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Talk about havs I worry about those late runs into the box against V because I’m sure that Bassie and toen as good as they have been are going to have a job on their hands trying to deal with the movement of Gabby Jus as we arrived our cameraman was like

You must have loved last night and are you confident you were like no not really cuz now you’re going to have to respond and and I feel exactly the same you’re like you are a better team than we are on paper that’s not I don’t think that’s disrespectful to say and it’s

Like if F get a result okay yes it’s at home and you should be able to maybe change things a little bit but given the record I don’t think that’s that weird how’s it going people welcome back to the channel welcome back to another box to box listen it’s fulam versus

Arsenal on Sunday chance for Arsenal to bounce back but fulam haven’t had the greatest results recently as well so they’ll be looking to bounce back joined here by the you know fan who comes on high high recommendation from Turkish very big fan of of of of you know your

Knowledge and your work around F and what you and how well you know your Club so let’s get straight into it the real question is whose New Year’s Eve is going to be ruined probably both considering the way that things have gone in the last couple

Of days look it’s one of those where I was thinking about this before the game I was saying probably would have preferred Arsenal to win 5-0 last night right and and it seems like a mad thing to say but now you’re like okay here where’s the bounce back and look F have

Had a really weird December so we had the two5 Nils everyone was like oh everything’s fit is great we’re sorted started to worry I oh no and then suddenly you know lose 2-0 to Burnley here go away to Bournemouth get spanked not even just a result but like just

Such a performance and against Burnley as well and then you’re thinking which FM’s going to turn up I suppose the question is which Arsenal’s turning up as well so I’m not confident I wouldn’t have been confident whatever had happened you know considering the way that Arsenal have played for most of

This season but you know if you turn up like he did last night maybe we got shot well this is the thing is it’s it’s what like you just mentioned there spoke about off camera which Arsenal TS I watch fullham terms up and you guys are

At home but obviously you lost to you lost to you lost to Burnley and and I heard I had um someone said that there’s booze here at Craven Cottage as well as as the team were leaving so it’s not good right now for you I I don’t want to

Get too down because we played well against West Ham we just didn’t take away take our chances but I don’t know if we’re going to I want to see us bounce back but you guys I’m sure looking for a bounce back from Fulham as well I think this is it right so you

Could accept losing to Bournemouth at their patch in the form that they were on that’s fine but here against Burnley who have struggled away from home all season you’re thinking right that’s a a chance of f him to bounce back from the Newcastle result I suppose the Saving

Grace is do the players come back in is William back in such a crucial player in this attack the way that things work we know he seems the only play well at the cottage you saw that but our record against you at the Emirates isn’t great

In terms of results but we always seem to give you a game I think this is the thing like you know obviously lost two one last year got the two or Draw this year those games tend to be tight fulam seem to turn it on for whatever reason

At the Emirates here at the cottage we’re nor good yeah we’re good here we wi three NS so that’s the strange one in that we seem to be able to perform against you at your Gaff and not at our own so I don’t know is the question R

Coming back in is huge because what happened with him I was try I was Scout with the Internet by the way trying to figure out why is he not was he injured is he been taken out the side sent off against Newcastle that’s what I don’t know

What of course sorry that on Saturday fo show on the that day I know I was like looking at it going I don’t know what I can say about that can I like there’s no there’s not much defending that to do so that’s that’s what it was of course I

Don’t know why that slipped my mind but I was just trying to find it I was like himz has been playing Mo moonz he’s been playing on top for you guys and doesn’t seem to be doing well I mean you haven’t scored he hasn’t looked to be fair he

Hasn’t had any chances and and that’s the thing it has nothing has been created for him but Silva’s side is so reliant on a player who can drop in M did this last season and there were question marks over what R did and what he brought to the table cuz he didn’t

Score for ages and every was like I’m not sure this is the guy but I think we saw in the five Nils whilst he wasn’t you know prolific if you will he wasn’t banging in Lads of goals I think he got three and three but it wasn’t like oh

Suddenly he he’s back it felt more like the entire attack was functioning again and so when he’s come out of the side of the last two games or three games including the Everton game it’s felt like Fulham have lacked any sort of impetus in that final third and ability

To get the wide players into play Harry Wilson had a stinker against Burnley but you know the exactly the games were before that you’re starting to think okay Wilson Willian suddenly they’re in the game in the right positions and that for me is what ra brings to the side he straight

