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Pundit Gives Grim Verdict on the City v Fulham.

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    Is that a local lass OS?
    By the looks of things that car has square wheels - that would describe the bouncing.
     
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    Fulham boss Slavisa Jokanovic wary of Bristol City threats
    The Robins host Fulham at Ashton Gate tonight in a match that could be crucial for the Robins play-off chances

    Fulham boss Slavisa Jokanovic is expecting a stern test as his side make the trip to face Bristol City at Ashton Gate tonight in the Sky Bet Championship.

    The Cottagers are on a brilliant run of form which has propelled them into fifth place in the league, two points ahead of City, and they set out their promotion ambitions with an impressive 2-0 home win over Aston Villa at the weekend.

    Jokanovic knows what to expect from Lee Johnson's side despite the Robins poor recent run of form which has seen them pick up one win in their last last 11 matches in all competitions.

    He told Fulham's official website: “It’s a really complicated game for us,”

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    Slavisa Jokanovic
    “We are going to find an aggressive team, a team we were not especially successful against when we [last] played them.

    “They’re very strong and fast in attack, pressing with the ball, pressing after they’ve lost it. And at set-pieces we must be aware and care about small details in this game.

    “We have good momentum, we must trust in ourselves, we must trust we can play good football and fight to try and find our best performance.

    “The next game is the most important one, and the next game is the Bristol City one, and we must be ready and push hard to come back with the points from Bristol.”

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    Tom Cairney
    Fulham will be backed by around 1,500 supporters for the match and the boss is hoping they can play a part on a big evening in Bristol.

    “They are always very important for us,” Jokanovic added. “At the Cottage now it’s better, the atmosphere feels different.

    “We must be satisfied because tomorrow we are going to have 1,500 of our away supporters.

    “They push us many times and I am sure they are going to push us again and fight with us for the new points.

    “I know it’s going to be a cold night but I expect we can provide some warmth for them to have a happy and safe trip home.”
     
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    Big Match Preview: Fulham (home)
    Wednesday, February 21st 2018

    City return to Ashton Gate seeking a league double over Fulham tonight (7.45pm kick-off).

    The Robins are unbeaten in their last two outings, following draws against Sunderland and Leeds United respectively, but Fulham head to BS3 in good spirits, having not lost themselves in their last ten Championship fixtures.

    The Cottagers also boast the best possession and passing stats in the league this year, and with an undefeated run at the Gate stretching all the way back to 1992, the London club will be confident.

    However, an historic win for City at a busy Ashton Gate will see them leapfrog fifth-placed Fulham, and keep themselves well within the play-off places.


    FACTFILE
    Formed: 1879
    Nickname: The Cottagers
    Website: www.fulhamfc.com
    Twitter: @FulhamFC
    Ground: Craven Cottage
    Capacity: 25,700

    Honours:
    First Division: 2000/01
    First Division runners-up: 1958/59
    Second Division: 1931/32, 1948/49, 1998/99
    Second Division runners-up: 1970/71
    Third Division runners-up: 1996/97
    Third Division: 1987/88
    FA Cup runners-up: 1975
    Europa League runners-up: 2010
    Intertoto Cup: 2002

    Last season:League finish: 6th (lost in the play-off semi-finals)FA Cup: Fifth round, lost to Tottenham Hotspur EFL Cup: Third round, lost to Bristol City Top scorer: Tom Cairney and Stefan Johansen, 13 goals Average attendance: 18,498


    HOW DID THEY GET HERE?
    Promotion-chasing Fulham, the oldest-established London club to have featured in the Premier League, were relegated from the top flight in 2014 after 13 consecutive seasons in England's highest division.

    The Cottagers have spent the last four campaigns in the Championship, narrowly missing out on promotion via the play-offs last year.

    And they are right back in the mix this term, having lost just seven league matches to date.

    While City ran out 2-0 winners at Craven Cottage back in October – one of just two home defeats for Fulham so far this season – the Cottagers arrive at Ashton Gate tonight on the back of a ten-match unbeaten run in the league,

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    Slavisa Jokanovic is hoping to guide Fulham to the Premier League as he did with Watford
    MEET THE GAFFER - Slavisa Jokanovic
    After relieving Kit Symons of his duties at the Cottage, Fulham went more than 50 days without a head coach before striking a deal with Jokanovic.

    The 49-year-old began his managerial career in 2007, winning two consecutive doubles with Partizan, before leading Watford to the Premier League.

    Contract talks then broke down at 55 Vicarage Road so the former Chelsea playertook charge of Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv, where he guided them to the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time in their history.

