As a Fulham supporter, I've experienced several up and down seasons, but the performance on Saturday againstReadingatCraven Cottagewas disgraceful.Fulhamhave reached forty points, and should be safe from relegation, but the door is still open, and the club unfortunately did not close it in their 4-2 loss to Reading.
The result was a lot better than the performance on Saturday April 20 when Arsenal snuck in and out of Craven Cottage and took three points from cross town rivals Fulham. An argument could be made that if Fulham didn't have Steve Sidwell sent off in the 12th minute of play then points would have been dropped.
Arsenal visit London neighbors Fulham today in another big match for the North London side. The teams are in and Craven Cottage will be hosting what looks to be another fantastic Premier League duel.
Chelsea have major hopes about their final place in the English Premier League table riding on their performance at Fulham's Craven Cottage this afternoon. SWOL intern Jared Finkel touched on that subject more in depth here.
Fernando Torres will hope to continue his improved run of form over the last few weeks and is expected to be a big part of the Blues plans to take all three points from the Cottagers.
Queen Park Rangers' chances of beating the drop look bleaker than ever after defensive mistakes cost them dear in tonight's west London derby 3-2 loss at Fulham.
Harry Redknapp has just seven matches left to pull off the greatest of escapes after tonight's utterly avoidable 3-2 defeat by the Thames.
Beat that, Superbowl. Advertisers at Craven Cottage got some extra bang for their buck during Saturday's match between Fulham and Manchester United. The floodlights failed plunging the stadium into darkness. Those plucky digital hoardings kept working hard, though.
1. United got the three points they deserved in what was a great game to watch at Craven Cottage. The first half in particular was end to end and by the end of the game the woodwork had been hit almost ten times between both sides. It wasn't the walk in the park we'd enjoyed in the FA Cup a couple of weeks earlier, with United not even looking like they were even really trying when they beat Fulham 4-1 at Old Trafford, but it was the result we wanted.
Alan Pardew will be trying to get our first away win of the season tonight at Craven Cottage tonight, against a Fulham side who have the same points total as Newcastle after 15 games 17 points but it will not be easy. And Craven Cottage has not been a happy hunting ground for [...]
Ahead of Clint Dempsey's first trip back to Craven Cottage since forcing a move to Tottenham on summer transfer deadline day, he said that he left Fulham because he didn't feel "valued and appreciated" enough. But Fulham manager Martin Jol says he did everything he could to show his appreciation for the American international, who has two goals in 11 appearances for Spurs this season.
Clint Dempsey had seemingly no problem finding the back of the net at Craven Cottage during his time with Fulham, and Tottenham will be hoping that old habit kicks in again this weekend.
Dempsey is set to face his former club for the first time since transferring from Fulham to Spurs this past August, and the match should be an emotional one for him.
Continuing our celebration of teamsheet poetry, OTP calls in at Craven Cottage to acknowledge Fulham's pair of rhyming full-backs. Read the teamsheet aloud and you'll sound like you've got an echo with a speed impediment. Well done to Martin Jol for putting this gem together: John Arne Riise Sascha Riether More Rhyming Team-Mates
Football Match just over at Craven Cottage English Premier League Home Team Fulham Goals & Scorers 89′: Steve Sidwell;45′: penalty Dimitar Berbatov;32′: Dimitar Berbatov; Keeper Mark Schwarzer Midfield Damien Duff; Steve Sidwell; Chris Baird; Alex Kacaniklic; Forwards Hugo Rodallega; Dimitar Berbatov; Defense Sascha Riether; Aaron Hughes; Brede [.
Playing at Craven Cottage English Premier League Home Team Fulham Keeper Mark Schwarzer Midfield Mahamadou Diarra; Alex Kacaniklic; Damien Duff; Steve Sidwell; Forwards Dimitar Berbatov; Mladen Petric; Defense Brede Hangeland; John Arne Riise; Sascha Riether; Aaron Hughes; Subs Away Team West Brom Keeper [.
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has wished Dimitar Berbatov the best of luck in his new
adventure at Fulham and explained that the striker's limited experiences for United in recent times
were down to incompatibility in playing style.
Berbatov was in prolific goal-scoring form for the Red Devils throughout the 2010-11 season but
his exclusion from their Champions League final squad against Barcelona was followed by frequent
omissions from United's squad.
The hair and now. A hirsute pursuit comes to a end.
The rumour is that Fulham players and personnel still get discounted hair products at Harrods,
which is why Dimitar Berbatov spurned Juventus, Fiorentina, and Spurs to land up at Craven Cottage.
With improved hair gel, Berbatov will delight the Cottagers with slick moves and celebrate his
goals by throwing bottles of Lazartigue into the crowd.
It's TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY! Deals can get done until 11pmBST tonight (= 6pmET), and no doubt
there will be plenty of last minute wheeling and dealing. Follow along via the Guardian's liveblog
if you're so inclined.
Amid all that is some actual action on the field. The European super cup is today the UEFA
Champions League winner vs the Europa League winner, so Chelsea vs Atletico Madrid.
Following his last-minute decision to snub Italian duo Fiorentina and Juventus for a move to
Fulham, former Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov has drawn strong criticism from Juve
sporting director Beppe Marotta.
Marotta, who was speaking to Sky Sport Italia regarding the Bianconeri's
pursuit of Arsenal's Nicklas Bendtner on the deadline day, slammed Berbatov for poorly
communicating his decision to Fiorentina.