Back I think he has to because the performances without him have been the Everton game away in the in the cup was great just in terms of result but equally FH and weren’t creating loads and loads and loads in that either so I think he comes back in to try and

Facilitate that and I wonder what that looks like with this Arsenal back line and I wonder what it looks like in terms of how Fulham try and progress because a lot of it has been down that left hand side as Willian and antie Robinson bombing on but we know about sck’s work

Right defensively obviously what he can do in the final third is one thing but coming back and and checking back into that area I think is interesting and Ben White probably going to continue with Tommy Yu injured you’d assume he hasn’t been great yeah we we we we spoke about

Maybe a Cedric coming back in because Ben White hasn’t really hit the return the C huge to know what I’m laughing you can get our team can’t get yours we laughed when we mentioned it but we actually put up a well I think James put up a very

Strong case for Cedric to start because has been playing through injury I think he’s probably right but it doesn’t make it that that changes things in terms of if Cedric plays F attack him if they don’t and it is Ben White I don’t know if Fulham channel that flank as much

Because of the way that sacka tracks right so you go then to the left back Sport and I think the zinenko wst he offers loads in possession Etc defens be vulnerable can also be exposed can Harry Wilson get him because if he can then suddenly that looks different maybe cuz

Daniel comes in for T and that becomes a more kind of fourth right yeah you know right hand side in trying to trying to get down there Martin’s work rate is good but not as good as sacket so is that we fullam attack and and try and

Get joy Wilson’s zenko scares me a little bit actually cuz I think I think wlson is a really good player and and I do want to ask is there would would a Dore or re be back in at this at this time that is it too soon for them as

Well because I I saw they’re injur but I don’t know if they’re I don’t D tror is is the world’s biggest myth apparently doesn’t actually exist I think we’ve seen him for about 15 minutes at your Gaff that was about it so I I can’t imagine he walks back into this side I

Can’t imagine look I can’t really imagine him being fit at this point so stop not just this game just ever Tim I think has been kept he has he has been injured but he was moved out of the side to allow bassi and toen to try and strike up a partnership it worked

Really well for the first couple of games there have been slight more question marks as they’ve been you know exposed a little bit but I think a lot of that is down to the fact that pinho has played badly in the last two games and he tends to turn up against Arsenal

As well I know it’s ridiculous he does he turns up against AR himz I mean he tried that audacious like bicycle our place and thought that could have been goal of the season wi but so there is there is there is threats in F I actually like Jedi as

Well I really like him I wasn’t actually funny enough with cona was in America well yeah was in America with him when he was playing for the USA really good guy and and a good player as well he especially this this season I feel like

He’s hit some sort of form I know there get better every season I think it’s really like impressive with Jed because his end product isn’t always there and people have questioned that when filam especially a dominant especially in a championship people like well he doesn’t he doesn’t provide those crosses that

You know he’s getting chance after chance after chance but when he is released down that left hand side especially when ful play a little bit more transition as we’re going to have to I think against Arsenal he is such a threat and he carries the ball so so

Well in those areas and I love that from him yeah he’s part he’s very fast and there and he’s got yeah a lot of pace on him powerful um it’s anony Robson by the way just for clarity because there might be some AR fans watching fish Jedi but

Yeah just funny with the T that was calling him and even at first I was oh who is that and found out who it was but um I also want to take a little bit of a left turn here for this box to box we have some players that were Arsenal that

Are obviously featuring for you guys and I don’t know I just want to get your thoughts them obviously we’ve got Leno AI um um I missing will I mean some people want to forget the Willian phase but those players for you though what have you made of of them I know it’s

Been a long time there’s not really much too much affiliation now but we have a goalkeeper issue when it comes to ramale and Rya Leno was the one that kind of you know felt the had to S res sacrifice for that because we brought ramso in but

What have you made of the fre players you know since they’ve been at Fulham Len has been absolutely Sensational and I think there’s a case to make over the last what 18 months that he’s been the best keeper maybe outside of Allison in the Premier League because his shot

Stopping ability and I think there is something to say that maybe he is more suited to a club like Fulham than he was perhaps to Arsenal But ultimately and I know that there is a lot of chat and I enjoyed the discourse around Keepers playing out from the back and being able

To start attacks and all that there does come a point we like I just need you to keep the ball out the back of the net and and Leno is exceptionally good at that and I think you know F and play slightly lower we have less opportunities

