Who’d be a referee?

The past few weeks have seen one ‘hot-button’ issue dominate football debates up and down the land: the standard of refereeing. One by one, decision after decision, refereeing controversies are racking up faster than you can spell Mark Clattenberg. I wrote the...

Jol confident Pogrebnyak will stay

Martin Jol is banking on the lure of a regular starting place next season being enough to convince Pavel Pogrebnyak that he should stay at Craven Cottage. The Fulham striker joined on a short-term deal and having put himself firmly in the shop window with his six...

Pogrebnyak moves into Mourinho’s old house

Pavel Pogrebnyak has fuelled rumours his switch to Fulham could become long-term after moving into Jose Mourinho’s old house in London. The striker, who arrived from Stuttgart in January, held a house warming party at the property that is situated close to...

Pogrebnyak faces fitness test

Russian striker Pavel Pogrebnyak faces a fitness test to see if he can feature for Fulham at Bolton Wanderers tomorrow afternoon. The Russian international is only a 50-50 chance to play at the Reebok Stadium having limped off with an ankle complaint during last...

Clever Kacaniklic strikes the right note

It says a lot about how highly Martin Jol rates Alex Kacaniklic that the Fulham manager was prepared to introduce him as well as the 36th minute as a replacement for the injured Pavel Pogrebnyak. The young Swedish younger, who has been talked off in hushed – and...