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Rail chaos

In my own minor way I can contribute to the debate on the breakdown of railway travel. I was travelling from Bournemouth to Brighton to spend a few days with Ivan Conway before we both went today to Fulham v Brighton. Like all windows cleaners I am used to getting up early as we often start work at [...]

December 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

Fulham”s match was an important test, a test we failed. Of the top nine clubs, we had only beaten one, Norwich, so we had to prove that if we are to mount any sort of challenge we take points off the big boys. At the moment they do not come any bigger than Bournemouth, the surprise leaders [...]

December 27, 2014 // 0 Comments

What goes up can also come down

Spotted today upon the website of The Guardian, this thought-provoking piece by David Conn on the plight of Coventry City – once fleetingly a mighty force in football’s landscape – which has now fallen upon harder times as (most recently) a tenant of nomadic rugby Premiership [...]

December 26, 2014 // 0 Comments

Hyppia resigns

Managers rarely resign as to do so waives their claim for compensation so if Sami Hyppia did in fact resign- as seems the case – this is a honourable act. Opinion is still divided as to whether he is responsible for the team’s decline or this is an inevitable product of selling our best [...]

December 23, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

This 4-0 thumping of Sheffield Wednesday was arguably the performance of the season. Wednesday had only conceded 16 goals all season so to let in 25% of that sum  was always something. Yet as much praise must go to our defence which has kept a clean sheet two games running. Football is such an odd [...]

December 21, 2014 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

It’s been a while since I last posted on La Viola. Given the two injuries to forwards Rossi and Bernardeschi and only the recent return of another Mario Gomez, it’s been a satisfactory season going into the winter break. We are top of our group in the Europa League though we [...]

December 15, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

I did not get to Elland Road for our victory over Leeds so here is a report from Chris. He is a high-flier financier from the States who has taken Fulham to his heart. Like many sporting Americans he adopts a statistical approach to his analysis (some of you may be familiar with the Moneyball [...]

December 14, 2014 // 0 Comments

Brighton 0 Millwall 1

To apply an old cliché: there was more happening off the pitch than on it. At the away end Millwall fans were ripping up seats and trying to attack a small group of Brighton  fans in the next section. Hyppia was subject to abuse and, by the end, resounding cries to go. One fan was ejected for [...]

December 13, 2014 // 1 Comment

The Tanner Report

I don’t much like football on Friday nights and nor do Fulham. Aside from a crushing defeat of Manchester City some 16 seasons ago when a German striker Dirk Lehmann who looked like a porn star bagged a brace I cannot recall a decent performance. I remember an all time low when Hayes dumped [...]

December 6, 2014 // 0 Comments

Supporting your team

Yesterday I had a meal with a Spurs supporter and his wife. He never misses a game at home and enjoys traveling away, especially in Europe. I said to him that Spurs is a team that had its best days some 55 years ago but is still rooted in their past. His wife added that throughout their marriage [...]

December 4, 2014 // 0 Comments

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