Coming off the back of a last minute turnaround to calmly see off your next opponent away from home with minimal fuss?

Just big 6 team things 😉

Here’s your #CRYFUL match analysis thread ⬇️

🧵 1/10 Truthfully this felt like the sort of routine win Fulham very rarely have away from the Cottage

Sure, the xG story looks closer than most of our games this season. But that doesn’t include our two chalked off goals ❌❌

We were dominant and in control of most areas of the pitch

One thing I’ll be watching… 👀

#CRYFUL edition!

The last time we played Glasner’s Palace we all came away spellbound by their setup. But teams have since worked out some weaknesses which have then been exacerbated by injuries

Here’s one Fulham could exploit 👇 As we all remember Glasner sets up Palace in a 3-4–3 of sorts with the shape of the attack somewhat dependent on his offensive personnel

But having a look at their recent games the chemistry is off out of possession and it’s exposing some issues 🧐

I’ll try to explain…

Better late than never! Be it in a Monday night derby, or for this week’s thread! 😮‍💨

The Whites finally are on the right end of late drama, using some squad depth to send the bus-stop Bees home empty handed, even after they parked it

Here’s some #FULBRE analysis 👇

🧵 1/9 This was almost a very different match thread which would have been rather baffling to write

Because despite a nagging lack of final product even during the frustrating bits last night I found myself feeling elements of Fulham’s performance were as good as anything all season 🤷‍♂️

One thing I’ll be watching… 👀

#FULBRE edition!

Fulham & Brentford actually have a fair bit in common these days. Including sharp managers capable of nailing a bespoke game plan

With that in mind, it’s all eyes on Thomas Frank early in this one for me

Here’s why 👇 Even without Ivan Toney, Brentford are scoring plenty of goals in the PL this season with Mbeumo and Wissa enjoying somewhat newfound freedom

But intriguingly, for a team managed by an OOP specialist, they’re also conceding a lot going the other way 🧐

Once again, Fulham had more than enough of the game to win but too few moments of final third quality left us vulnerable to a sucker punch 🥊

Is it just me or was #EVEFUL the latest in a pattern? If so, why? And what does it all mean?!

Time for this week’s analysis 👇

🧵 1/8 It’s becoming a particularly annoying (and new!) habit that #FFC don’t finish off or see out games after taking the lead 🤦‍♂️

Last season, we gave up the fewest points from winning positions (9)

This season so far we’ve already given up more (10). That’s the second most in the PL

Penalty misses, red cards, deflected goals and own goals 🤦‍♂️

On what turned into something of an ‘anything that can go wrong will go wrong’ sort of afternoon, the thing that really went wrong in #FULAVL was our midfield

Let’s take a closer look with some match analysis

🧵 1/10 After a bright opening I never felt comfortable in this one, so it was slightly surprising that even not accounting for our pen we edged xG 🧐

Big moments which swung momentum went badly wrong, but looking at the general pattern of play (as I will here) the loss was coming

The story of Fulham under Marco Silva is one of constant evolution, driven by the players available to him at a given time

For every evolution there’s a game when you feel you ‘get’ what the vision is for the side

#FULNEW was that game for me! Let’s break it down

🧵 1/10 This is going to sound a bit vague. But I promise I’ll try to explain 😅

Marco’s philosophy tries to use the collective to solve our weak points whilst trusting individuals where we are strong

In an excellent win #FFC showcased that in how and when they committed numbers