Fulhamerica: the Ream Continues [R]

Rio Ferdinand once went 28 games without committing a foul, so I respectfully disagree.

 

I knew he was soft, but that soft?

 

Getting cards due to fouling is attributed to bad positioning either by the player booked or a player covering for someone out of position. It is a testament to good play to not get cards. Whacking anybody just to get a card is not really wise. Especially if yr a central defender in the box. Bad place to accumulate cards. Way to go, Tim.

 

doesn't seem to have negatively impacted him, or his season.

 

Defender with few cards + relegation = bad.

Defender with few cards + promotion = good.

Ream = good*.




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* For the Championship.

 

http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2018/july/06/tim-ream-new-deal

Ream signs a new deal until 2020 with an option for an additional year.

 

I hope he's getting them PL wages $$$

 

Geez, dude, would a smile kill ya?

I like guys like this who plug away at their craft and dedicate themselves to continuous improvement.

 

Goes with the Paolo Maldini quote, "if I have to make a tackle, then I already have made a mistake,". Ideally, CB's are low drama, cutting out passes or taking away good passing options instead of going in for tackles where the outcome is less certain.

 

Starts 2nd half in friendly:

🇳🇴 @stefanjohansen captained the boys in that first half, but we'll have a different XI for the second 45...

T. Ashby-Hammond, Fossey, Djalo, Ream, S. Sessegnon, Cairney, Cisse, Francois, Kebano, Fonte, Ayité

And we are back under way! pic.twitter.com/lmqUVx8n5B

— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) July 7, 2018

 

Starts:

#FFC Team: Rodák, Christie, Odoi, Ream, Le Marchand, Johansen, Cairney, de la Torre, Kebano, Kamara, R.Sessegnon. #COYW pic.twitter.com/y6YCsggkKu

— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) July 14, 2018

And out early with a head knock:

10' An early change for #FFC. There is a clash of heads between Tim Ream and a Reading player in the box. He is replaced by Steven Sessegnon. 0-0

— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) July 14, 2018

 

Starts:

A first appearance in Fulham colours for Mika tonight! 🙌#FFC team to face Lyon this evening (8pm UK time): Bettinelli, Christie, Odoi, Ream, Le Marchand, Cairney, Seri, Johansen, Kamara, Fonte, R.Sessegnon#COYW pic.twitter.com/4rTLeDvUde

— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) July 21, 2018

 

Lyon subbed in several starters in the second half and scored four goals in the last half hour. Ream was replaced at the 75' mark. Fulham needs to shore up their defense or their return to the Premier will be a short one.

Highlights:

 

Starts:

#FFC team to face @AthleticClub: Fabri, Christie, Odoi, Ream, Le Marchand, Johansen, Seri, Kebano, Cairney, R.Sessegnon, Kamara. #COYW pic.twitter.com/Ug1wRW6bVc

— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) July 28, 2018

 

I always wondered who (or how they) select(s) the pre-season friendlies? Like who they are up against?

 

How is the Alfie Mawson pick-up supposed to affect our man Tim?

 

It will affect him very well by giving him an experienced partner in central defense.

 

Yeah Mawson will play RCB, and Ream likely keeps his job at LCB.

 

Starts:

Our team to face @RCCelta this afternoon 👇

📋: Fabri, Christie, Ream, Le Marchand, R. Sessegnon, McDonald, Cairney (c), Seri, Kamara, Schürrle, Mitrović. #VamosFulham pic.twitter.com/V18MtjUCuz

— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) August 4, 2018

 

I wonder how much of a bump in pay he got for the promotion to the PL

 

I'd say Mawson's arrival makes Ream's place more, rather than less secure. Mawson is a major upgrade on the other CBs at Fulham, but since Ream is comfortable with the ball on his left foot and the other CBss are right-footed, he'll be starting at LCB in a stronger CB pairing. If CB pairings work, coaches outside the CL candidates are generally loath to tinker with them, preferring to add back-ups rather than potential alternatives.

FWIW, the Guardian's pre-season profile for Fulham singled out Ream for mention, noting that the " ball-playing American centre-back Tim Ream" beat out teen prodigy Sessegnon in the fans' vote for Player of the Season.

 

Ream probably is still a starter, but obviously there's increasingly less room for error for him.

Fulham are close to making Arsenal's Calum Chambers their seventh summer signing.

👉 https://t.co/1VBvVJiJZL #FFC pic.twitter.com/pK5jfXJ3rA

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 6, 2018

 

So many former "hyped English players" floating around

 

Maybe, but Chambers has played RB a lot for Arsenal, as well as at DM and even RM (Arsenal started him in that position agianst Koln in the Europa League).

I'd say he's been added for his versatility and for RB: of their RBs, Denis Odoi played at CB exclusively from November, while Cyrus Christie is a good Championship RB who looked nothing like EPL quality in Ireland's World Cup qualification. Then again, nobody looked EPL quality for Ireland in qualification