I Felt very smug on train home from Victoria to Haywards Heath sharing the carriage with some glum Brighton fans.
Good, solid performance and such a contrast to this time last season.
Fulham bossed the first 30 mins by effective pressing on our midfield and doubling up on Wilf (who I thought was unlucky to be booked for his first foul). They will be disappointed that they didn't score to endorse their dominance and Palace resolutely got themselves back into the game. Palace know from bitter experience how moral-sapping late first half goals are and Fulham will feel no different after Geoff Schlupp's outstanding late strike. It could even have been 0-2 from an equally sharp PVA shot which was ruled offside.
Palace dominated more and more in the second half and when Wilf scored after an outstanding counter-attack I said to my wife I was confident of 3 points - a confidence I've rarely felt in recent seasons. AWB was my motm, a strong first half defensive performance that kept Sessignon quiet was complimented by more and more attacking thrusts down the right as the game drew out. He just shaded WH who made 4/5 very good saves and didn't put a foot wrong the whole game.
Overall, Fulham found it very hard to blend their new players into an effective team against a Prem hardened and very well organised Palace.

Ha! You could have a point. When you’re watching at the game your perspective isn’t always spot on. But almost everyone around me thought it was a stonewall pen, as did I. I will get a chance to review it on the telly later.

You think that’s quote of the day ? Just take a stroll over to bbs and see some of the anti Hennessy stuff written on there between 14:00pm and 15:00pm , I thank you

Let them play on Friday nights. It screws them up! The more Sturdays at 3 we play the better.

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One interesting point that my nephew made to me at the game today and that was we didn't have many attacking options from the bench that could possibly change things.

Hennessey, Van Aanholt, Sakho, Schlupp, Tomkins, McArthur, Wan-Bissaka, Milivojevic, Townsend, Zaha, Benteke.

That starting line up was what I expected and a nice solid look about it but the bench really lacked attacking options.

Guaita, Ward, Kouyate, Sorloth, Souare, Kelly, Riedewald.

I know things will be different when we can call upon Meyer and Ayew but to have only one true forward/attacker out of 6 outfield options is remarkable. Especially when you think that Kelly can play RB/CB, that Kouyate can play CM/CB as can Riedewald!

I suppose Ward and Souare are specialist full backs but we did have both Schlupp and PvA on the pitch - surely you'd think Roy would want a greater range of options?

Unless he really doesn't rate the attacking options at his disposal. Pretty grim for the prospects of Kaikai and Lokilo if that is the case.

His tackle was completely mis-timed and a very lucky boy. It wasn't 'challenge or concede', if it was outside the area then a different story but inside a foolish challenge that could have cost us. As someone has previously said, it wasn't Sakho's best game but it's the first game and he will get sharper.
Overall a good result professionally performed.

Bring back Brolin