The Cottage Tactico
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In many ways #TOTFUL was a classic Marco Silva performance, showcasing a clear plan to exploit the opposition executed by a team who were more than the sum of their parts 🤝
But why after a glorious start was it such a nervy finish?
Let's explore with some analysis 👇
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But why after a glorious start was it such a nervy finish?
Let's explore with some analysis 👇
🧵 1/9
Painful one that. I went into #FULCRY thinking if we were level at 60 mins we’d have more off the bench and more in our legs to get the win
Instead we lost all sense of balance in most phases of our play against a side there for the taking in many ways 🤦♂️
Instead we lost all sense of balance in most phases of our play against a side there for the taking in many ways 🤦♂️
December 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Painful one that. I went into #FULCRY thinking if we were level at 60 mins we’d have more off the bench and more in our legs to get the win
Instead we lost all sense of balance in most phases of our play against a side there for the taking in many ways 🤦♂️
Instead we lost all sense of balance in most phases of our play against a side there for the taking in many ways 🤦♂️
Fulham sat off to the point of inviting Spurs back into #TOTFUL
But our subs made a difference in steadying the ship 🫡
With a quick turnaround reckon either Lukić or ESR get a start against City?
More in this week’s match thread 👇
But our subs made a difference in steadying the ship 🫡
With a quick turnaround reckon either Lukić or ESR get a start against City?
More in this week’s match thread 👇
December 1, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Fulham sat off to the point of inviting Spurs back into #TOTFUL
But our subs made a difference in steadying the ship 🫡
With a quick turnaround reckon either Lukić or ESR get a start against City?
More in this week’s match thread 👇
But our subs made a difference in steadying the ship 🫡
With a quick turnaround reckon either Lukić or ESR get a start against City?
More in this week’s match thread 👇
You can listen to me on the @fulhamfocus.bsky.social Spurs Review + City Preview Pod here 👇
🎧 pod.fo/e/35d67f
🎧 pod.fo/e/35d67f
December 1, 2025 at 8:39 AM
You can listen to me on the @fulhamfocus.bsky.social Spurs Review + City Preview Pod here 👇
🎧 pod.fo/e/35d67f
🎧 pod.fo/e/35d67f
Kenny Tete’s (somewhat lucky) long shot to open the scoring early drew on a gameplan that had little to do with luck
By drawing Spurs numbers in, #FFC could hit space between the initial press and get onto an overloaded backline 🧠
More on the tactical battle in #TOTFUL 👇
By drawing Spurs numbers in, #FFC could hit space between the initial press and get onto an overloaded backline 🧠
More on the tactical battle in #TOTFUL 👇
November 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The first 25 mins or so of #TOTFUL had the exact same dynamic undoing Thomas Frank’s side over and over again 🧐
What did Marco Silva cook up to exploit this early on? And why did it then fade somewhat?
All explored in this week’s match thread 👇
What did Marco Silva cook up to exploit this early on? And why did it then fade somewhat?
All explored in this week’s match thread 👇
November 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The first 25 mins or so of #TOTFUL had the exact same dynamic undoing Thomas Frank’s side over and over again 🧐
What did Marco Silva cook up to exploit this early on? And why did it then fade somewhat?
All explored in this week’s match thread 👇
What did Marco Silva cook up to exploit this early on? And why did it then fade somewhat?
All explored in this week’s match thread 👇
In many ways #TOTFUL was a classic Marco Silva performance, showcasing a clear plan to exploit the opposition executed by a team who were more than the sum of their parts 🤝
But why after a glorious start was it such a nervy finish?
Let's explore with some analysis 👇
🧵 1/9
But why after a glorious start was it such a nervy finish?
Let's explore with some analysis 👇
🧵 1/9
November 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
In many ways #TOTFUL was a classic Marco Silva performance, showcasing a clear plan to exploit the opposition executed by a team who were more than the sum of their parts 🤝
But why after a glorious start was it such a nervy finish?
Let's explore with some analysis 👇
🧵 1/9
But why after a glorious start was it such a nervy finish?
