TheTanner Report: Charlton 0 Fulham 0
One of the factors in the Great Debate of attendance versus TV-watching is ease of travel. I watched this bore draw from the comfort of my sofa on the Skysport red button.
I certainly would not have wanted to make a 3 hour journey home in the cold from Charlton. As it was, I was in bed by 10.
Michael Hector was again commanding as Fulham kept their third successive clean sheet. He did however miss Fulham’s best chance, a free header from a corner he put wide.
Michael Hector is on loan from Chelsea – who already are well-stocked in the central defence department with Zouma, Rudiger and Christensen – so he would have difficulty in getting a first team place.
Chelsea usually put an unrealistic price on their loanees if they are to be sold so the likeliest outcome is to continue the loan. Alfie Mawson, a £20m defender acquisition last season, did not even make the bench.
Our next game is Manchester City away in the FA Cup.
I have a long-standing commitment for Sunday lunch and the game is now fixed then at 1.00 pm so I cannot even watch it. In today’s football world the convenience of supporters counts for little.
I fear that the traditional Boxing Day match will be lost in the clamour for a winter break. I’m dead against it: clubs will go on tour then to a lucrative friendly fixture in the Middle East and with our weather you could have a benign Xmas and severe February.
