Fulham: A "New" Season Starts Today
Wednesday, 30 January 08, 02:19 AM
Time to forget what happened the first half of the season and look
forward to the future. You can’t do a thing about the past and despite their position in the table, over the final 15 matches, Fulham have something to play for.
Thats what makes soccer in many leagues great. In the U.S., if you are near the bottom of the table, the only thing you have to play for is respect or tank a season on purpose for a better draft pick. I love relegation. It gives the bottom clubs something to play for. So for Fulham, our “championship” will be staying up in the premiership for another season. There is much to play for.
With a “new” season comes new players. Fulham have been quite busy during the transfer period, adding new strikers & defenders. Two of our new faces should see action today (Leon Andreasen and Brede Hangeland) as Fulham looks for their 3rd victory of the season and their first road victory in almost a year and a half.
Fulham got their first victory of the season back in August when they defeated Bolton 2-1 at the Cottage. I remember that match well. We were coming off a tough 2-1 loss to Arsenal to kick off the season and after defeating Bolton, I figured we were on our way to my predicted Top 10 finish. It was a good way to start off THAT new season, unfortunately we know what ended up happing. A victory over Bolton today will do much to kick off THIS new season in a positive manner. The road to the 2008-2009 Premiership season begins at the Reebok today.
I think Jimmy Bullard is due to have a big match. I see him scoring today. The road blues end today with a 1-0 victory and a renewed confidence heading into the home fixture versus Aston Villa this weekend. Speaking of Aston Villa, I heard on TV last night that they may be close to signing USA standout Brad Guzan. The good news is, even if Villa signs the talented goalkeeper, he won’t be ready to go until after the match at Fulham.
COYW!
Source: Try Gol
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Does Guzan have family connections in Europe (like Jay Demerit did)? I can't imagine he'd qualify for a UK work permit right now, but he's certainly getting closer.
Brede is a good player who has been linked with Premiership clubs for almost 4 years now. Earlier on it was always to the big clubs since he was a youngster, then it sorted of petered out to the middle level teams, then he went off the radar.
He's probably needed to move but hasn't managed to, and his form must have suffered as a result. But Hodgson probably is well aware of his qualities.
He's a good sort for someone in Fulham's position - it's too late now for them to NOT be thinking about building ahead for the Championship next year. He will be a good player in that league if they are relegated, but also if he adapts, would do well in the Prem.
Definitely not a panic/short-term buy.
SM, to be perfectly honest, I'm one of the minority of Fulham supporters who want us to go down.
I feel the club lacks confidence and perhaps a trip down would do our club some good. I feel we can retain most of our squad and MAF has the money to keep everyone in my opinion.
Sometimes you need to get knocked down a few times to eventually win the fight.
Well I'm not sure about MAF having the money or rather the inclination. He has already tried to sell the club twice.
A lot of the players who have come in are on high wages, certainly much higher than they should be. I'm told that Lawrie Sanchez desperation to get some of the Norn Iron boys in meant that they were able to negotiate quite well for themselves.
Anyways, it remains to be seen. The climb back up from the Championship is not as straightforward as it's made out to be, and I'm not sure that MAF will have the same enthusiasm as the first time he started that process.
I dunno, I think MAF loves the club. I just don't think he knows football.