Fulham vs Norwich (Away) 18th October 2014

[Din]

The really worrying thing for me was the lack of Plan B. We went 1-0 down and then didn't change the system or the way we played for the rest of the game. We were behind and yet we were playing 2 defensive midfielders (Johnson and Tettey) when we had Howson and Odjidja sitting on the bench. Johnson today was absolutely f*cking terrible. I really hope we drop him after that.
 
Grabban was dreadful, and to pile on the misery he missed the penalty. Despite the fact that we had plenty of possession we failed to create any real opportunities, even though we were slightly unlucky when Murphy hit the bar. Didn't think Jerome was up to much and Redmond for me in spells was the only player who looked dangerous. 
 
The goal was a poor one to concede. Fulham hit us on the break and the midfield failed to track the run of the lad who ended up scoring. I thought Fulham defended relatively well, but other than that they were  hardly great. Offered nothing going forward and didn't really ever worry us.
 
We have to win against Leeds now. You can afford to have days like this when you're clear at the top of the league, but the fact is we're now down to 4th, and we're lucky that Ipswich and Wolves conceded late goals as well, or we would've been even lower.
 
Adams need to change things around. Hopefully the injury to Hoolahan wasn't too serious, and hopefully Lafferty will be back for Tuesday as well. I'm going to be very annoyed if both Grabban and Johnson start against Leeds. If things don't change then he'll start becoming under pressure.

 

[Yellow Fever]

In fairness, the system was changed from a 4-2-3-1 to a 4-4-2 when Josh came on, but I totally agree about Tetty and Johnson both staying on.

 

[Din]

In fairness, the system was changed from a 4-2-3-1 to a 4-4-2 when Josh came on, but I totally agree about Tetty and Johnson both staying on.

To be fair though, I wonder whether Neil genuinly wanted to do that, or whether it was forced upon him due to the injury to Wes.

 

[ZLF]

Does Admas view BJ as undroppable?   He had an excellent start to the season but yesterday was a return to the previous three seasons poor performances,  woeful passing,  no tackles won, no interceptions made and slow and laboured movement - he had a 'mare and was, together with grabban, the clear case for a sub.   He was significantly outperformed by Tettey,  but taking tets off would have been enormously wrong.

Likewise the default of always going to Murphy - he remains hit and miss,  while lafferty is in form - why wasnt he introduced to give the left width?   He has been great for us.

The three subs for me were Howson for Wes when injured,  Lafferty for Grabban and Hooper for BJ.  

 

[Canaryboy]

Adams used the words "fine margins" after the game. Deja vu?

 

[Paul Handscombe]

Utter shambles and really really poor management. The honeymoon period is certainly over for Adams and the cracks are now wide open.

Playing Grabban again after being crap for 3 games also playing him on the wing was just madness. The lack of plan b. The insistence of playing the same team, Johnson was truly awful and howson should start Tuesday.

Murphy has to start as well as hooper they were the bright points of the afternoon.

Also we have some well and truly moronic inbred supporters at our club. The drunk out of his head idiot who used the c word every other word who was lucky I didn't knock him spark out and told me after I told him to shut up that I shouldn't bring my 11 year old to always games if I don't wanna hear swearing just really summed up the whole day.