    His return to English football came just six months later after the Cottagers agreed compensation with the football club.

    His contract was extended with the West London outfit a year ago, keeping him at the club until 2019.

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    One to watch: Ryan Sessegnon
    STAR MAN – RYAN SESSEGNON
    One of the most exciting prospects in the Championship right now, it’s as though Sessegnon can do no wrong. He’s loving life with high-flying Fulham: he’s been compared to Real Madrid and Wales star Gareth Bale, starred in Nike’s new LDNR advert and picked up the Sky Bet Player of the Month award for January.

    The 17-year-old England winger is the club’s top scorer this season, leading the way with double figures following the creative freedom to push further up the pitch.

    He has dangerous pace too and having established himself at such a young age, he looks to be one to watch for many years.

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    Reid hit double figures for the season at Craven Cottage
    LAST TIME OUT
    Fulham 0-2 Bristol City


    Goals: Reid 29, Smith 40.

    Milestone goals from Bobby Reid and Korey Smith ensured a Halloween treat for the travelling City fans, as the Robins beat Fulham 2-0 at Craven Cottage.

    First half strikes from Reid - his tenth of the season - and a first league goal for Smith did the damage against their opponents who ended the game with ten men.

    Fulham had scored in every game since the start of September but City knew a win could keep them within a point of third-placed Cardiff City.

    And the game started with high intensity; Joe Bryan firing over within the first minute as he tried to replicate that special goal against Crystal Palace, before Stefan Johansen also went close for the hosts.

    Callum O’Dowda came within inches from breaking the deadlock just minutes later but for a fine, low save from David Button.

    The home side soon began to flex muscles of their own and only the crossbar denied Ryan Sessegnon from opening the scoring. The wing back was in again just seconds later, after latching on to a Hordur Magnusson clearance but he dragged his shot wide.

    Reid, who talked of his “natural”transition into a striker ahead of the fixture, put City ahead with a milestone goal. Korey Smith pinged a cross-field pass to Josh Brownhill, who squared a first-time pass to Reid in the box for a simple tap in. That was Reid’s tenth goal of the campaign and marked his second goal at Craven Cottage in as many outings.

    And the Robins doubled their advantage through Smith’s first league goal for the club. O’Dowda - making his third assist in two games - burst down the right-hand side, pulled a pass back across goal, where Smith pounced with a first-time shot that was tucked into the bottom left corner.

    Fulham: Button, Odoi, Ream, Kalas (Norwood 45), Ryan Sessegnon, McDonald, Johansen (Soares 67), Cairney, Fredericks, Floyd Ayité (Fonte 45), Kamara. Subs not used: Djalo, Kebano, Bettinelli, De La Torre.

    City: Fielding, Bryan, Pisano (Magnusson 9), Flint, Wright, Pack (Djuric 77), Paterson (Leko 69), Smith, Brownhill, O'Dowda, Reid. Subs not used: Steele, Taylor, Vyner, Eliasson.

    AND FINALLY...
    OfficialsReferee: Jeremy Simpson
    Adam Matthews and Nigel Lugg
    Fourth Official: Robert Lewis


    Betting (via SkyBet) City 13/8
    Draw 13/5
    Fulham 6/4
     
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    Fulham
    Wednesday, February 21st 2018

    City play host Fulham in the Sky Bet Championship at Ashton Gate on Wednesday night.

    Here’s a guide of what to expect if you’re heading to Ashton Gate.

    ORDER OF EVENTS
    09.00 - Coffee Shop & Store opens
    09.00 - Supporter Services open (phones/online until 5pm)
    12.00 - Sports Bar & Pizzeria opens
    17.00 - Matchday ticket office opens
    18.15 - Turnstiles open
    18.15 - The Retreats on stage in Fan Village
    18.45 - Team announcements
    19.05 - Team out to warm up
    19.45 - Kick-off - City v Fulham
    20.30 - Half-time interval
    20.45 - Second half begins
    21.30 - Full time

    STADIUM
    The South Stand, Dolman Stand and Lansdown Stand will be open for home supporters, including the Family Area and part of the upper tier.

    The Atyeo Stand will play host to the travelling Fulham supporters.

    TICKETS
    A crowd of 20,500, including around 1,300 away supporters, is already guaranteed.

    The match will be pay on the day for home supporters only. To purchase a ticket, call Supporter Services. Alternatively, the Matchday Ticket Office - adjacent to the Atyeo statue - will be open from 5pm until kick-off.

    The match is all-ticket for visiting supporters.

    PROGRAMMES
    As well as the usual selling points, programmes will be available for purchase in S2, S3 and D1 concessions. WellRed costs £3.