Let's explore with some analysis 👇
🧵 1/9
Massive win that! Probably just about deserved on the strength of the 1st half 😮💨
But actually think our management of #TOTFUL from about 30-65mins was pretty ropey
Subs solidified us and sometimes you just have to grind out the result.
Proper analysis tomorrow 🔜
But actually think our management of #TOTFUL from about 30-65mins was pretty ropey
Subs solidified us and sometimes you just have to grind out the result.
Proper analysis tomorrow 🔜
November 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Massive win that! Probably just about deserved on the strength of the 1st half 😮💨
But actually think our management of #TOTFUL from about 30-65mins was pretty ropey
Subs solidified us and sometimes you just have to grind out the result.
Proper analysis tomorrow 🔜
But actually think our management of #TOTFUL from about 30-65mins was pretty ropey
Subs solidified us and sometimes you just have to grind out the result.
Proper analysis tomorrow 🔜
Really enjoyed chatting to James from ‘An Echo of Glory’ in this Preview Pod. If you like my think-y takes on Fulham you’ll defo enjoy listening to him talk Spurs
Come for the tactical chat ahead of #TOTFUL, stay for the argument about Joao Palhinha 💪
🎧 pod.fo/e/35c0c6
Come for the tactical chat ahead of #TOTFUL, stay for the argument about Joao Palhinha 💪
🎧 pod.fo/e/35c0c6
November 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Really enjoyed chatting to James from ‘An Echo of Glory’ in this Preview Pod. If you like my think-y takes on Fulham you’ll defo enjoy listening to him talk Spurs
Come for the tactical chat ahead of #TOTFUL, stay for the argument about Joao Palhinha 💪
🎧 pod.fo/e/35c0c6
Come for the tactical chat ahead of #TOTFUL, stay for the argument about Joao Palhinha 💪
🎧 pod.fo/e/35c0c6
Fulham had 24 shots in #FULSUN the most we’ve had all season 📈
Only on three occasions - Brentford (H) 24/25, Southampton (A) 24/25, Everton (H) 23/24 - have we registered more under Marco Silva in the PL
Signs of progress in attack? Read more in this week’s match thread 👇
Only on three occasions - Brentford (H) 24/25, Southampton (A) 24/25, Everton (H) 23/24 - have we registered more under Marco Silva in the PL
Signs of progress in attack? Read more in this week’s match thread 👇
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Fulham had 24 shots in #FULSUN the most we’ve had all season 📈
Only on three occasions - Brentford (H) 24/25, Southampton (A) 24/25, Everton (H) 23/24 - have we registered more under Marco Silva in the PL
Signs of progress in attack? Read more in this week’s match thread 👇
Only on three occasions - Brentford (H) 24/25, Southampton (A) 24/25, Everton (H) 23/24 - have we registered more under Marco Silva in the PL
Signs of progress in attack? Read more in this week’s match thread 👇
Reposted by The Cottage Tactico
🎙️NEW POD🎙️
💥 Can Raul’s priceless late winner kickstart our season?
🤩 Is it time to give Chukwueze and Smith Rowe a start?
🔧 Why did Marco Silva’s 2nd half tweak make such a difference?
💷 How big an impact will new SCR rules have on our spending power at #FFC?
💥 Can Raul’s priceless late winner kickstart our season?
🤩 Is it time to give Chukwueze and Smith Rowe a start?
🔧 Why did Marco Silva’s 2nd half tweak make such a difference?
💷 How big an impact will new SCR rules have on our spending power at #FFC?
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🎙️NEW POD🎙️
💥 Can Raul’s priceless late winner kickstart our season?
🤩 Is it time to give Chukwueze and Smith Rowe a start?
🔧 Why did Marco Silva’s 2nd half tweak make such a difference?
💷 How big an impact will new SCR rules have on our spending power at #FFC?
💥 Can Raul’s priceless late winner kickstart our season?
🤩 Is it time to give Chukwueze and Smith Rowe a start?
