last 4 draw

tippspur

mickman wrote: »

im at my mums house and trying to get itv for this match. when i go to other channels , itv isnt listed, does anyone know how to get this?

Try to put in this code it's for UTV.

Frequency 10.906

Polarisation V

Symbol rate 22.000

F.E.C. 5/6

Best of luck,hope it works.

keane=cock

looking forward to this one. think fulhm are on a bit of bad streak.

super pav for first goal??

everdead.ie

Gomes; Corluka, Bassong, Dawson, Assou-Ekotto;
Kranjcar, Palacios, Modric, Bale;
Crouch, Pavlyuchenko.

SUBS - Alnwick, Dervite, Livermore, Rose, Townsend, Gudjohnsen, Defoe.

keane=cock

tippspur wrote: »

Try to put in this code it's for UTV.

Frequency 10.906

Polarisation V

Symbol rate 22.000

F.E.C. 5/6

Best of luck,hope it works.

there is instructions for this on the main menu too. in usefull links

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055038749

el diablo

No Defoe, no Hudd, no Lennon. I'd take a draw now.

ziedth

Good pressure here,

We are missing our big guns allot.

awkwardboy

Poor game so far. Cant see more than one goal in this game. Hope its us that gets it! COYS!

keane=cock

anyone else think crouch and corluka are havin a nightmare?

everdead.ie

keane=cock wrote: »

anyone else think crouch and corluka are havin a nightmare?

I think Corlukas doing ok nothing special but ok

keane=cock

distribution is poor. giving it away alot i feel. dsappointed byit cos i am a big fan

mickman

what a terrible match this was. it was modrics worst match in a spurs shirt, he may as well have a white shirt on in fairness he gave it away so often. palaciuos was superb and got a deserved man of the match.

all the pav fans were given a glimpse of what he can be really like today, woeful touch, falling a lot, didnt care enough about it. ekotto was terrible to day as well, also gave it away a lot and was lucky not to give away a goal. defoe did more in the 5 mins he was on than pav did all day

gomes was solid as a rock as usual. duff hit in a shot and he made a great catch on the dive.

at the end of the day we played at least as well as fulham if not better than them at their ground. we have them back at the lane so we should be ok but man are we missing huddlestone in my opinion. modric is no good in the centre, he has to play on the left and slot bale bak in left back.

therecklessone

mickman wrote: »

what a terrible match this was. it was modrics worst match in a spurs shirt, he may as well have a white shirt on in fairness he gave it away so often. palaciuos was superb and got a deserved man of the match.

all the pav fans were given a glimpse of what he can be really like today, woeful touch, falling a lot, didnt care enough about it. ekotto was terrible to day as well, also gave it away a lot and was lucky not to give away a goal. defoe did more in the 5 mins he was on than pav did all day.

Jesus, we must watch different games you and I...

I thought apart from the error that they almost scored from BAE was solid, and I forgive him a slip up or two while he's getting back into the hang of things. Does he not get credit for tracking Zamora in the 1st half and getting the ball out from right in front of goals?

Pav suffered today because he didn't have Defoe to partner him, distracting the defence and leaving space for Pav to run into to. We were far too static with the two big men on the pitch, but of the two of them Pav is far better at finding positions for himself. I think today's game is another prime example of how we need to build a team that plays to our strengths, and adjust tactics as players come into/out of the team.

We badly need Lennon and Defoe fit.

tippspur

Considering the amount of players we had out through injury I thought we done well enough today,I also thought Ekotto had a good game apart from a few balls that he gave away,couple of good saves from Gomes aswell,I'm happy enough to bring them back to the lane.If we're going to make it to Wembley though we're going to do it the hard way with all these replays.

el diablo

tippspur wrote: »

Considering the amount of players we had out through injury I thought we done well enough today,I also thought Ekotto had a good game apart from a few balls that he gave away,couple of good saves from Gomes aswell,I'm happy enough to bring them back to the lane.If we're going to make it to Wembley though we're going to do it the hard way with all these replays.

Happy enough with that result especially considering our injuries. Fulham have a lot of big games coming up including Juve home and away and Man U away too. They've a fairly small squad so hopefully we can take them at the Lane.

