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Games for the weekend 21/10

We travel to North London to take on Spurs for a Monday evening game

Spurs v Fulham

The game against Sheffield Utd, doesn’t it seem a long time ago?, was probably the best we’ve played so far this season.
Willian was back to his last season best. Harry, when he came on, looked really hungry, and Tom, that was his goal not an own goal!, really pulled the strings from midfield.

Diop going off injured was really the only bad news, for us, Chris Basham’s was far worse, hopefully both will be back in the not too distant future.

Harry, on his 50th appearance for his country, was the “player” of the Wales v Croatia game, scoring two and being compared, by some, to Gareth Bale!
Saša Lukić also had a “man of the match” performance for Serbia in their 3-1 win over Montenegro.
Timothy Castagne’s Belgium v Sweden match was abandoned at half time following the terrible fatal shooting of two Swedish supporters in Brussels, our thoughts are with their friends and families.
Both Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey came on as substitutes in Nigeria’s 3-2 win against Mozambique.
Leno,  Rodák, Tim Ream, Raúl Jiménez, Ballo-Touré and João Palhinha were all unused substitutes for their respective countries.

Our recent record against Spurs is very one sided with only 3 wins, 15 losses and 3 draws.

Assuming no additional injuries my team would be

team to face Spurs

COYW’s

Games of Interest…

Saturday 21st
Brentford v Burnley
Newcastle v Palace
Chelsea v Arsenal

Sunday 22nd
Villa v West Ham

Monday 23rd
Spurs v Fulham

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Games for the weekend 07/10

We welcome another of the promoted teams, Sheffield Utd to the Cottage for a 3 o’clock kick off

Fulham v Sheff Utd

A very disappointing result against Chelsea, we just didn’t turn up for what for most? fans would have been “the” game we wanted to win this season.
The one player who had a decent game was Iwobi, he’s got to start the next game. Raúl is still struggling, after 7 games I’m sure he’d want to have gotten on the score sheet, I’m sure he’ll come good eventually, but I’d start Vinicius and bring Raúl on later in the game if needed.
Castagne was really good going forward but I don’t think he’s quite as good as Tete in defence.
Tim made a mistake for their first goal, if fit I think Bassey should start as he’s going to be our long term option.

Sheffield are currently bottom with only one point , they lost at home to Newcastle 0-8, but had a creditable 1-2 to Man City, their not as bad as the 0-8 would make them appear.

Marco is one win away from his 50th Premier League win (D28, L63), it would have been nice if it had come against Chelsea, but it wasn’t to be, perhaps this weekend will be the one.

Our recent record against the blades is fairly even with 4 wins, 3 losses and 2 draws.

Assuming no further injuries my team would be

team to face Sheff Utd

COYW’s

Other Games of Interest…

Saturday 7th
Luton v Spurs
Burnley v Chelsea
Fulham v Sheff Utd
Man Utd v Brentford
Palace v Forest

Sunday 8th
West Ham v Newcastle
Arsenal v Man City

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Games for the weekend 30/09

We get to welcome Chelsea to the Cottage for a Monday evening 8 o’clock kickoff

So after a couple of good results, I think we played really well in both games and were unlucky not to score more?
This is the game that I look forward to most, even though, apart from last season, we rarely got the result we deserved we’ve always “been up” for the game.
Iwobi played really well against Luton, I was very tempted to start him rather than Willian however, giving a player a chance to play against one of their previous teams nearly always seams to give them a boost.
Hopefully Bassey’s injury isn’t too bad and he’ll be on the bench, I’ve an idea that we’ll see more of him towards the end of the season as he’ll be Tim’s “long term” replacement.
Raul, Vinicius or Muniz is a bit of a conundrum, Vinicius has scored a couple and I’m sure he’d like to repeat last season, Raul I’m sure will “come good”, hopefully once he gets a goal the flood gates will open, and Muniz is the future? there must be a reason why he wasn’t sent out on loan again?

Chelsea have their own issues, don’t laugh, having spent millions/billions on their squad they’re still struggling. I’m sure they’ll turn their league form around, I just hope it doesn’t start with this game.

