Impressive performance. People who say Fulham were poor are correct, but then have a look at our closing down all game and you will see why. That is what you need to win matches, effort. The quality takes care of itself after that.
I thought Cannavaro and Marchisio were the two best players, but there were several good performances. I think we can score at Craven Cottage, at least from a set piece. Shame about the flukey away goal, but it that was their best chance we did something right.
He is better than Sissoko. He does suck when he tries to put in long passes along the ground (or through the air for that matter). What he did today was to collect the ball and pass it along to Candreva or Diego. He did it very well to be honest and was one of the reasons our midfield looked very composed in the first half. He didn't try fancy dribbles or the long ball bullshit. Sissoko came on and immediately lost the ball trying to dribble past opponents in our own half when he had a free player 5 yards away.
Do you guys feel safe when Marchisio has the ball? I always feel nervous when Sissoko has the ball, I have the same nervousness when Melo and Camo have the ball because you can never know what will those two try. But when Marchisio has the ball it feels so safe.
I only managed to watch the first half, and we looked, at times, amazingly improved in terms of ball possession and offensive thrust. Indeed Fulham were playing counter attack, so we expected to see a lot of the ball, but we look lively, much livelier in fact than I have seen us for a long time...Good result.
Do you guys feel safe when Marchisio has the ball? I always feel nervous when Sissoko has the ball, I have the same nervousness when Melo and Camo have the ball because you can never know what will those two try. But when Marchisio has the ball it feels so safe.
Anyone who thinks it's going to be this easy next week is mistaken. Fulham are dangerous at home and they were missing one of their most influential players tonight. With Chiellini and Legro absent we're going to have our work cut out for us.
Just because he doesn't play brilliant thru balls and cross field passes doesn't mean he is a bad passer. The short passing game is very important for a DM even if it is just to maintain possession instead of building an attack.
Do you guys feel safe when Marchisio has the ball? I always feel nervous when Sissoko has the ball, I have the same nervousness when Melo and Camo have the ball because you can never know what will those two try. But when Marchisio has the ball it feels so safe.
He's a neat player. Doesn't try anything he knows he can't pull off. I liked how he hooked up with Diego a few times during the match, including that last Diego shot where Marchisio put in a nice through ball.