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#21
General Discussion / Re: Thursday Fulham Stuff - 25...
Last post by WhiteJC - Today at 12:13:18 AM
West Ham United considering Marco Silva swoop

West Ham United are reportedly considering Fulham manager Marco Silva as a potential replacement for David Moyes.
A report from Give Me Sport has claimed that West Ham United are looking to part ways with David Moyes at the end of the season, and they have identified Marco Silva as a potential target. It will be interesting to see if they decide to make a move for the Fulham manager in the coming months.

The Hammers have been linked with Ruben Amorim and Julen Lopetegui as well. West Ham have a quality squad, but they have been quite mediocre in the Premier League this season. Their performances will need to improve, and it is no surprise that the club hierarchy is looking at a different manager.

Moyes has done an impressive job at the club so far, and he helped them win the UEFA Europa Conference League last term. But the East London outfit will need to do well in the league as well.

The Hammers have the players to push for European qualification every season, and bringing in the right manager could take them to a whole new level. Silva could be tempted if the London club come calling at the end of the season. He has done an impressive job at Fulham, and a move to West Ham will be a slight upgrade.

Marco Silva could be tempted to join
Marco Silva has considerable experience of managing in the Premier League, and he could make an immediate impact at the East London club. West Ham have the finances to bring in quality players as well, and Silva will be able to fulfil his ambition with a move to West Ham.

It remains to be seen how the situation develops over the next few weeks. Fulham will not want to lose a quality manager like Silva, and they might be unwilling to sanction his departure this summer.

Amorim and Lopetegui could prove to be quality additions for West Ham as well. The Hammers have proven their quality at their respective clubs over the years, and they could be tempted to take over at the Premier League club if the right offer is presented.



https://thehardtackle.com/news/2024/04/24/west-ham-united-considering-marco-silva-swoop/
#22
General Discussion / Re: Thursday Fulham Stuff - 25...
Last post by WhiteJC - Today at 12:12:20 AM
Fulham submit more applications in a bid to complete long-running Riverside Stand project
Fulham FC's new Riverside stand may soon take another step towards completion as the Premier League club applies for a string of licences associated with the scheme.

Hammersmith and Fulham council will decide next week on requests for amenities including a new 13-bedroom hotel and a spa café to form part of the revamped Craven Cottage stand.

Once finished, the redevelopment will increase the Riverside stand's capacity to approximately 8,000 spectators, taking the total for the West London stadium to around 28,500.

It will also contain bars, restaurants and conference spaces, as well as facilities such as the hotel. A spokesman said areas will open up during the course of the 2024/25 season.

Images released earlier this year showed the rooftop swimming pool planned for the stadium's Sky Deck, believed to be a first among European teams.

Next week's licensing sub-committee meeting is due to decide on seven separate applications for the stand; the boutique hotel, the spa café, a members club, and for licences for four floors in the stand itself, from basement to second. These are to be operated for a range of purposes, including a restaurant and the Chairman's Suite.

Documents submitted ahead of the meeting detail how the hotel will sit in the northwest corner, and will include a penthouse suite and external terrace of the fourth floor.

A number of objections have been filed against the proposed licences, primarily due to the suggested opening hours and times at which alcohol can be served.

For some of the applications, such as the spa café, this is as early as 8am, with several running until 11pm or later. The hotel would operate 24/7, though would restrict alcohol to residents and 'bona fide guests' on the premises.

One objector wrote: "This is a football club, not a multipurpose arena. Sales of alcohol on such a scale would result in disruption to normally very tolerant neighbours, braying drinkers passing through our streets late at night and spoil residents' enjoyment of the river."

Another wrote they are generally supportive of the club, with fans normally arriving and leaving quickly. They added however that with the addition of alcohol venues, "this could be very different".

"Will these licensing hours only apply on match days or is the plan for facilities be open on non-match days to fans and /or the public longer term?"

In the latest update on the stand issued earlier this year, Shahid Khan, the Fulham chairman, said: "My vision for the New Riverside Stand was to provide our fans, and our neighbourhood, with a destination that would continue to honour our history and tradition at Craven Cottage every day of the year, but especially so on matchdays with a premium experience that will be unlike anything in football, here in London or elsewhere.

"In short, today isn't about finally being able to offer a higher standard of hospitality options that have essentially been unavailable to Fulham supporters until now. It's about offering the ultimate matchday hospitality experience in the world that will also benefit the long-term promise and future of Fulham Football Club. The New Riverside Stand at Craven Cottage will make it possible."

The redevelopment of the Riverside stand has been in the pipeline since 2013, with construction beginning in 2019 after Hammersmith and Fulham council approved planning permission. Craven Cottage has been the club's home ground since 1896.



https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/news/fulham-submit-more-applications-in-a-bid-to-complete-long-running-riverside-stand-project/
#23
General Discussion / Re: Thursday Fulham Stuff - 25...
Last post by WhiteJC - Today at 12:10:21 AM
Premier League club plans for hotel in stands with penthouse suite
Some residents have objected to the proposed licences due to concerns about the increased sale of alcohol

 Fulham FC's new Riverside stand may soon take another step towards completion as the Premier League club applies for a string of licences associated with the scheme. Hammersmith and Fulham Council is next week (April 30) to decide on requests for amenities including a new 13-bedroom hotel and a spa café to form part of the revamped Craven Cottage stand.

