Team for Fulham (h)

[Pepe the Horseman]

Federici

Gunter
Pearce
Hector
Obita

Norwood
Kuhl

Edwards
Cox
Mackie

Murray

Guthrie and HRK are apparently going to be back by then though so maybe they'll feature.

Looks too lightweight. There's no holding player in front of the centre backs.

Do we even have any holding midfielders?

[Royal Ginger]

Karacan likes to think of himself as a playmaker, but he's better defensively.

[Ian Royal]

I think there's a bit of an unnecessary obsession with holding midfielders. The way we play you don't need one. Two players who are capable of hassling and keeping the ball moving when we've got it are absolutely fine.

We didn't need a holding midfielder in 2005. There's lots of successful combinations in football, there's no one formula that you can build and just win success with.

[Lower West]

I think there's a bit of an unnecessary obsession with holding midfielders. .

Having the right player in that position makes such a difference to the team as a whole. Covers up a whole range of deficiencies as well.

By holding I mean a player with physical presence that can tackle or simply hold the play up. Without committing silly fouls.

[SCIAG]

Do we even have any holding midfielders?

Aaron Kuhl.

Blackman and Pog available but likely to be benched. HRK, Guthrie and Kelly a little way away.

Federici
Gunter Hector Pearce Obita
Kuhl Norwood
Tanner Cox Mackie
Murray

Subs: Andersen Cooper Long Akpan Taylor Blackman (Stacey if unfit) Pogrebnyak (Samuel if unfit)

[JakeTheRoyal]

Federici

Gunter
Pearce
Hector
Obita

Kuhl
Norwood

Edwards
Cox
Mackie

Murray

Subs
Andersen
Cooper
Akpan
Taylor
Pog
Blackman
Long

[Wycombe Royal]

Do we even have any holding midfielders?

Aaron Kuhl.

Blackman and Pog available but likely to be benched. HRK, Guthrie and Kelly a little way away.

Federici
Gunter Hector Pearce Obita
Kuhl Norwood
Tanner Cox Mackie
Murray

Subs: Andersen Cooper Long Akpan Taylor Blackman (Stacey if unfit) Pogrebnyak (Samuel if unfit)

Tanner is injured.

[bobby1413]

Do we even have any holding midfielders?

Aaron Kuhl.

Blackman and Pog available but likely to be benched. HRK, Guthrie and Kelly a little way away.

Federici
Gunter Hector Pearce Obita
Kuhl Norwood
Tanner Cox Mackie
Murray

Subs: Andersen Cooper Long Akpan Taylor Blackman (Stacey if unfit) Pogrebnyak (Samuel if unfit)

Tanner is injured.

Not surprised

Next it will be Adkins and the kit man who pick up injuries

[GH Royal]

Federici

Gunter Hector Pearce Obita
Norwood Akpan
Mackie Edwards
Cox
Murray

[SPARTA]

Blackman and Robson-Kanu are back to give Fulham a boost.

[Isaac Hunt]

Federici

Gunter - Pearce - Hector - Obita

Akpan - Norwood

Mackie - Cox - Taylor

Murray

Subs
Andersen
Cooper
Kuhl
Edwards
Pog
Blackman
Long

[Deadlock]

Blackman and Robson-Kanu are back to give Fulham a boost.

I saw a bloke with "Blackman 22" on the back of his replica shirt on the way here today. I thought my flabber could not be more ghasted, but there's another bloke with "Robson-Kanu" on his shirt a few seats away from me.

[Isaac Hunt]

Federici

Gunter - Pearce - Hector - Obita

Akpan - Norwood

Mackie - Cox - Taylor

Murray

Subs
Andersen
Cooper
Kuhl
Edwards
Pog
Blackman
Long

didn't manage the lottery numbers this evening, sadly!