Fulham vs. Leeds

Fulham hosts Leeds on Saturday with kickoff at 10am EDT on USA Network. The fourth consecutive appearance on USA Network. grrrrr

As a sign of how strong a squad Fulham has these days there were lots of players on duty during the international break. Raul and Bassey both scored for their countries. Bassey was joined by Iwobi and Chukwueze for Nigeria's World Cup qualifier (AFCON season is going to suck for Fulham). Wilson and de Fougerolles faced each other in a friendly. Berge was a Norwegian who didn't score in their 11-1 beat down of Moldova. Andersen and Castange were part of winning teams for Denmark and Belgium. Lukic had the worst outing as he got a yellow card in Serbia's heavy 5-0 defeat to England in Belgrade. Robinson didn't feature for the US, but that was totally fine for me since I want him healthy and ready to go against Leeds.

As the team comes back from international duty they'll have to get acquainted with the new guys: Kevin, Kusi-Asare, and Chukwueze. It seems like most of the squad should be healthy, so I hope we see a traditional back four of Tete, Andersen, Bassey, and Robinson. Silva will suddenly have a lot more options for the wings with the new signings, but I expect to see some familiar faces starting at least.

Fulham traditionally stinks coming back from international break, but I really hope that doesn't happen again on Saturday. Most Fulham fans are willing to accept that Fulham got a raw deal in the first couple matches and are better than their current position of 18th. A comfortable win against newly promoted Leeds will help everyone release the ball of stress that has been building up, but anything less will start to cause some more serious concerns.

 

Concur with @MicahMan

I'd be surprised if any of the new trio starts, but I almost expect at least one of the wingers to make a substitute appearance.

 

And let’s make it the first match without giving up a penalty!

 

HT 0-0, frankly we were disjointed and lackluster. Have to leave and hoping to hear about adjustments and a better performance in the 2nd 45. Maybe I missed it, but obviously a big concern about Jedi’s health since he’s only on the bench.

 

Cue it James!!! EDIT: Haha, beat me to it!!