D14Yido

great result for us imo theyll b wrecked come 24th march!Though Bale and Palacios were outstanding, especially palacios, great show by him.. roll on blackburn i say

curraghyid

lucky enough to get out of it with a draw. i thought bae had a very good game defensively the way he robbed zammora when he was in with that hooked clearance was text book defending not sure about some of his playing across the front of the goal when he should just get it clear.

bale performed well in the left mid position considering he had 2 defenders to beat everytime he was onthe ball,corluka on the other hand had all the time in the world to pick passes but was poor.From an attacking point of view its hard to see how bale can be left out but bae is the better defender by a country mile.

should win the replay.

Hatch99

More than happy to take them back to the lane for a replay. Id fancy us bigtime tbh. We really miss lennon in tight games like yesterdays, and defoe's movement and sharpness too. The 2 lads cant play together at all, although they both worked hard.

mickman

therecklessone wrote: »

Jesus, we must watch different games you and I...

I thought apart from the error that they almost scored from BAE was solid, and I forgive him a slip up or two while he's getting back into the hang of things. Does he not get credit for tracking Zamora in the 1st half and getting the ball out from right in front of goals?

Pav suffered today because he didn't have Defoe to partner him, distracting the defence and leaving space for Pav to run into to. We were far too static with the two big men on the pitch, but of the two of them Pav is far better at finding positions for himself. I think today's game is another prime example of how we need to build a team that plays to our strengths, and adjust tactics as players come into/out of the team.

We badly need Lennon and Defoe fit.

how so? did you think modric was good today and it was a good game? modric was shocking - when he gave a rotten pass he just scratched his head rather then chasing back. you say "apart from the error that bae made that they nearly scored from" - if they had scored would you think he played so well then?

therecklessone

mickman wrote: »

how so? did you think modric was good today and it was a good game? modric was shocking - when he gave a rotten pass he just scratched his head rather then chasing back. you say "apart from the error that bae made that they nearly scored from" - if they had scored would you think he played so well then?

I think some of Modric's passing was sublime, but he did misplace quite a few. Not one of his better games I'll grant you, and that's twice he's played central and not pulled up trees. That said, it's a position he plays well at national level, so it's worth looking at options with him in the middle. I think he'd have done better with Defoe and Lennon on the field, we had very little pace to worry Fulham yesterday and they could comfortably double up on our danger men.

Palacios' passing was woeful at times and you thought he was superb...one example in the 2nd half summed it up perfectly, did wonderfully well to win a ball than passed straight to a Fulham player. Just sayin'.

As for BAE, of course I'd have criticised him for the error if it led to a goal, but I think you should look at his full 90 minutes to judge his performance, and on the balance of play he had a good game (as others have said as well).

everdead.ie

I have to say there where a few times yesterday I was thinking if that was bale at left back they'd of been in can't complain too much really thought Harry should of taken off crouch not pav my only grievence

RichMc70

0-0 was a fair result. Neither team deserved to win or lose.

I think we should beat Fulham in the replay at WHL. Won't be easy but I do fancy us to progress now.

My main criticism is that both our front men were far too static. We missed the pace of Defoe, as others have mentioned, and also the passing of Huddlestone.

mickman

therecklessone wrote: »

I think some of Modric's passing was sublime, but he did misplace quite a few. Not one of his better games I'll grant you, and that's twice he's played central and not pulled up trees. That said, it's a position he plays well at national level, so it's worth looking at options with him in the middle. I think he'd have done better with Defoe and Lennon on the field, we had very little pace to worry Fulham yesterday and they could comfortably double up on our danger men.

Palacios' passing was woeful at times and you thought he was superb...one example in the 2nd half summed it up perfectly, did wonderfully well to win a ball than passed straight to a Fulham player. Just sayin'.

