Eddie1874

There were some positives to take from this one, despite it not being the most entertaining game to watch. Gabby looked the most threatening on goal that I've seen for a long time and Herd looked good too. We ended up having more chances than we've been used to, which surely is good. As has been said already the subs were put on too late. I'm still not convinced by N'zogbia. He looked decent at Wigan, but I'm not seeing it for us yet. He keeps cutting in from the wing rather than taking it to the line and crossing in. Looks to be on the wrong foot most of the time. Looking from an overall start to the season, we are currently unbeaten after 3 matches, which is good. Once again though, it was a game that was there to be taken, but we failed to take control of it. I still feel we need the all important solid midfield player to get a grip of things in the middle.

This was fustrating to watch and as the minutes ticked away I became increasingly concerned that Hereford would nick a goal and cause an upset. I felt we certainly had the stronger and better play but failed to capitalise and drive it home. I'm a fan of Albrighton, but didn't feel he was very effective for this one. N'zogbia still doesn't look convincing and Ireland gradually got worse as the game went on. He started ok in my opinion, moving forward and threatening, but towards the end seemed to end up with negative passing and not much movement. At the end of the day though the result was reached thanks to two goals from Eric and Fonz. Well done guys. A potential banana skin was avoided.

I have to say that when I saw the team was the same as the one that played at Fulham, I didn't feel very confident. But they managed to get a good result, so fair play to them. Great goal by Gabby, a typical Ashley Young special. Altogther, still not convinced by the formation and one or two of the players in it, but a win is always good no matter how the result was acheived.

Most of it has already been said, bit I'll say my bit anyway. Given was clearly the MOTM and ultimately kept this from being a defeat. Although it was good to get a clean sheet and a point from side who started their season early, so are well into the swing of things, I don't see this as being a positive. It smacks of complacency to me and a failure to sieze control of the game. We could've done much better if we had a decent presence in the midfield. The middle of the pitch was left pretty much open for Fulham to exploit, but fortunately they didn't make us pay for it. Against bigger and better clubs this will see us get completely overrun. At least the defence seemed pretty stable, which is good. I felt Heskey did his usual roaming around between midfield and attack without actually achieving much. Either one of the central midfield should have come off, as together they were not effective, certainly after halftime. N'Zogbia too was not as effective as hoped. To me the biggest problem was that the gaffer didn't change things early in the second half, as it was clear things were not working. I would have liked to have seen Bannan or Makoun come on for a decent spell. Overall it wasn't inspiring and just lke so many matches last season, we could have done much better if we could have grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck, as I say it was there for the taking. Three strikers on the pitch and very little threat to the Fulham goal tells me that the plan at Craven Cottage didn't work. We ned to plug the midfield gap and take contol of the game if we want to compete or it will be a dull struggle all season.

I went to Craven Cottage for this one, never been to this fixture before. It was my missus first ever away game and the first I've been to for quite a few seasons, so had a good day overall.

I'd expext us to finish between 8th and 12th. Quite a wide prediction to be honest, but there are still too many if's in my opinion. The summer transfers in and out don't change our ability as a team much. We have a good starting XI but the bench is still weak. Although we have a few good options to bring on, I think we tend to over-rate some of them and expect a little too much.