Once finished, the redevelopment will increase the Riverside stand's capacity to approximately 8,000 spectators, taking the total for the West London stadium to around 28,500. It will also contain bars, restaurants and conference spaces, as well as facilities such as the hotel. A spokesperson said areas will open up during the course of the 2024/25 season.

Images released earlier this year showed the rooftop swimming pool planned for the stadium's Sky Deck, believed to be a first among European teams.

Next week's Licensing Sub-Committee meeting is due to decide on seven separate applications for the stand; the boutique hotel, the spa café, a members club, and for licences for four floors in the stand itself, from basement to second. These are to be operated for a range of purposes, including a restaurant and the Chairman's Suite.

Documents submitted ahead of the meeting detail how the hotel will sit in the northwest corner, and will include a penthouse suite and external terrace of the fourth floor.

A number of objections have been filed against the proposed licences, primarily due to the suggested opening hours and times at which alcohol can be served. For some of the applications, such as the spa café, this is as early as 8am, with several running until 11.00pm or later. The hotel would operate 24/7, though would restrict alcohol to residents and 'bona fide guests' on the premises.

One objector wrote: "This is a football club, not a multipurpose arena. Sales of alcohol on such a scale (so many applications) would result in disruption to normally very tolerant neighbours, braying drinkers passing through our streets late at night and spoil residents' enjoyment of the river."

Another wrote they are generally supportive of the club, with fans normally arriving and leaving quickly. They added however that with the addition of alcohol venues, "this could be very different".

"Will these licensing hours only apply on match days or is the plan for facilities be open on non-match days to fans and /or the public longer term?"

In the latest update on the stand issued earlier this year, Shahid Khan, Fulham Chairman, said: "My vision for the New Riverside Stand was to provide our fans, and our neighbourhood, with a destination that would continue to honour our history and tradition at Craven Cottage every day of the year, but especially so on matchdays with a premium experience that will be unlike anything in football, here in London or elsewhere.

"In short, today isn't about finally being able to offer a higher standard of hospitality options that have essentially been unavailable to Fulham supporters until now. It's about offering the ultimate matchday hospitality experience in the world that will also benefit the long-term promise and future of Fulham Football Club. The New Riverside Stand at Craven Cottage will make it possible."

The redevelopment of the Riverside stand has been in the pipeline since 2013, with construction beginning in 2019 after Hammersmith and Fulham Council approved planning permission. Craven Cottage has been the club's home ground since 1896.



https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/fulham-football-riverside-stand-licences-29046046
#24
General Discussion / Re: Thursday Fulham Stuff - 25...
Last post by WhiteJC - Today at 12:08:56 AM
What Marco Silva has already said about VAR after Fulham vs Crystal Palace decision
VAR controversy is sure to be a talking topic at Craven Cottage this weekend with Stuart Attwell in charge of the fixture.

Fulham host Crystal Palace at Craven Cottage this weekend in a Premier League meeting sure to attract attention for its refereeing appointment just as much as the football on display from the two London rivals.

The VAR official at the centre of fallout from Nottingham Forest's meeting with Everton last weekend, Stuart Attwell, will referee the meeting between the Cottagers and the Eagles. Forest questioned Attwell's integrity after the relegation-threatened side weren't awarded a series of penalty claims.

Nottingham Forest slammed refereeing decisions on Sunday and took issue with Attwell 'being a Luton fan' as the club felt three penalty decisions were wrongly missed. Forest have called for PGMOL to release the audio from the VAR discussions that led to those decisions.

The club's post on X, formerly Twitter, read: '"Three extremely poor decisions - three penalties not given - which we simply cannot accept. We warned the PGMOL that the VAR is a Luton fan before the game but they didn't change him. Our patience has been tested multiple times. NFFC will now consider its options."

With the man at the centre of the latest VAR debate to take charge at Fulham this weekend, LondonWorld looks at what Marco Silva has already said about VAR this season.

The Fulham boss has taken issue with VAR calls several times this season, with one of the first coming in the September meeting with Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium in September. The Champions won that match 5-1 but took the lead with their second goal through a Nathan Ake header on the stroke of half time, which was shrouded with controversy.

Fulham argued that City defender Manuel Akanji had interfered with the ball and was in an offside position but a VAR review refused to overturn the goal. Silva said: "The second half was not at the level that it should be. I tried to tell the players not to lose focus from things that we cannot control but, of course, that moment made a huge impact on them.

"Even all the explanations that we listened to during that period didn't make sense at all. What I can say? Everyone that plays football, everyone that has played football, everyone that has some knowledge about football - I'm 100 per cent sure - has to disallow that goal.