BL less opportunities to to kind of make that happen it doesn’t quite matter as much how well he knocks it around from there but he’s been perfectly fine in that regard from F I’ve never been there going Leno’s distribution is Dreadful he’s been incredible and I think

Probably if pin wasn’t here we’d be looking at berena as player of the season over the last you know two years probably it’s nice to hear that he’s having a wonderful time he’s back in the Germany squad it’s great to see and I think that that kind of sense of wow I’m

Going to rebuild and restart and for the price you sold him to us for i’ just like to say thanks but yeah look he’s been brilliant aov’s been a breath of fresh air this season and I think there was always more to him than what we saw

At Everton cuz those systems felt like they were restricting him a bit he’s suddenly sort of exploded into this player who carries really well he’s not always on it and maybe that’s the difference between a very very top tier player and someone slightly in in the

Tier below but when he does carry and when he does get on the ball and he gets into those spaces he’s been the player kind of pulling the strings in there and the way he plays with Andreas Pera Dov really nicely together duck in and out of each other’s spaces and they’ve

Learned to play together it didn’t start brilliant was a good Ball Carrier isn’t he he Ducks into the middle from that right hand side and Pereira goes goes out to the right then and suddenly you’re like oh okay people don’t know who they’re tracking where he’s getting

Those shots off from outside the AA which we know he’s good at and yeah I think he’s been he’s become a pretty crucial element this side I’m actually pretty concerned that H man Bassie and Bor are going off to oh yeah afcan yeah of course I’m a bit concerned about

Losing bassi and AI in particular in but you know it is what is an opportunity for to step up but he’s been brilliant since he came in and look Willian hasn’t had the best season this year last year he was phenomenal I think that he’s still got that thing that I

Think frustrated Arsenal fans at the time where he slows the game down when it feels like you’re in a mood to transitionally break oh that yeah we had the I know that pain from but his technical ability is still so good that often he still picks that right pass

Still makes things happen and I think we’ve missed him in the last couple of weeks to begin with I was like I’m not sure he fits this new kind of style that fulam are trying to exploit this year with with the pace on the counter but at

I think when he’s gone missing you’re like oh no very important so sometimes it is just one of those and and that’s it well listen it’s time so I want to ask you about obviously Arsenal it’s that time um you’ve played us already as you mentioned the two two draw at our

Place and caught us cold but what have you made of Arsenal this season because last season we didn’t 248 days on top of the Premier League didn’t win it people are all all the conversation hours were not as good as last season as we are

This season but what have you made of us do you think we’re still going to be up there and around it um come the end of this season yeah I mean I said on that first box to box that I thought that Arsenal will be closer to City this

Season if they didn’t win it at least it would be you know CL Clos than last intend points towards the end of the campaign I think it is going to be tighter and I think that what we’re seeing is Arsenal aren’t as fluid right they’re not as exciting to watch and

It’s not as maybe as fun in the stadium as it was last year agreed but is that a good thing maybe it feels less emotional it feels more secure and maybe the defensive solidity has slightly gone out the window of Tad in the last two games

But I think that when you look at it and you know you talked about the West Ham game I thought you were pretty good like it is one of those you’re right you are right missing Kai big time and I said in that first one I was like he’s going to

Become an important player for you this SE I can’t believe that I I never saw it that at the stage when we played you guys I mean that was it felt it feel so long ago even Ram wasn’t goal in that game but I never saw Kai being missed

And he was yesterday but available for the game against you guys on Sunday you need box crash yesterday right and and that was it there was no one on the end of those little dink balls into the middle and that’s the thing he’s best at was the thing he’s best at Leverkusen

Did it well at Chelsea to a point but there weren’t as many sort of opportunities and then you kind of look at you know the way that he he defends Corners he’s the front post man you can see from a corner at the front post like

It’s it’s just one of those things that you think oh it will be fine he’s not the crucial Cog in the system and he’s not he’s that’s right but there are certain elements where he becomes a really key player and I think that having that in there is going to be

Really interesting to see what that matches up against with fan we’ve been trying at home especially to play with Alone six in pin and two number number eight 10 Tom K’s played there a little bit and and been very very good when fulam have dominated the ball but in the

Last two games it has felt a little bit like it’s passed him by and I wonder if he goes for a slightly more defensive there with maybe Harrison Reed coming back in to to try and C that or Sasa lukic who’s got the height maybe to

