Surprisingly haven't seen one yet so here we go.

With Klas out, I'd either go with 4-4-2

----------------------Jussi-----------------

Steinsson------Cahill----Knight-----Ricketts

Lee----------Muamba----M Davies----Taylor

-------------Elmander-----SKD--------------



or 4-5-1

----------------------Jussi-----------------

Steinsson------Cahill----Knight------------Ricketts

Lee------Cohen----Muamba----M Davies----Taylor

----------------------SKD---------------------------

I shall throw a little known fact in. We played Fulham away on the 6th Feb 1960, 50 years ago on Sat exact. Only know cos it's my old man's bit birthday this week

This is a massive, massive game. It's a team we struggle to beat, but a team we can beat. Not seen that much of them this year if I'm honest, but we should be able to.

hisroyalgingerness wrote:

I shall throw a little known fact in.

Then allow me to proffer another. In the 35 years that I've been watching BWFC, I can only think of one (ONE) memorable moment from a BWFC v Fulham game, and that was when Bobby Moore got sent off (76-ish?) and all the team walked off in protest. It was a night match and I was stood on the Embankment. Fulham played in red and black stripes. That's all!

t_o_molloy wrote:

Surprisingly haven't seen one yet so here we go. With Klas out, I'd either go with 4-4-2 ----------------------Jussi----------------- Steinsson------Cahill----Knight-----Ricketts Lee----------Muamba----M Davies----Taylor -------------Elmander-----SKD-------------- or 4-5-1 ----------------------Jussi----------------- Steinsson------Cahill----Knight------------Ricketts Lee------Cohen----Muamba----M Davies----Taylor ----------------------SKD---------------------------

what no Wilshere, Wiess nor Holden at home?

I'd start Wilshere on for Cohen I think. Maybe Weiss for Elmander later on?

Bruce Rioja wrote:

hisroyalgingerness wrote: I shall throw a little known fact in. Then allow me to proffer another. In the 35 years that I've been watching BWFC, I can only think of one (ONE) memorable moment from a BWFC v Fulham game, and that was when Bobby Moore got sent off (76-ish?) and all the team walked off in protest. It was a night match and I was stood on the Embankment. Fulham played in red and black stripes. That's all!

here's another interesting fact..

we have played fulham - in total - 77 times

the agregate score currently stands at 103-103! it's a draw!!! one goal is enough to push us to 104-103 COYW!!!

They are a good side in a poor run of form. These are the sides we always used to beat under Allardyce. Nows the time to capitalise and do 'em.

Lord Kangana wrote:

They are a good side in a poor run of form. These are the sides we always used to beat under Allardyce. Nows the time to capitalise and do 'em.

I hope that was sarcasm!

[quote="RobbieSavagesLeg"][quote="t_o_molloy"]Surprisingly haven't seen one yet so here we go.

With Klas out, I'd either go with 4-4-2

----------------------Jussi-----------------

Steinsson------Cahill----Knight-----Ricketts

Lee----------Muamba----M Davies----Taylor

-------------Elmander-----SKD--------------



or 4-5-1

----------------------Jussi-----------------

Steinsson------Cahill----Knight------------Ricketts

Lee------Cohen----Muamba----M Davies----Taylor

----------------------SKD---------------------------[/quote]


[b]what no Wilshere, Wiess nor Holden at home?[/b]

I'd start Wilshere on for Cohen I think. Maybe Weiss for Elmander later on?[/quote]

Coyle said "It will be a gradual involvement and when they get that chance they have to make sure that they keep the jersey."

boltonboris wrote:

Lord Kangana wrote: They are a good side in a poor run of form. These are the sides we always used to beat under Allardyce. Nows the time to capitalise and do 'em. I hope that was sarcasm!

Nope. If you think of teams like Spurs and the like at the time, they always spent shedloads more money, but we always seemed to play them at just the right time when they'd hit a bit of poor form. God has granted us this opportunity etc.....

