The Year Of The Fox Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 I'm not sure about this. Look at the three sides that went up. Cardiff have spent over £30million on new players, Crystal Palace over £15m and got in 16?? new players, Hull spent quite a bit and brought in 11 new players. None of this suggests that the managers of these clubs thought the squad that got them promoted last season would be anywhere near good enough to even stay up let alone do anything better. Players they have allowed to leave have mostly dropped back down to the Championship. The gap is getting bigger and this will only increase with the increased spending power available to these clubs. Personally I think this is a great draw for us.if we are serious about going up then Fulham, a club we would do well to match in their success in staying in the Premier League, are an excellent test for us as this exactly the type of side we would need to beat to have any chance of staying up. I hope we play a full strength team as we could learn a lot from this about how we are progressing. I don't know what sort of team they will send but they will, rightly, be favourites to win and we have nothing to lose. Whatever team they play though we need to be at our best and they probably need to be 10% off for us to have a decent chance of going through. We beat Norwich the other season. Gave Chelsea a right run for their money in 07, we were unbeaten against Southampton and hull in their promotion seasons. We thrashed Blackburn last season and comfortably beat Wigan this season. And that's just our results. I personally don't think the gulf is that huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewis20201 Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 We should play our full team, this is the kind of tie that will test us if we are aspiring to be in the Premier League next season. A win against a well established PL club should see where we really stand against others and give us some buoyancy coming off 5 league games against 'weaker teams' going into a few harder games against Watford and Forest . Billy McKinley is their First Team coach so he might have some insider information on us to share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewquayFox Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 Will be a difficult game, hope that City give some concessions to the fans, best chance of getting through given the quality of the Premier sides left in. Fulham dont usually take many fans away but i reckon 2000 of them will come to the KP. #keepthefaith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suffolk fox Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 Err this is Fulham the same premiership team that has to advertise cheaper tickets on local radio stations in London yes Heart and Capital, in order to get a decent crowd in at Craven Cottage. They will bring at the very most about 1000 fans for this. Poorly supported London Team. No way will tickets for this be any cheaper they will be the same price as against Derby, or even more because they are a Premiership team. As some posters have already said they are an established premier league team and if we wish to go up and compete week in week out against teams like this it will be a good test IF we play our first team. I fear we will not though and go out with a wimper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwell Pablo Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 They really won't. Depends. Just seen the side they put out against Everton was pretty much full strength. Pearson starts messing around with the stiffs as he has done in the previous three rounds it could be a blood bath. If go full strength we might stand an outside chance Fulham do fail to turn up sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cambridgefox Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 they are not a very good team. i cant understand why so many fans are shitting themselves. very winnable espescially as they will rest players as they in relegation scrapRelegation scrap.You do realise it's the start of the season and you could say 6 pts off a champions league place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwell Pablo Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 We beat Norwich the other season. Gave Chelsea a right run for their money in 07, we were unbeaten against Southampton and hull in their promotion seasons. We thrashed Blackburn last season and comfortably beat Wigan this season. And that's just our results. I personally don't think the gulf is that huge. Its noticeable, huge might be an exaggeration. Cup upsets happen every year and besides Norwhich Your examples aren't great either that Chelsea side rested key players, Blackburn and Wigan both lost players on getting relegated. Southampton and Hull both added players after gaining promotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwell Pablo Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 they are not a very good team. i cant understand why so many fans are shitting themselves. very winnable espescially as they will rest players as they in relegation scrap Fulham13 Stockdale 03 Riise (Amorebieta - 64' ) 04 Senderos 05 Hangeland 22 Zverotic 11 Kacaniklic 14 Karagounis 19 Taarabt (Bent - 65' ) 28 Parker Booked 08 Kasami 09 Berbatov Yeah their rubbish, and that's definitely a reserve side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cambridgefox Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 Fulham 13 Stockdale 03 Riise (Amorebieta - 64' ) 04 Senderos 05 Hangeland 22 Zverotic 11 Kacaniklic 14 Karagounis 19 Taarabt (Bent - 65' ) 28 Parker Booked 08 Kasami 09 Berbatov Yeah their rubbish, and that's definitely a reserve side Totally agree Manwell,no wonder we have a bit of a reputation of being arrogant fans and disliked.Some always give it the big un thinking we are better than what we are( we have proved that) it will be tough,we will have to be on top of our game.That squad of Fulhams is much much better than ours.Some on here are deluded,other teams fans dislike us and I'm agreeing with them,I cringe when I read some things. Embarrassing ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackneyfox Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 Reading their forum and they think they're a bigger club then us !!! Haha behave, probably the smallest, boring club in london. They'll be lucky to bring over 300 and that's not even mocking them. Their away support is on par with Blackburn or Wigan. 