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Games for the Weekend 23/10…

This weekend we’re off to Robin Hood country to take on Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Sunday at 15:00.

Forest v Fulham

Back to back home wins and with other results going “our way” we’re up to 2nd and have the highest goal difference, thanks to Mitro?, in the league. 5 points behind Bournemouth, they have to lose sometime, but we’re in far better form than after the previous international break and with Cairney, Tete, Kongolo and Carvalho coming back from injury I think that we’re in a “good place”.
Wasn’t it good to see Tom back in a Fulham shirt? and to cap it with a goal, fairy-tail stuff. Mitro, 13 in 13, he’s still on fire! It was also good for Rodak to keep a clean sheet and he made a couple of important saves towards the end of the game. According to the votes on the forum Seri had another MotM performance, he had nearly twice the number of votes for Tom Cairney in second place.

Our record against Forest is another even one with 5 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw. Forest are on a bit of a run since changing their manager winning away at Huddersfield, Barnsley, Birmingham and Bristol City and Blackpool at home. On Tuesday Forest scored twice in injury time to win 1-2 at Bristol City so their going to full of confidence.

My team against Forest would be…

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Games of Interest…

Saturday 23rd
Bournemouth v Huddersfield
Millwall v Stoke
Peterborough v QPR
West Brom v Bristol City

Sunday 24th
Barnsley v Sheff Utd
Forest v Fulham

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Games for Mid-week 19/10…

Another evening game under the lights of Craven Cottage this time we face Cardiff City

Fulham v Cardiff City

Well the game against QPR was more like it!
Mitro has 12 in 12, he really is on fire! also it was really good to see Tom in the squad, it can’t be too long before he starts, it’ll be interesting to see who Marco drops for Tom?
Hopefully Bryan won’t be out after colliding with the post, but it always difficult to choose between him and Robinson anyway. Seri has been a revelation, while there was so many things wrong with the Coventry game not starting Seri really cost us, some of his passing on Saturday was a level above anything we’ve seen in the last fews seasons.

Our record again Cardiff is very even with 6 wins, 5 losses and 6 draws.
Cardiff’s 0-3 loss against local rivals Swansea will give them some impetuous to bounce back, as Coventry, so I’m guessing that this game will be another close one.

Assuming Carvalho’s now fit, Marco said he could be, my team to face Cardiff would be…

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Games of Interest…

Tuesday 19th
QPR v Blackburn
Sheff Utd v Millwall
Stoke v Bournemouth

Wednesday 20th
Fulham v Cardiff
Swansea v West Brom

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Games for the Weekend 16/10…

Another early kick-off, 12:30, this time we welcome QPR to the Cottage.

Fulham v QPR

So after another international break we’re back to games that matter.
Hopefully we’ll play better than after the previous one! With Mitro, Wilson, Marek Rodak, Bobby De Cordova-Reid and Antonee Robinson travelling with their squads Marco Silva won’t have had much, if any, time to re-energise the team.
There was some good news with Terence Kongolo, Kenny Tete and Tom Cairney back in training, I don’t think we’ll see them for this game, but you never know?
It’ll be interesting to see if Fabio Carvalho is in the squad, if he is then so much the better, if he’s not then I think that could indicate that he’s off in January?

After the shambles at Coventry a derby game against the bitters could be just the thing to get us back on track?
QPR are having a good start to the season, and I’m sure they’ll be up for this game.

We’ve a good record against QPR, 9 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws.

Assuming no “international” injuries my team would be…

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Games of Interest…

Friday 15th
West Brom v Birmingham

Saturday 16th
Fulham v QPR
Bristol City v Bournemouth
Millwall v Luton
Sheff Utd v Stoke

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Games for the Weekend 02/10…

this Saturday we’re being sent to Coventry for a 12:30 kick-off.

Coventry City v Fulham

Coventry City have designated this game as “Jimmy Hill Day” and £1 from every ticket sold for the game will be donated to the Jimmy Hill Legacy Fund.
Jimmy has a very special place in the hearts of both sets of fans, Fulham wouldn’t have survived as a club without him.
Jimmy played over 290 games for Fulham from 1952-1961, he became Fulham Chairman in 1987 and stayed in the role until 1997.
For Coventry Jimmy became their manager in 1961, after he retired from playing, and remained their manager until 1967. Following a successful career in TV he returned to Coventry in 1975 as Managing Director and then Chairman leaving in 1983.
Jimmy’s last public appearance was at the unveiling of his statue outside Coventry’s ground.

