Gatesy’s Weekend Roundup

Now, as discussed previously I’m fairly superstitious about my football and I’m all for omens too, good or bad. If I can hold my breath all the way through the tunnel the train goes through I know it’ll be a good day. If I get to the station and a tube pulls in just...

Sam, The Two of Us Need Look No More…

I’m a big man. I can stand up and admit that I was wrong about something and I think this may be one of the occasions. I was wrong about ‘Big Sam.’ It turns out he’s brilliant. Since their dubious tactics for the goal they scored against us at the weekend I’ve heard...

Tactical Variety vs Wolves

Something at the Fulham-Wolves game really sprang to my attention. In contrast to the disciplined 4-4-2 or 4-4-1-1/4-2-3-1 that the team played under Hodgson, there was a fair deal of variety in the way the team lined up on Saturday. Watching the team’s set up...

All action Etuhu

When Mark Hughes took over the reigns at Craven Cottage last month, much was made of the difficulty of his task. Building on the success Roy Hodgson enjoyed over the past couple of years is much easier said than done and even establishing Fulham as a top-ten side is a...