{"id":2310,"date":"2022-08-03T10:32:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T10:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsoffulham.com\/wordpress\/?p=2310"},"modified":"2022-08-22T09:10:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T09:10:14","slug":"games-for-the-weekend-20-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsoffulham.com\/wordpress\/?p=2310","title":{"rendered":"Games for the Weekend 20\/08&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>This weekend we welcome Brentford to the Cottage for the first &#8220;top flight&#8221; encounter between our clubs.<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.friendsoffulham.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2223_BrentfordH.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"233\" src=\"http:\/\/www.friendsoffulham.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2223_BrentfordH.png\" alt=\"Fulham v Brentford\" class=\"wp-image-2255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsoffulham.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2223_BrentfordH.png 480w, https:\/\/www.friendsoffulham.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2223_BrentfordH-300x146.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a shame Mitro couldn&#8217;t score the penalty against Wolves, I&#8217;m sure he&#8217;ll get the next one, but in truth I think a draw was a fair outcome for that game.<br>One highlight of the game was Jay Stansfield getting his Premier League debut, he didn&#8217;t look out of place did he.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brentford are going to be full of confidence after their 4-0 win against Man Utd and the fact that they always do well at the Cottage, this would be a nice game for us to start to redress the balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our record against the bees 3 wins, 7 losses and 3 draws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m surprised that neither Leno, Diop, Mbabu or Duffy have started so far, having said that why change an unbeaten team? however I would make a couple of changes mainly to add a little extra &#8220;steel&#8221; to the squad, my team would be&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsoffulham.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/22-23_BrentfordH.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsoffulham.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/22-23_BrentfordH.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsoffulham.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/22-23_BrentfordH.png 433w, https:\/\/www.friendsoffulham.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/22-23_BrentfordH-217x300.png 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>COYW&#8217;s<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Games of Interest&#8230;<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Saturday 20th<\/em><br>Spurs v Wolves<br>Palace v Villa<br>Everton v Forest<br>Fulham v Brentford<br>Bournemouth v Arsenal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Sunday 21st<\/em><br>Leeds v Chelsea<br>West Ham v Brighton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>come on over to the forum and join in the conversation&#8230;<br>https:\/\/www.friendsoffulham.com\/forum\/index.php?board=36.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend we welcome Brentford to the Cottage for the first &#8220;top flight&#8221; encounter between our clubs. 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