Fulham tactics

[spaldy]

Calvin Lewis will have lot of minutes and Harry may get a run.

should be a very interesting game to watch.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Yep within ‘zones’ of the pitch the players in those zones rotate a lot too to try to create space or overloads.

Iwobe can be a handful.

Agree MT that the two CB can get exposed but Silva uses a double pivot defensively to try to cut out space and they use their size and height to make it difficult.

They are vulnerable to the ball over the top down the middle or through balls if there is a gap but very very organised and well drilled.

[Monaco_Totty]

London pressers tonight stating Fulhams only injury concern is with their French defender Issa Diop who is nursing an unspecified knock & will be assessed ahead of kickoff, this guy is a decent centre-back for them so maybe a blessing for us if he does not play as their current central-pairing do make reported mistakes.

Sadly, Antonee Robinson should be fit to start his first league game of the season at left-back, which could see Timothy Castagne drop out of the side while Bassey, Andersen & Kenny Tete are set to retain their places in the back four.

Attackers Kevin, Chukwueze & Kusi-Asare who all joined the Cottagers on deadline day are all in contention to earn a place in the matchday squad, but it remains to be seen if Silva will be tempted to name any of the 3 in his starting lineup.

One plus for us via stats is that Silvas side have now gone 12 PL games without keeping a clean sheet & have only kept only 5 across their last 43 league fixtures, well, hes still playing the same style they used last season, so goals are a defo possibility for us. 👍
However, Fulham have won their last 3 meetings with Leeds, so time to fix that stat !

Hope you enjoy the game & hospitality H.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Cheers MT

Robinson is definitely the best LB outside the top 4 and even then maybe the best in the league. Think Fulham paid about 1.5m for him from Wigan - maybe their best ever signing.

Iwobi, King, Jimenez and Lukic are all good players - Smith Rowe doesn’t make the starting line up any more.

It sure will be hard but key will be not going behind and looking them to sit back.