Been a long long time since a club has been unbeaten for such a short amount of time Everton lost at Southampton as you know after just six games! ..past results etc can mean nothing and Fulham only need to organise their defending, they looked very threatening against us especially first half and could've easily scored ..their ability to pass is not in question.

Mr Bilic openly said that he cannot build a premier league team if the likes of Ferguson are allowed to leave, so he clearly would love to start the debate.

Well said. Roy is generally good at getting us to win against the Fulham and the Norwich type of teams, but Wolves and Leeds next up will really show where we are headed (or not). Those two teams will be 6-11th sort of position come the end of the season.

I am pleased that we won but in reality we should have done anyway.
Fulham are rubbish and in the end they hit the woodwork twice and we conceded right at the death again.
They had more possession which against a team like that is not acceptable to me but at the same time I was pleased with how many shots we mustered.
However - one Swallow does not make a summer so let's see what happens over the next few weeks.
It has to be said that Wilf looked to be unplayable and we won.
We might not be a one man team but without him we might as well be.

Edited by The Dolphin (26 Oct 2020 12.35pm)

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I am pleased that we won but in reality we should have done anyway.
Fulham are rubbish and in the end they hit the woodwork twice and we conceded right at the death again.
They had more possession which against a team like that is not acceptable to me but at the same time I was pleased with how many shots we mustered.
However - one Swallow does not make a summer so let's see what happens over the next few weeks.
It has to be said that Wilf looked to be unplayable and we won.
We might not be a one man team but without him we might as well be.

Edited by The Dolphin (26 Oct 2020 12.35pm)

We’re definitely not a 1 man team but we do rely too much on Wilf. When he is off his game as he was against Brighton he should be subbed. Yet he plays the full 90 minutes either because he keeps a couple of markers busy thereby freeing space for others or because he might just produce a moment of genius. Occasionally that pays off but against Brighton it didn’t. It’s even worse because our out ball was “give it to Wilf” ( when we managed to pass).

Roy now has other attacking options in Eze and Bats so I’d like to see him be prepared to take Wilf off if he’s having a poor game rather than comment afterwards about his lack of contribution.