Jol faces Hughes fitness headache

Martin Jol will face an agonising wait over the fitness of Aaron Hughes over the next 24 hours after revealing in his pre-match press conference that the Fulham defender was ‘a big doubt’ to face his former club Aston Villa at the weekend. Hughes has been...

Kelly withdraws from Irish squad

Stephen Kelly has withdrawn from the Republic of Ireland squad for tomorrow’s friendly against the Czech Republic with a thigh injury. The full-back will return to Fulham, for whom he played ninety minutes in the 1-0 win over QPR at Loftus Road on...

Pancakes, Handshakes and Hugs from Russians

This past weekend was pretty good wasn’t it? Somehow, life is just better when we win. It’s even better when we win away. It is positively euphoric when that away win is at QPR. When I was on my way to Loftus Road on Saturday, I had a remarkably good feeling about our...

Pogrebnyak can fire Fulham forward

Stephen Kelly has been impressed by Pavel Pogrebnyak’s start to his Fulham career and has tipped the new signing to fill the gap left by Bobby Zamora. The Russian striker scored the opening goal as the Whites grabbed a morale-boosting win over Stoke and the...

Kelly confident of derby win

Stephen Kelly is confident that Fulham can complete a local derby double at Queen’s Park Rangers this weekend. The Irish international was a substitute when Fulham thrashed QPR 6-0 at Craven Cottage back in October but is now a regular member of Martin...