Up next: Norwich City (h)

Even though it didn’t feel like after injury time, there were plenty of positives to take from what was always likely to be a disappointing evening at Old Trafford on Monday. Martin Jol sprung a couple of surprises – in once again omitting Danny Murphy and...

Reserves put five past Norwich

In what Martin Jol will hope is a positive omen for the meeting between the senior sides on Saturday, Fulham’s reserves thumped their Norwich City counterparts 5-1 at Colney training centre yesterday afternoon. The Whites followed up their impressive away win at...

A spot of bother

I was planning to write a detailed, nuanced analysis of Martin Jol’s interesting approach to last night’s game against Manchester United – otherwise known as the Premier League version of a hiding to nothing – until the clock ticked around to...

Jol absolves Schwarzer of blame

Martin Jol refused to blame Mark Schwarzer for Aston Villa’s sickening stoppage-time winner on Saturday – despite the Australian veteran spilling Gary Gardiner’s shot straight into the path of scorer Andreas Weimann. The Fulham manager instead...

Aston Villa v Fulham ~ Player Ratings

Not a vintage performance but to concede a winner in the 92nd minute is always sickening. A 0-0 was probably about right, especially once we had stabalised after a worrying opening half an hour, but it was a ridiculous goal to concede. Schwarzer – 4, he...