Wow, what a season the English Premier League (EPL) has been with Manchester City and Liverpool fighting for the top and the best offence seen since the old Man United day’s. But one club, in particular, has shown the worst defence since Derby County miserable 2007-2008 season which saw 89 goals conceded and a total of 11 points for the whole season, which saw them eventually regulated to be put out of their misery. This team is Fulham.
They were coming into the season quite good. With the club splashing the cash, in the matter of fact a lazy 100.80 million dollars spent on buying premium players such as Andre Shurrle and Aleksandar Mitrovic, but the season went to tatters. I just say this now their defence was more busy thinking about what going have for dinner then defending.
Well, the stats don’t lie Fulham conceded 81 goals this season which is 8 less than Derby County and only had five clean sheets which are two more than Derby County. In saying this it is quite embarrassing. But in saying this Huddersfield Town who finish last had more clean sheets then Fulham 15 in total.
I think they should have avoided regulation as they had players who had played for premium clubs an example is Andre Shurrle who was from Chelsea a title-winning club and was on loan for Borussia Dortmund.
To be fair Fulham did have manger crisis with the club having 3 managers in just the one season.
This is quite embarrassing for an EPL club, you would think to be more stable than this. Doesn’t it remind you of one those struggling country football clubs? Quite sad to be frank.
But Fulham poor defence was not just seen in the EPL it was also seen in the FA Cup with Fulham losing to League two club Oldham Athletic 2 to 1 in the third round. This is horrible for this type of club and wants to improve if there any chance of promotion next season.
HITC sport put a funny take on Fulham defensive efforts as “you don’t bring a Fulham defence held together by a sellotape sticky glue and the remaining shreds of confidence that were that are rooted to the floor of a dressing room”.
This proves the defence was lazy and was not ready to play as Derby County were in that 07/08 season.
In addition to this Derby had lower transfer budget then Fulham so ultimately so going to have a poor season.
But Fulham seriously a team that had a healthy offseason and had brought the right players have now looked like a league two team than a premier league team.
Overall Fulham season was horrible as seen through the stats with conceding 81 goals in any season is quite awful, the quality of players and the way they defended is hopeless. Furthermore having 3 managers in one season does not help the season as all this chaos make quite hard to have the right defensive tactics.
In conclusion, Fulham had a nightmare season and was worst then Derby county as they had everything that a promoted team dream’s off and need to take it with open arms. Guess what end product was for next season away trips to Wigan and Bristol.
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