Match Day Thread Fulham FC v Sunderland AFC - Saturday 22nd November 2025 - KO 15:00

Something wasn't quite right today! Really if Fulham players could finish they wpuld have scored 3 or 4 easily. We don't usually give away so many clear chances!

I'm not worried about one off day, see another 2 or 3 like that in a row and I'll be saying different but I can see things being better next week!

 

Disappointing performance all over the park today. Looked to be some tired players out there. Maybe a few leggy players after the European games. Still think we needed the extra man in midfield today as they played 1 up top. Anyway it's now about how we react in the next game. To top it all the train stopped at preston due to broken track and its a bus to Carlisle. Happy happy days.

 

Just got home. Cracking day, ****e at the football. It’s been a while since that was the case so we can take it. Massive game next weekend before 3 ridiculously tough fixtures.

 

… next weekend, Liverpool away, then two ridiculously tough fixtures , surely

 

We’ll beat Liverpool

 

We’ve got a really rough run from now tbh. Must be better than we were today

 

Disappointing today but we were never in the game. Felt like a needlessly defensive setup. Hopefully back to our 433 next Sat and go again. 3 points important with some tough games coming up,

 

Poor performance today, seems like heads went down a bit after some strange decisions by the Fulham 12th man... the ref. What was the free kick for when they went and scored? Oh well, onwards and upwards just beaten by 12 man Fulham, will be much better 11 v 11 next game.

 

Just watched the highlights. Poorest we've been so far. That will happen, but we'll not get blown away by anyone. As we've seen, we are still in games at the end. Today wasn't one of those days. Move on and learn from it.

 

Only saw the second half but it looked like we just didn't get going. Disappointing result but these things happen. Onwards and upwards against Bournemouth.

Hope everyone got home safely. I read on Facebook that the trains were chaotic.

 

They looked a yard quicker than us all over the pitch, and our subs came on very late again, possibly due to them not scoring till late on, I was hoping they would score earlier tbh , to force a change. Having said that the Talbi decision to turn right was a shocker as has been mentioned. We should give credit to their manager and players who got it spot on imo., and I don,t know where to start about the ref. , totally one sided or useless is the best I can manage.

 

They were @becs . I decided to drive to Carlisle and go westside into euston to avoid the chaos on LNER. Mistake as trains stopped at preston on way back due to a broken track so it was buses to penrith then Carlisle and then a tired drive home. Blooming knackered.

 

My first thoughts, on the final whistle, were for our supporters ... you included mate.

Sounds soppy but my thoughts were with you all last night, deserved better.

 

Haven’t found the desire to watch these yet. I guess we are so proud of this team that poor performances like yesterday are a shock

 

Maybe not blown away but a bit better finishing and they could have had 4 yesterday. Gave away more clear chances yesterday than we have over 2 or 3 matches combined previously!

Nothing at all was at the level it usally is, Roefs is the exception he made at least 1 very good save!

 

In the cold light of day despite being off it we were in the game

they squandered chances and their goal comes from a combination of mistakes, such as the bizarre foul, Hume being out of position to effectively close crosser down due to the foul, and the mix up beteeen Ballard and Roefs.

we could have blagged a point, reminded me off the united performance in a way.

I do think we’re short a midfielder, he doesn’t like the combinations available to him there at present. he won’t put Enzo in there because he either doesn’t want him there or because more likely we don’t have an option on the left that he prefers so trust Enzo.

Many said an X factor winger was the one thing we didn’t come away with in the summer, ultimately you can’t have everything tho.

I seen enough from the game to not throw toys at the pram and believe 17th is on at the very least.

different game next week at home

 

To me it looked like they had just finished a large cod with double chips before starting the game.

I agree with just about everyone else about the formation being wrong.

Opposition teams seem to be targeting our right side when attacking, this needs looking at.

Do we have any coaches who concentrate on passing because we give the ball away a lot by either poor passes or just heading it back to the opposition area who then take the ball down and get possession. Maybe the passes weren’t on or nobody made themselves available but whatever it is we lose possession too easily.

Maybe they all had an off day but I fully expect them to get back to their normal levels for the next game.

The ref was rubbish (for us)

 

Simply just a bad day at the office, they are human, they are allowed to have one. This group of players have and will be amazing, just not so much yesterday...but to play so bad, we were only 5 mins from a draw...Its a blip, not the end of the world

 

The poor passing was contageous wasn't it, like they were playing with a rugby ball.

I can only equate to the Newcastle performance, at Brentford, where the whole team were poor.

I think we took Fulham by surprise and allowed them to attack more than they've done all season.

I think RLB will have learned from the game.

Many said we shouldn't be overconfident, before the game ...

... personally I think we were underconfident and showed them too much respect.

They couldn't have believed they'd have such an easy three points.

 

They were good, ( they ARE good mind) we were a bit off it. Maybe a bit of tiredness.


One thing which might have been mentioned was that the ref gave them a free kick every time one of them went to ground. And they seemed to know this and kept going there. Some were fouls, some were not, but they got the decision almost every time .

We got nothing like the same treatment from the ref.

But a tight game lost. We've won and drawn a few of them.