Fulham host Tottingham Hotspur in match-day 33 of the Premier League on Thursday 4th March, 6:00 pm at Craven Cottage. The hosts currently sit in 18th place in the table having drawn against Crystal Palace 0-0 last time out, while the visitors are in 8th after their 4-0 win against Burnley.
This game is all about showing everyone that Spurs are capable of turning it on against your ‘bang average’ Premier League side. I’d love to win the Europa League, but putting recent wins against extremely poor opposition simply does not cut it when it comes to credible form. Fulham are doing their very best and have been at least looking as if they deserve more. Two consecutive clean sheets at Craven Cottage is promising for the ‘Cottagers’ (W1, D1), but the problems are at the other end of the pitch where Fulham has scored a league-low average of just 0.62 goals per Premier League home match.
What’s clear is that Sissy and Winks are toast now, hopefully Skippy and one other new signing in the middle of the park next season. Who that other player is will be a huge call – we could have a very decent midfield if we get it right there.
One small incident in the second half sums up for me the utter dullness of some of our players.
For some reason, Sanchez had got the ball and was running with it quite well up the right wing. He got into the Fulham half , there was no Fulham player in front of him for at least 10 yards, so he chose to back heel it without looking. The ball went straight to the Fulham player behind him. What was he thinking??? Why would you do that? Do they not know that you should keep the ball as a number one priority??
When I saw him do that I laughed.
Me too
but i also slapped my forehead
If you’re feeling sad about spurs tonight for whatever reason, take a second to reflect that Liverpool are on the cusp of the worst title defence in Premier league history
thats a really bad analogy – please take it back and slap your wrists!!
You have to admit it’s pretty funny? I’m quite close to being ABL – I’d take them ahead of Arsenal but that’s about it
For whatever reason, it must be awful to win the League in the first place if you don’t defend it well. I’ll take a scrappy win at Craven Cottage and mid table all day long! 😂
Just trying to break the Spurs tunnel vision pessimism – silly me, as y’all were
Sorry, I’m just cynical about the people that run the club and to win the league just seems like an impossible goal with these jokers running things…
Doherty must go down as one of our most underwhelming signings ever and we have had a few!!
What’s his role??
Some transfers just don’t work, shadow of the player he was at Wolves, different system mind, maybe something going on in his life/mind we don’t know about.
Better coach at Wolves these days? Oh sorry, I think I may have blasphemed! 🤔
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHuX3xM0Mbc What the hell has happened to him?
He’s spent his career in league 1 and the championship. Did ok in a Wolves side with momentum in a system that was working but it’s no surprise he’s not good enough. I said it in August. We were supposed to be moving stadium to go “next level”…..Doherty ain’t it. In fact it’s a level down.
btw, fulham goal was never a handball, i am quite sad that football is becoming… this
Terrible, terrible officiating. If that was the other way round we would be livid
The other way round has happened to us on many occasions so i’ll take having the luck back on our side with no concerns!
How can people like you think about it like this? Dont see the bigger picture? Its not about luck, its not about tottenham, its about the game as a whole. I stopped celebrating goals as i used to! Now i just wait for a minute until they measure centimeters on the screen, then they allow it, i do a little yeey and a little clap. I am literally losing my passion for football
That was a pretty normal game of football – that would have been our best performance all season back in the late ‘90s get a grip
centimeter offsides, arm is offside, eyebrow is offside, balls hair is offside, handballs with arms next to the body, handballs when arm was shot from 1 meter, unpunished diving, overprotected goalkeepers, checking every single goal for a half of minute, supersentivity of players, supersensitivity of some referees.. I mean, why should i pay to watch it? Why should i buy a ticket and travel half a europe for spurs game as i used to? Why should i pay for membership every year when the game is spoiled? I wont. Am I really the only one?
VAR? It’s just a new sort of refereeing controversy
it stops absolute howlers but creates these ridiculous close call freeze frames
no fans and half the goals being disallowed from marginal calls has taken away a bit of spontaneity but then you get a life saver VAR call like the City Sterling goal and you do a little prayer to say thank you 🙏
It’s happening with everything….and it’s deliberate.
Yep its shat.
Win ugly … 4 points off 4th as it stands.