This fixture was a real low point last season. Losing 3 - 1 and showing absolutely no conviction or guts in the fight. I remember Gavin McCann and Andy O'Brien having absolute shockers, neither looked like they cared when they made mistakes. I was talking to a Fulham fan after that game and he said that because it was their first away win of the season the players all went over and threw their shirts into the away end! It was a real low point for me. This season hopefully we can get a result and a performance, they have one away win this season and have lost 4 consecutive league games, we should really win this one.

NorthernSoulBWFC wrote:

This fixture was a real low point last season. Losing 3 - 1 and showing absolutely no conviction or guts in the fight.

The lowest of last season's low points for me. As I recall they turned up at our place being the only club in England not to have registered an away win all season and with only one away goal (summat like that).

Bruce Rioja wrote:

NorthernSoulBWFC wrote: This fixture was a real low point last season. Losing 3 - 1 and showing absolutely no conviction or guts in the fight. The lowest of last season's low points for me. As I recall they turned up at our place being the only club in England not to have registered an away win all season and with only one away goal (summat like that).

Yeah, that sounds about right! I think if we had won we would have gone into the top half of the table too. It was a terrible game, Andy O'Brien was awful think he made two individual errors to hand them the win!

Game we could and should win

----------------------Jussi-----------------

Steinsson------Cahill----Knight-----Ricketts

Lee----------Muamba----M Davies----Wilshere

-------------Elmander-----SKD--------------

FaninOz wrote:

Game we could and should win ----------------------Jussi----------------- Steinsson------Cahill----Knight-----Ricketts Lee----------Muamba----M Davies----Wilshere -------------Elmander-----SKD--------------

We've won 3 out of 8 against them at home. And much worse away 0-2-7. So in our last 17 meetings, we've managed 3 wins.

Whilst I agree somewhat with Brucie, that past form shouldn't really have much bearing on the game to come (unless there's a rather obvious quality gap and we're playing one of the top 4 away), I'd be much more comfortable if it was (for example) West Ham at home. I do think there's teams you get the mindset that "we've not lost against this lot for years" and winning becomes a habit.

I know its an old cliche, BUT, we need to treat this like a cup final, 3 points now is absolutely vital, rather than suddenly panicking in ten games that we're in the sh*t and need to get points away at Everton, Chelsea, etc. , start NOW with the escape whilst we're playing winnable games.

Come on OC, they need to go out onto that pitch snarling, hungry, desperate to win...why should we only raise our game against big teams - hit that level in these games and you come out the winner.

Attack - attack - attack!

They're a half-decent team, but we'll d**k them if OC gets his tactics right

Big game this one. It's easy to look at Fulham at home and think "yeah, we should be ok".

If that's the mindset, we'll lose. As we have done to this lot more often than not over the years. A bogey team.

I saw them at Totenham a few weeks back and they were absolutely shocking. Read the comments above relating to our game against them last season, and that gives you some idea about how awful they were.

This is a team that famously struggles away from home.

Hit them early. Pace on the right (Lee), creativity in the middle (Wilshere) and, personally, Gardner on the left for me. I'm by no means anti-Taylor, nor do I see him as pub-level, but I think he needs to come on after about 60 minutes against some tiring legs.He can find a bit of space and maybe get a confidence-boosting goal to put us out of sight.

I'd be going 4-4-2 with SKD and Elmo, with Muamba breaking them up in front of the back four.

Robinson at left back for me (go easy on me, folks), and the other defenders as they were.

Should be 3-0. Sorry, scratch that. 3-1. We don't really do clean sheets.

Once again, like a stuck record:

Match preview and report needed

as wrote:

Attack - attack - attack! They're a half-decent team, but we'll d**k them if OC gets his tactics right

See, it's people like you who make us sound like Boro fans

hisroyalgingerness wrote:

as wrote: Attack - attack - attack! They're a half-decent team, but we'll d**k them if OC gets his tactics right See, it's people like you who make us sound like Boro fans

Peadophile's?