The Fulham Chronicle
Squad10 Dec 2040
Anthony Hall keeps Fulham in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings10 Dec 2040
Age has not caught Jorge Cuenca yet — 7.93
At 41 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.93 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad10 Dec 2040
Nazim Benchaita in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Fulham this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Dec 2040
Words at Fulham training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jean-Paul Bayiha is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings10 Dec 2040
Nothing got past Roméo Lavia
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 21 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
The terraces10 Dec 2040
Fulham supporters have found a favourite in Anthony Hall
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Anthony Hall has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad10 Dec 2040
David Mitchell signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” David Mitchell commits to Fulham for another 4 years.
Market10 Dec 2040
The Jean-Paul Bayiha story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Jean-Paul Bayiha signs something — a contract at Fulham or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Player ratings10 Dec 2040
Nobody could get near Kevin
Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Match Fulham and Everton cancel each other out
- The terraces The press cannot get enough of Anthony Hall