Yes, there’s negatives about that performance. But we won, 3 points. Palace on Sunday. Hopefully a better performance, more importantly 3 more points.
Remember this, Man City dont hold onto bad performances they take the positive of the win.. and take that into the next game.
Today we were lucky, nothing to add that most of us already know.
I want to know what Levy wears in bed…Spurs pyjamas 🤔
I don’t understand the second half dropoff, but we got away with it this time. When we’re doing well, we need to put 2-3 past the opposition (we had the chances for that today) and then the sailing is much smoother.
Fulham are not a bad team – I remember Pool escaping the Cottage with a point due to a dubious “Salah Special” peno, so getting a win there is pretty good.
Hopefully Palace will be more of a Burnley performance!
Also, a clean sheet (only just!) while resting Reguilon and Aurier is basically a miracle.
It’s like watching 11 people develop early-onset demetia over the course of 45 minutes, the longer the half goes the worse they get
Essentially playing with 9 men. They offer little defensively and even less in attack.
I never expected this, but these days, I’m actually looking forward to seeing Aurier’s name on the team sheet.
Welcome to life as a Spurs supporter I guess
Shocking second-half performance. the impact of having Davies and Docherty on either flank cannot be underestimated for all the wrong reasons. No forward movement and cannot pass and in Docherty’s case cannot defend. TBH we started slowly and without the intensity we had against Burnley. Credit to Fulham they were the better side with the ball.
Hopefully José has learnt never to play those 2 together ever again. If you play Doherty you gotta play Reggie, if you play Davies you need Aurier or..god knows
Same with Sanchez and Dier. Never play them together again. Has Rodon fallen down a black hole ?
F knows mate, haven’t seen enough of him to pass judgement and at this rate we won’t get a chance this season. Why he’s not in the Europa squad is baffling but there must be some genius reason for it
Liverpool have done exactly the same with Ben Davies, who they signed from Preston. 2 lads who were playing regular football and who are now invisible. Very odd.
Yet we didn’t concede, which meant we won the game, not that this matters.
Tough game, but great result.
I dint even think the 1st was all that..it was ok, just two shots on target..
not so bothered about 3 points at this stage, want to see improvement and consistently…I think europa is our only hope off cl…
Man C will brush us away…
Rubbish, they scraped a 1-0 and Sheffield Utd were 1-0 with an OG against Wolves the other night. yes it ended 4-1 but it all came in the last 10. We can beat hem if we go in believing we can.
Aurier is marginally better than Doherty, Reggie is a whole class above Davies. We’re a better team with them.
Like Lilywhite dandruff
Who was the depressed robot in Hitchhikers Guide? C’mon chin up
Couldn’t agree more! Points are good, but top 4 and a trophy is beyond this side. Funny though as on paper we should be destroying teams
Ground it out well in the end. I hppe Scotty keeps Fulham up, they are better than some of the dross in the PL
Horrid second half ,but 3 points in the bag.
Fulham robbed of a point, Spurs didn’t even deserve to draw that it was pathetic from everyone involved. Horrible to watch, absolutely horrible.
Great win tbh, we weren’t great but Fulham are the ultimate banana skin right now and they’re in decent form and might well stay up. Scrapping for their lives, London derby etc etc
Signs of life in this squad, Bale and Dele looked good for 25 minutes and that’s an improvement so take that as it is.
It’s all in the mind. It has to be.
Lamela hasn’t read the script…we’re seeing out the game chap, stop the sloppy stuff
so annoyed with this performance – not much has improved really..
We looked very good for half an hour – but it seems Son, Bale, Dele and Ndombele ALL faded towards the end of the first half and into the second
All those players seem to struggle to keep focus and intensity as a habit
Moura…one good game every 30
It would be just typical for Mitrovic to end his 20 game barren run against the Spurs
A relegation threatened side in good form never a great choice of opponent at this stage of the season.
We’re too casual with taking chances when we’re on top in a game – one of the major problems this season.
our balance goes to poo with Davies and Doherty…
This was Doherty’s chance to prove his attacking abilities and just looks abysmal, worse than ever
Kanes losing his mojo and I dont blame him…
Kane fluffing the sitters this second half of the season
Another game of early lead and defend… Why! Just all out attack. Fulham very weak at the back past few games.
