Wilson on wingers

Regular readers will now by know that we like our tactics here at HammyEnd. We’ve featured plenty of discussion about why Fulham’s midfielders play on the wrong side since Clint Dempsey and Damien Duff first experimented with the ploy earlier this season...

More poor away fare

Timmy made this point yesterday but it bears repeating. Look at the two chalkboards below: they illustrate conclusively the contrast in styles we witnessed at the KC Stadium yesterday. by Guardian Chalkboards Hull: determined, direct and aggressive. Fulham: deliberate...

Why did it go wrong today?

Timmy’s produced a pretty good assessment of how it went wrong for Fulham today and what might have troubled Roy Hodgson this afternoon. He also offers up an interesting stat: Duff, Zamora, and Murphy who account for 19 of Fulham’s 33 league goals. That’s...

More on ‘inside-out wingers’

This WSC article highlights how teams seem to have hit on playing wingers on the ‘wrong side’ – citing the brilliant Damien Duff, who had another fine game on Thursday, as an example. On a vaguely related note, how important was bringing Clint...

How to beat United

Are you reading Roy? Doubtless the Fulham manager’s got his own plans – and they probably won’t involve coming to Old Trafford and throwing everybody forward. For all the talk of a shaky start to the campaign, Ferguson’s side have lost just one...