Mitro’s on fire! he’s currently the leagues leading goal scorer with 10 in 10!
The first half against Swansea was us back on form, the second half wasn’t quite as sharp however we managed to contain a very competitive Swansea, so it was a job well done.

Coventry will be smarting from their thrashing from Luton, 5-0, and I’m sure will be looking to keep their excellent home record in tact, Mitro may well have other ideas.

We’ve not played Coventry since the 1967/68 season and with both teams at the top end, 3 & 4, of the table, Coventry haven’t lost at home so far this season, perhaps a score-draw would be a fitting result to remember Jimmy Hill?

I’m assuming that Bryan won’t be available, as he went off injured, and as Kebano normally has a really good game followed by a bad one, my team for this game would be…

Remember this is a 12:30 kick-off.

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Games of interest…

Friday 1st
Stoke v West Brom

Saturday 2nd
Coventry v Fulham
Barnsley v Millwall
Bournemouth v Sheff Utd
QPR v Preston NE

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Games for Mid-week 15/09…

League Cup action under the lights at the Cottage against Leeds

Fulham v Leeds EFL Cup

This could be an interesting match.
In truth I don’t think that either manager will be taking the League Cup too seriously at this point however, a “cup run” is a “cup run” and will be good for some of the “fringe” players to get a run out.

Leeds will look to repeat a similar result as the league game last season, their first win in the Capital in donkeys, Fulham will want to test themselves against a Premiership team.

Kick-off is 19:45

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Games for Mid-week 24/08

Our first Cup game of the season see’s us travel to Birmingham’s St. Andrews ground for a 19:45 kick-off.

Birmingham City v Fulham

Anyone fancy a cup run?
I must admit I’m not sure how we should approach this game. On one hand, winning becomes a habit, on the other could a cup run detract from the league with additional fatigue and injuries?
With Tim Ream, Tete and Carvalho all going off injured on Saturday, added to the long term injuries of Tom, Kongolo and Reed, Harrison looks to be the closest to returning, Tuesday would be an ideal game to give some of the youngsters a run out alongside the players who are close to the starting eleven for every game.
Rodak should get a start, he’d be starting every game if I was picking the team, Hector, Sessegnon, Christie, Knockaert and Bryan are obvious candidates and I’d give players like Francois, Fossey, Stansfield and Kieron Bowie the opportunity of first team action.
We have a good squad and I’d like to see it used if only to give “game time” to players who might be needed sooner or later.
If Rodrigo Muniz had arrived a few days earlier, I think he’s due in from his quarantine period in Spain sometime Tuesday, then I’m sure this game would have been his debut, perhaps he’ll be introduced against Stoke on Saturday?

Another interesting aspect of this game is that we go back to Birmingham on the 15th September for a “proper” league game, and it would be good going into that game knowing that we’d had a good result, or would we be better looking for revenge?

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Games for Mid-week 28/09…

Our last game of September see’s us welcome Swansea City for a Wednesday evening kick-off under the lights at Craven Cottage.

Fulham v Swansea City

Have the wheels come off? I don’t think so however, after only 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses in the last 4 four games since the “international break” we’ve definitely lost the momentum that we’d built from the start of the season.
A lot of the problem could be our ever growing injury list although we should have adequate cover from what is probably the best squad in the Championship? Having said that winning, loosing or drawing is often down to fine margins and if “player A” isn’t quite as good as “player B” and you have multiple changes then lack of consistency could play a part?

Swansea had a good win against Huddersfield at the weekend, our record against them is another close one with 4 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw.