Hate watching it but can’t look away
Counting down the clock ,how embarrassing…
Before the inevitable equaliser
That’s what happened in previous game with them haven’t done anything this half
KEEP THE BALL
Pathetic second half
Credit Fulham
Very true.playing very well
No possession, no passes finding teammates. I thought Fulham were relegation candidates not Spurs
What is wrong with our mentality that we’re running scared of Fulham. I can’t get my head round this. Attack them FFS.
pathetic…sit back and hold on tight, thats it for 45mins?
Shocking!
Don’t sit back for half an hour FFS.
WHAT are we DOING…ffs
What is Doherty good at again?
Charades.
I’ve got 2 words for him, see if you can guess them
Spurs have the mental age of a 7 year old….new managers, new players, same Chairman, same weak squads…
Do we have to let them score before we shake ourselves?
Everytime I look up Fulham have the ball, players look rattled and have done since half time
How do you lose your confidence in a fifteen minutes break?
We need substitutions.
Good call.
Needs new impetus now. Changes required.
The game is crying out for a Lamela, Moura, Reggie. Classic Mourinho
Wake up Jose ffs it ain’t rocket science.
That was a harsh decision on em.
Arm against his body, what a joke
Lucky lucky
Jesus we are hanging on by a thread, DO SOMETHING
Sanchez again. Thankfully a harsh handball saves us.
FHS make bloomin changes
wow…thats harsh..
Idiotic defending
We were gagging for that equaliser
so obvious its boring…dont clear…dont clear…dont clear…dont make subs, dont make subs…and concede
Think you’re being too dismissive of a feisty Fulham side
Bale should have been hooked half time though
relegation battle Fulham?…..sums up our season apart from a few selected games…
No excuses as I could see it coming after HT.
At least we know for sure the Burnley game was a one-off…back to average tripe
Wouldn’t say it’s awful…just hot and cold
Son still looking like he’d rather have that National Service now than have a shot on goal? Strangely low of shooting confidence
This is looking dodge. What is it about Spurs and struggling to break the press.
Amazing how different we are when we have no wing-backs…
our players dont seem to be looking up today….this has got sucker punch writen all over it…
Bring on Moura
And Reggie. Need to push for a 2nd not just shut up shop
We can see it but Jose can’t see it?!
Davies has pictures
I’ve only seen Andersen v us, but I like the look of him.
Scotty’s sent me out with the ok’ ‘up and at ‘em’ but I just see them giving away a lot of fouls and letting us snatch another
‘Sent me’…
sent ‘em
They’ve continued to press fairly high up, which is positive, but decision making in final third could be better. Kane a bit selfish at times?
Having been down this road before (Palace away) need that cushion of a 2nd goal!!
Strange game. We all know the scenario. If we don’t go all out to get another, then they will be handed a goal. I have given up on Doherty to be honest.
Replace Doherty with Sissoko!
Frying pan fire. Tanganga perhaps. Not Sissoko
No David, take him off and don’t even bother putting anyone on.
😂
Decent half. I hope we don’t turn up passive in the second – we need another to calm the nerves. That “cross” from Doherty was…I’m at a loss for words.
There was an amazing moment when Sanchez took the ball out of the defence, past one man, outmuscled another and then – just as I was ready to call him Beckenbauer – ran the ball out of play.
Just not clicking is it? Very close to being very good, but at 1-0 all it takes is decent bit of play and they are back in it (as happened at the end). Bale is all over the place for me, his touch just letting him down. Alli is putting in a shift and has made stuff happen. Son and Kane are about half a second behind play. Ndom doing ok, moving the ball quicker which is good to see. Doherty and Davies are poor. Doherty couldn’t put a cross on a pools coupon.
Son is half a second behind play? He‘s the most dangerous player on the pitch! He made the goal, went close himself and almost made another with an incredible outside-of-the-boot pass to Kane (who should really be finishing that chance).
Kane also should have put him through before he tried to buy the penalty…
The pass to Kane was great (which Kane totally messed up), but Son has been off it for a while. Bale made the goal with an interception and pass to Dele and Dele then put Son in to a 1v1 situation. To suggest Son made the goal is too simplistic. Son should have scored 2, nearly isn’t good enough (he mistimed the header off Dele something rotten) and he wasted too much of the ball. If you are happy with Son’s performance against a Championship level team, so be it. I hold our best players to higher standards. We were terrible in the second half and ok in the first, but nothing more.
