FT: CARDIFF CITY 0 - 2 FULHAM. Matchday thread

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It has EVERYTHING to do with tactics.

How many long balls did you see Fulham play? How much possession football did you see us play by passing and moving?

I don’t think that their players are necessarily better than ours, but they have been coached on the basics of football: pass, move, pass,
move, keep the ball, make the other team work to gain possession, not play endless long balls where the chances of maintaining possession are dramatically less.

Who plays like that these days apart from us?

It is EVERYTHING to do with tactics.

If Fulham, Swansea and Brentford can do it, then why can’t our players? Because we have a manager that want to play another way.

We haven’t got the players to play tippy tappy football.

Pack, supposedly our best passer tried the short passing game and gave it away I don’t know how many times.

You can’t just make players better at a trait. Fulham have spent years buying players of that mould. We’ve spent it buying athletic, strong players.

Just because you lead a horse to water, you can’t make it drink.

[Bobby Dandruff]

We haven’t got the players to play tippy tappy football.

Pack, supposedly our best passer tried the short passing game and gave it away I don’t know how many times.

You can’t just make players better at a trait. Fulham have spent years buying players of that mould. We’ve spent it buying athletic, strong players.

Just because you lead a horse to water, you can’t make it drink.

I know what you mean (look at Flint!!!) but I don’t agree that players can only play in certain way (they ARE professional footballers after all!)

We have enough players of a decent enough footballing ability not to have to resort to Neanderthal hoof it long and hope for the best football.

And the decision to play that way, in massively stark contrast to the other teams in the play offs, lies at Harris’ door.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

I know what you mean (look at Flint!!!) but I don’t agree that players can only play in certain way (they ARE professional footballers after all!)

We have enough players of a decent enough footballing ability not to have to resort to Neanderthal hoof it long and hope for the best football.

And the decision to play that way, in massively stark contrast to the other teams in the play offs, lies at Harris’ door.

Harris is changing things. If we went completely total possession football, we'd have got stuffed in loads of games this season. They've spent the last 3 seasons lumping it at every opportunity. There's a definite improvement in style of play. Harris has spent no money and has actually cut the budget. If he didn't get us in the top 6, it would be a failure, now we've got beaten by a team that spent 50m this season alone, he's a failure? Get a grip.