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da apostaganha： Last season: The Cottagers had a mediocre season as they finished in 12th place, just one point ahead of Stoke.
Martin Jol’s team only managed to win 11 out of 38 games and lost an astonishing 17, with nine of them being at Craven Cottage. This shows that the home advantage didn’t work very well for the Whites as they also just won seven matches in their own stadium. The away games were not very different as they lost half of them and won only four.
Furthermore, Fulham managed to score just 50 goals in total and conceded 60, which proves to be a very problematic figure for the 2010 Europa League runners up who also managed just four clean sheets. The club though did manage to win both legs against West Brom and one away match against Spurs but also lost both games to Liverpool, Man City and Man Utd.
Transfer Ins:
Maarten Stekelenburg (Roma)
Sascha Riether (Cologne)
Fernando Amorebieta (Athletic Club)
Derek Boateng (Dnipro)
Transfer Outs:
Mark Schwarzer (Chelsea)
Simon Davies
Mladen Petric
Corey Gameiro (Sydney)
Chris Baird
Csaba Somogyi
Alex Smith (Swindon Town)
Mahamadou Diarra
Richard Peniket (Tamworth)
Player to watch: One would assume that the Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov will, for one more season, steal the show at Fulham. The Bulgaria international is no stranger to high positions in the goal scorers’ list as he finished on 7th place with 15 goals along with Southampton’s Ricky Lambert and Chelsea’s Frank Lampard and Demba Ba.
This is a player that has plenty of experience in the Premier League as he was extremely vital for Spurs, during his time at White Hart Lane, as well as Manchester United, during his time at Old Trafford.
The 33-year-old made 33 appearances for the Whites and had three assists. He will be expected to score the tough goals for his team and also hold a leading role this season at Craven Cottage. He could be the player that, thanks to his goal-scoring abilities, could change Fulham’s image and push them to higher positions in the league. The right-footed forward will need help from his team though to get the job done.
Player needing to improve: Hugo Rodallega was signed from Wigan last year and made 112 appearances with the Latics and netted 24 goals. However, in Fulham he played 27 games but scored only 3 goals for the Whites. This year can be a huge opportunity for the Colombian to improve as Berbatov could need some help up front and the team might need to fight harder to avoid the danger zone.
Prediction: The numbers of last season certainly don’t look promising for Fulham however the owner Shahid Khan looks to be trying to create some improvement for the team. For example the signing of Holland international goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg from Roma can be very important for Jol as the team had a problem with maintaining clean sheets.
Nevertheless, the Cottagers need to improve their game in order to hit the higher places and cause damage to the big clubs that finished on the first seven places last season. They need to make the most out of the home games as well as reducing the losing ratio.
But for now, FFC can’t see Fulham going to Europe the season after this one and can still see them somewhere around the middle just like last year.
Our prediction: 13th place.
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