The stage was set, the world record transfer and 300 million spent but Marco Silva and his charges had other ideas! Another stellar performance from the whites with stand out showings from the likes of Kenny Tete,João Palhinha and former blue Willian but not for the first time this season.
Fulham have grown in confidence and find themselves flying high in the premier league in 6th place, the team have gelled with the Portuguese influence and Brazilian flair from the likes of Willian who has rolled back the years to dazzle in a Fulham shirt to Andreas Pereira who was written off by so many and has now found a home at Craven Cottage, then you add in the players that saw Fulham up from the championship the likes of Harrison Reed and Aleksandr the great who have taken to the Premier League like a duck to water.
The January window is now closed and the club have strengthened the squad once again with shrewd business in Lukic and Cedric so now the question is what can this team achieve?
Heading into February Fulham find themselves on 32pts just 4 off the champions League and right in the mix for the Europa League, Fulham’s objective is still 40pts and guaranteed survival as it should be and as Silva keeps saying survival is and has always been the target BUT…. What happens when and it looks like when not if Fulham reach that target?
For me the sky is the limit once they hit that mark there is no doubt with the morale and determination in the team this side will push for their highest ever finish in the top flight and potentially a place in European competition next season. When you couple that with the FFP restraints from that awful summer of recruitment in 2018 being taken off this summer the Khan’s will be able to flex their financial muscle and add to this incredible unit of a squad as well as being able to hold on to key players, it appears the club is all pulling in the same direction for the first time in very long time with recruitment under Tony Khan, Alistair Mackintosh and Marco Silva behind all of these great signings and the scattergun approach seems to have been binned for a more methodical and well thought out approach to transfer business.
As fans we need to enjoy this team, this is the best a Fulham side has been since the Roy Hodgson era and this time it feels like it could be sustained for years to come under Marco Silva and the assistance of Luis Boa Morte the Cottage is bouncing, the clappers are gone and every player is fighting for the Fulham crest! No one knows what the future holds for this group but if Marco has his way there is every chance we could be watching European nights at the Cottage in the near future.
If you had told me that at the beginning of this season I’d have told you you’re mad so thank you Marco and your team for bringing the good times back, breaking the Yo-Yo tag and making Fulham an established Premier League side. ??
Don’t want to be a Jeremiah but my only worry is that the goals seem to have dried up. We haven’t scored in the league since 12th Jan and that was against ten men. Admittedly we would not have expected much against Newcastle away and Spurs was always going to be a tough game. We are still creating chances so hopefully we’ll start converting them soon, starting against Forest. COYW
Another remarkable team performance…so now 8 points from 16 games mean we move past the yo-yo era.
Last night was unforgettable.
Doubters such as myself have been turned into believers.
Marco and Luis…and the whole team…wow/thanks
Hold your horses, we are far from ready for a European run. Look at what happened to West Ham, after a couple of exceptional seasons under Moyes, right now he on the exit door. Lets take it a small step at a time, early survival should be the only real goal this season, then try to hold on to key players like Palinha.
Fans going on about “goals drying up” appear to miss the fact that those games were against very difficult option, Spurs, Newcastle and Chelsea.
With Simon here …. And also Rather have a good FA cup run than Europe
I’m with Simon and PEZ. We just need to survive and support Marco to strengthen again for next season. Europe is a nice dream but I feel it is a dream. We’re not going down, so I’d really like to see us play the 1st team against Sunderland. We can make it to the quarter finals and then anything can happen. Let’s make the FA Cup a priority
My 6 year old was asking where the clappers disappeared!
I agree with Dave, a good run in the FA cup would give every ffc fan, player & coaching staff a lift to heights approaching ’75 ‘s
But we must keep mitro, robo and all the rest, they play as a unit and they have to stay a unit.we’ve haven’t looked like loosing for a long time. I know spurs got the points but we could and should have had a couple of goals by second half, and mitro’s dodgie penalty v Newcastle i still think that spot had been over watered. Remember Beckhams pen. Years ago? &Newcastle would not have recovered in the3mins left.
Let’s not forget what The Team and Marco and Luis have achieved last season and now this season great views and comments above let’s keep our feet firmly on the ground and take every game as it comes let’s use the FA Cup to plant some foundations for this team to see how far we can go we have matched all the big teams on every occasion this season don’t forget Arsenal and ManCity have got to come to the Cottage so who knows COYW
A Fantastic season so far, lets get to 40 there being points and the see where that takes us afterwards. All positives with the slight exception of no back up for Mitro . Vinicius unfortunately is not up for that job
Do we dare or dream… I think we need to be realistic let’s survive, hope for an FA cup opportunity. And if we get nearer to European football then the squad size has to increase by a good few.
Let’s enjoy whilst we can.
Marco, Luis and players THANKYOU
COYW