Track hav in in those roles so it’s going to be interesting to see what what that goes out as yeah I look of good it is is it’ be interesting to see what he does in the Midfield cuz I think our midfielders our strong point and yeah if

You’re playing with two10 or 28s I mean that can be exposed or or we can dominate so it’ be interesed to see what he goes with who who are well who is the Fret the main threat for Fulham and who are you most worried about when it comes

To Arsenal because right now my mind’s all over place when it comes to Fulham I like Wilson U Pino like you men always has a good game if jenez is back it might yeah who who is is it is it Jimenez there’s not an obvious threat which I think is interesting considering

When you look at Fulham a year ago we’d constantly have to be like it’s mic it’s MIT and it was right the entire team and and the whole but the whole setup was geared around creating chances for Alexander mitovich it was stick those balls up at the back post let him attack

The fullback it was make that sure that you know he sits in the middle flicks over to Wilson and gets on the end of of the return ball Jimenez is a different player and it’s taken fum a lot of time to adapt to the way that he he plays so

I would say that he’s the key piece but maybe not the man who’s end up on on the edge of it and so whoever plays on the right I I hope it is Harry Wilson but it could be Bobby de over re it could be Alex aobi switched back over to that

Side whoever ends up on that right hand side for fulam I think probably is the danger man just because I think the zinenko going to be got out defensively and and look that doesn’t mean he’s not going to go up the other end and whacking through assists but I think

That maybe that’s the key and I think that you know I talk about havs I worry about those late runs into the box against vam because I’m sure that bassi and toen as good as they have been are going to have a job on their hands

Trying to deal with the movement of of Gabby Jus and they’ve played against some interesting Strikers but no one with the quality the Jesus possesses in terms of dragging players out of position that worries me look Jedi as you said had a really good game against

Saka last time out he did and T Orest Dan are both perfectly comfortable right backs and I think that that would be a good battle against Martinelli but someone bursting in from deep I think has the potential to cause F real problems especially Pini is still off it

I hear you you know you sound like an Arsenal fan in the sense that you’re saying himz is good but it’s to bring in the right wing are to probably score it won’t be him scoring I sound like when I speak about jayus so I’m like yeah I

Need Jay to be there to bring in the other players like it’s not we’re not looking at our Strikers to do the the goal scoring it’s more we need you to have keep the fluidity within our our team Liverpool won the league with firmino up top right like yeah that

That’s the best example of it so that is so funny to to hear I I need to know when you you know you do your ful imish podcast what is the expectation for fulam this season where are you as a fan where you what are you looking to get

From this season in the I mean Europe might be a big ARS even though it goes down to you know the top six I think it might might seven this year yeah so like where is yeah what is a fulham’s expectations or do you want to be mid

Table I’m interested to know look we were trying to secure I think and get back into that stay fil had that obviously 13e stay in the Premier League where things were very comfortable we got to Europe in that time got to a final had a you know great run and then

It went into this wild yo-yo kind of period and instead of having that between Seasons at the moment it feels like film having in month like you go from the highs of the 5 lose to Bournemouth and Bley you’re like all right cool I have no idea where I’m

Going with this anymore so at the moment it’s like this the optimism around the season is we’re in a caraba cup semi-final I think that shouldn’t be overlooked yes it’s against Liverpool where does that matter in terms of their priority list how does that change I

Don’t know yet and and I think that what filam have done in the carab cup is impressive because we’ve not ever been to that stage of that competition before it’s been what 10 12 years since we were in any sort of semi-final and I think domestic people were looking for a bit

Of a cup run and to secure Premier League football again especially when you got to the end of the window and you’re like you haven’t replaced Alexander mitovich what I’d like to see is Fulham go out in January and start planning for next season so you know bringing in a Defender defensive

Midfielder who might have to cover because look pelino isn’t going to be here forever as simple as that I don’t know if he’ll go in January I don’t think he will no that’ll be that’ll be bit Yeah I think that you know come the summer someone is going to come in and

Take him off our hands and look he deserves that shot at the very big time and I respect it so he’s he’s been brilliant for us two seasons and you know if he then makes that move I think he’ll go with the well wishes of of most

If not everybody but you know FM have to have some succession planning in there it shouldn’t be come to the Su be like oh God we got to get plon replacement look at it now look at who comes into that space look now at who comes into

