Fourteen years ago today the season was just about to begin and then, as now, a question mark was hanginging over the striker position. "Fulham striker Steve Marlet has yet to complete his first year at the club but he is already hoping for a fresh start with the club. After he became their record signing in an £11.5million move from Lyon at the end of August last year, his hopes of playing in the Champions League and at the World Cup were dashed. He missed the first half of the season with a knee injury and, when fit, he did not score enough goals to satisfy the Fulham faithful. Marlet was cast as an expensive misfit. Marlet said, "Maybe I have to learn to be more greedy for goals. I like to score, of course, but I also like to play for the team. At Lyon I was a winger and I had only one year as a striker so maybe I have to change my mentality a little. Personally, if I play the whole season I hope to score 18 or 20 goals." There's no if's regetably just lots of didn'ts. However, to stay on the bright side here's a clip when he did get one (an FA cup game in January 2002) -
