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...

Give Zamora the credit he deserves

The two guys in front of me who gleefully barrack Bobby Zamora were strangely subdued last night. I’ve spoken before about Zamora perhaps being a modern-day Micky Conroy, the surly Scot who wasn’t well liked at Craven Cottage before Micky Adams turned a...

Roy sets Riise challenge

The best managers relish selection headaches. Roy Hodgson is no different. He’s challenged Bjorn Helge Riise to make life difficult for him by continuing his strong showing in training and thereby making it impossible for him to leave the young Norwegian out of...

Fulham ready for Russian adventure

Even if you count the Anglo-Italian and Angl0-Scottish Cups and our couple of Intertoto Cup fixtures before uncertainty surrounded the future of Craven Cottage, European football at Fulham’s historic home is still something of a novelty. Having comfortably seen...

Murphy on Fulham’s mental toughness

When Danny Murphy spoke up on television after the Vetra second leg saying we needed a few more additions, I was a little surprised. Would he have been doing it without Roy’s approval? I was pleased that he talked about the need to kept our best players in his...