Riise ready to take his chance

In the comments a little earlier, Nick W noted that interviews with Bjorn Helge Riise on the offal tend to coincide with starts in the Europa League. There’s one up there today. Whether that means he’ll replace Damien Duff in the starting line-up remains...

Smalling enjoying first-team run

It’s been a bit of a whirlwind year or so for Chris Smalling. Plucked from non-league football by Premier League Fulham would an amazing story in it’s own right, had he not gone and capped that by making his debut at the end of last season against Everton....

Schwarzer says Euro exploits can lift Fulham

Mark Schwarzer thinks last night’s win over FC Basel that took Fulham to the top of Group E in the Europa League can kick-start their league campaign. The Whites had the Australian goalkeeper to thank for all three points as he pulled off a fine save from Scott...

Hodgson slams UEFA

Roy Hodgson has hit out at UEFA after they refused to allow Fulham to replace the injured David Stockdale with Pascal Zuberbuhler in their European squad and had to play last night’s game against FC Basel without a substitute goalkeeper on the bench. Stockdale...