After all
the weekend’s excitement I am at a loss for words today.
Never mind though, it’s Leicester at home tomorrow night, and I’ve got tickets on the halfway line, in the Riverside Stand. Best seats in the house, as far as prices are concerned, except they’re only £15 a go because it’s the Coca Cola Cup. Bonus. I’d still rather sit in my own seat in JH, but what can you do?
Anyway, should be quite good fun, and I’d expect a strong side to play given the time off afterwards. Speaking of which, it wouldn’t actually be that bad a time to play Man Utd now, would it? We’ve just beaten Arsenal, United are struggling to find their gears, I would half fancy us to get a point. Oh well.
Meanwhile, Colin’s got some defensive work up and here’s Chopper’s excellent report from Saturday.
A news round, then:
Kagiso Dikgacoi says that he’s on the verge of a move to Fulham.
“My mind was focused to the start of the League season with Golden Arrows, but God has decided otherwise and wanted to give me this chance of playing in England. My manager has told me that I am not going for trials, but for medical tests and if I pass I will be playing for Fulham this season.”
Setanta copies and pastes a story from the Official site.
“I love Fulham Football Club and I want to stay here and play for Fulham.”
Leicester will be at “near full strength” for the cup match. Gulp. Shame Joe Mattock’s out, he’s supposed to be a bit special.
Southend Reserves beat an unknown Fulham side 4-2 today, “behind closed doors”. That phrase always makes me laugh for some reason.
Clubcall has some Hangeland quotes:
“I feel that we didn’t perform well at Hull. We repaired that in a way against Arsenal and it was a big three points but really it is all about consistency.
“We face a cup tie now and it is no good getting carried away. After that we are not playing for nearly three weeks because it was supposed to be Manchester United this weekend but they are in the European Super Cup on Friday in Monaco.
“And we don’t want to sit it out all that time thinking our last performance was a poor one against a team from a lower division.”
We’ve signed Dutch U17 “starlet” Danny Hoesen.
Looks like the Volz to Ipswich deal is almost done, but now as a loan. I think he’ll like Ipswich, a Fulham like club and surprisingly reachable from London.
I’ll try to get to the ground early with some Reviews tomorrow, so say hello if you’re about.
Thanks! You saved me about an hour of surfing. I appreciate these goulash posts.
With all the nonsense about Americans abandoning Fulham as our lads transfer, I’m here to tell you that this American is shattered to see that Moritz Volz will indeed be “a tractor boy” this season. He is the most Fulhamish player on our books. His humor, his generosity, his lack of pomposity is attractive and, when we had more than half of our midfielders in Emergency Ward 10 almost two years ago, he did a fantastic job of keeping the ship aright.
I will miss Volzy — more than I miss Brian, Boca, KK, and EJ combined. Oh, and if you need a chuckle, check out his site — volzy.com — and listen to his “theme song.”
I haven’t seen a mass American fan “exodus” of the club. If anything, I’m seeing more American fans than ever.
http://www.soccerbyives.net/soccer_by_ives/2008/08/the-disappearan.html#more
Thanks for the nod Rich. I thought I might have overcooked that one – struggled to write it with Bank Holiday chores looming and the boys screaming in my ears!
American fan here who still does (and always will) love Fulham
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