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/ 5319 days agoFulham Makes Us Believe In Europa League and Soccer
Some people don't get football. They think we're mad to follow this mercurial sport that gives at least as much pain as it does pleasure. Well the next time someone asks why you're so mad about football tell them about Fulham this year. Tell them about how a club who, 15 years ago, was at […]
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/ 5320 days agoFulham's Fabulous European Dream Continues
Fulham's amazing transformation under Roy Hodgson just keeps reaching new heights and sending their fans in to raptures. I know I've written about Roy Hodgson and the fact that the British press have virtually ignored his career until he took over at Fulham, but no-one could have expected this level of improvement from the Cottagers. […]
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/ 5337 days agoRoy Hodgson Has Nothing to Apologize For
The powers that be in the Premier League tend to get all uptight when a club manager suggests that he's going to rest his starters for whatever reason. This is somehow an affront to the integrity of the competition and unfair to the other clubs fighting to avoid relegation or to get into Europe. Plus, […]
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/ 5362 days agoFabulous Fulham Send The Old Lady Crashing Out Of Europe
European football occasionally throws up the odd freak result, but sometimes you witness a display of football brilliance so sharp it takes your breath away. Tonight, Fulham dazzled and displayed such panache against the tottering giants of Italian football, Juventus, that you had to check that things had really happened. For a side who are […]
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/ 5454 days agoIs Roy Hodgson Playing With Scared Money?
While Fulham needs a win in Basel today to advance to the knockout stage of the Europa League, Roy Hodgson doesn't seem to think this is a must-win game for his club. He told reporters on Monday that he planned to run out the reserves for this match, saying that his club "didn't enter the […]
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/ 5470 days agoHodgson and Fulham Set To Continue The Good Work
Over the years since he bought an ailing and abject club, Mohamed Al Fayed has certainly made some "interesting" decisions over the years. Whilst Mickey Adams was rewarded for taking the team up to Division One by being sacked in September 1997, after Al Fayed deemed him "not high profile enough", Fulham were making major […]
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/ 5674 days agoRoy Hodgson Has To Be The Manager Of The Year
On 28 December Roy Hodgson accepted the managers post at Premier League side Fulham. The Cottagers' immediate future was looking bleak – in the bottom three, with just 14 points on the table. The revival was hardly immediate either, taking just two points from his first five league games in charge. Further to this Fulham only managed two wins in the […]
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/ 5747 days agoNot a Happy Guus While Rafa's Going No Where,
I'm happy Guus is not as thrilled about Chelsea's 1-0 win as I am. A bit of a side bar before I get into the news tonight. Chelsea are extremely lucky they are a goal to the good heading into their Champions League second leg. For starters, I don't believe Didier Drogba's goal should have […]
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/ 5798 days agoFive Facts to Explain Fulham's Premier League Resurgence
One year ago, Fulham was arguably the worst team in the Premier League not named Derby. The club showed little holiday spirit, sacking Lawrie Sanchez just four days before Christmas. New manager Roy Hodgson needed a great escape, scraping to 36 points and safety on the season’s final day. This season, however, Hodgson has revolutionized […]
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/ 5923 days agoWenger Criticism Is Wide Of The Mark
In the immediate aftermath of Arsenal's 1-0 defeat at Craven Cottage on the second Saturday evening of the Premiership, several pundits queued up to pass judgement on Arsenal, the players who performed and the lack of signings. Two games into the season and Arsenal have no chance of winning anything, finishing in the top four […]
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/ 5958 days agoSanchez v Hodgson — Comparing Fulham Transfer Signings
Everton are on the verge of selling striker Andy Johnson to Fulham for a tidy profit. Johnson joined Everton from Palace for £8.6m in May of 2006 and after scoring 22 goals in 74 appearances, his value has gone up significantly. Fulham will reportedly pay a fee that could eventually rise to £13m for the […]