Can’t argue with the fact Son has been a bit off-colour recently (as has Kane – especially with his finishing, but his passing is still very good), but I thought that everything dangerous in the first half yesterday went through him.
The header you’re referring to was at an angle and from a cross where he had to generate all the power himself – Son is not a great header of the ball, unsurprisingly – given his height and style of play -, but I think even Kane would have struggled to put that one away (as the one he fluffed was far easier). I don’t remember the other chance he should have scored.
And if you don’t think that Son made the goal and then proceed to say Bale made the goal with an interception… I just disagree with that line of thinking, but you do you.
Overall the performance was quite poor (decent 1st half, horrible 2nd), not least from our forwards / creative players. Bale and Kane were both wasteful and Ndom disappeared in the second half, and I would argue that they deserve more scrutiny than Son.
The distribution from Davies and Docherty is so poor. That last cross from Docherty says it all. Bale played an important part in the first goal and with Docherty behind him he stands little chance of getting a decent ball down the line
Well I’m e joying our team work and fighting spirit anyway .
Another needed to relax pls
Go on bale😂
Close call.
Doherty final ball is still not happening
Confidence is low.
I’ve given up hoping …
Doherty the donkey..eeyore eeyore
We are actually pressing ,I like it.
Excellent teamwork.
Get up Kane you cheating bastard. Hes being very self indulgent so far
Dangly leg.
Beautiful by the commentator “Davies was making…sort of an overlap”
If that isn’t an accurate description of what Davies usually does down the left, I don’t know what is.
What is this scoring the first goal malarkey?
Jose has been forced to change tactics.
Boom.
COYS!
We have a frontline now .
Sweet!
Get in. Ali playing a blinder so far.
Gutted kane
Cmon Gaz.
Bale territory innit
Making Fulham look like Real Madrid so far
Think Scotty’s crew will drop a level though, this opening salvo is as good as they get
Have Fulham snuck a few extra players onto the pitch?
Wakey wakey Spurs
With no fans they can stick matches on at any time and crowbar in as many tv features as possible. They must love this, I don’t think the people running the show are in any hurry to get fans back in , Prem clubs have already stated tv money is where it’s at now, it’s only the lower league clubs that suffer but they don’t care about that….the more communities destroyed the better.
Fake crowd noise.
Ha! Yeah…ooooo it’s ‘orrid😖
Jose eating humble pie then.
Starting with Sky’s ‘fab four’…what will BT call them?
The “Fab Four” is playing from the start – judging by the way the media have been hyping them up for so long, we’re in for an attacking treat!
Davies and Doherty worry me like they would (and do) worry any fan. If they’re targeted with pace, we’re in for a long evening.
Will Dele play behind the three or does he play the deeper role we saw against Burnley?
Let’s get at them and show no mercy!
Where is Rodon??
Full Backs aside, I actually feel confident. We have to win and have no excuses if we don’t.
Docherty and Davies as wingbacks can have a massive impact on our forward momentum. I agree that Reguilion is probably being saved for the bigger fixtures coming. I just hope that the lads upfront can do the business. Thankfully Dier and Sanchez have not paired up again.
Doherty’s selection is quite bizarre?!!
Have to assume Reggies being brought back easy after his injury. No other explanation having Davies in there and him in the bench. Would’ve had Tanganga over Sanchez
Agree with the other comments..the full backs are a real worry..Aurier is not even on the bench..don’t mind Doherty as much as Davies..Championship player at best.
Oh no it’s the super full backs ..
Still confident enough .
Coys
Sort it out Doherty, please not another poor performance. Those full backs giving me nightmares already but the rest of the team looks good.
Agreed. Our weaker full backs are starting this evening.
It’s hard to disagree with that comment! Obviously with 3 games in a week, we are having to rotate our FB’s and with Fulham having a league low, ‘goals for’, record at home, we are being forced to give some airtime to the more agricultural pairing of Doherty and Davies! The rest of the team has a very positive look to it however.