Our service tonight

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Our service to the front players was absolutely abysmal. We could have had Harry Kane up front and still not had a sniff.
I thought the effort from our players was second to none.
How many more fouls before Hector got sent off?
Hopefully we'll still hold on to sixth position after the weekend with Preston playing Forest, Derby playing Brentford and Jacks away to Leeds.

Not one single decent cross, long throw, corner or free kick in 90 minutes. The best chance we had, a free kick which Tomlin must have fancied, we rolled at snail's pace to Vaulks.

[LeningradCowboy]

Not one single decent cross, long throw, corner or free kick in 90 minutes. The best chance we had, a free kick which Tomlin must have fancied, we rolled at snail's pace to Vaulks.

I think the freekick was too wide for Tomlin to have a shot at goal. Moving the ball to a more central position was a decent option, but it was executed poorly and they reacted well.

[delmbox]

I think the freekick was too wide for Tomlin to have a shot at goal. Moving the ball to a more central position was a decent option, but it was executed poorly and they reacted well.

Agreed

[the other bob wilson]

Agreed

I don't, when's the last time you saw a goal scored from a free kick tapped to someone else? Defenders are out too quick these days to let it happen - the angle wasn't perfect, but Tomlin is good enough to score from there on occasions, I'm guessing Whitts would have scored two or three times out of ten from the same position if the angle had favoured a left footer.

[mazadona10]

I don't, when's the last time you saw a goal scored from a free kick tapped to someone else? Defenders are out too quick these days to let it happen - the angle wasn't perfect, but Tomlin is good enough to score from there on occasions, I'm guessing Whitts would have scored two or three times out of ten from the same position if the angle had favoured a left footer.

I think the poster was agreeing that the ball was played too wide as the OP said it was hit as snail pace which is wrong.

Delivery was terrible tonight. Hardly anything went into a dangerous position and we must have had 20+ opportunities with free kicks corners and throw ins. This is where a player like Whittingham could do nothing all game but still create 2 good goal scoring opportunities in his worst game.

Didn't really help that Fulham seemed well equipped to deal with our main threat. We don't seem to be as effective at set pieces lately. I'm no Nelson super fan but he has been very good since the break apart from the Blackburn game but doesn't give you the threat Bamba and Flint does.

Also when we had Paterson on the right there was usually another target in the box.

[LeningradCowboy]

I don't, when's the last time you saw a goal scored from a free kick tapped to someone else? Defenders are out too quick these days to let it happen - the angle wasn't perfect, but Tomlin is good enough to score from there on occasions, I'm guessing Whitts would have scored two or three times out of ten from the same position if the angle had favoured a left footer.

Tomlin takes a decent free kick, but Whittingham was on another level.

[valleys caveman]

Not one single decent cross, long throw, corner or free kick in 90 minutes. The best chance we had, a free kick which Tomlin must have fancied, we rolled at snail's pace to Vaulks.

I think teams like Fulham can get away with stuff like we play because they have a striker that can make something out of nothing. As I've mentioned above, I thought our commitment was second to none.
Looking on the bright side, we're still in with a shout with three games to play. Would I have taken that at the beginning of the season? Too right I would have