Football

“Are we heading for oblivion?” and “I watched a horror movie …” were two of the messages I received after the Bournemouth debacle. Let me say straightaway that the Cherries were extremely good just as the last two teams to put five past us – Derby and Watford [...]

After 5 successive defeats to Derby, including two in the play-offs last season, the Seagulls reversed the trend with a somewhat fortunate victory. The Rams dominated possession and had many more chances but we took ours whilst David Stockdale made two crucial saves to keep us in the game. Before [...]

Its been a good week for La Viola disposing of Tottenham in the Europa Cup and then beating Inter in the San Siro. Spurs had an early chance when Salgado and Chadli were two on keeper Neto but the pass between them was too casual. After that Gomez and then Chelsea loanee Salah scored, his fourth [...]

We Fulham fans have had such a rough time these past two seasons that this emphatic and deserved win over league leaders Derby was as much merited by us as our boys that delivered it. Sometimes injuries enforce changes that benefit the team. With his goal scoring record Rodallega was unlikely to be [...]

The Seagulls maintained ther rich vein of form with a victory over Leeds that was more emphatic than the score line might suggest. We even managed a goal from a striker. If you exclude Darren Bent, now at Derby, Craig Mackail-Smith was the last forward to score in the Championship and that was back [...]

After grinding out two away goalless draws at Cardiff and Sheffield Wednesday the last thing we expected at the Amex was a seven goal thriller. It would have been nice if one of the four goals came from a striker but it was Teixeira and Calderon, two midfielders, who scored. Inigo Calderon is a [...]

After reading Alan Tanner’s report on Fulham’s defeat by Ipswich I perused that of Brian Glanville in The Sunday Times on that game. It made much the same points as Alan: players picked put of place, poor defending, lack of width. I then turned to another Sunday sports section and all [...]

Without a win a month and a defeat once again to a top six team we are creeping ever closer to the relegation zone. Next week’s visit to Millwall is going to be crucial. Our real problem is one of defensive organisation. Both goals conceded in the first half were soft and Mick McCarthy knew [...]