One of those players that is great in the championship, ***** in the prem. See also Dwight Gayle, Matej Vydra etc.
Very effective player and a really good signing for them. Rumours still abound that some of their more prized players are going to be sold before the season starts. Sessegnon is apparently high on Spurs wish list. If they meet Fulhams valuation, he will in all probability be sold.
I don't know how they're managing to retain the likes of Mitrovic and Cairney and attain the likes of Knockaert but that looks like one promotion spot wrapped up already.
They look strong, very hard test for our fledgling defence. I'd take 2 points from the first two now. Will depend if Dougall is fit enough to start in front of the back 2. If we were going to bring loans in it would be an experienced holding player, given Dougall's injury record. We need someone who will sit in front of those two & cover & spray the ball forward. I expect Bahre to be a starter, meaning Woodrow up front for me in a 4-3-3 or a 4-4-1-1. Pacy wide players (Moore could do that role, or be the option off the bench). Rest of the squad looks OK to me TBH, if we hang on to Moore. I don't think we have a solid holding player other than Dougall, which is a big worry. I don't want us to ship goals in the first home game vs a very strong team. I rate Styles a lot, but he is a box to box player & McGeehan will be caught out at this level as a holding player, he needs to be covered, as does Mowatt.
If I had to call it right now , I would say it will be a high scoring affair likely ending in defeat for us , maybe a 4-2 game similar to when we played them the first season we went up last time around . I think we will show we have got plenty of attacking threat ourselves but think that they will have too much for us overall. (Really hope I am wrong of course)
They were utter gash until Ryan Babel signed in Jan transfer window. He's ofski to Turkey, back to being gash lets hope!!
I think that after a short period of adjustment Fulham will be a very good championship side and will be serious contenders for automatic promotion. I'm glad we play them first game.