Dimitar Berbatov was only exercising his right to a destination of choice when he opted for a
last-minute move to Fulham but that has not stopped Italian rivals Juventus and Fiorentina to be
locked in a heated exchange of words over the striker's proposed transfer.
Manchester United have used Berbatov rather sparingly since the end of the 2010-11 campaign,
where he saw himself excluded from the club's Champions League final squad despite his prolific
goal-scoring form that season.
Liverpool has revived their move for Clint Dempsey by opening fresh talks with Fulham over a deal
worth £7 million, Goal.com can reveal.
The Merseysiders are back in negotiations with the Londoners, with discussions centring on the
players who could move to Craven Cottage in part-exchange.
Liverpool are reluctant to meet Fulham's asking price for the 29-year-old even though the Londoners
will settle for a fee of around £6-7m.
Liverpool has been approached with a £4 million bid by Stoke City for midfielder, Charlie
Adam.
The Scottish International, bought for £8 million from Blackpool by former Liverpool icon, Kenny
Dalglish does not figure in Brendan Rodger's plans for the future, going forward.
A bid of £5 million will be accepted by the Liverpool hierarchy as they look to generate funds to
finally land Clint Dempsey from Fulham.
Apologies if this is redundant, but I wanted to share some visuals to back up Rich's previous
post.
Dembele's dashboard is below:
For those wondering, the 'X' is a tackle, the hexagons are take-ons. Orange is successful,
purple is unsuccessful. And as we can see, he had many successful tackles and take-ons all over the
pitch; all while posting a 96% passing completion rate.
Apologies if this is redundant, but I wanted to share some visuals to back up Rich's previous
post.
Dembele's dashboard is below:
For those wondering, the 'X' is a tackle, the hexagons are take-ons. Orange is successful,
purple is unsuccessful. And as we can see, he had many successful tackles and take-ons all over the
pitch; all while posting a 96% passing completion rate.
Fulham have made a formal complaint to the Premier League about the actions of Liverpool FC in
relation to Clint Dempsey.
It has emerged that Liverpool, and the club's owners Fenway Sports Group (FSG), could be in hot
water over their transfer pursuit of Fulham's Clint Dempsey.
The American international was Fulham's top scorer last season but has since expressed a desire to
leave Craven Cottage and subsequently refused to play, resulting in a hefty personal fine.
A Saturday afternoon at the Cottage, Craven Cottage.
"Welcome to West London, Dominic."
Since moving to London I've been fortunate to visit a few grounds, probably not as many as expected, but my latest outing is certainly one I'll remember.
United are a top priced 1.65 with bet365 to win their away game at Fulham and everything suggests they will do just that. Sir Alex's men have have lost just one of their last 11 Premier League away games (W8 D2 L1) and have won five and lost none of their last league matches against [...]
Tottenham's Clint Dempsey was triumphant in his return to Craven Cottage while Geoff Cameron and Stoke City move into the top 10 of the Premier League with a strong 1-0 win over West Brom
"A star player will be sold for a decent amount of cash around a transfer deadline. The club
will then use that money to unearth some overlooked talent."
Ireland have finished up 4 0 against Oman in an International Friendly that they wish was their World Cup qualifier . I think the Irish may need to spend some time online playing Party Casino to improve dexterity and skill that seems to be ever lacking at the moment. To score 4 against a [...]
Giovanni Trapattoni has named his starting eleven for tomorrow night's friendly
international against Oman at Craven Cottage.
Kevin Doyle will captain Ireland for only the second time in his career in what is an experimental
side, with a number of fringe & new players being given the opportunity to impress the Irish
boss.
Republic of Ireland striker Kevin Doyle told a press conference that the squad has been "taking the piss out of" James McClean after his controversial Twitter activity following Friday's win over Kazakhstan. Sunderland star McClean took to the social networking site to vent his frustration at being left on the bench, but Doyle says there [.
The Arsenal striker who was something when Robin Van Persie was sitting out injured is being
linked yet again with Besiktas. But he might go to the Violas who have been violated by Dimitar
Berbatov who if reports are to be believed made them pay for him and his agent's airfare and then
never showed up.
Well, it's been an age since I posted anything on here and I'm not entirely sure I can remember
how to do it. I've also left this reminder of Ashwater Press' new book a little late in the day.
They go to press very soon so if you'd like to pre-order and have your name printed in the book as
a subscriber you'll need to do so before THIS Sunday (9th September).
Well, it's been an age since I posted anything on here and I'm not entirely sure I can remember
how to do it. I've also left this reminder of Ashwater Press' new book a little late in the day.
They go to press very soon so if you'd like to pre-order and have your name printed in the book as
a subscriber you'll need to do so before THIS Sunday (9th September).
Last week, Rafael da Silva played at Craven Cottage wearing boots with the name of his identical twin brother. Amongst jokes of a conspiracy and that the wrong twin was on the pitch, it was assumed that Rafael was just paying tribute to his brother.
The reality is, as Fabio has revealed today in an interview with The Independent, is that Nike made a mistake, and sent Rafael's boots to London and Fabio's boots to Manchester.
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The roadmap for the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League group stage will be set on Thursday, with one
of the ultimate groups of death lingering as a possibility. The champions of England, Germany,
Italy and Spain could all be drawn into the same group, with Real Madrid, Manchester City, Juventus
and Borussia Dortmund put in pots 1-4, respectively.