🔧 Why did Marco Silva’s 2nd half tweak make such a difference?
💷 How big an impact will new SCR rules have on our spending power at #FFC?
Did you spot the midfield tweak in the 2nd half of #FULSUN that helped Fulham build some momentum? 🧐
Berge dropping between the CBs let Alex Iwobi dictate play centrally from deep with options ahead of him
Analysis on that and much more in the thread below 👇
Berge dropping between the CBs let Alex Iwobi dictate play centrally from deep with options ahead of him
Analysis on that and much more in the thread below 👇
November 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Did you spot the midfield tweak in the 2nd half of #FULSUN that helped Fulham build some momentum? 🧐
Berge dropping between the CBs let Alex Iwobi dictate play centrally from deep with options ahead of him
Analysis on that and much more in the thread below 👇
Berge dropping between the CBs let Alex Iwobi dictate play centrally from deep with options ahead of him
Analysis on that and much more in the thread below 👇
The introduction of Samuel Chukwueze and Emile Smith Rowe changed the direction of #FULSUN 💪
Read this week’s match thread for more on how exactly Marco Silva utilised them 👇
Read this week’s match thread for more on how exactly Marco Silva utilised them 👇
November 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The introduction of Samuel Chukwueze and Emile Smith Rowe changed the direction of #FULSUN 💪
Read this week’s match thread for more on how exactly Marco Silva utilised them 👇
Read this week’s match thread for more on how exactly Marco Silva utilised them 👇
If you’re wondering where the #FM26 content is, the honest truth is even international break boredom can’t make me persist with this year’s absolute shambles of a release 😢
November 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If you’re wondering where the #FM26 content is, the honest truth is even international break boredom can’t make me persist with this year’s absolute shambles of a release 😢
Finally something Fulham look world class at this season… 👀
Committing fouls!
📊 @Wanalyst007
Committing fouls!
📊 @Wanalyst007
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Finally something Fulham look world class at this season… 👀
Committing fouls!
📊 @Wanalyst007
Committing fouls!
📊 @Wanalyst007
Suggestions Muniz has reinjured his hamstring are hugely worrying. I thought in a short cameo he and Josh King transformed Fulham’s central threat at the weekend
More in my #EVEFUL match thread (if you haven’t read already that is!) 👇
More in my #EVEFUL match thread (if you haven’t read already that is!) 👇
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Suggestions Muniz has reinjured his hamstring are hugely worrying. I thought in a short cameo he and Josh King transformed Fulham’s central threat at the weekend
More in my #EVEFUL match thread (if you haven’t read already that is!) 👇
More in my #EVEFUL match thread (if you haven’t read already that is!) 👇
If like me you need a group therapy session after our no-show at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday I’m pleased to say my time with @samdymond.bsky.social and @matt-wiggins.bsky.social made me feel a lot better😮💨
🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/34f9ec
🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/34f9ec
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
If like me you need a group therapy session after our no-show at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday I’m pleased to say my time with @samdymond.bsky.social and @matt-wiggins.bsky.social made me feel a lot better😮💨
🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/34f9ec
🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/34f9ec
What on earth is going on with Fulham’s counterpressing numbers?! 📉
I’d be lying if I said I’d noticed it as a key problem this year. But they’ve gone off a cliff!
Missing Jedi and Andreas? Intentionally sitting off more?
Taken from this week’s #EVEFUL match thread 👇
I’d be lying if I said I’d noticed it as a key problem this year. But they’ve gone off a cliff!
Missing Jedi and Andreas? Intentionally sitting off more?
Taken from this week’s #EVEFUL match thread 👇
November 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
What on earth is going on with Fulham’s counterpressing numbers?! 📉
I’d be lying if I said I’d noticed it as a key problem this year. But they’ve gone off a cliff!
Missing Jedi and Andreas? Intentionally sitting off more?
Taken from this week’s #EVEFUL match thread 👇
I’d be lying if I said I’d noticed it as a key problem this year. But they’ve gone off a cliff!
Missing Jedi and Andreas? Intentionally sitting off more?
