Riise’s top of the pile

Hours til the draw and some pointless surfing on the UEFA website brings this: Assists – Group stage 4 Angel Di María Benfica 4 Bjørn Helge Riise Fulham 3 Roy Beerens Heerenveen 3 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov Everton 3 Luis Suárez Ajax 3 Balázs Dzsudzsák PSV 3...

Smalling loves European experience

Chris Smalling says he’s chuffed to have been a regular feature in Fulham’s European campaign and the promising defender is now setting his sights on trying to break into the team on a regular basis. The England under-21 centre back, generally impressive...

Roy ready to bring back the big guns

Roy Hodgson says he has no qualms about bringing back his first-choice players for Fulham’s game against Manchester United tomorrow. The Cottagers boss rested Brede Hangeland, Clint Dempsey and Damien Duff for Thursday’s Europa League trip to Basel with...

Schwarzer: We can beat anyone

Mark Schwarzer typifies the confidence flowing around the Fulham camp at the moment. There are some very good sides left in the draw, and some unbelievable ones dropping out of the Champions League, so it’s only going to get tougher, but we can take heart from our...

The eyewitness report

Andy’s battled with a German computer and snowy temperatures to bring us his view of things from Basel. You learn a lot from the first few lines – who knew that the airport offered a choice between French and Swiss passport control? His view of the game,...