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⚽️ FA Cup fifth round: talking points | Email Daniel
“Fulham’s ‘nine changes’s aren’t really what they seem,” says Graham Leggit. “There were four changes for the previous game against West Ham earlier in the week, some switched back. Muniz, Chuckweze and Anderson are just back from injury and needed a start – theoretically against lower-league opposition should have been an ideal place. For the manager, a sense of urgency is probably difficult to maintain throughout a long season. From what I heard on the radio, despite having 24 shots, that was the main problem.”
Yeah, I saw the midweek changes, but the best players in the squad were left on the bench – I don’t think that can be challenged. Of course the side selected should still have beaten Soton at home, but it’s not easy to find cohesion in that situation, especially when the manager has effectively told his team he’s not that arsed but thinks they should win anyway.
