This Tuesday sees the Mighty Whites under new management continue their FA Cup adventure down at the Cottage.
We're live on the BBC KO 7:45pm
This game could be a mixed blessing - on the one hand it's a rubbish cup draw, having to travel away to a team ahead of us in the PL but not a glamour tie. On the other hand it's a free hit for Gracia to see the team against PL opposition without relegation worries.
Fulham are clearly having a great season by their standards - in a Europa League spot as things stand, Marco Silva is turning into a top appointment for them, gelling an unheralded group into this season's surprise package.
Fulhams' honours list includes the Intertoto Cup in 2002. And.... err, that's it.
Here's your STAT OF THE DAY - the tables below refer to managing Watford.....Silva got the boot to be replaced by our Javi...... and it's food for thought.
In the mean time lets press on with the important stuff:
Famous Fans
Richard Osman
Lily Allen
George Michael
Boy George
Freddie Mercury
Douglas "gobbler" Bader
(is this right? I looked up Cottagers on google...) 🤔
Weather
Smog again, faint sewage EDIT: breeze from the Thames
Predicted Line-up
I'd love to see us go again with a first team line-up and bed in the new tactics, but at the same time with a relegation 6 pointer at Chelsea on Saturday he's better off rotating and seeing others play.
Meslier
Rasmus Monteiro Cooper Pascal
Jimmy Greenwood Roca Willy
Rutter Joseph
We're going to play a much more measured defensive game, waste time and get out of the Capital with a draw EDIT, TC10 is right (for once!!) it has to be decided on Tuesday, no replays, so I'll go for pens too.
Fulham 1-1 Leeds (Rutter to open his account)
Pie Chart
All yours folks.
Well that’s crap passing woefully bad well now we can focous on staying up
I thought going 433 wasn't the best of ideas, given we've played 4411 for the last six years. That said, credit for playing Kristensen in CB where overlooked very comfortable, indeed th defence didn't look too shabby.
So Unnlucky Soopa.Ifellt we were the better team.
Alright, watch the game live on the tv and got straight into the ute and drove until just now (13) hours. Enough time to think about the game over and over. I have decided that it was our best overall passing game of the season and we just need toshoot hit the target.
Rutter looks a good player but rusty. Unlucky with his header onto the in side of the post.Needs a run of 10 games to get up to full match fitness but shocking already looks better then Bamford.
Mckennie got into few good position but did not shoot. The lad needs to just hit it.
Either of Fulham's number 9's, starter of sub playing for use would be 20 goal a season strikers.
Yeh it was poor finishing but bloody hell we don't have much luck do we. Nothing dropped for us in the box and the ref was crap.
On to Chelsea, come on Leeds.
The game last night pretty much sums up the season. If we had a proper no 9, we'd be comfortably in the top half of the table, maybe even higher.
Reports are that Rodney probably won't be back until after the international break, so it's Bambi and Rutter (plus youth) to try and get us a goal.
Gnonto is starting to show signs of being weary and needs a break for a week to re-charge, let's remember that he is still only a teenager.
Adam's passing was a little bit wayward by his standards last night.
Onto Chelski. Who knows, depending on what the Gooners do tonight to Everton then maybe a hard earned draw will be just as good as a win.
Unlucky Soopa. If we only knew how to finish and be more clinical with out final balls in/into the box
sorry chaps. Over to Iceman now to lead us to safety.
We need a natural goal scorer. We haven’t really had one since Beckford (edit: just remembered about McCormack!). Bamford‘s conversion rate is bad, as we all know, and it’s probably too much to hope for Rodrigo to keep scoring as frequently as he has this season (when he’s fit, that is). Maybe Joseph or Perkins has it in them?
Undone tonight by a referee who for the first time in 1,465 top flight games judged any kind of contact as a push - no goal Leeds.
After that we've been impotent for all the effort and Fulham have their shooting boots on - 2 great finishes.
Oh well, focus on the league 😌
We are passing the ball well. We look good but can not put the ball in the net...
I've really no idea what to expect tonight, but I hope we win!
Cummmmmmmmonnnnnnnnnnn 'You Mighty fookin Whites'💛💙
32 mighty Whites
Georginio, Roca, Jimmy 89th
Weather grim
Talent grim
Beer grim flat pish
Ani Link?
good to see young Gray on the bench,JM talked very highly of him ..
Greenwood suspended. Cooper and Pascal not ready yet may mean Jospeh and Perkins get a chance on the bench
Good Luck Soopaman!!
Cant see us playing a reserve side. Bamford needs minutes as does Robles, Jimmy, Rasmus, Roca and Brendon. Pascal and Coops need a bit more time.
I would go for:
Robles
Rasmus, Koch, Wober, Firpo
Adams, Roca
Jimmy, Brendon, Gnonto
Bamford
Subs: Iceman, Bill, Monteiro, Cooper, Gyabi, McKennie, Greenwood, Rutter & Harrison.
Quality MDT and hope we get a qual win
am at the game its a bit brezzy by the Thames
I remember they do a nice cottage pie and the rest of the food and drink is spots above what the turn out a Leeds
I'll be there watching on an illegal stream.
Quality MDT Soopa and good luck for a long run to Wembley