{"id":2858,"date":"2023-08-17T22:39:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T22:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsoffulham.com\/wordpress\/?p=2858"},"modified":"2023-08-20T18:48:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T18:48:56","slug":"games-for-the-weekend-19-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.friendsoffulham.com\/wordpress\/?p=2858","title":{"rendered":"Games for the weekend 19\/08"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our first home game of the season we face Brentford for a 3 o’clock kick off<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"Fulham<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Well that was a lucky win against Everton, I didn’t think we played that badly however if Everton had been more clinical then the result could have been very different?
Leno was outstanding, easily MotM, what a signing he’s proved to be.
I was a little surprised to see Tim Ream in the starting eleven, mainly due to him recovering from the broken arm but also because Bassey has such a good debut against Hoffenheim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over on the forum our stats guru Ludlow Richard pointed out…
the stats show how difficult it has been for Fulham to win away on the first game of the season in the top flight.<\/em>
We have played 14 away games on the first day of the season in the top flight. WE have won just three of them, all by 1-0: Portsmouth in 2009, Sunderland in 2013 and Everton yesterday. In those 14 away games we have only scored more than 1 goal on two occasions (1965 v Blackpool: we drew; and 2001 v Man Utd: we lost). So what this goes to show is that whatever we thought of yesterday’s win, it was a rare occurrence and the team deserve plaudits for the win.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was good to see Pereira coming on for a substitute appearance, hopefully Palhinha will be available for the Brentford game.
There were photos of Mitro on crutches and with a protective boot on his left foot getting off the train at Euston, hopefully this was as a precaution? I’m still expecting him to go to Saudi, but I guess we’ll have to wait and see, I do hope he doesn’t leave on the last day of the window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brentford looked good against Spurs so I think we’ll need to perform at a better level than we did against Everton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our record against Brentford is 4 wins, 8 losses and 3 draws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

assuming no new signings, departures or injuries my squad would be…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"squad<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

COYW’s<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Games of Interest…<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Friday 18th<\/em>
Forest v Sheff Utd<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 19th<\/em>
Fulham v Brentford
Spurs v Man Utd<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday 20th<\/em>
West Ham v Chelsea<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday 21st<\/em>
Palace v Arsenal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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come on over to the forum and join in the conversation…
https:\/\/www.friendsoffulham.com\/forum\/index.php?board=36.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our first home game of the season we face Brentford for a 3 o’clock kick off Well that was a lucky win against Everton, I didn’t think we played that badly however if Everton had been more clinical then the result could have been very different?Leno was outstanding, easily MotM, what a signing he’s proved … <\/p>\n

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