Monday Fulham Stuff - 10/11/25...

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Sunday 09/11
Villa	4-0	Bournemouth
Brentford	3-1	Newcastle
Palace	0-0	Brighton
Forest	3-1	Leeds
Man City	3-0	Liverpool

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'Impact was there' - Marco Silva singles out Chukwueze for praise despite Fulham's defeat to Everton
Fulham manager Marco Silva has praised Nigerian winger Samuel Chukwueze for his second-half impact despite the Cottagers 2-0 defeat to Everton in the Premier League on Saturday evening.

Chukwueze, who joined Fulham on loan from AC Milan during the summer transfer window, was introduced in the 59th minute for Harry Wilson as Fulham trailed at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.

His introduction improved Fulham's performance, injecting pace and creativity into their attack after a disappointing first-half display.

Speaking after the game, Silva admitted his side fell short of expectations but acknowledged the positive influence of the Nigerian international and fellow substitute Rodrigo.

"We played for twenty minutes. The first 20 minutes of the second half was the only moment in the game where I felt our team, on the ball and off the ball, were doing the things that we should and we prepared for the game," Silva said to Fulham's official webpage.

"And of course, the impact from Chukwueze and Rodrigo was there but before it should have been much better, that's the reality."

Chukwueze has endured a slow start to life in England, registering just one assist in five league appearances so far this season.

However, his improved showing against Everton could signal a turnaround in form.

Despite his struggles at club level, the 26-year-old was included in Nigeria's squad to face Gabon in the 2026 FIFA World Cup playoffs in Morocco this week.

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https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=57726

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Calvin Bassey states Fulham's flaw in their 2-0 loss to Everton
Super Eagles defender Calvin Bassey has revealed where Fulham faltered in their 2-0 loss to Everton yesterday, Soccernet.ng reports.

The Cottagers secured their league win in five games against Wolverhampton Wanderers last week, sealing a 3-0 win over Tolu Arokodare's side at Craven Cottage.

However, the search for their first away win continues as goals from Idrissa Gana Gueye and Michael Keane sealed three points for David Moyes' side at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.

Fulham are now in dangerous waters, standing just one point above the relegation spots after winning three games from eleven in the league this season.

Bassey states where Fulham went wrong
With both of Everton's goals coming from aerial situations, the former Rangers defender revealed his side have to do better when it comes to defending set-pieces.

    "I mean, we knew this game was going to be a fight. Beto, Barry, they're all fighters, and they made life difficult for us," the 25-year-old told Sporty TV.

    "We were prepared, and I just got a little knock, but I'm fine.

    "I just think we could've been more dynamic, maybe in the first half. We could've controlled the game better.

    "We had control, and we just kind of lost control again, and I mean, we just have to do better in set-pieces.

    "We've conceded 16 goals, and 10 of them have been from set-pieces or personal errors, so we've got to do better.

    "Now, it's time to go away, and for the boys to focus on the national team.

    "It gives everyone a chance to breathe before we get on and back in the Prem," Calvin Bassey concluded.

Up next for the ex-Ajax man is a trip to Morocco as the Super Eagles look to forge ahead in their World Cup play-off clash against Gabon.



https://soccernet.ng/2025/11/calvin-bassey-fulham-everton.html

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Bassey admits Everton made life difficult for Fulham, provides fitness update after injury scare
Fulham defender Calvin Bassey has admitted that Everton made life difficult for his side during their 2-0 defeat at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The Nigerian international featured for the entire 90 minutes despite suffering a knock in the first half.

Speaking after the game, Bassey acknowledged the physical challenge posed by Everton and said Fulham had anticipated a tough battle.

"This game, we knew it's going to be a fight. Beto, Barry they are fighters, they make life difficult for you but we prepared," he told Sporty TV.

The former Leicester City defender also confirmed he was fit to continue despite picking up a knock.

"Yeah, I just got a little knock but I am fine," he revealed.

Reflecting on the defeat, Bassey urged his teammates to improve defensively, especially on set pieces and individual mistakes.

