I’m overlaying this sport for five Stay and will likely be co-commentating with Ian Dennis.
For Fulham, the massive speaking level is their supervisor, and whether or not they may sink any decrease underneath Alvaro Arbeloa. He will likely be underneath strain till he will get his first Premier League win.
Fulham look somewhat bit light-weight to me and, whereas Cesar Palacios in midfield and Gonzalo Garcia up entrance have clearly obtained one thing about them, it’s at all times going to be laborious for any younger participant to hit the bottom working when they’re thrown into the Premier League, particularly underneath a supervisor who’s new too.
If you aren’t getting off to a very good begin, you’re going to be scrutinised. It’s the similar for each supervisor and, whereas Fulham have gotten some good attacking gamers, they’re delivery objectives on the different finish.
To steer twice towards Palace, who had additionally began the season poorly, and nonetheless lose makes this sport even larger for Arbeloa.
He’s making an attempt to play a excessive urgent sport, and he additionally desires to dominate the ball, however on the highest degree, which the Premier League is, in case you are not on level along with your press then groups will play via you.
Arbeloa wants a outcome to kickstart his season, or at the least one thing to seize maintain of, and I do not assume it is unattainable for them to get one thing at Anfield.
I actually do not assume Liverpool have cracked it after watching them win at Ipswich, and they’re going to hand over some probabilities with their excessive defensive position too.
Fulham will rating, however the issue for Arbeloa is that Liverpool will rating extra.
Sutton’s prediction: 2-1
Marc on why he follows Fulham: I went to look at Fulham as a extremely small child, which was my first reminiscence of ‘massive’ soccer, standing on the terrace at Craven Cottage, and I nonetheless go there now each time we’re not taking part in. I’m associates with the captain, Tom Cairney, so fortunately I get to look at them rather a lot. They’re fairly a novel household membership at that degree and I actually take pleasure in it, plus it is a good likelihood to look at Premier League soccer.
Marc’s prediction: Fulham have performed the other of what Brentford did when Thomas Frank left. They do not simply have a brand new supervisor to exchange Marco Silva, they’ve a brand new system and with new gamers. It is a massive gamble. 3-1
AI’s prediction: 3-1