"Everyone has to be furious if a goal like that comes against you. For the linesman I believe that it can be difficult but, for the VAR, it is impossible not to disallow that goal. It is a clear offside."

Indeed, former Premier League referee Mike Dean agreed with Silva admitting it was '1,000 per cent offside' as he criticised the VAR inaction. Fulham were left frustrated by the video referee again in December when playing Newcastle United with Raul Jimenez red-carded in that fixture.

Speaking after the match, a furious Silva said: "Until the 21st minute, all the moments, the referee didn't give us one foul. For Newcastle, it was a free kick every time. This is the best example of a referee who doesn't have the experience to handle the pressure. Any doubt, any foul, he didn't give one. Even the elbow in the face of Raul.

"He jumped into the player but you don't see something serious, something wrong with the other player. A yellow is right.

"VAR is trying to find all these moments to give. To justify their job? I don't know. It's clear he [Jimenez] lost the momentum. He should have done it in a different way.

"To go for a red card feels really strange. It was a strange afternoon for the referee. I went to speak with him but he almost ran to the dressing room. It's what we're facing right now."

Come January, Silva was charged by the FA for those comments with the footballing body deciding that the comments were 'improper conduct' and 'that they imply bias and/or question the integrity of and/or are insulting towards the match official and/or bring the game into disrepute'.

Salt was rubbed into Silva's wounds weeks later when Chelsea defender Malo Gusto wasn't sent off for a challenge on Willian in the first half of the meeting at Stamford Bridge. The Cottagers eventually lost that fixture 1-0 against their West London rivals.

Silva said: "The mistake from the VAR in my opinion, in our opinion ... you understand the conversation I had with the fourth official. It's a clear red card in that situation.

"It's difficult for Anthony Taylor to see if it's a red card or not – he decided yellow card and we have to be fair for him because in the moment it's really quick for him to see that it was such a dangerous tackle from Malo Gusto.

"But after that has to come the decision from the VAR to overturn the decision. So far in the Premier League, in 10 moments nine are red cards and this afternoon wasn't – it was a mistake from the VAR. It would have had a huge impact on the game. The game is going to be completely different."



https://www.londonworld.com/sport/football/fulham/what-marco-silva-has-already-said-about-var-after-fulham-vs-crystal-palace-decision-4603303
#25
General Discussion / Re: Thursday Fulham Stuff - 25...
Last post by WhiteJC - Today at 12:06:48 AM
Palhinha: "I'm calm, stable and happy at Fulham"
Joao Palhinha has played down the prospect of a move away from Fulham this summer – telling DAZN Portugal that he's 'calm, stable and happy' at Craven Cottage.

The Portuguese international was asked directly about his future by the broadcaster following his aborted move to Bayern Munich last September. Palhinha replied:

"I'm calm, I want to finish the season in the best possible way. The Euros are coming up. I want to finish these games in good shape. Everything else doesn't worry me. I'm calm, stable and happy. I don't want to be bothering my head with things that don't make sense now. I want to play football and help Fulham win these five games."

The 28 year-old, who has made 76 appearances for Fulham since signing from Sporting Lisbon in the summer of 2022, is under contract with the Whites until the summer of 2028, with the club holding a option of a further year's extension.



https://hammyend.com/index.php/2024/04/palhinha-im-calm-stable-and-happy-at-fulham/
#26
General Discussion / Thursday Fulham Stuff - 25/04/...
Last post by WhiteJC - Today at 12:06:07 AM
Results
Wednesday 24/04
Wolves   
0-1
   Bournemouth
Palace   
2-0
   Newcastle
Everton   
2-0
   Liverpool
Man Utd   
4-2
   Sheff Utd
#27
General Discussion / NFR United goal/penalty
Last post by Willham - April 24, 2024, 11:56:36 PM
Did anyone see the pen? Maguire with the dive, fools the ref, ref gives a pen immediately, the ball makes it way into sheff united goal.

Did the var team feel they couldn't overule the pen as it would result in a sheff united free kick even though seconds after the whistle the ball was in the back of the net.
#28
General Discussion / Re: Everton playing how Fulham...
Last post by Nick Bateman - April 24, 2024, 11:47:33 PM
Gonna miss Gnasher...  ::wink::
#29
General Discussion / Re: Everton playing how Fulham...
Last post by demeant0r - April 24, 2024, 11:26:41 PM
Quote from: H4usuallysitting on April 24, 2024, 10:59:18 PM
Quote from: demeant0r on April 24, 2024, 10:29:19 PMJurgen Klopp getting his comeuppance at Goodison Park has made my day :slap: I wonder what excuses he's going to give tonight for not performing.

Please have some sympathy for Mr Klopp...it can't be easy for him - having to wear someone else's teeth

It is unbearably white. He didn't give any excuses but when they don't perform vs us, it's "their pitch was too dry" :slap:
#30
General Discussion / Re: Games to play this season
Last post by Deeping_white - April 24, 2024, 11:09:24 PM
Mick when was the last time you were genuinely happy?