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After a distinguished military service in the Catering Corps, Alan Tanner did well in mufti with his chamois as a window cleaner. Sadly he had to retire after falling from the fifth floor of Danny Murphy's mock Tudor home. He spends his retirement watching and writing about his beloved Fulham whom he has supported for over 50 years. The Alan Tanner Report is sponsored by Tanner Crystal Clear Ltd, Window Cleaners to the Gentry. More Posts

The Tanner Report: Sheffield United 4 Fulham 5

Last season Fulham did the double over Newcastle United, out played Brighton for 178 of the 180 minutes  and put 9 past Huddersfield so to beat Sheffield United was no surprise … except that the team is not performing as well as last season. Ryan Sessegnon, who has been disappointing of [...]

November 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Wolves 2 Fulham 0

Same old, same old. No Plan B. Fulham have been worked out: play a high press game, stopping the flow of passing out of defence, and Fulham’s rhythm is fatally disrupted. In the absence of Tom Cairney there is no one controlling the midfield. In the absence of Scott Malone and Sone Oluko we [...]

November 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report : Fulham 0 Bristol City 2

After this home defeat Stefan Jokatovic might well be following stats guru Craig Kline out of the club. I remember seeing this same type of performance – or lack of it- at the last home game of Mickey Adams’ reign when he was replaced by Ray Wilkins and Kevin Keegan.  Although  Ryan [...]

November 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report : Fulham 1 Bolton1

Many seasons ago in the grim years of bottom tier football I attended a game with John Mitchell, one of our 1975 FA Cup run heroes, and a personal one of mine. He assessed the team and said “The problem here is that they are not enough players giving a consistent performance. We had [...]

October 29, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report / Fulham 2 Preston 2

One of the most compelling of any sporting dramas is the late score. At Fulham we recall John Mitchell’s last minute off-the -shoulder number to beat Birmingham which achieved us our first appearance in a Cup Final in 1975. Older fans will remember an incredible game against Everton in 1966 [...]

October 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: QPR 1 Fulham 2

My previous post, arguing that things were not as bad as many fans felt, proved correct with 2 away wins in a week and these accomplished with a growing injury list. Added to long term absentee Lucas Piazon, and we don’t know when he will return, Tom Cairney and yet to start Soares, we have [...]

September 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

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The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Middlesbrough 1

Two problems have prevented Fulham from challenging higher up the table: 1) the absence of skipper and heartbeat Tom Cairney 2) the failure to defend a lead. No one seems to know what exactly is the injury of Cairney hence the difficulty of treating it other than by rest. He will certainly not be [...]

September 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 2 Hull 1

This was a game where the result was all. We finally won before our own crowd and defended a lead successfully. To be fair we still have key players like Tom Cairney and Rui Fonte unavailable. But on the other hand we were prepared to deplete the squad by selling Scott Malone and Sone Aluko. Hull [...]

September 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Cardiff 1

One of the fascinations of football spectating is the vastly different takes on a match. I watched yesterday’s with 2 old friends, all three of us clocking up 150 years of Fulham support. Two of them tend to commentate and judge as it happens. I do not deride this – both picked up [...]

September 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

Judging by the emails from fans in my inbox Fulham supporters are underwhelmed by our activity – or more accurate lack of it- in the transfer window. We have sold 2 integral players to our success last season, Scott Malone and Sone Aluko, and from  the money received  replaced them with 2 [...]

September 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

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