Should be a good game. West Ham coming off a big win with Zola at the helm. We all know what happened last week with our Cottagers. Hopefully AJ nets his first goal as a Fulham player in the EPL this week. What are your pre-match starting lineup predictions? Does Dempsey warrant a start over Gera? Your thoughts FFC fans.
.............. Schwarzer ................ Pantsil ... Hange .. Hughes .. Kallio Gera ... Bullard ... Murph ... Davies ....... Zamora ........... AJ ........... Konch makes me nervous ... still ... so I'd like to see Kallio start although i'm not sure Roy will do that. I'd also like to see the midfield mixed up a bit, as Murphy gets really careless when he's tired, but he seems to be a permenant fixture in midfield so ... Dempsey ... I don't know if he deserves a starting spot over Gera but what I've seen from Gera makes me think that Gera is slightly more involved and fits Roy's "system" better then Dempsey. As far as them going toe-to-toe I'd rate Demps over Gera, but Demps plays the way he wants to play and Roy's got a system ... I think we'll see Demps come in as a sub this game though.
I dont see Demps playing regular football for the rest of the season unitl an injury or somthing crazy happens. Roy doesnt like change. Its going to be nice seeing Zamora and Pantsil going against the Hammers since the switch. I say 2-1 Fulham, Bobby and AJ to bag em.
Again, Roy doesnt fail to raise my blood pressure. I still dont see the logic behind no subs. If he is ever asked in the press, and answers, or if someone knows why he does this, please let me know.
IMHO, simply inexcusable for not using subs. Dempsey should have been brought on in the 60th, Gera was tired and a sub was needed. I don't understand his logic at all. I appreciate what he has done at Fulham thusfar; however, I but do not agree with this decision making. Something really needs to be done about this, but my fear is that we will go this season without making the necessary subs and we will pay for it dearly.