Our recent record against Chelsea, apart from last season, is dreadful with only 2 wins, 13 losses and 5 draws

my team would be…

squad to face Chelsea

COYW’s

Games of Interest…

Saturday 30th
Bournemouth v Arsenal
Man Utd v Palace
West Ham v Sheff Utd
Spurs v Liverpool

Sunday 1st
Forest v Brentford

Monday 2nd
Fulham v Chelsea

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Games for mid-week 27/09

We welcome Norwich for a Wednesday evening kickoff League (Carabao) Cup tie, 19:45 kickoff

Fulham v Norwich

After a tricky game against Palace at the weekend, its time to turn our attention to a cup run?
The winner of this game will be into the last 16, and with Brentford playing Arsenal, Man Utd playing Palace, Newcastle playing Man City, Villa playing Everton some of the “big boys” will go out this round, it could get very interesting.
After a successful season, no thought of yo-yos, we look like a comfortable mid-table team even with no Mitro, 6 points from 8 games isn’t a bad return. The League Cup could provide a route to playing European football again, that could be instrumental in keeping players and attracting new ones.
With next Monday’s Chelsea game in mind, I’d rest some players and give game time to others, I’d start Vinicius and, if fit, Adama, Iwobi and Lukić, Ballo-Touré would get his debut. I’d give Palhinha the night off, he’s too important to risk?

Norwich fared worse then uas as they lost their game at the weekend 6-2 to Plymouth Argyle so will be looking to bounce back against us.

my team would be

team to face Norwich

COYW’s

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Games for the weekend 23/08

We travel to Selhurst Park to take on Crystal Palace for a 3 o’clock kickoff

Crystal Palace v Fulham

I was really pleased for Vinicius, to come on as a sub against Luton and get a goal, you can’t ask much more of him, I think he’ll start against Palace.
Iwobi also had a very good game, could he end up our star signing this season?
Ream was back to his best, Bassey will have to go some to displace him, either player would be a good partner for Diop.
Overall João, once again, had a fantastic game the best player on the pitch by a country mile, no sign of sulking or petulance, with both him and Reed signing new contracts a welcome bit of news. I still expect he’ll go next summer if not January but lets enjoy him in a Fulham shirt while we can.

Palace have reported that Roy is back from a short bought of illness at the weekend, hopefully he won’t get 3 points as a “tonic” this week, stay well Mr Hodgson.

our recent record against Palace is reasonably even with 2 wins, 3 losses and 4 draws

Assuming no further injuries, my team would be

team to face Palace

COYW’s

Games of Interest…

Saturday 23rd
Chelsea v Villa
Palace v Fulham
Brentford v Everton

Sunday 24th
Arsenal v Spurs
Liverpool v West Ham

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Games for the weekend 16/09

We get to welcome Luton Town to the Cottage for a 3 o’clock kickoff

Fulham v Luton

One of our dear departed friends, Don Hymel (HatterDon), would have loved this fixture, Don was an American who started his love for football while he was based in the UK serving in the USAF. He started going to Luton home games, hence “Hatter”, but came to Fulham because of the American players.
Don helped found fulhamusa.com and was a regular contributor to FoF in the “early days” and he is much missed on both forums, whatever the result this games for you Don.

Our players who were away on international duty had decent games, Raúl scored a couple in Mexico’s 3-3 draw with Uzbekistan. Bobby De Cordova-Reid scored a penalty for Jamaica against Haiti. Harry Wilson had an impressive game for Wales against Latvia winning a penalty and a last ditch assist for a 2-0 win. New boy, for us anyway, Timothy Castagne was involved in both Belgium games against Azerbaijan and Estonia. João Palhinha played in Portugal’s 0-1 over Slovakia and was an unused sub in their 9-0 win over Luxembourg.

our recent record against Luton is 2 wins (one of them 7-0), 0 losses and 2 draws

Assuming no injuries or late returns from international duties, my team would be…

