http://fulham.theoffside.com The only Fulham podcast on the planet Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:29:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Right, so there's another international break so sort out which (eleventh-hour ranked) teams will qualify for the World Cup. Things here will go dark until the trip to Brum in a week and a half. Until then, feel free to visit my tumblr if you want to keep up with whatever I ... http://fulham.theoffside.com/off-topic/another-lull.html Tom Wille, FulhamUSA founder and Fulham correspondent for ESPN Soccernet, penned a piece that I wish I'd thought of: Why All the Road Matches After Europa League Ties? Seriously, Fulham have (counting backwards) gone from Rome to Wigan, London (Roma home) to Manchester City, London (Basle home) to West Ham, ... http://fulham.theoffside.com/team-news/wille-is-onto-somethingloaner-report.html A fair 1-1 result considering Fulham were without any striker on the bench and haven’t won at the JJB, or DW, or HSBC or CIA or whatever the hell acronym-named stadium Wigan calls home since 1992. Roy "October Manager of the Month" sure caused many to scratch their heads by excluding ... http://fulham.theoffside.com/team-news/marky-mark-saves-fulham.html Stadio Olimpico translated into Spanish must mean Estadio Azteca because my lord that was the most comically biased game I've ever seen refereed. Funny, I was about to cite the Roma blog here (Daryl, is it kosher to start a cross-Offside blog feud??) but Dan beat me to the punch in ... http://fulham.theoffside.com/team-news/roma-and-the-ref-in-the-europa.html All the hoopla regarding the Champions League has driven me to focus on Thursday's fixture against Roma, perhaps out of spite. Sure, the Europa League is basically the NIT and doesn't amount to a hill of beans. But as Frank Drebbn once said, "But this is our hill. And these are ... http://fulham.theoffside.com/team-news/europa-league-round-4-preview.html Rich over at CCN has been having some fun with tables from days gone by to prove points about Phil Brown and Fulham's salvation. Although we're not yet at third-way, Roy often says it takes 10 matches to see where a club is going. Although I agree with him on premise, ... http://fulham.theoffside.com/team-news/tabling-tables.html In a rather bizarre twist, Elliot Omosuzi was loaned out to Charlton Athletic. Despite the fact that he was reportedly released over the summer. The offal says he is "still registered" with the club. And according to Charlton's offal: Although technically recruited on a month's loan from Fulham, England U19 international ... http://fulham.theoffside.com/team-news/loaner-report-112.html [Sorry about the delay in posting this -- it was Halloween yesterday after all...] There was an odd sense of confidence heading into this match that normally doesn't accompany visits from the Big Four. Liverpool were having a terrible season up until last weekend when they defeated rivals United and Torres scored ... http://fulham.theoffside.com/team-news/fulham-3-liverpool-1.html Expect a similar lineup that appeared last weekend at Eastlands. Danny Murphy, Simon Davies, Dickson Etuhu and Andy Johnson all remain injured. Thankfully, Liverpool will be without Steven Gerrard, Glen Johnson, and Alberto Aquilani. Excluding Stevie G, that's nearly 35 million pounds -- 56.8 million dollars -- unavailable. Fernando Torres will ... http://fulham.theoffside.com/team-news/liverpool-preview.html National teams aside, just where exactly does our team come from? A few may surprise you. View Fulham FC in a larger map http://fulham.theoffside.com/player-news/globetrotters.html