Sunderland v Fulham: Team news

SUNDERLAND (4-4-2): Gordon; Hutton, Ferdinand, Turner, Mensah; Campbell, Richardson, Cattermole, Cana; Jones, Bent. Subs: Carson, Bardsley, Kilgallon, Zenden, Benjani, McCartney, Da Silva. FULHAM (4-4-1-1): Schwarzer; Baird, Shorey, Hughes, Hangeland; Etuhu, Murphy,...

Will we pass up another away opportunity?

While the media focus on Sunderland’s woes, it’s worth remembering that Fulham’s domestic away record remains poor. Sure, there have been some memorable nights abroad in Europe (Basel and Shakhtar will live long in the memory), but one of the big...

Lawro goes for a Sunderland win

See here: Arguably, Fulham produced the result of the week to draw 1-1 at Shakhtar Donetsk to progress to the quarter-finals of the Europa League 3-2 on aggregate. However, they have paid the price a bit with an injury to in-form striker Bobby Zamora which could rule...

Up next: Sunderland (a)

Anybody foolish enough to take too much optimism with them to Wearside on Sunday needs to remember just how good Fulham have been at playing people into form this season. Gareth Bale hadn’t won a Premier League match in his three years at Tottenham before we...

Did Sunderland ‘reinvent Bobby Zamora?’

Perhaps Steve Bruce was warming to his theme during his pre-match press conference or just being deliberately disingenious, but this comment strikes me as a little odd: I think we reinvented Bobby Zamora when we played at Fulham. He made a mess of us down there, if I...