Fulham: Expecting a great day

Written by World Wide Wolfie on April 16th, 2010

Everything’s looking pretty nice for Wolves. Despite last minute heartbreak at Arsenal and 90 minutes of nothing against Stoke, we’re still sitting in 14th place with the number of remaining games counting down rapidly. The sun is shining, and there’s likely to be a massive Wolves contingent present at Fulham hoping to see their team get a few points on the road to safety.

With a Europa League semi-final away fixture against Hamburg on Thursday, Fulham look odds on to rest a few keys players (and the bottom 5 are no doubt odds on to protest about the resting of players – oh, Premier League, what have you let yourself in for?) With any relegation threat a distant memory their minds will understandably be on the fixture after this, which should play into Wolves hands.

Fulham were distinctly unimpressive in the reverse fixture this season. Their home form, with 10 wins this season so far, suggests they’re a better team than we saw that day, but despite this it’s not unreasonable to expect Wolves can take another away win, especially as the goals have been flowing if not freely on the road, then more freely than at Molineux.

With Henry still suspended for the next two games, the team is likely to remain unchanged from last week. It would be nice to see Milijas or Guedioura given a chance from the bench to stake a claim for next season. It’s good to see Edwards back, however, and I’m backing Wolves to bounce back from last week’s Stoke-induced lethargy and show us what a steady line up, a little confidence and a few very good players can do.

The problem with expectations is that you can easily be let down, especially by a football team. Luckily Mick McCarthy and his team have more sense than to expect anything, so I expect them to go into the game with the necessary fight to take a win.

Kevin Doyle is due a goal; I’m going for 1-0 Wolves (and a big party). Fingers crossed.

 

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  1. london wolf loyal says:

    just got that feeling that this will be a great game

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