Taken from this week’s #EVEFUL match thread 👇
Was #EVEFUL a case of thinking too much about stopping what the opposition do and not enough about what we do best? 🤦♂️
The initial roles of Lukic and Iwobi definitely suggest that to me
More in this week’s match thread👇
The initial roles of Lukic and Iwobi definitely suggest that to me
More in this week’s match thread👇
November 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Was #EVEFUL a case of thinking too much about stopping what the opposition do and not enough about what we do best? 🤦♂️
The initial roles of Lukic and Iwobi definitely suggest that to me
More in this week’s match thread👇
The initial roles of Lukic and Iwobi definitely suggest that to me
More in this week’s match thread👇
I *think* there are 3 worse teams than Fulham in the PL this season
But the fact that’s what we’re pondering really says it all 😔
What’s going wrong? I’ll be back with some thoughts from #EVEFUL tomorrow 🔜
But the fact that’s what we’re pondering really says it all 😔
What’s going wrong? I’ll be back with some thoughts from #EVEFUL tomorrow 🔜
November 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I *think* there are 3 worse teams than Fulham in the PL this season
But the fact that’s what we’re pondering really says it all 😔
What’s going wrong? I’ll be back with some thoughts from #EVEFUL tomorrow 🔜
But the fact that’s what we’re pondering really says it all 😔
What’s going wrong? I’ll be back with some thoughts from #EVEFUL tomorrow 🔜
After a stale start have Fulham finally found their attacking blueprint?
This was the settled possession structure Marco Silva deployed in our last game when we looked to attack down the left and right👇
There was plenty of fluid rotation. But what stood out?
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This was the settled possession structure Marco Silva deployed in our last game when we looked to attack down the left and right👇
There was plenty of fluid rotation. But what stood out?
🧵 1/5
November 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
After a stale start have Fulham finally found their attacking blueprint?
This was the settled possession structure Marco Silva deployed in our last game when we looked to attack down the left and right👇
There was plenty of fluid rotation. But what stood out?
🧵 1/5
This was the settled possession structure Marco Silva deployed in our last game when we looked to attack down the left and right👇
There was plenty of fluid rotation. But what stood out?
🧵 1/5
Iwobi central - drags player wide - opens up space for chance
Iwobi wide - cuts inside - opens up space for chance
Where do you want Alex Iwobi to start our next game? And does anyone still want to tell me he’s not good enough? 😉
More in my #FULWOL match thread 👇
Iwobi wide - cuts inside - opens up space for chance
Where do you want Alex Iwobi to start our next game? And does anyone still want to tell me he’s not good enough? 😉
More in my #FULWOL match thread 👇
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Iwobi central - drags player wide - opens up space for chance
Iwobi wide - cuts inside - opens up space for chance
Where do you want Alex Iwobi to start our next game? And does anyone still want to tell me he’s not good enough? 😉
More in my #FULWOL match thread 👇
Iwobi wide - cuts inside - opens up space for chance
Where do you want Alex Iwobi to start our next game? And does anyone still want to tell me he’s not good enough? 😉
More in my #FULWOL match thread 👇
Iwobi central - drags player wide - opens up space for chance
Iwobi wide - cuts inside - opens up space for chance
Where do you want Alex Iwobi to start our next game? And does anyone still want to tell me he’s not good enough? 😉
More in my #FULWOL match thread 👇
Iwobi wide - cuts inside - opens up space for chance
Where do you want Alex Iwobi to start our next game? And does anyone still want to tell me he’s not good enough? 😉
More in my #FULWOL match thread 👇
November 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Iwobi central - drags player wide - opens up space for chance
Iwobi wide - cuts inside - opens up space for chance
Where do you want Alex Iwobi to start our next game? And does anyone still want to tell me he’s not good enough? 😉
More in my #FULWOL match thread 👇
Iwobi wide - cuts inside - opens up space for chance
Where do you want Alex Iwobi to start our next game? And does anyone still want to tell me he’s not good enough? 😉
More in my #FULWOL match thread 👇