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I hate it when I have to miss a home game, but boy am I glad I missed this one. I suspect I would have been done for speeding on the way home, as I would have taken out my frustration on my car’s accelerator. Think back a year to when we beat Chelsea an dhow proud we were of our team and compare that to the misery we feel this evening. No pride, no passion, precious little skill from a team shackled by a formation which just doesn’t work. And it needs to stop. If we don’t play with a striker the number of goals we will score will very limited. Kevin Nolan is not a striker. He was an embarrassment today. Quite why Maiga was then preferred to Carlton Cole only Sam Allardyce can fathom. He makes Iain Dowie look prolific.
The only two bright spots today were Stewart Downing and Ravel Morrison. The driving run Morrison made at the beginning of the second half was a joy to watch. Like Gazza in his prime. Downing was the only other persistent threat.
So what now? What do we do to beat Fulham. I’ll tell you what we do. We play 4-4-2 with Carlton Cole up front and Ravel Morrison playing off him. Diame and Noble play in central midfield with Jarvis and Downing on the wings. It certainly can’t be any worse than what we witnessed today.
Can it?