    LIVE MUSIC
    The band on stage in the Fan Village will be The Retreats from 6.15pm. Find out more about them here.

    PARKING & TRAVEL
    AG1, AG2 and AG4 First Bus routes will be operating as normal.

    For full information about Parking and Travel, click here.

    SPORTS BAR & PIZZERIA
    The new Fan Village will be in operation, with a raft of food and drink outlets, while the Sports Bar & Pizzeria will also be open from midday.

    STORE
    The Store at Ashton Gate will open from 9am. All sizes of home shirts are now available.

    SUPPORTERS CLUB & TRUST BAR
    Access to the Supporters Club and Trust Bar is via the Sports Bar & Pizzeria. Go through the main bar and up the stairs at the far end. The bar is on your left at the top of the stairs. There is a lift that takes you straight there as well.

    RUCKSACKS
    Ashton Gate Stadium asks supporters not to bring large rucksacks on matchdays, following advice from the National Counter Terrorism Office and Avon and Somerset Police.

    Fans will still be able to bring smaller handbags into the stadium, although these will be subject to the usual search process.

    An Ashton Gate spokesman said: “The searching process will always be subject to change and whilst there is no specific threat to any Sports Ground, we must ensure that we remain vigilant and the message to spectators is to ‘Be Alert not Alarmed’.”

    If larger bags are brought to the stadium, they will be subject to a thorough search, with a bag and tag procedure in place.

    https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/gate-guide-fulham/
     
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    Bristol City have defender Nathan Baker back from suspension for the visit of in-form Fulham, but midfielder Marlon Pack begins a two-match ban.

    Josh Brownhill (calf) is a doubt, while Fulham loanee Cauley Woodrow is unable to face his parent club.

    Fulham will assess captain Tom Cairney, who has been managing a knee injury.

    Boss Slavisa Jokanovic has no other injury worries, but may make changes as he looks to extend his side's 10-match unbeaten run in the Championship.

    Match facts
    • Bristol City have won four of their last five matches against Fulham in all competitions, losing the other at Ashton Gate last season (0-2).
    • The Cottagers have won each of their last three away league visits to Bristol City since losing 5-1 in April 1990.
    • Fulham are unbeaten in their last 10 league games (W8 D2) - the current longest such run in the division.
    • As a manager of English clubs in all competitions, Fulham boss Slavisa Jokanovic has lost four matches against Lee Johnson - more than any against any other manager.
     
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    In isolation, this would be considered a good result, but on the back of the run we're on, it's more points dropped. Promising performance though - we can go to Cardiff knowing we can give them a game & go for the win. They'll be rightly confident, but aren't likely to play us off the park.

    Unfortunately, it's looking like the automatic spot will be beyond us now, but we're still in the fight for the playoffs. If we miss out, it's a failure from this position, but if we finish in it, in form, we have as good a chance as anyone.
     
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    Yep 2nd spot way out of our reach,playoff a possibility,however points dropped again at home tonight.
    Draws are not going to win you anything.
    Better performance tonight though.
     
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    Yeah good performance tonight, can't knock it. The main things I noticed:
    - Smith and Reid, as always, were beyond immense. Losing them would be enormous.
    - Paterson is ineffective from the left. If we could sign an out-and-out left back, and have Bryan as a permanent left midfielder, we'd be far stronger.
    - Reliant too much on hoofball at times, despite the fact that when we played nicely we looked sharp.
    - I sound like a broken record but Kent trying to be Cristiano fecking Ronaldo does my head in. Clearly has talent but he needs to cut out the nonsense over-dribbling. Wasted more chances than he created.
    - Having Baker back is massive. Despite a few mistakes in distribution I thought Magnusson had one of his better games for us.

    Big one Sunday, bring it on.
     
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    Spot on with your comments Rob :emoticon-0148-yes:
     
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    I agree Rob, didn't see this game but the last few have been live down here and Kent just gets his head down and runs and runs, never looking up whilst running to see what options are around and invariably loses possession. I like parts of his game, his work ethic and tracking back are good, but he reminds of one of those toys from your childhood, you wind it up set it down and watch it try and make its way around the furniture without hitting something - it never does!!!!
    He needs to develop a wider football brain and fast or he will drop into the massive bucket of talented youngsters that never fulfilled their potential and will drift through the lower leagues. Hopefully LJ can I still that in him.
     
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    WOULD AGREE need 5 straight wins Cardiff 5 STRAIGHT LOSSES .... FROM VILLA AND 3 FROM DERBY .. FULHAM NIP AND TUCK
     
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