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Fulham fans rue individual mistakes and poor signings after late Leicester collapse
Fulham travelled to the King Power Stadium on Saturday in search of their first Premier League away win of the season, yet were defeated 3-1 by Leicester City.
The Whites turned in a turgid first half performance and were deservedly behind at the break. Calum Chambers’ terrible giveaway presented Jamie Vardy with a golden opportunity at goal, and the Englishman unselfishly set up Youri Tielemans for Leicester’s first goal.
However, the introduction of Floyd Ayite changed the match, with the Togolese international scoring just minutes after coming on at halftime. And for a decent spell, Fulham were on the front foot, pushing the Foxes back and pressing for a winner.
But in classic Fulham fashion, individual mistakes killed off the match. An inexplicable pass from Havard Nordtveit gifted Leicester possession and Vardy made no mistake with his finish to make it 2-1; just minutes later, a defensive lapse from Denis Odoi allowed Leicester to make it 3-1.
Fulham supporters expressed their disappointment with the result but were hardly surprised by the ills that afflicted their relegation-doomed side.
Doing really well at 1-1 but then story of the season kicks in and a mistake at this level is punished. And that as that.
— MJG (@1966MJG)
Player errors been costing us all season. Slav was victim to it…..Ranieri too….and now Parker.
— Anthony B 🏁 (@Fulhamflutter)
In addition, supporters turned their ire to deeper issues at the club, such as Tony Khan’s disappointing recruitment strategy.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.The team dynamic is all wrong, we're paying the price for TK's well meaning, over-enthsiastic but very naive recruitment policy which pays no heed to how a bunch of humans will mesh together but only looks at figures on paper.
— Terri O'Shea (@treeemoose)
I don't blame Parker, I don't blame Ranieri and I don't don't blame Jokanovic. This is a turd, all you need to do is look at the bench and see those two duds that were signed as cornerstone pieces at top £. Recruitment ultimately did for us & the guy responsible isn't budging.
— Colin Bennett (@ColBennettH4)
How did we not sign any decent defenders in Jan 😂😂
— mgffc (@MgFFC)
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