Fulham

2022 - 4 - 19

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Fulham Continues Its Yo-Yo Act With Promotion Back to Premier ... (Sports Illustrated)

For a fifth straight season, Fulham is riding the promotion-relegation yo-yo. The Cottagers secured a top-two finish in England's Championship by virtue of ...

As for which clubs Fulham could be replacing in the Premier League, two of Silva’s former employers are in the mix. Its return to the Premier League was short-lived once again, with relegation in ’20-21, but it proved resilient—and dominant—in the second tier this season, never truly having its latest promotion effort in any kind of jeopardy. Whether that will be enough to reinforce the club—and find a suitable replacement for talented 19-year-old attacking star Fábio Carvalho, who is expected to leave for Liverpool—and prevent it from suffering immediate relegation in 2022–23 remains to be seen.

Fulham cruise to promotion but must sharpen up for Premier League ... (The Guardian)

Marco Silva's entertainers have dominated the Championship but thoughts will quickly turn to ending yo-yo status.

The Shakhtar Donetsk winger Manor Solomon, a name once on the lips of Pep Guardiola, is admired and a goalkeeper to rival Marek Rodak and Paulo Gazzaniga has been mooted. But like with Olise, the Football Association faces a challenge getting Carvalho, who was born in Lisbon but grew up in south London and has represented England at Under-18 level, in its grasp. In the end, it was Nottingham Forest’s late push for the top two that delayed the inevitable. Harry Wilson, a £12m signing from Liverpool, has been revitalised after loan spells and shone as part of Mitrovic’s supporting cast, alongside Fabio Carvalho and Neeskens Kebano, who is arguably enjoying his best form six years on from signing. Carvalho has been this season’s Michael Olise, a breakout young player with a wonderful sense of gravity, and the midfielder equally appears ready to take the step up in his stride. The brutal reality is that Marco Silva’s attention will soon turn, if it has not already, towards becoming at least the 17th best team in the country.

Fulham promoted from Championship: Do Marco Silva's side have ... (Sky Sports)

Fulham reclaim their place in the Premier League for the 2022/23 season; Marco Silva will take charge of a top flight club for the fourth time after stints ...

Fulham must therefore harness the momentum gathered from such a successful season and put it to good use in the early part of the new term. He has got better at coming deep and linking play and is much more of a complete forward, registering a further seven assists. Regardless, Silva appears to know how to get the best out of his record-breaking striker. Relegation woe is followed by the joy of immediate promotion. But the race, in truth, is only half run. But this year, Fulham have pulled so far clear of the competition they have declared themselves winners with four games to spare.

Fulham seal promotion as Mitrovic reaches 40-goal mark (RTE.ie)

Fulham secured promotion back to the Premier League in emphatic fashion as Aleksandar Mitrovic took his tally for the season to 40 with a brace in a ...

The home side doubled their advantage just after the half-hour mark when Kebano’s ball into the box took a fortunate deflection into the path of Carvalho and he fired a first-time shot into the back of the net. The Cottagers had a chance to add to their lead in the 24th minute when the ball came in from Neeskens Kebano to Mitrovic and he backheeled the ball to Carvalho but his shot was wide of the target. Carvalho added Fulham's second and just before half-time Mitrovic made it 40 Sky Bet Championship goals when he took a touch and fired the ball past the Preston goalkeeper.

Fulham seal Premier League return as Mitrovic starts party early ... (The Irish Times)

Serbian striker scores twice to make it 40 goals for the season.

Preston’s Danish keeper then made a fine double stop from Carvalho and Mitrovic, heavily in the market for a hat-trick, as Fulham dominated possession and fans began to implore their heroes to shoot from all angles and distances. Soon enough, the game having petered out, Fulham could celebrate being a Premier League club once again as fans emptied on to the pitch. Joe Bryan surged in from the left, his angled pass finding the Serb in perfect position to stroke beyond Daniel Iversen. Embodying his club, Mitrovic is so potent in the Championship and yet has often been hugely disappointing in the higher echelon. Carvalho did not have to wait long, scoring from closer range with a flick of his left after Neeskens Kebano’s cross deflected into his path. The incomplete but already towering Riverside Stand suggests modernisation as a possible answer to how Fulham might stop being a yo-yo club. The planning starts now on how to avoid that state of summer limbo.

Can Marco Silva's Fulham buck recent trend and stay in the Premier ... (Independent.ie)

Marco Silva has guided Fulham back into the Premier League at the first time of asking with four matches to spare.

However, each of those stints were relatively short-lived, and he will be eager to prove he belongs in the top flight. And Silva has averaged 1.3 goals per game during his previous stints in the Premier League with Hull, Watford and Everton. Mitrovic managed just three in his last campaign in the Premier League and was often isolated, while only rock-bottom Sheffield United finished with fewer goals than Fulham's tally of 27.

Fulham and the Premier League: back once again (The Guardian)

Sign up to get The Fiver sent directly to your inbox. In Mitrovic, Fulham have a striker who has scored 40 Championship goals this season, a fine achievement ...

“There are hundreds of business projects with Spanish companies in Saudi Arabia. Why only the football can’t?” When you achieve something so important early in the season, that gives you time to prepare in the right way and we have to do that.” Tommy T reckons Manchester United, Arsenal and Spurs should have done better in the race for Big Cup qualification given they have all experienced early cup exits. “At Anfield we were treated to a display of sheer professionalism at the highest level. “Our physios made 71 treatments between Atlético Madrid and the semi-final against Liverpool,” he tooted. In Mitrovic, Fulham have a striker who has scored 40 Championship goals this season, a fine achievement that has prompted some armchair critics to flag up the derisory three the Serbian international scored in the top flight last season and label him a flat-track-bully. “I don’t know what’s going on in their heads or if they’re even following women’s football.” “WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE!” chanted Fulham’s ecstatic players and fans at Craven Cottage, a refrain they previously sung in 2018 and 2020, only to sink like Boris Johnson’s approval rating upon reaching the promised land. This guy was focused on the job” – Mark McFadden. It would be lazy and unoriginal to state that Fulham’s win over Preston on Tuesday guaranteed their relegation from next season’s Premier League, so needless to say that is exactly what The Fiver will do. Tickets to live shows in June and July are available here, so get buying. The Fiver has a new sister email, folks!