FT: FULHAM 1 - 2 CARDIFF CITY. (Fulham win 3 - 2 on agg)

[Don Corleone]

I see the Sky Fulham love in is in full flow again tonight !

[splott parker]

I see the Sky Fulham love in is in full flow again tonight !

I thought Parker was ok in his post match interview.

[jeepster]

I look forward to the interest it will accumulate .

Instead of two west london teams in the final,it could be two welsh teams.

[LeningradCowboy]

I think the referee deciding it was a free kick might be the better way of describing a dodgy decision.

I was being diplomatic.

[Hilts]

Utter bollocks, how can you attempt snide criticism after tonight’s game?

Hes a Jack. Probably Roathie.

[bobh]

To be honest i perfer the championship.

Ditto
"The journey is better tha the destination"

[City123]

Deserved to at least take it to extra time.

We'll be alright if we play like that next season

[Baloo]

I would have loved to have seen Smithies in a penalty shoot out. He’s some ‘keeper.

He’s been top-notch.

[jeepster]

Deserved to at least take it to extra time.

We'll be alright if we play like that next season

Feeling upbeat already.

[City123]

From the Fulham forum: "Horrible player. Dirty horrible team with a horrible manager. They've been that way for years now. Only got one player who can play football and he's too fat to play more than 40 minutes. They've several other players that I struggle to believe are professional sportsmen. Commentary team should have been calling out how dirty and poor they were all night but they have to pander the lingering element of UK society that just wants to see talentless meatheads "getting stuck in". We're somewhat insulated from that in London but every now and then someone like Higginbottom pops up on the tele and reminds you it's there."

Its nice to be shithouses again, we were too nice in the Premier League

[MacAdder]

From the Fulham forum: "Horrible player. Dirty horrible team with a horrible manager. They've been that way for years now. Only got one player who can play football and he's too fat to play more than 40 minutes. They've several other players that I struggle to believe are professional sportsmen. Commentary team should have been calling out how dirty and poor they were all night but they have to pander the lingering element of UK society that just wants to see talentless meatheads "getting stuck in". We're somewhat insulated from that in London but every now and then someone like Higginbottom pops up on the tele and reminds you it's there."

Its nice to be shithouses again, we were too nice in the Premier League

Was it about us?

[Bluebirdman Of Alcathays]

Although I wouldn't have put it like Mr Dandruff has, I think he has a point. We have something about us but not enough (yet). First half I was bored which is partly why the second half was such a revelation (and great to see).

A few people saying they prefer the championship - in a way that means we'd fall short every year which is not something I'd like to see cos I think we're bigger and potentially better than that and if we do go up again I would want us to avoid relegation and play some decent football while we're at it, which means progressing a fair bit further from where we are. So, really encouraging in parts tonight but also work to be done.

[Bobby Dandruff]

He’s been top-notch.

He has. I wonder if we’ll look to sell Etheridge in the window as a result?

[Madassa]

Absolutely
(I hate that phrase)😀

[The Lone Gunman]

Why oh why didn’t Tomlin start? 🤷*♂️

This may be a wild guess, but I reckon it's because he's nowhere near fit.

I was going to say any idiot could see that from his second half performance in the first leg, but evidently that's not the case.

[Bobby Dandruff]

Utter bollocks, how can you attempt snide criticism after tonight’s game?

If you think that effort alone is going to get us anywhere then just look at the teams in the final.

They tried every bit as hard as we did, but also tried to play pass and move football, and that is the difference here.

I commend the effort but that is sadly not enough to get promoted. As has been brutally highlighted.

There is absolutely no shame in admitting that for whatever reason ‘effort’ in this case wasn’t enough. We didn’t have the footballing nous to win the tie and they did.

[LeningradCowboy]

He has. I wonder if we’ll look to sell Etheridge in the window as a result?

I doubt that there will be many teams willing to pay a transfer fee for him with less than 12 months left of his contract. The time to cash in was last summer when his stock was high.

[Madassa]

Although I wouldn't have put it like Mr Dandruff has, I think he has a point. We have something about us but not enough (yet). First half I was bored which is partly why the second half was such a revelation (and great to see).

A few people saying they prefer the championship - in a way that means we'd fall short every year which is not something I'd like to see cos I think we're bigger and potentially better than that and if we do go up again I would want us to avoid relegation and play some decent football while we're at it, which means progressing a fair bit further from where we are. So, really encouraging in parts tonight but also work to be done.

Thinly veiled praise is the worst of all compliments you 2 faced barsteward 😖

[City123]

I doubt that there will be many teams willing to pay a transfer fee for him with less than 12 months left of his contract. The time to cash in was last summer when his stock was high.

We'd get something for him, he's a good goalkeeper

The ones I'd be worried about being able to move on are Pack and Flint

[Hilts]

If you think that effort alone is going to get us anywhere then just look at the teams in the final.

They tried every bit as hard as we did, but also tried to play pass and move football, and that is the difference here.

I commend the effort but that is sadly not enough to get promoted. As has been brutally highlighted.

There is absolutely no shame in admitting that for whatever reason ‘effort’ in this case wasn’t enough. We didn’t have the footballing nous to win the tie and they did.

We game them all they could handle.

Fulham looked fecked at the end.

Whereas Brentford looked like theyd had a training match after the game v your boys last night.

[City123]

We game them all they could handle.

Fulham looked fecked at the end.

Whereas Brentford looked like theyd had a training match after the game v your boys last night.

Rosenior summed it up pretty well, there was only one winner had it gone to extra time and they weren't in white shirts

Fulham were rattled and knew they got away with it, you could tell by their reaction at the end

[Llandaff Blue]

If you think that effort alone is going to get us anywhere then just look at the teams in the final.

They tried every bit as hard as we did, but also tried to play pass and move football, and that is the difference here.

I commend the effort but that is sadly not enough to get promoted. As has been brutally highlighted.

There is absolutely no shame in admitting that for whatever reason ‘effort’ in this case wasn’t enough. We didn’t have the footballing nous to win the tie and they did.

Boring wanker. Where are you when we actually win games? I remember you throwing a hissy fit after we lost to Fulham in the league then you vanished after we won the next few games

[valleys caveman]

Rosenior summed it up pretty well, there was only one winner had it gone to extra time and they weren't in white shirts

Fulham were rattled and knew they got away with it, you could tell by their reaction at the end

I've enjoyed Rosenior's and McAnuff's questions and verdicts, pre and post match.

[Bluebirdman Of Alcathays]

Thinly veiled praise is the worst of all compliments you 2 faced barsteward ��

Wind your neck in, dipshit. How the **** is that two-faced?

[Bobby Dandruff]

I doubt that there will be many teams willing to pay a transfer fee for him with less than 12 months left of his contract. The time to cash in was last summer when his stock was high.

You are right of course.

But at that time Smithies hadn’t really established himself as such a good keeper here had he? I don’t think anyway.

So the stars weren’t perfectly aligned. Still, a nice ‘problem’ to have I suppose. 👍