That number nine rle R might have done well in the last couple of weeks but is he the long-term answer at 31 with a serious injury behind him probably not that’s what I would like for him to start doing and I know that sounds really like Off Pitch but I want I want

A succession plan I want to see that the squad is being built for the future and to try and continue to level up in the Premier League and look if that is 13th 12th 11th 10th you know 10th last season was an over you know an potentially an over performance and maybe it’s

Heightened expectations of of what actually is achievable I don’t think the top seven is in play I think maybe beating Li in the carabal Cup Final and then get into a oneoff at Wembley might be then then maybe that’s the route into Europe that be stay up stay out of the

Relegation Vortex and like it’s there’s a difference I think between being like okay we we stayed up by five points and it came down to the last thing you know I want safe by April yeah that that’s what I want from this season and then it

Allows you to build a platform right I like this I think that that’s actually very refreshing to hear I’ll be real because listen want to ask that question expectations you know you can go for the generic want trophy want silver want to be in these positions but sometimes it

Is those little steps or the you a more realistic approach like we want to put the ball back in the net we need a we need we need like cuz some people might even say little things when when I Arts fans at and they say look I want to see

An identity I need to see an identity for my club I like those sort of that so that’s that’s nice in that I don’t have to I spent three years doing it and then Marco Sil came in and I was like Wow fil having identity this is good and and so

It’s about developing that and bringing in the players who you know he has high expectations and high hopes and just signed a new contract I imagine that means that the board have given him assurances that there is going to be investment and the players coming in who

Can reach the ideals that he wants to get to but he’s also improved loads of players and that’s probably worth pointing out at this point and that’s what’s nice to see about this film side it is a bit up and down at the moment but I think everyone’s relatively calm

Good and no thank you again thank you as an answer actually I don’t know why I just I enjoyed listening to that let’s go to the stage where now we get to give our predictions which most times I just feel I don’t like giving score predictions I don’t like score

Predictions in in general in videos but as we arrived camera man was like you must have loved last night and are you confident you were like no not really cuz now you’re going to have to respond and and I feel exactly the same because of your results it’s like I don’t know

What what are you thinking how do you think it’s going to play what do you think the score is going to look I I think Fulham will come out with intent and I think that there is going to be that element of sort of first 10 try and

Get get into the game disrupt the Rhythm and try and put that pressure on if that works then we can see quite an interesting Affair if we go one up and then have to see but as the game progresses forar going to just progressively get deeper that is what’s

Going to happen unless we’re behind so I’m going to say my head says this fixture is dreadful for us my head says we probably lose it 31 but I think that there is heart says that if fham get the opening goal and can frustrate for 45 minutes frustrate the fans and start to

Get you know tety about who’s playing where who’s playing up top trying to bring on and I thought you know arteta switching and bringing ree Nelson into the into the side of for zinchenko last night and be like what formation are you playing anymore and I was like I don’t

Think that’s going to work man I think you got kind of stick with having an actual system rather than just sticking all the attacking he said all the attackers G you go on you go see what happens I was a bit like okay if he does

That I know they’re in panic mode and if we can get to that St stage and maybe fil Nick something so my head says three one up and my heart says one off I don’t think you’re far off from your heart and your head if I’m honest I I think it

Could be a one one which is ridiculous me saying because and I I don’t want to disrespect fulam but it’s like we should be winning 100% like like you are a better team than we are on paper that’s not I don’t think that’s disrespectful

To say and it’s a bit like if FM get a result here okay yes it’s at home and you should be able to maybe change things a little bit but given the record I don’t think that’s that weird exactly and that’s that’s why I’m so stumped

Because like you said if you get a goal early we if you sit in a low block I mean that seems like our cryptonite you get a goal early low block we haven’t got the ANW so that could happen I went with a preview on the preview I said 1

Nil but I actually think you could score um Lori went 2-1 I think I’m going to go I think I’m going to change that to 21 as well uh to Arsenal but I think it’ll be such a tight Affair there so many factors that play someone’s going to win

40 now aren’t they like I said whose new year is going to be ruined we’re we’re going have to see um but yeah I think that’s my that’s my score prediction and and again thank you for joining me and breaking down this game um from from a

Full perspective make sure you check out fish pod as well the links will be in the description as well and let us know your thoughts and and predictions in the comments below like the video if you like the video and I’ll see you again very soon take care everyone Peace aah