Fulham battled excellently to hold Chelsea to a draw at Stamford Bridge, and will be in confident mood heading into this clash against fellow Londoners Tottenham. An in-form Spurs will provide a stern test for the Cottagers however:
- John Arne Riise failed to convert either of two clear chances against Chelsea.
First, we must doff our woolly hats to one of the better team performances witnessed at Craven Cottage in recent times. Everton have long felt like a pretty good team waiting to be, and now they have arrived, a complete team in all but a couple of areas. Fulham couldn't get near them for most of the game, and the final score was almost laughable in its inappropriateness: 2-2?
First, we must doff our woolly hats to one of the better team performances witnessed at Craven Cottage in recent times. Everton have long felt like a pretty good team waiting to be, and now they have arrived, a complete team in all but a couple of areas. Fulham couldn't get near them for most of the game, and the final score was almost laughable in its inappropriateness: 2-2?
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
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 [.
Mankind's advances are wonderous indeed, but we don't know everything yet. How, for example, to
explain a day where Fulham beat Norwich 5-0, comedy rivals QPR lose 5-0, at home, after a huge
spending spree, and Liverpool, the glamourous (if overly made-up) secretary in the Clint Dempsey
Love Triangle, get humped to the tune of 3-0 at West Bromwich Albion, the team that Roy Hodgson
made.
Mankind's advances are wonderous indeed, but we don't know everything yet. How, for example, to
explain a day where Fulham beat Norwich 5-0, comedy rivals QPR lose 5-0, at home, after a huge
spending spree, and Liverpool, the glamourous (if overly made-up) secretary in the Clint Dempsey
Love Triangle, get humped to the tune of 3-0 at West Bromwich Albion, the team that Roy Hodgson
made.
Liverpool's inconsistency in the premier league strikes again as just after picking up a
comfortable victory in the weekend, Kenny Dalglish were disappointed again this midweek as they
were humbled by Fulham at Anfield.
Martin Skertel's own goal which arrived rather early in the first half simply decided the
outcome of the tie since the Reds failed to pick up their game and grabbed the equalizing goal they
needed.
The best moment today came after the game. I was cycling away from the ground when I spied a
young lad, blonde hair, maybe 9 or so, proudly presenting the world with a large white shirt:
DIARRA 19 it said on it. "Is that from today?" I asked him. "Yep," he beamed back, like he'd just
won the lottery.
The best moment today came after the game. I was cycling away from the ground when I spied a
young lad, blonde hair, maybe 9 or so, proudly presenting the world with a large white shirt:
DIARRA 19 it said on it. "Is that from today?" I asked him. "Yep," he beamed back, like he'd just
won the lottery.
Christ that made for disturbing viewing. Somebody get me a glass of the good stuff, preferably
of Laphroaig 27-year-old. This is going to be a long, rough evening.
On a binge
It's a safe bet that John Terry left Craven Cottage late Monday night wandering what the hell
had just happened.
Bolton Wanderers Fulham Premier League 7th April 2012
Whether playing in midfield or, as he did on Saturday, up front, Clint 'Deuce' Dempsey is a
handful for any defender and against Bolton at the Reebok, the American continued his superb run of
form with two first-half goals.
Exhibit 318 in the "this is why we don't panic when we're not 7th in November" file. Fulham,
despite a slowish run recently, demolished an in-form Bolton team on their own patch. We're an
inconsistent team, no doubt about it, but a lot of football teams are. And when we're good, we
really can be very good.
Exhibit 318 in the "this is why we don't panic when we're not 7th in November" file. Fulham,
despite a slowish run recently, demolished an in-form Bolton team on their own patch. We're an
inconsistent team, no doubt about it, but a lot of football teams are. And when we're good, we
really can be very good.
The pivotal event came in the 89th minute as Danny Murphy entering the box was brought down by
Michael Carrick as he stuck his foot out catching the Fulham midfielder and not the ball. It should
have been a clear penalty but Michael Oliver, the youngest referee in the Premiership at 27 years
having officiated a pretty good game till then saw no foul play or rather chose not to see it.
The Club can confirm that Carlos Salcido has joined Tigres de la UANL on a
permanent deal. The left back joined the Mexican club on loan at the start of 2011/12
season.
Salcido joined Fulham in August 2010 from Dutch Eredivisie side PSV and made 26 appearances
for the Whites last season.
Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Fulham Premier League 14th January 2012
Steve Kean watched his side produce a superb battling performance at Ewood Park on Saturday, a
performance which ultimately moved Blackburn out of the relegation zone for the first time since
September.
John Arne Riise hits back at Arsene Wenger over Johan Djourou red card
John Arne Riise has denied Fulham players deliberately tried to get Arsenal defender Johan
Djourou sent off. The Gunners looked set for a fifth victory in six away Barclays Premier League
matches until the home side's late comeback at Craven Cottage.
Why on earth did we sit back and (seemingly) play for a 0-0 draw against a fragile team who
let's face it we match up very well against?
When Swansea scored (a fluke, but a fluke that was absolutelydeserved) Fulham woke up and
attacked, and for half an hour gave Swansea a relative pasting.
Riise and Bellamy meet again as Fulham's bunker mentality comes to the fore
It's a strange world when Michael Jackson's doctor gets four years and THAT sculpture of Jacko
gets a plinth at Craven Cottage. Fulham 1-0 Liverpool: Dempsey dumps 10-man Reds And it's an even
stranger anomaly that, just three weeks after Craig Bellamy and John Arne Riise finally settled
their differences, they should meet again.
