Marco Silva described Fulham’s forgettable goalless draw with rock bottom Southampton as ‘a missed opportunity to climb the table’.
The Fulham boss rang the changes for the visit of the Saints to Craven Cottage with the cramped Christmas schedule in mind – but was left to rue his side’s failure to break down a diligent visiting defence on a bitterly cold afternoon on the banks of the River Thames.
Silva told Premier League Productions after the final whistle:
“It’s a missed opportunity for us definitely. That was a game that we win, if we take better decisions. We should have won the game, definitely. We tried everything from the start. It is impossible to finish a game with more attacking players in our team. Our attacking line was never really a threat for them. We had two or three clear chances, but we should have created more. We have to be more incisive and more clinical.”
He praised seventeen year-old midfielder Josh King who became the second-youngest Fulham player to start a Premier League match behind French forward Moussa Dembele a decade ago.
“He is a great talent. It is not a coincidence that he had a chance to start the game. He showed in some spells of the game what he is capable to do. It’s an important moment of his career. Let’s hope there are more to come.”
When’s Josh King going to Liverpool because that’s what will happen in the future sick and tired of our academy producing these great young players then get poached,stolen,tapped up by agents and the media sticking there two pennoth in as well The FA have got to step in and stop this and fine the club whose doing the approach but they won’t they are to scared to do that
Southampton suffer from this more than anyone.
Glad Silva not happy shows Ambition, but we worked hard not our day bigger clubs than us find it hard to break down teams who sit and defend. Positives clean sheet and Josh Kings display. My big concern is the injuries pilling up and sure few players were playing with knock’s. So I just like to sell well done so far being undefeated so far in this heavy festive period
Are you sure he’s going to Liverpool? Surely you’re not wishing it so that you are proved right?
Young footballers have careers, just like everyone, albeit much shorter than most professions. They have every right to get the best deal for them, albeit galling to us. It’s up to clubs, Fulham in our case, to make it as attractive as possible for them to stay. Money is the name of the game and club loyalty exists only in the minds of the fans. Unfortunate, but there it is.
Only the FA can change the rules. They probably won’t. Would probably get sued in every court from here to Saudi Arabia.
Happy Christmas and New Year everyone. COYWs.
One of the worst games I have ever watched we were toothless and scared to play an attacking game against the bottom club once again. Why do we keep giving the ball back to Leno who then stands waiting for ever to then pass it 5 feet to our fullback giving the opposition tons of time to get organised. We played at such a slow pace we were never going to score. Silva needs to sort this out and fast we keep dropping points from games we should be winning. Josh King was our best player and showed the rest how to pass the ball to our players and not the opposition. Once again our subs came on too late.