Fulham v Luton Town

COYW’s

Games of Interest…

Saturday 16th
Villa v Palace
Fulham v Luton
Spurs v Sheff Utd
West Ham v Man City
Everton v Arsenal

Sunday 17th
Bournemouth v Chelsea
Newcastle v Brentford

Monday 18th
Forest v Burnley

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Games for the weekend 02/09

We get to visit Man City at their place for a 3 o’clock kickoff

Man City v Fulham

Well after a hard fought draw against Arsenal, City away is an even bigger test? is this our toughest game of the season?
The cup game against Spurs showed the teams resilience and “grit” winning on a penalty shoot out against a team that “most” of the pundits expected an “easy win” over Fulham, no real surprise about that opinion.

Marco will have a decision to make between Ream and Bassey, I’d go for Bassey however I think Marco will select Tim, its a difficult choice and arguments can be made for either.
At the time of writing Palhinha is still a Fulham player, fingers crossed he still will be Saturday morning, but there are strong rumours that Bayern Munich are very, very keen.
Wolves are trying to persuade Harrison Reed to join them, I’m not sure what the attraction would be, apart from, presumably, higher wages?

our record against Man City is awful with 1 win, 17 losses and 3 draws

will Castagne be in the squad?, assuming no injuries, departures or “new” players available, my team would be…

team to face Man City

COYW’s

Games of Interest…

Friday 1st
Luton v West Ham

Saturday 2nd
Brentford v Bournemouth
Burnley v Spurs
Chelsea v Forest
Man City v Fulham

Sunday 3rd
Palace v Wolves
Arsenal v Man Utd

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Games for mid-week 29/08

We welcome Spurs to the Cottage for a 19:45 Carabao Cup game under the lights

Fulham v Spurs Carabao Cup

Spurs are the highest ranked team(?) in this round so we can be a little unlucky to draw them as apposed to some of the other teams such as Plymouth, Tranmere, Wycombe, Gillingham, Harrogate Town etc.
I’m sure that Spurs probably think the same, Premier League teams will always be tougher opposition, having said that, this is the cup and “giant killings” happen every year.

I think this could be an opportunity to play some of the “second team” and younger players to give them some competitive game time.

my team would be…

Fulham squad to face Spurs in the Carabao Cup

COYW’s

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Games for the weekend – 26/08

We get to travel to Arsenal for a 3 o’clock kick off

Arsenal v Fulham

Lets forget about the Brentford game, just a really, really “bad day at the office”? as Gentleman Jim said for some reason Brentford appear to have “an Indian sign” over us, apart from the play off game they always appear to have the upper hand?
Tim Ream getting sent off was the cherry on top, the red card means that he’s unavailable for this game, at least we’ve got Bassey.

Talking of unavailable, Mitro finally got his move to Saudi, personally I wish him well and thank him for the 5 1/2 seasons, now we have to face life without our talisman.

Last season’s fixture was an unlucky one for us, we really should have come away with something, perhaps we can pull off a surprise this time?

Our recent record against the Gunners is woeful with 2 wins, 11 losses and 5 draws

Will we get to see the shocking pink away kit for the first time?

assuming no more additions, departures or injuries my team would be…

team to face Arsenal

COYW’s

Games of Interest…

Friday 25th
Chelsea v Luton

Saturday 26th
Bournemouth v Spurs
Arsenal v Fulham
Brentford v Palace
Brighton v West Ham


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Games for the weekend 19/08

Our first home game of the season we face Brentford for a 3 o’clock kick off

Fulham v Brentford

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.

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.
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.

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.

Brentford looked good against Spurs so I think we’ll need to perform at a better level than we did against Everton.

Our record against Brentford is 4 wins, 8 losses and 3 draws.

assuming no new signings, departures or injuries my squad would be…

squad to face Brentford at the Cottage

COYW’s

Games of Interest…

Friday 18th
Forest v Sheff Utd

Saturday 19th
Fulham v Brentford
Spurs v Man Utd

Sunday 20th
West Ham v Chelsea

Monday 21st
Palace v Arsenal

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