Fulham v Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday comes to the Cottage on Saturday and I hope that our first game under Jokanovic is like the last time Wednesday came to visit. The 4-0 win was probably my favorite match of last season. It had what I thought should have been the goal of the year from Christensen, one of my favorite saves from Bettinelli as he stopped a shot from flat on his back, and a great show of sportsmanship when McCormack allowed Woodrow to take a PK for his first goal of the season. This marked the emotional high-water mark of the Kit Symons era.

 

Very curious about how the boys will play. The Rotherham win was expected, so let's see a step up in competition fares. One positive is Wed. is a minus 5 GD on the road, with only 2 wins compared to 5 losses. However, they do draw quite a bit away with 5 1 pointers.

 

A first look at the choices by Jokanovic:

Lonergan
Richards, Stearman, Burn, Ream
Mattila, O'Hara, Hyndman, Kačaniklić
McCormack, Dembélé

Subs: Lewis, Garbutt, Hutchinson, Parker, Christensen, Smith, Woodrow

Has Mattila even played this year as a sub? I don't know anything about him. Glad to see Hyndman making the starting lineup again. I'm shocked Cairney isn't in the lineup at all - unless there is an injury I don't know about.

COYW!!

 

http://thefootballcouch.com/fulham-vs-sheffield-wednesday-highlights/

 

Totally agree with you there Don. In fact, I wonder if he might be looking to put a stronger team out against Wednesday on Saturday in the FA Cup. I don't think we are in real danger of relegation so if the season is a wash, why not see what you can do in the Cup? A strong run there might quiet the inevitable critics more than anything that can be done in the Championship at this point.

And that really was a great goal from Wednesday. Although Lonergan was great, I hate matches where our goalie is the Man of the Match. Always a bad sign.

 

I agree with you Micah, I never like seeing the keeper as man of the match.

I didn't get to tune in to the match, but this article seems to have a different view of Mattila's action.
http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/spor...ws/five-things-learned-fulham-defeat-10677498

It will be very interesting to see who Jokanovic fields this weekend.

 

So it doesn't look like we have a new thread for the FA Cup match against Wednesday. Might as well re-use this one eh?

Lineup:
Lonergan
Richards, Hutchinson, Burn, Garbutt
Cairney, Christensen, O’Hara, Kačaniklić
Woodrow, McCormack

Hutchinson and Burn at CB. Hmmmm

On the plus side I think we are playing Wednesday's "B" team. No Hooper or Forestieri, but our nemesis Ross Wallace is still in there.