Owen

#FFC ST holder, just a fan!! Packers, Scarlets and Ferrari. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[Owen @OSmithFFC]

Adama Traore summed up in one passage of play. #FFC

[Adam Kramer @KegsnEggs]

The replies here could fuel the sun for another 10,000 years.

[Owen @OSmithFFC]

Love the replies

[Texas A&M Football @AggieFootball]

Stay Tuned 👀

[Owen @OSmithFFC]

@usawhu2 David Elm

[Ken - Packers Cap @KenIngalls]

Here is my stance on Matt LaFleur:

He was hired in 2019 on a 4 year contract.

In his first 3 seasons his teams won 13 games every year, reaching the NFC Conference Championship twice and earning three 1st round playoff byes.

He was rewarded with a 4 year contract extension in 2022.

On his second contract his teams won 54% of regular season games. Missed the playoffs one year, was the 7th playoff seed three straight seasons with one total playoff victory.

This is a major decline.

2025 specifically showcased several epic collapses which unfortunately became expected as falling apart late became baked into the team identity.

I fully thought it was time to move on from Matt LaFleur after the 2025 season. The team performance since the first extension was not good enough.

I did not need to answer “who would you hire instead?” to know I didn’t think he was the right guy to lead this team. It’s ok to dump somebody you like if you fell they are not “the one” for you long term without knowing who you will date next on your search for “the one”.

The Packers instead pointed at his entire Packers resume, highlighting his early success, in their decision to extend him a second time.

To me this the main issue. His early success earned him his first extension - rightfully so.

But the measuring stick, in my mind, should be the performance during the extension years. His initial years already “did their job” and should be background consideration instead of once again being the focal argument for extension.

Now, when Matt LaFleur was hired only 6 teams per conference made the playoffs each season. On this same standard the Packers would have missed the playoffs in each of his seasons on his second contract.

Some don’t like this 6 vs 7 teams comparison. Ok, fine.

For me, if you want to look backwards to his early resume success as a measuring stick, then we should apply the same measuring stick to his teams’ recent performance - which would have been 4 straight non-playoff worthy performances every year of the extension period, apples to apples.

If you don’t want this comparison, then let’s focus entirely on the second contract performance - which again led to 1 total post season win in 4 years - and set aside the early resume.

So to me, using either thought process, it just wasn’t good enough and I didn’t see any reason to expect improvement given the cultural collapses on the field which seem baked deep into the Packers DNA.

The Packers, however, decided to reward Matt LaFleur to a second contract extension with an uncertain number of more years, making an uncertain, yet significantly higher, amount more fully guaranteed money.

So far, nothing I have seen this 2026 has suggested the Packers made the correct decision to re-invest into Matt LaFleur.

[bobby @BobFFChammyend]

Best performance from Leno for a long time

[Owen @OSmithFFC]

Positives - King, again. Our best player by miles. Also the Berge/Charles combination looks to be the way forward. Affengruber seems the real deal. Leno’s best game in a while - deserved the clean sheet. Shape looks better and 2024 Robinson is back.

Negatives - Shut up shop, invited shots, rolled the dice and didn’t get away with it. Andersen coming on removed an outlet. A bit more clinical and we wouldn’t have had to park the bus. Does feel like we are always open at our back post.

I’m not happy, not sad, a bit meh after that. A step forward, undefeated in 3 helps rationalise things. And Spurs below us does soften the blow.

Up the Fulham. #ffc

[Owen @OSmithFFC]

I like it. Best we can muster. 🫡

[Fulham Football Club @FulhamFC]

Here's how The Fulham shape up. ⚪️

[Owen @OSmithFFC]

@scott_tanfield @AlfredSidrobffc @ffcwadey @stevenffc123 @InfamousPFFC @HammyenderP @teddybeerlover @65brighty @davekiddfulham Going for 3-2, either way. Hopefully in our favour

[Owen @OSmithFFC]

Most of all, I want us to win today. At the start of this 5 game block, 4 points had to have been the target.

Get a result today and we go into the 3 week break in a far better place. Lose & it’s 1 point from 5, bottom, leaking goals & already chasing teams around us.

I want Arbeloa to work. Liverpool was encouraging & I thought we played well, even if they could have nicked it at the end. I just want us today to play well, give ourselves a chance & not shoot ourselves in the foot again.

We cannot keep relying on the next fixtures to sort it. #FFC #FulhamFC

[Owen @OSmithFFC]

D-Day for Arbeloa.

Win and he, and Fulham, look smart.
Delayed signings, saving for the first 3 weeks make sense.

Lose and he, and Fulham, look like compete idiots. Taking a squad that finished 11th, lost the jewels, signed expensive kids, and became the train station.

Hope I’m back here at 6.30 Sunday cheering a win. 🫡

#FulhamFC #FFC

[Owen @OSmithFFC]

Surely this is fixed?! 🤯

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

🚨 VANDERBILT WALK-OFF FUMBLE RECOVERY IN THE END ZONE

NC STATE FUMBLED WHILE RUNNING OUT THE CLOCK 😳

[Owen @OSmithFFC]

D-Day for Arbeloa.

Win and he, and Fulham, look smart.
Delayed signings, saving for the first 3 weeks make sense.

Lose and he, and Fulham, look like compete idiots. Taking a squad that finished 11th, lost the jewels, signed expensive kids, and became the train station.

Hope I’m back here at 6.30 Sunday cheering a win. 🫡

#FulhamFC #FFC

[Owen @OSmithFFC]

The fact they turned the replies off to these tells you all that you need to know. #NFOCOV

[Premier League Match Centre @PLMatchCentre]

#NFOCOV – 86’ VAR OVERTURN

After VAR review, the referee overturned the original decision of goal to Nottingham Forest – with it deemed that Igor Jesus committed a foul in the build-up.

VAR: “Nottingham Forest No.11 clearly stands on the foot of Coventry No.8, which prevents him from playing the ball in a normal manner”.

REF: “After review, Nottingham Forest No.11 steps on the foot of Coventry No.8 and trips him. The final decision is direct free-kick”.

[Owen @OSmithFFC]

Absolute joke of a call.

[Nottingham Forest @NFFC]

Igor Jesus' goal is disallowed after a VAR check. ❌

[Owen @OSmithFFC]

Bottom of the league, baby!!! #ffc

[Owen @OSmithFFC]

Coventry one goal away from putting Arbeloa’s Fulham bottom of the inverse table. #FFC

[talkSPORT @talkSPORT]

Ashley Cole believes Arsenal have the right manager to go invincible again https://t.co/0UZWkXQXPJ

[Scott FFC Tanfield @scott_tanfield]

Bring your kid to work day #ffc

[Dave Kidd @davekiddfulham]

I was there when Oscar Bobb scored!

[Owen @OSmithFFC]

3-2 again ole, ole! #fulhamfc

[Owen @OSmithFFC]

Didn’t think any remix would be as good to watch as the game itself, but phwoar! Texas & Snow Patrol. Lovely!

[Texas Football @TexasFootball]

Made for the moment 🤘