"I just think we could have been a bit more dynamic maybe in the first half, we have to control but we lost control," he stated.

"I mean we have to do better with set pieces. We have conceded 16 goals and 10 of them have been from personal errors or set pieces. So we just have to do a bit better."

Looking ahead, Bassey said the upcoming international break would allow players to reset and refocus.

"It's time to go away and change our focus with the boys on the national team. It gives everyone a chance to breathe a bit before we get back in the Premier League."

Bassey, alongside his Fulham teammates Alex Iwobi and Samuel Chukwueze, is among the early arrivals at the Super Eagles' camp in Rabat, Morocco, ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup playoffs.

Nigeria will face Gabon in the semifinal, and a win would set up a final clash against either DR Congo or Cameroon.

A victory in the final will also secure the Super Eagles a spot in the intercontinental playoffs scheduled for March 2026.

Adeyemi Adewale



https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=57734

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Everton 2–0 Fulham: Where Has It All Gone Wrong?
Everton 2–0 Fulham. Marco Silva's Fulham tenure hits a new low. One win in seven, and Fulham sit a point off the relegation zone heading into late November. There should be no doubts about what this season is about — it's about scraping survival.

Instead of my normal prognosis of what went wrong in the previous game, I want to do a deeper dive on the situation at the club as a whole. So, where has it all gone wrong at Fulham Football Club?

Silva's System's Gone Stale: Fulham Have Lost Their Identity
Since promotion, Fulham have played the same attacking system — the same shape, the same prototype of striker, and the same attempted pattern of play in build. Simply put, teams have figured Fulham out. We have lost the identity that made us the Premier League hot shots of 22/23.

How do Fulham play? Are we a team that plays on the break? A team that plays direct football? Possession based football? It's evident for all to see that Marco's men need a tactical revamp. At the moment we look passive outside of possession and out of ideas in possession.

Fulham continue to sit outside 18 yard box for large swathes of games. If you have a tough tackling six alongside a ball progressing ball carrier, you can afford to do just that — but doing that with a midfield two that offers nothing to protect a back four nor ball progression through the thirds is a fast-track to championship football.

The solution to our midfield issue is a change in system at either end of the pitch. In his first 'crisis' as Fulham boss, this is where Marco Silva has to earn his corn. But at the Hill Dickenson, the 47 year old looked out of ideas, and without a plan-b. This international break has to be a turning point in the tactical system we roll out in the next few weeks and months. Major change is needed.

It's time to move to a more dynamic, fluid, transitional form of attack, with a proper number six screening the defence. That six should be Fulham's January priority, but till then, I see Harrison Reed as Fulham's best option to take up that out and out number six mantle. He's got an engine, he's scrappy — and besides, did the ****** Iniesta ever deserved to be dropped from the starting XI in the first place?

Fulham's Form Has Been Relegation-like Sice March: Has Marco Taken Fulham as Far as He Can?
Fulham struggles aren't confined to this season. Since the start of March, Fulham have picked up the second least points out of any team that has been in the Premier League in both 24/25 and 25/26 (20). Add our overall form to the fact that the Cottagers have won just twice away from home since February 26th, and it's clear to see that labelling the issues of late as seasonal issues is naive. These problems are deep rooted.

Since that FA Cup Quarter Final against Crystal Palace, the feeling that Marco may have taken as Fulham as far as he can has been impossible to shake. With Silva set to leave this summer, it becomes increasingly likely that Silva's players may be unable to be motivated by a manger they know isn't in it for the long haul.

The longer this form, and these concerns continue, you have to question if it may be time for Marco and Fulham to come to a crunch decision about their future as a pair.

Either Marco signs a new deal and he's given full reign of the season — no matter the end result — or the Khans and Silva go their separate ways. While I'll believe to the bitter end that there is no better man to take Fulham forward than Marco Silva, in a survival scrap, you need a head coach fully invested in the cause.

Fulham Stood Still This Summer — and Are Now Paying The Price
This summer, I — like many others — made it abudantly clear that standing still is moving backwards in the Premier League, and boy, have I been proved right.