As for BAE, of course I'd have criticised him for the error if it led to a goal, but I think you should look at his full 90 minutes to judge his performance, and on the balance of play he had a good game (as others have said as well).

yes others have said that bae was good, i accept that. i say that palacious was superb and his performance resulted in him getting man of the match!! he made clean tackles, didnt get booked - gave the ball away once that i can remember and was great in general. you say bae had a great game even though he almost gave away a goal that would have knocked us out of the fa cup, while you dont give wilson any credit even though he was man of the match

mickman

another little thing about BAE, the man cant cross the ball and has only leg. its actually scary how afraid he is of using his right leg, he nearly got caught with it and will in the future so i really dont know where all this praise is comin from. im not saying he is a bad player cos hes not but he aint great.

therecklessone

mickman wrote: »

yes others have said that bae was good, i accept that. i say that palacious was superb and his performance resulted in him getting man of the match!! he made clean tackles, didnt get booked - gave the ball away once that i can remember and was great in general. you say bae had a great game even though he almost gave away a goal that would have knocked us out of the fa cup, while you dont give wilson any credit even though he was man of the match

I never said bae had a great game, i said he was solid apart from one error we've both acknowledged. In relation to Palacios, I made one comment about his passing, it is not his strong point and it never has been. I thought Wilson and Etuhu had very good games, as did the centre half partnerships for both sides, and any one of those six players could have won the MOTM award if I'm honest.

On the topic of BAE I consider him the best left back we have had in the side for a good long while. Tha's not to say we couldn't improve, but we could improve a lot of our squad, wouldn't you agree?

therecklessone

Actually, it's just struck me...where is your criticism of Corluka? Terminally slow, when he switches off he doesn't even have BAE's pace to compensate and recover the situation, and what about the sliced clearance at the end yesterday?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not singling you out, but I hear such biased criticism of benoit when others are guilty of the same and worse in games. It's baffling to be honest.

everdead.ie

Have to say both charlie and bar are my two favourites delighted to see bar back

Kiith

So, Porthsmouth in the quarters, assuming we beat Fulham in the return match. Definitely better then Villa or Chelsea.

everdead.ie

If we do make it through ohara won't be able to play for them

ruiseal

Kiith wrote: »

So, Porthsmouth in the quarters, assuming we beat Fulham in the return match. Definitely better then Villa or Chelsea.

Even better than that, it's in the semis!

el diablo

Looking good for the final if we can get past Fulham at the Lane. It's exactly the draw we wanted, couldn't have hoped for better.:)

yiddo59

el diablo wrote: »

Looking good for the final if we can get past Fulham at the Lane. It's exactly the draw we wanted, couldn't have hoped for better.:)

couldn't agree more. it's in our own hands now!

tippspur

Good draw,what a big game that's going to be if we get past Fulham.:cool:

mickman

therecklessone wrote: »

I never said bae had a great game, i said he was solid apart from one error we've both acknowledged. In relation to Palacios, I made one comment about his passing, it is not his strong point and it never has been. I thought Wilson and Etuhu had very good games, as did the centre half partnerships for both sides, and any one of those six players could have won the MOTM award if I'm honest.

On the topic of BAE I consider him the best left back we have had in the side for a good long while. Tha's not to say we couldn't improve, but we could improve a lot of our squad, wouldn't you agree?

indeed. i dont bother to mention corluka much to be honest as i dont rate him at all. as you say he has no pace and has cost us plenty goals this season. thats one area we need to sort out in the summer in my opinion.

i think bale is a better left back than ekotto, thats just what i think. i think what bale offers going forward more than makes up for what he lacks in defense. im not sure if i have ever seen ekotto put a tempting cross into the box, that is part of his duties as im sure you would agree.

keane=cock

mickman wrote: »

indeed. i dont bother to mention corluka much to be honest as i dont rate him at all. as you say he has no pace and has cost us plenty goals this season. thats one area we need to sort out in the summer in my opinion.

i think bale is a better left back than ekotto, thats just what i think. i think what bale offers going forward more than makes up for what he lacks in defense. im not sure if i have ever seen ekotto put a tempting cross into the box, that is part of his duties as im sure you would agree.

dont mean to jump in here between you lads but i disagree with you here mick. since BAE has been injured bale has been exceptional, granted, but since he joined in 2007(maybe corrected here) and since BAE has joined maybe a year or 2 earlier BAE has been by far the more consistant and if not for injury(which led to the inevitable exclusion of african nations) bale would still be warming the bench.


anyway,

fulham at the lane---home win

pompey at wembley----have to fancy us despite their good form in this cup

mickman

yes thats true but its the here and now that im talking about. bale is a better left back than ekotto at present

Hatch99

mickman wrote: »

yes thats true but its the here and now that im talking about. bale is a better left back than ekotto at present

Im just glad we have both, its been ages since we had a good left back.