TM - do his staff go with him, that adds to the bill? We are getting relegated this season with JJ or without JJ unless there is a sudden surge of investment and as Silk points out that after a certain figure only half the investment can go to the squad. The question is whether the replacement, or second replacement, will be better than JJ at keeping us in League 2, stabilising us in League 2 and eventually getting us promoted out of League 2.

OI, your comment 28th Aug 2026 08:45:26 and the tintac for JJ is something I agree with you, or that a L" make and approach to us for. In short I'm not convince he'll be here for the last game of the season. Nothing to do with last-night, but I'm fearing that he's in the last season of Ardley mode. NA was a stickler for the formation that saw unexciting football, and other than the Great Escape, we've remained that way since by and large. I'm not sure what the answer is, but hanging your hopes on Sasu becoming some kind of machine isn't going to help. I know he's young and obviously have talent, but its not working. There comes a point when you say, for the sake of the player as much as anything, we need to rethink this and change something. But here's the rub, JJ isn't that type, he's stubborn he's the type to stick to a principle to make a point, regardless of the evidence on games coming and going without sufficient reward. The crowd were turning towards the end of last season but got the fillip of staying up, a stay of execution if you like, but I don't things will improve anytime soon, and the seasons early reset on new hope is already showing tangible waning with some fans.

Airsy - indeed.

OI - Jackson has a contract running until July 2027 so another 10 months. It's unlikely we would sack this side of xmas so lets say 6 months max of payoff - average lG1 manager gets c£180k per year, we are cheap so he prob gets £140k per year - so perhaps a max c£70k pay off. in the scheme of things, peanuts, esp when there's £400k somewhere that we might get back?

All eyes now on our next two games. If we come out of them pointless and goal-less then we know the sort of season we can expect.

Also (A4E). one more win (either from a draw or defeat turning around) would have had Fulham in Europe this season.

They had to move the games because the authorities would take a 2 day gap for 'first team' matches as a precedent and neither the clubs or the PFA are going to be happy with that.

Charlton (from the division above the one we are almost bottom of) lost 5-1 on Wednesday at Spurs (a team who very nearly got relegated from the Premier League last season) - maybe our defeat to a team who only just missed out on a top half Premier League finish on goal difference last season isn’t as terrible as some think…

Trebor - I totally get what you're saying, but I think this is now a consequence of the gap that has now developed between the Prem and everyone else. Not one Prem team was knocked out by a lower league side this week. Our finances (and injuries) in particular gave us few options last night, and had we been more open, as the last five mins showed, it would have been murder and a heavy, heavy defeat is not easy to shake off.

Jackson will probably be happy with a three goal defeat, along the lines of "we'd have lost by more if we'd been more open at the back". The gulf in thinking between "professional" managers who want to mitigate damage and hope, and supporters who like to dream. Never the twain shall meet.

I did see a cockatiel yesterday along the river.

Watched the first half on telly last night. The commentary team were praising Wimbledon's patience. But I've never quite been able to get my head around managers who set their team up to be on the back foot. It's like: "OK, we're likely to get beaten, but maybe if we invite them onto us they somehow won't score, even though we're inevitably inviting them to pressure us, and maybe if we get lucky in defence we may also get lucky in attack and sneak a goal." OK, they're professionals and so they're more inclined to play the percentages. It's just that whole "they have a potent attack so we'll invite them to attack" logic that I don't get.

I do understand the irony of me saying this - as I have enjoyed and endured arguments on here before about sacking managers vs “who could do better?” attitudes. But I really don’t think the manager is our issue. I’m not exactly his biggest fan and I do accept that when results reach a certain stage it’s the obvious thing to do to change the manager. I was disappointed with the starting XI last night but with the game out of the way I’d rather have the 3 points available against Wigan on Sunday - if that’s possible.

Well 1 win in 15 league and cup games is sackable, but if we get no wins in next 6 winnable games ,then no choice but bye bye!

FWIW when I've done Fulham in the past, they are a bit louder. But not significantly so.

The fact that both Fulham and Chelsea made wholesale changes to their starting XI last night makes a mockery of having to move the game from Wednesday evening. Both ourselves and Luton have been majorly inconvenienced by the subsequent changes but was it really necessary to move the game?

$6M - I agree with you about the Premier League as a whole - I just don't get it at all anymore - I would only defend Fulham fans in the sense that the atmosphere is always the same when teams host sides from two divisions or more below. Would have been the same when we were in the Prem, and has certainly been the same at PL in games against Guiseley and Gateshead etc.

I think JJ will get sacked during this season. It will cost us money we don't have and the odds are on us getting someone worse but at least we'll have done something.

Morning all. Keefy - considering that ten of the starting Fulham XI were on the bench v Chelsea, and five of them came on in that game, I don't think you can really call them a "reserve" side

Sundays a must win game Keefy ,need to go into September with a bit of confidence, otherwise the 5 winnable games in September will see us limping with a couple of points.

Other thing that had dropped off my radar last couple of weeks is Joe Lewis who turned down a contract with us and is now....where exactly?

I'll stop whinging now. Roll on Sunday. Hopefully with Nkeng starting.

How did some supporters gain a seat in the Riverside stand? Us plebs we only offered an away end seat.

Great winning the loudest supporters trophy but in the team selection and performance we finished bottom. We manage 20% possession agains't a Fulham reserve side. Hopefully Sunday we might score a goal.

Alan, JJ on Junior : "His attitude was spot on - and not just tonight. It's been great since he's been back around the group. Obviously we thought he was going and it's been a lengthy process. So at some stage, the lad needed to be back around the group and when he is, he can be back involved. He's shown a good attitude in training. He's got on with it and then tonight he gets his opportunity to be back involved in a squad. "He gets on the pitch and he impacts it. We know what he can do and he's got huge potential. If he's with us, then he's a big asset for us. And if he's not, if he's somewhere else, then he's a big asset for someone else. But he's a top kid, a diamond of a kid. His attitude has been absolutely spot on."