One of the Fulham players, Luca De La Torre, who got replaced at half time, was called up yesterday for the USA squad to face England at Wembley the week after next. They also had Steven Sessegnon, Ryan's twin and Timmy Abraham, Aston Villa Tami's brother. I wonder if there is a Tommy Abraham in the family
They did have one or two decent players. Their right winger or right midfield; a small and neat player looked useful. They had a centre back who looked useful. Sessegnon looked overweight and slow but clearly had some skill. Their replacement left back also looked useful. So yes there might be some worthwhile loanees in their team.
As for the game we were up 2-0 within the first 25mins and a rout looked on the cards. As mentioned earlier once they had reorganised after trailing 2-0 they played quite well and in the second half more or less controlled the game. Their problem was in the forwards who were totally ineffective. What some experts on here ought to appreciate that we gave 4 youth team players game time and that does not include Dolphin who is 20yrs and possibly Ward who is 20/21yrs? As you all know we were short of an entire midfield but all the Williams boys played ok. The youth team players like Whaler etc looked promising but looked at times a bit light weight. Their team were not all youths and had some big blokes of 21'ish; their two centre backs were both 6ft with one of them a burly character at that. For an idea of rating the oppo they reminded me of Crewe. As has been suggested it was a professional performance with some decent defensive performances. Cornell played well with some magnificent saves and first class anticipation - should keep the shirt
. We wanted to win and progress in the competition and Mr Curle kept them at it with his booming voice!"
1051 there plus Crooks in an oversize boot to protect his damaged ankle. Will be surprised if he is fit for Saturday. They brought about 35/40 Spectators and did not make a sound. One last thing how many of our youth team 'supporters' watched the game