Thanks and Merry Christmas (and a half-hearted West Ham preview)
As we celebrate the winter solstice it’s time to think about tomorrow’s match against West Ham. Frankly I have no idea what’ll happen, the Hammers being in a terrible run of form, only interrupted by a new manager and the defeat of Manchester Utd. So they’ll come to Fulham expecting… what? Who knows? Not me.
Fulham will possibly be unchanged from the Middlesbrough game, which would be a good thing because once we’d got to grips with things that was a decent performance. If I were Alan Curbishley I’d certainly use Carlos Tevez, whose unstinting aggression, pace and directness is not the sort of thing that we defend well against. Otherwise there’s probably not a lot to choose between the teams, which gives us a slight edge but suggests a score draw.
So that’s all from me. While I’m here, thank you to everyone who has visited this site since August. Yesterday we recorded our 5,000th visitor, which feels like a nice sort of milestone. I started this with no idea how long I’d stick at it, or whether anyone would want to read it, but thankfully I’m still going and you’re still coming. Have a great Christmas!
UPDATE: Zat Knight has a broken jaw. So Christenval and Bocanegra tomorrow, it would seem.
