Recap: Fulham rediscover the winning feeling

Sammy rounds-up a positive weekend for Marco Silva's side

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Well, that was an enormous relief. Three points, three goals and a clean sheet. We knew we had to get a win over Wolves, I was relatively confident that we’d get the job done, but I did not see it being as comfortable as that.

All season I have felt like we haven’t had the luck to face another club at the right time. Whilst we’ve watched others fill their boots against the chaos clubs, we kept on facing tough opponents.

Wolves however, were as close to a gimme as you get at this level. A manager on their last legs making weird line-up choices where confidence was rock-bottom. After that showing, Vitor Pereira was unsurprisingly sacked on Sunday. The parallels with that 3-0 win against Villa which turned out to be Steven Gerrard’s last in charge are uncanny.

The match saw a return from injury for several players, most notably Harry Wilson who was a much needed boost on the right. Joachim Andersen brought much needed assurance at the back, and the fact that Marco could call on Muniz and Chukwueze late on is a game-changer. Samu was so unlucky not to score, I really think he will have a huge breakthrough moment very, very soon.

The biggest praise though must go to our full-backs. Sessegnon’s goal and assist meant he was awarded the FFC ‘legend’ of the match, but George Rossiter in our player ratings gave his biggest score to Kenny Tete.

I fully agree with George that Kenny’s inclusion in the team is so important. The drop-off when he is injured is palpable - I really hope he is able to show Everton what they missed out on next week at the Hill Dickinson.

In Owen McDonald’s column he said he hopes the three points are a “kickstarter for a winter revival” - and I pray that he is right.

Whilst there are tough games on the horizon, I think you can make a case that we have the chance to get something from all of them. Arsenal look like the only team in the league that are miles better than the rest.

Of course, we will lose some matches - but I’m feeling pretty optimistic that we can continue to roll with pretty much anyone.

If you haven’t caught it yet, I’d definitely recommend watching Dan’s fantastic Quick Take that beautifully sums up the match. Dan and Jack had recorded this at Craft Beer Co, sadly it was only accessible to trained lip readers, as the audio didn’t work.

However, the v2 (with added audio) was brilliant - and will definitely see you through until the podcast with George, AF, Dan and Jordan drops later today.