{"id":3271,"date":"2025-08-20T23:05:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T23:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsoffulham.com\/wordpress\/?p=3271"},"modified":"2025-08-27T14:19:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:19:36","slug":"games-for-the-weekend-23-08-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsoffulham.com\/wordpress\/?p=3271","title":{"rendered":"Games for the weekend 23\/08…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For our first home game of the season we welcome Man Utd to the Cottage for a 16:30 kick off on Sunday<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After last weekends away trip to Brighton, how to make a last minute draw feel like a win, we’re back home at the Cottage to take on a Man Utd team that is now more in the mould of what Ruben Amorim would like it to be? We’ve always, more often than not, given Utd a good game and have been unlucky not to have had much better results, our luck has to change some time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last weekend saw Josh King, for only his second league start, show that he’s ready to play an important part this season, he was my MotM, remarkable for an 18 year old!
Overall it was a poor game, I think Brighton looked the “more complete” even though they’ve had far more “comings and goings” to their squad, the home team having slightly more possession and shots 10 with 4 on target compared to 7 and 2.
Brighton took the lead from a penalty, Fulham could have been awarded a couple for fouls on Josh King but neither were given and it fell to substitute Muniz to score with the last kick of the game in the 96th minute.
Last season Fulham set a Premier League record with 17 goals from substitutes, it looks as if we’re aiming to keep it going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’ll be interesting to see if we play in white shorts or black?, I can’t see Utd not wearing white shorts so we could “revert” to black?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our record against Utd, for the previous 8 games, is reasonably poor, we’ve been unlucky, with only 2 wins, one a cup game on pens, and 6 losses. We have always played well and should have had less losses but that’s not what the record books say!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Friday 22\/08<\/em>
West Ham v Chelsea<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 23\/08<\/em>
Bournemouth v Wolves
Brentford v Villa
Burnley v Sunderland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday 24\/08<\/em>
Palace v Forest
Fulham v Man Utd
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come on over to the forum and join in the conversation…
https:\/\/www.friendsoffulham.com\/forum\/index.php?board=36.0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For our first home game of the season we welcome Man Utd to the Cottage for a 16:30 kick off on Sunday After last weekends away trip to Brighton, how to make a last minute draw feel like a win, we’re back home at the Cottage to take on a Man Utd team that is … <\/p>\n

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