{"id":3508,"date":"2026-01-30T10:55:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsoffulham.com\/wordpress\/?p=3508"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:39:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:39:20","slug":"games-for-the-weekend-01-02-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.friendsoffulham.com\/wordpress\/?p=3508","title":{"rendered":"Games for the Weekend 01\/02"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We get to travel to Old Trafford for a 2 o’clock Sunday kick off<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Man<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Haha yeah,\u00a0that definitely felt like a smash-and-grab with a bit of VAR seasoning on top\u00a0
Harry F\u2019in Wilson though\u2026 wow, that free kick was pure Harry, pace, dip, precision \u2014 the lot. Verbruggen\u00a0might feel he should\u2019ve done better, but when it\u2019s hit that cleanly, keepers are basically reacting on instinct. If there was ever a moment to shove a contract across the table, that was it. Get. It. Done.
Anderson\u2019s through ball for Chukwueze was absolute class \u2014 weight, timing, vision, that pass made the goal. Chukwueze still had work to do, and that single touch to set himself before finishing was top-level composure, that\u2019s the difference between \u201chalf-chance\u201d and \u201cgoal\u201d.
Brighton responding almost immediately really did suck the air out of the Cottage, you could\u00a0feel<\/em>\u00a0it. Honestly, if I were a Brighton fan I\u2019d be fuming, for once VAR absolutely bailed us out there. One of those where you\u2019re celebrating while quietly admitting:\u00a0yeah\u2026 we\u2019d be raging if that was given against us<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for United\u2026 our record makes for grim reading, going back to 1905, is very poor with only 16 wins, 58 losses and 21 draws, however football has a funny way of ignoring history when momentum kicks in and the form that we’ve showed recently we’ve got every chance of taking a point, or points, from Old Trafford.
Carrick has had them playing with belief again, back-to-back wins over City and Arsenal is no small achievement, especially doing it with structure and discipline rather than the previous chaos, fourth place rewards their bounce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That said, those \u201cnew manager bounce\u201d teams can also be fragile if you get at them early. If we can disrupt their rhythm and avoid gifting them anything, the game really is<\/em> there to be taken. It promises to be an interesting game, nervy, emotional, and probably not good for the blood pressure.
What\u2019s your gut saying \u2014 cagey chess match, or full-on end-to-end chaos? I’m hoping for the latter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time of writing there’s still no “official” signing of Oscar Bobb, plenty of reports that its happened but still no word from the club so he won’t feature for this game.
Unfortunately Chukwueze’s mother died so I don’t think he’ll play also assuming that Muniz, Tete and Lukic are not fully fit my team would be…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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COYW’s<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Games of Interest<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 31\/01<\/em>
Leeds v Arsenal
Wolves v Bournemouth
Chelsea v West Ham<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday 01\/<\/em>02<\/em>
Villa v Brentford
Man Utd v Fulham<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We get to travel to Old Trafford for a 2 o’clock Sunday kick off Haha yeah,\u00a0that definitely felt like a smash-and-grab with a bit of VAR seasoning on top\u00a0Harry F\u2019in Wilson though\u2026 wow, that free kick was pure Harry, pace, dip, precision \u2014 the lot. Verbruggen\u00a0might feel he should\u2019ve done better, but when it\u2019s hit … <\/p>\n

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