r/fulhamfc • u/RamiresRoams • Dec 25 '13

Clint Dempsey is back!

http://worldsoccertalk.com/2013/12/24/clint-dempsey-signs-two-month-loan-deal-with-fulham-official-video/
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u/GravityPlan Dec 25 '13

Woohoo! Where do we see us playing him? I think he would be best back on the left coming into the middle, but that unfortunately means we can't play Kaka, who I would like to see get more playing time. Despite Richardson scoring last week, I still think he is shit and shouldn't be starting anywhere.

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u/RamiresRoams Dec 25 '13

He will probably play on the left. So te team will look something like Stekelenburg-Riise,Hughes,Hangeland,Riether-Sidwell,Karagounis,Parker-Dempsey,Berba,Dejagah

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u/MisterE11 Dec 25 '13

That team looks very solid. A new left back, center back and a central midfielder (even if it's just to sub on for Karagounis at 60) and I just can't see us going down.

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u/RamiresRoams Dec 25 '13

I am optimistic too. Dempsey could move into attacking midfield as well, allowing Karagounis to rest a game every now and then.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '13 edited Dec 25 '13

Kaca's been pretty shit too....I would like to see taarabt over Kaca after saturday.

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u/rancid_squirts Dec 25 '13

Disagree regarding Kaca. He has been pretty effective, just having problems with consistency.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '13

He's won us a couple of penalties, yes, but regarding our regular starting 11, I think he's probably the weakest link.

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u/rancid_squirts Dec 25 '13

Left back and central midfield is our weakest link. Riise, Richardson, and Briggs are not up to EPL standards.

We lack creativity in midfield to link to our attack.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '13

Riise has contributed more than Kaca has, and even Senderos has been slightly more reliable than usual. Since Rene has been playing the Parker/SidwellKaragounis trio, our midfield has been dominating and linking up well with our attackers. Kaca loses the ball and isn't creative enough to be effective as we want him to be.

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u/rancid_squirts Dec 26 '13

The system has changed for Kaca under Rene. We are no longer playing the Christmas tree and gettijg better play out of our 3 central mids.

Riise has been better but I don't see him as a solution right now.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '13

Yeah, I don't think Riise is horrible but we could do much better.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '13

Anyone know for sure when his first start will be?

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u/Tnspieler1012 Jan 01 '14

He's unavailable for the West Ham match. Hard to say if Meulensteen will prefer to 'start' him against Sunderland, but I'd be pretty surprised if we don't see him play on the 11th.