Fulham Focus

It’s the hope that kills you!

After hinting at at unlikely result, Fulham threw it away at Newcastle on Saturday to succumb to a fourth successive defeat.

Error prone at the back and stagnant in attack, is our place just outside of the relegation zone more than just a case of tough fixtures and injuries conspiring against us? Are Marco Silva’s selection choices too stubborn to get us out of the mire? And with a cup tie before...

A patched up Fulham head to Tyneside this weekend to take on Eddie Howe's Newcastle, hoping to avoid a fourth Premier League defeat in a row.

But who is actually fit enough to take on Anthony Gordon, Nick Woltemade and the rest of the Toon Army?

Do we have a plan to combat their mighty central midfield?

And can we find a winger who isn't Adama Traore to have a run at stand-in left-back Dan Burn?

Sam and Kish endeav...

Recorded before both Sean Dyche did the honourable thing and the AWS outage obliterated Fulham Focus HQ, Kish, Alex and a returning Boney sat down to discuss the concerning reports linking Marco Silva with the then-vacant Nottingham Forest manager's job.

Once they had stopped fretting, the trio looked back on Saturday's narrow defeat to league leaders' Arsenal while lamenting modern football, saluting a second-string backline, a...

After an annoying absence of proper football, Fulham get back to business with a visit from league leaders Arsenal. What could possibly go wrong?!

Well, there's our notoriously patchy form after international breaks, our blunt attack coming up against the best defence around, and our achilles heel potentially being exploited by Set Pieces FC.

But then again, is this not exactly the sort of fixture Marco Silva's men love to su...

Death, taxes and Fulham somehow managing to lose games from winning positions due to individual errors and absolute worldies.

Whilst some things in life are certain others take you by surprise. So why did our fanbase meltdown online after Fulham's late meltdown away at Bournemouth?

Did Marco Silva get it wrong in opting for a very conservative five at the back against the Cherries? Were the introductions of TC and Chukwueze ...

Just five days on from their capitulation at Villa Park, strikerless (sorry Jonah!) Fulham head to the scene of one of last season's crimes, the Vitality Stadium.

But is a game against Andoni Iraola's punchy, pressing Bournemouth side the last thing we need right now?

Who can step up to offer some much needed creativity and firepower? With no Kenny Tete to keep tabs on Antoine Semenyo, can Marco Silva's men keep it tight at t...

Injuries to the club's two senior strikers meant that we were forced to field Adama Traore up front for the majority of Sunday's visit to Villa Park.

And so while our physios were being kept busy, it was no surprise that Doctor Fulham was helping to breathe new life into an Aston Villa side that previously had been unable to buy a goal.

Sam, Dylan and Alex sit down to discuss the centre-forward fiasco, our frailties to long b...

Champions League quarter-finalists back in April, Aston Villa are enduring a torrid start to the season and find themselves winless, in the bottom three, and with just one goal to their name.

Most opponents would be enthused at the prospect of adding to their woes. The only trouble is we have won just one league game at Villa Park in the past 52 years.

Sam, Kish and Holte End pessimist Jon sit down to discuss both clubs' camp...

Be honest, were you one of those worrying when Marco Silva went with an unchanged XI for Fulham vs Brentford? If like us you were, join Kish, Luke and Tristan for a slice of humble pie as they pay tribute to the team who eased to a third win in a row against the bus stop in Hounslow.

Along the way, the gang discuss Josh King's moment of madness, Iwobi's pass, Wilson's finish, the unstoppable goalscorer that is OG, another VAR of...

Here we go! But will it be three in a row against the bus stop in Hounslow? 

Can Fulham repeat the trick under the lights versus Brentford? Is it too much to ask for Harry Wilson to do it yet again? Can Kevin (Santos Lopes de Macedo) deliver like Kevin (Mbabu) once did? And will Brentford under Keith Andrews come back to the Cottage with the filthiest low block we’ve seen since Thomas Frank last year?

Join Sam and Kish a...

For 76 mins of Saturday's game this podcast was going to struggle for content and the Fulham faithful were going to struggle for Sunday joy. But then Kevin arrived and everything changed, potentially forever!

So join Sam, Morgan and Kish to wax lyrical about the man destined to keep us excited this season, leave us for a record fee in the summer and then win the Ballon d'Or.

And after regaining some composure they also try to...

Will the arrival of a new 'Samba White' help us break our recent curse against newly promoted sides at home?

Sam is in the hotseat as we discuss the upcoming visit of Leeds United to Craven Cottage, ponder whether Marco Silva is ready to unleash Kevin, and stress out about some big lads who could hurt us at set-pieces (again).

And If that isn't enough, Kish gets to go full 'Tactico' breaking down Fulham versus Leeds with Adam...

Rob Jones, Michael Salisbury, Stockley Park, PGMOL, Howard Webb and anyone who thinks Fulham didn't get royally shafted on Saturday - this one is for you!

Join Sam, Wiggo and Kish as they vent on the farcical state of modern football, go over the incidents that derailed this weekend's West London Derby and ask if there is any way to rid VAR from the game once and for all.

Once they've got that off their chests there's also ti...

Fulham waited 16,497 days for a win away at Chelsea, but could they repeat the trick just eight months later?

Sam is joined by the Cottage Tactico to discuss how Marco Silva's men can pull it off, who will be tasked with trying to score past a defence centred around a certain Tosin Adarabioyo, and whether our squad (subject to a few late big-money additions) could be better set for the Premier League campaign than we realised.

Sam is joined by Dylan and a returning Cottage Tactico just hours after ESR’s 94-second instant impact earned the Cottagers a hard earned point at home to Chris Kavanagh’s Manchester United.

The gang also discuss whether big teams really do get the big decisions from VAR, Marco Silva’s slightly surprising switch to five at the back, and fan opinion on key players Alex Iwobi and Joachim Andersen.

Fulham have lost their last eight home games against Manchester United, and are due some luck against this weekend's opponents, but don't expect a helping hand from the Ghost of FA Cup Quarter-Finals Past, Chris Kavanagh.

Still, ahead of a return to Craven Cottage, Sam and Matt sit down to deliberate where the Whites can win this match. Is five at the back the answer? Can our midfield run the show? Is this a fixture for Andreas ...

He's still here and still a hero! But for how long?

Morgs and Wiggo are back from the Amex just in time to join Sam in saluting Rodrigo Muniz after his last gasp equaliser on the opening day, and to examine the outpouring of emotion that followed.

As well as Rodrigo's rollercoaster week, the gang also discuss an impressive showing from Josh King, Calvin Bassey's stand-in shift at left-back, and which Fulham player W...

On the eve of the new Premier League season, Marco Silva is a frustrated man - and he's not alone. But will the Whites take those grievances out on a Seagulls side that have got used to winning their opening game?

In the first of Fulham Focus' new match previews, Sam and Matt discuss the left-back quandary, consider whether we are more likely to see the third kit at the Amex than Rodrigo Muniz, and ponder if Josh King really wil...