Fulham defender John Arne Riise claims to have made peace with Liverpool striker Craig
Bellamy
Norwegian defender says he is looking forward to playing against the Reds' forward, with whom he
was involved in the infamous golf club incident that caused a stir at the time
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Fulham defender John Arne Riise insists that he has no hard feelings towards Liverpool striker
Craig Bellamy.
During Bellamy's previous stint at Anfield, he was alleged to have attacked left-back Riise with a
golf club. At the time, both players were understood to have been fined two weeks' wages by the
Merseyside club.
The winning run came to an end. It was two points dropped on a day where Manchester United drew
with Newcastle, where a win would allowed us to close the gap to these two team at the least.
Sluggish is perhaps the best term to describe our performance last night.
Ah, how annoying, eh? A nearly flawless "away to Arsenal" performance only undone because Thomas
Verbloodymaelen decided to make amends for his earlier own goal, thus turning an away win into a
1-1 draw. Pah.
Fulham as the live commentators never stopped saying were very organised. Sometimes Fulham
players must feel a bit like Pamela Anderson here: well yes, thank you, but there's more to me,
really there is.
A plethora of streaks came to an end in today's Premier League action as Arsenal and reigning
champions Manchester United were held to home draws while under-pressure Chelsea finally won at
Stamford Bridge after back-to-back defeats in recent weeks.
In reality, though, the trend of streaks coming to an end started at Britannia, when Stoke City
ended a four-match slide with a 3-1 home win over the struggling Blackburn Rovers courtesy of goals
from Rory Delap, Glenn Whelan, and Peter Crouch.
Gervinho of Arsenal (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
With the international break finally over we can finally get back to what really matters: Fantasy Premier League. With Week 8 just a few days away let's take a glance at five high-value/cost-effective transfers that Fantasy managers should consider bringing into the Starting XI.
The Premier League kicked off its 2012-13 season with both Swansea and Fulham winning big, while
it was a disappointing first game in charge for Brendan Rodgers of Liverpool.
Swansea City midfielder Michu scored a goal in each half on his Premier League debut as the
Swans thumped Queens Park Rangers 5-0 at Loftus Road.
Liverpool left-backs from past and present come face to face at Craven Cottage tonight, and whilst
John Arne Riise and Jose Enrique are both excellent players in their own right, who would you
choose at left back for Liverpool if you had to make a choice?
Enrique has been a success story at Anfield so far this season; unlike others, he settled in five
minutes after starting his first game for the club, and he's produced high quality performances
ever since.
THE REDS travel to West London for tonight's Premier League tie with Fulham and will be looking
for a win to move them up from 7th place in the table. Two former Reds could make appearances for
Fulham this evening – their captain Danny Murphy and recent signing John Arne Riise.
John Arne Riise was a fantastic player for Liverpool during his 7-year spell at the club, and fans
will always remember the brilliant goals he scored, especially 'that' unstoppable free-kick against
Man United in 2001. Tonight, Riise face his old club for the first time since he left Anfield, and
it's clear he still holds ol in very high rLiverpoegard.
Dalgish treats his players like family but even Carra and Stevie G know there's only one
boss
A manager's loyalty to his players is pretty much taken for granted. Kenny Dalglish takes it to
extremes. Had he been boss when Craig ÂBellamy took aim at John Arne Riise with a seven-iron,
Kenny would probably have given the Welshman a few swing tips.
England edged Norway 1-0 in Roy Hodgson's first match as English National Team manager on May
26, 2012.
The Three Lions started out quickly with a ninth minute Ashley Young goal. It was a great
individual effort from Young as he dribbeld past a defender before a clinical finish.
The visitors couldn't add to their lead for the rest of the match but were solid
defensively.
With the exception of a forced change here or there, it would not be a stretch to say Martin Jol
has settled on HIS lineup as of late.
And, its interesting to note the name and age of the lineup. Especially when looking at the
players who are not playing.
Below are all the players and their ages that saw at list 1 minute of playing time in the last
five matches:
David Stockdale 26 Brede Hangeland 30 Philippe Senderos 26 John Arne Riise 30 Stephen Kelly 27
Danny Murphy 34 Steve Sidwell 28 Damien Duff 32 Simon Davies 31 Clint Dempsey 28 Bryan Ruiz 25 Mark
Schwarzer 38 Chris Baird 29 Stephen Kelly 27 Dickson Etuhu 29 Moussa Dembele 24 Marcel Gecov 23
Aaron Hughes 31 Pavel Pogrebnyak 28 Andy Johnson 31 Mahamadou Diarra 30 Kerim Frei 18
When crunching the numbers, our squad age in this span comes out to be:
It's strange to think that Samir Nasri, artistic playmaker, and James Milner, determined workhorse, cost Manchester City roughly the same amount of money, depending on one's valuation of Stephen Ireland in the Milner swap deal. But although Nasri is the more talented footballer, Milner was excellent against Arsenal last weekend, and deserves to keep his place for the home match against Fulham.
During Manchester United's 1-0 defeat in the FA Cup at the hands of Liverpool in 2006, Alan Smith broke his leg when trying to block a shot from John Arne Riise. After receiving treatment on the pitch, he was stretchered off. Whilst sections of the crowd applauded him off, it wasn't long before the word's to Riise's chant were changed by the home crowd.
Looks like no one brought their shooting boots to this match. It was a bunch of John Arne
Riise's outdoing each other in blasting the ball into the stratosphere after doing a nice bit of
spadework to get into good shooting positions. Portugal were the much better side in the first half
really pushing Spain back as Cristiano Ronaldo applied his pace and ball skills.
See-eth, laid out before thine eyes, Pies' decuplet of players that have underachieved, fallen
from grace, failed to deliver, bought shame upon their families and generally stunk up the Premier
League like a pilchard in the air conditioning over the past ten or so months.
