The Tanner Report: Newcastle 1 Fulham 2
The mystery continues as to why Fulham can get satisfactory results against teams above us and play poorly against those below.
We have beaten Nottingham Forest, Chelsea and now Newcastle away – drawn at Liverpool, Spurs and Arsenal – but lost crushingly to Wolves and drawn with Southampton and Ipswich.
One explanation might be that, when playing away, the home team feels obliged to attack which suits Fulham’s counterattacking game.
Another might be that Craven Cottage is not an intimidating fortress.
The first thing that an away player sees is his own supporters occupying a third of the Putney End and they can make as much noise as the Hammersmith End where our most partisan fans gather.
Another theory is happenstance. Raul Jimenez’s equaliser against Newcastle took a deflection. Had Rodrigo Muniz not scored the winner, then Marco Silva would have taken flak for subbing Ramirez for Muniz.
Although some fans are never happy and moan about ticket prices etc., Fulham are heading for their best ever season. It’s complicated, but European competition might extend to the first eight places though playing away on a Thursday night can have its problems.
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