Marco Silva still sees significant room for improvement from his Fulham side after the Whites moved to the top of the Championship by beating Hull City 2-0 this afternoon.
Fulham triumphed courtesy of first half goals from Aleksandar Mitrovic and teenage midfielder Fabio Carvalho, but their Portuguese head coach felt the victory fell short of the standards he wants from his side. Silva told his post-match press conference:
“I’m happy with the three points, because we asked our players before the game to aim for the target of the third win in a row, with the first home win as well. If you achieve that, I’m happy. It wasn’t the best performance to be honest with you. In this competition, with the level that you are, it was not the perfect performance that we had against Millwall.
We have to play to win football matches. Today, we won the game because we were the best team on the pitch. After our first goal we saw confidence and controlled the game better, in the way we wanted. Antonee Robinson is in our model, in our way to play. It was his best performance this season.”
Silva’s side had to weather several injury setbacks this afternoon – with two of his first choice back four being forced off before half time – and Kenny Tete’s hamstring strain could curtail to his strong start to the season.
It’s too soon to be sure about it. I’m waiting for the feedback from the medical staff. Tim doesn’t look really serious; it was a knock in that moment. Kenny could be unfortunately more serious, a muscular injury, we don’t know. Fabio twisted his ankle. Let’s see how it will be tomorrow and the next few days.”
Unfortunate injuries suggest a strong squad to ensure we can move forward seamlessly and win auto promotion
Team currently looks good but we have the subs we used today or similar quality through the season
That’s why, we cannot afford to to sell anyone who counts, for Marco. The season is to long and we will need them all.
Good game considering that we had to substitute 2 players early on, Gazzaninga not too safe he nearly gave a goal away towards the end , Rodak deserves a chance
Gazzaninga. Agree Francis jury is out. Could catch the ball more. Other than that team is moving well.
Seri is a revaluation this season. Rodak instead of Gazzaninga. Mawson had a good match when coming on as an early substitute
maybe its time to try out stephen Sessegnon, if he is fit . I think its his time to shine