Fulham vs. Chelsea

Sorry for saying the name of the other team in Fulham in the thread title Hatter Don. Fulham plays them on Wednesday at the Cottage with kickoff at 2:30pm EST on Peacock.

I never get to see the matches when Fulham gets a result against Chelsea. As of now, I'll be able to watch this one, so a loss is likely - sorry everyone. Fulham should feel encouraged after a very good showing against Liverpool that felt like a win, and probably should have been a win. Meanwhile the neighbors are a mess with an interim manager running the squad and no wins in the past four league matches. Former Fulham defender Liam Rosenior has been appointed as their new manager, but he won't make his first appearance in the dugout until the weekend.

I keep waiting for Fulham to fall to pieces, but it hasn't happened yet. Cuenca, Smith-Rowe, Wilson, and even Kevin to a degree, have stepped up their performance to help Fulham bring in points during a difficult period. The same players will be out as against Liverpool with the possible exception of Sessegnon. I expect Fulham to go with a back five again since it seems to play to the strengths of the available squad.

The most disappointing thing about this match is that King will not be available. After he was robbed by VAR of a goal in August at Stamford Bridge, I really wanted him to have a chance to stick it to them again. Sadly we'll probably have to wait until next season for that unless something happens in the FA Cup.

 

Fulham does go with a back five again and Sessegnon makes the bench.

The starting XI (which for once, I totally agree with!)
Leno
Castagne, Diop, Andersen, Cuenca, Robinson
Berge, Cairney
Wilson, Raul, Smith-Rowe

Subs: Lecomte, Reed, Kevin, Sessegnon, Lukic, Traore, Kusi-Asare, Amissah, Ridgeon

 

Banana!!!!!

 

Ok. When everyone is healthy, how do we get Sess, Jedi, King, Cairney and ESR on the field at the same time?

And Kevin. He works his butt off and will score and produce assists as the season progresses.

Fulham!

 

Cue It James!!!!