Once again I’m assuming that Cairney, Kongolo, Tete and young Carvalho won’t be available so my team would be…

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Games of Interest…

Tuesday 28th
Middlesborough v Sheff Utd
QPR v Birmingham City

Wednesday 29th
Fulham v Swansea
Millwall v Bristol City
Peterborough v Bournemouth

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Games for the Weekend 25/09…

We’re off to Bristol for this weekend game

Bristol City v Fulham

Two defeats from the last three games doesn’t sound like a team playing well, however we’re still 2nd and half a better goal difference than any other team.
A plus point from last Saturday’s game was that Muniz scored his first goal at the Hammersmith End, may it be the first of many in his Fulham career. A really nice aspect was that Mitro’ set him up, the master and apprentice.
Chalobah continues to impress, what a bargain he’s proved so far, along with Wilson they may well prove to be the best signings of the Championship for this season?
After Tuesday’s game Mawson and Hector must be very close to starting and I can see a central partnership of Tosin and Mawson getting an outing in the not too distant future.

Our record against Bristol City isn’t too good, 5 losses, 2 wins and 2 draws, so this will probably be another difficult game.

I’m assuming that neither Carvalho, Cairney, Tete and Kongolo will be available, so my team would be…

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Games of Interest…

Friday 24th
West Brom v QPR

Saturday 25th
Bournemouth v Luton
Bristol City v Fulham
Forest v Millwall
Sheff Utd v Derby

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Games for the Weekend 18/09…

Back to the Cottage to welcome Reading for another Saturday 3 o’clock kick-off!

Fulham v Reading

After the disappointment of the Blackpool game we certainly came back with a bang against Birmingham, before Wednesday Birmingham had only conceded 3 goals!
Chalobah had a very good debut, Bryan and Reed gave the sort of performances we’ve come to expect from them even though they’ve not been getting regular starts.
Jean Michael Seri has been a revelation, he’s finally living up to the promise and expectations from when he signed, and perhaps more surprisingly he’s doing it in the Championship, I was convinced that he’d have gone back out on loan this season, hopefully he’s enjoying this time and can continue.
I was pleased for Mitro’ scoring the penalty, that will settle his nerves for the next one. His second, our fourth on the night, was a fantastic effort, Mitro’ stole the ball from a Birmingham player near the half-way line, ran into the box and then played a sublime one-two with Seri before slotting it past the goalie, it’s the sort of goal that will have opposition defences worried and Fulham fans wondering why he didn’t get many chances last season?

Our record against Reading is fairly even, 7 wins, 6 losses and 4 draws. Reading had a good result against Peterborough on Tuesday and a draw against QPR on Saturday, StefJo getting an injury-time equaliser for the haha’s, so Reading’s 18th place might not truly reflect how good a team they are?
A point to note is that Reading’s John Swift has scored 7 goals so far this season, Mitro’ (who’s on fire) has 6, I can see Mitro’ wanting to rectify that!

I’m assuming that Cairney, Kongolo, Tete and Carvalho will not be available, I would still like to see Rodak back in goal although as Gazzaniga keeps on having good games I can’t see him being swapped.
That said this would be my team for the Reading game…

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Games of Interest…

Saturday 18th
Hull v Sheff Utd
Cardiff v Bournemouth
Fulham v Reading
Millwall v Blackpool
Preston NE v West Brom
QPR v Bristol City

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Games for mid-week 14/09…

Another away game as we travel to Birmingham for a Wednesday evening kick-off.

Birmingham City v Fulham

Well Saturday didn’t go quite to plan did it.
I’m sure there were plenty of reasons, curse of the Manager of the Month award, international break, missing players, 3 games in 8 days, extended travel etc. but the result shows that anyone can beat anyone in this league.
Blackpool out played us when we weren’t quite on our game, had to happen some time and, if you needed reminding, this is Fulham we’re talking about, so for long time supporters it’ll not come as too much of a surprise.

It seems like only two of three weeks ago we played Birmingham in the League Cup, different circumstances I know but let’s see how this game will go.

Our record against Birmingham is 6 wins, 5 losses and 4 draws, Birmingham will be desperate to get back into the playoff places so we should be in for a good game.

Saturday saw debuts for Quina and Muniz, will we see Chalobah in the squad against Birmingham? I’m going to assume that Wilson will be unavailable but that Carvalho will be back, and once again I prefer Rodak to Gazzaniga, here’s my team.

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Games of Interest…

Tuesday 14th
Bournemouth v QPR
Sheff Utd v Preston NE
West Brom v Derby

Wednesday 15th
Birmingham v Fulham
Swansea v Millwall

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