Despite undoubted talents like Kevin and Chukwueze being brought in, you're only seeing players like Kevin gain their first starts now — in mid November. Where would Fulham be if we had crucial signings done before our pre season trip to the Algarve? We'll never know. You can thank ownership's failure to understand how to bed players into a squad for that.

The difference in the Fulham and Everton midfield? Kiernan Dewsbury Hall. Tony Khan and co apparently had the lead on the Toffees to win KDH's signature — but instead, London's Original let him through our grasp, and look desperate for a ball-controlling number eight. Dewsbury Hall leading the match in duels won, tackles won, and touches, all while notching up an assist and a disallowed goal, is poetic justice.

A talismanic striker is the cure all solution a side struggling to carve out clear cut chances — and that is something Fulham do not have. Now that Rodrigo Muniz — who looked very positive when he came on — is back on the treatment table, Raul Jimenez playing through injury is Marco Silva's only legitimate striking option for the next few weeks.

If you're lucky you can play Rodrigo into a purple patch — but can you entrust the Brazilian as the man to fire you out of a relegation battle? No. Having Raul Jimenez, a 34 year old injury prone striker as his only backup is asking for trouble, but responding to Silva's shouts for a quality developmental third striker to the gimmick aquisition of Jonah Kusi Asare is pure negligence.

The truth is Fulham never got anywhere close to replacing Aleksander Mitrovic or Joao Palhinha.

Similarities to 13/14 Continue To Mount: Laying Out Where Fulham Go From Here
The similarities of 13/14 build week on week. We have a decent side, decent players, a Premier League acclaimed manager — but previous summer failings look to have caught up with us.

Don't let a second half display against the worst team in the league, with ten men, fool you — Fulham are in big trouble this season. We can't win away, we can't see out games, we've been tactically found out, and we've lost the identity that made Marco Silva's Fulham, Marco Silva's Fulham.

Blame summer business — I would too — but it's time for a tactical reshuffle. Lukic and Berge simply cannot play together. We cannot continiue to camp outside the 18 year box, with no purpose of transitioning at speed or playing off a target man.

This is where Marco earns his crust. Utilise the dynamic nature of King, Kevin and Chukwueze — build a counter-attacking juggernaut.

If there is no systematic change, and the calibre of result, and performances stay the same, we have to force Marco into a decision: you sign a new deal, or we go our separate ways



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Calvin Bassey states Fulham's flaw in their 2-0 loss to Everton
Super Eagles defender Calvin Bassey has revealed where Fulham faltered in their 2-0 loss to Everton yesterday, Soccernet.ng reports.

The Cottagers secured their league win in five games against Wolverhampton Wanderers last week, sealing a 3-0 win over Tolu Arokodare's side at Craven Cottage.

However, the search for their first away win continues as goals from Idrissa Gana Gueye and Michael Keane sealed three points for David Moyes' side at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.

Fulham are now in dangerous waters, standing just one point above the relegation spots after winning three games from eleven in the league this season.

Bassey states where Fulham went wrong
With both of Everton's goals coming from aerial situations, the former Rangers defender revealed his side have to do better when it comes to defending set-pieces.

    "I mean, we knew this game was going to be a fight. Beto, Barry, they're all fighters, and they made life difficult for us," the 25-year-old told Sporty TV.

    "We were prepared, and I just got a little knock, but I'm fine.

    "I just think we could've been more dynamic, maybe in the first half. We could've controlled the game better.

    "We had control, and we just kind of lost control again, and I mean, we just have to do better in set-pieces.

    "We've conceded 16 goals, and 10 of them have been from set-pieces or personal errors, so we've got to do better.

    "Now, it's time to go away, and for the boys to focus on the national team.

    "It gives everyone a chance to breathe before we get on and back in the Prem," Calvin Bassey concluded.

Up next for the ex-Ajax man is a trip to Morocco as the Super Eagles look to forge ahead in their World Cup play-off clash against Gabon.



https://soccernet.ng/2025/11/calvin-bassey-fulham-everton.html

How can you defend better when you have iwobi marking Kean at corners?