Fulham vs Chelsea at the dog track

Was very much looking forward to this one after we won promotion, but our campaign to date means it’s kind of lost it’s appeal. Still, they’ve got a Thursday night date with PAOK in London. The bad news is they’ve pretty much wrapped up the group and can play 10 youngsters and a stick figure and not worry. But our match is the early Sunday fixture. So, can we nick a result? Why not? Much of the scum trolls are not happy with the defending at Spuds, especially David Luiz and Alonso. If we can get an early lead and improve our defending, it could happen. If we can keep getting the ball to the still hot Mitro, you never know.

 

Will attempt the 4 am Sunday wake up (and will be in the chat if successful), with the full knowledge that success in the match will probably not be measured in points. Really hope the lads give our “traveling” supporters a solid performance.

 

Well, with everyone else, not expecting it, but boy oh boy how nice it would be.

 

I’ll focus on something positive with this one. What former player has scored the most goals for Fulham v Chelsea in the Prem?

 

Now THAT's the sign of a truly dedicated Fulham fan. Me, I guess I'm not as dedicated because I'm just going to record it.

COYW!

 

There was a lot of talk this week about Schurrle returning to Chelsea, but then he's no where to be seen in the line up. Did I miss something? Otherwise the same as last week.

Rico
Christie, Odoi, Mawson, LeMarchand
Seri, Chambers
Johansen, Cairney, Sessegnon
Mitrovic

Subs: Bettinelli, Ream, Bryan, Kebano, Cisse, Kamara, Ayite

EDIT: From Fulham's Twitter feed:

 

@sacffc The key word was 'attempt' Managed to crawl out of bed at the 35 minute mark.

 

That’s pretty darn good Joe. I watched most of the first half and the start of the second before trundling off to church. Seri’s dawdling that led to the early first goal hurt a lot. You know they’re going to dominate possession anyway, that just makes it easier.
They didn’t play all that well, and we could have played better, which we did in the second half. Courtois covered a multitude of sins for them defensively. Now that he’s moved on to Real, those sins are not being absolved. But we’re still not able to keep possession in this league like we did last season in the Championship, and we’re giving it away far too cheaply when we do get it. Interesting halftime changes by Ranieri.
If we can sort some more things out, the March rematch should be interesting. Chambers is proving himself in midfield. He’s my MOTM.

 

Let’s hope it’s sooner than that!
(But he’s probably right).