13 consecutive seasons in the PL make them a bigger club as far as I'm concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 Pearson will take this seriously, it's an established Premier League side and he will want a performance. We'll be at full strength, or as near as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beliall Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 Bet sky will snatch this and crucify the attendance. Good for me bit bad for the club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackneyfox Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 Billy McKinley is their First Team coach so he might have some insider information on us to share. I doubt it, is there anyone left from the squad that McKinley played in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Year Of The Fox Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 Its noticeable, huge might be an exaggeration. Cup upsets happen every year and besides Norwhich Your examples aren't great either that Chelsea side rested key players, Blackburn and Wigan both lost players on getting relegated. Southampton and Hull both added players after gaining promotion. Wigan lost that bloke to Everton. Chelsea relied on shevchenko and lampard to get past us then which happebed to be our relegation season. We also beat Villa. The examples perhaps arnt the greatest but I wrote it off the top of my head whilst driving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonnieTodger Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 Fulham 13 Stockdale 03 Riise (Amorebieta - 64' ) 04 Senderos 05 Hangeland 22 Zverotic 11 Kacaniklic 14 Karagounis 19 Taarabt (Bent - 65' ) 28 Parker Booked 08 Kasami 09 Berbatov Yeah their rubbish, and that's definitely a reserve side But the side they played against Burton wasn't dissimilar to that, although they didn't have Berbatov. I agree regarding us needing to be at full strength though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoneDog Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 Hope we go full strength for this tie - could be a cracker if we're giving it some. Quite pleased to draw these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number 6 Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 Wigan lost that bloke to Everton. Chelsea relied on shevchenko and lampard to get past us then which happebed to be our relegation season. We also beat Villa. The examples perhaps arnt the greatest but I wrote it off the top of my head whilst driving I think the gap is as big as it ever has been. Teams going up now spending vast amounts of money to even stand a chance of going up. Look at how QPR are getting on. This is a competitive division but the Prem is a big step up, with far greater quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyBoy Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 you will always get people moaning, could of been a lot worse.... Southampton, Birmingham or Hull at home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 I think the gap is as big as it ever has been. Teams going up now spending vast amounts of money to even stand a chance of going up. Look at how QPR are getting on. This is a competitive division but the Prem is a big step up, with far greater quality. QPR were shambolically run. Swansea and Norwich have gone up and done absolutely fine without breaking the bank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan LCFC Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 I've actually woke up today feeling slightly optimistic about this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ttfn Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 Fulham will be slight favourites. We've got more than an outside chance if we pick a full strength side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number 6 Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 QPR were shambolically run. Swansea and Norwich have gone up and done absolutely fine without breaking the bank. The landscape has changed drastically since then though. £60m for finishing bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 Bet sky will snatch this and crucify the attendance. Good for me bit bad for the clubNot with Arsenal v Chelsea on. There's other games that will interest them more. Anyway, that Fulham fan that said he can't hear us over their 13 consecutive premier league years on their forum. Well done. But what have you ever achieved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libertine Dream Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 really 300! Add a nought I expect I will be nearer than you. 3000?! They've never taken 4 figures anywhere north of London Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross 'LCFC' Turner Posted 26 September 2013 Share Posted 26 September 2013 I think a lot of this will come down to confidence. We have a real chance of picking up some points in our next 5 games. Barnsley, Yeovil, Doncaster, Huddersfield, Bournemouth. If we can come out of these games on a decent run of form I don't see why we cant have a real good go with our full strength side out. Fulham are very inconsistent with players like Taarabt, Berbatov, Ruiz only turning up when they feel like it. If they come here on the back of a poor run in the league or if we can snatch an early goal players like these will start to loose their heads. Going to be a very tough game, but I cant wait for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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