Bring me sunshine
Suddenly very busy, so rehashing some of my own posts from TFI today. Lazy, I know, but it states my position and no sense reinventing the wheel.
Who do you think has a better understanding of what Collins John can contribute? A man who watches him every day in training, or a man who remembers him scoring a few goals two years ago?
If Collins was playing like the player we thought he might be in training do you think he’d be at Leicester on loan now?
You might not like the players Sanchez brought in, but he had reason to believe that they were good footballers who can do a job for Fulham. Things have been far from perfect, but they’re not nearly as bad as a lot of people are trying to make out.
My take on the signings so far:
Keller - decent backup, no worries there
Baird - decent player, has had problems adjusting to the top flight. Might make it, might not
Konchesky - one of the signings of the season (for any team)
Hughes - no problem with Hughes, by and large he looks like a solid, efficient defender. Not the dominant force we wanted, but let’s be realistic about what we could’ve got. Although maybe the Kamara money might have been better used here
Seol - really not sure about him, but we have seen suggestions of magic there. Sadly it seems that we’ll only see them every couple of months
Davis - a really good player, but it seems he needs an enforcer with him. He offers us a lot and given time should be pretty influential. Have faith!
Bouazza - terrific potential. Seems to have it all, I’m quite hopeful here
Healy - will score goals, and looked terrific linking with McBride. Since then has been caught in a job-share with Kamara and neither have thrived
Kamara - not convinced really. Seol didn’t cost anything so I’m not so disappointed with his signing, but for what we paid Kamara ought to be doing more than he is. Perhaps the best is yet to come though
Cook - well everyone says he can play. Looking forward to seeing it for myself
We have 8 points from 30 because this Fulham team, which I would guess is about a mid-table team:
lost away at Arsenal (an exceptional side) when well placed to win
beat Bolton
lost at home to Middlesbrough in extraordinary circumstances
lost away at Villa, having led, had a penalty refused, and hit the inside of the post
drew at home to Spurs
drew away at Wigan despite being in no trouble for most of the game
drew at home to a very good Man City side
drew away at Chelsea
lost to a pretty good Portsmouth side
drew at home to Derby
I’d say that only the Derby game is really bad. We should’ve beaten Boro, and would have if Warner hadn’t thrown one in, McBride got injured scoring, etc, etc. None of the other results are anything out of the ordinary.
I think the players are alright. They’re Fulham players, so I’m judging them accordingly. If I was an Arsenal fan I’d be holding them to different standards.
I’d give Sanchez as long as he needs, or until such a point as he proves that things are going badly wrong beyond the usual ups and downs that you’d reasonably expect in any season.
