Review

Statement received loud and crystal clear, Fulham are not here to screw around. Neil Harris' high-flying Millwall were unbeaten before their trip across south-London on Wednesday night but deary, deary me, Scott Parker's men pulled their cacks down and howled gloatingly at their *ahem* 'pride'.

Fulham win away from Craven Cottage. That's correct, three points on the road on a miserable night in Huddersfield. Break out the Champagne, we've basically gained promotion and we're only three games in. I've been reading BTEC Leeds United posts in EFL Facebook groups far too much and it really shows.

Nothing quite compares to that sweet, sweet smell of redemption on a Saturday afternoon. If we're deadly serious about returning to the Premier League, a victory on home soil was imperative. Blackburn Rovers, like the Whites, had a point to prove after losing to Charlton Athletic, so we were duly in for a treat of an encounter.

Order, order! We'll have no discontent or ill-temper in this court of inquisition! Venting over a lukewarm coffee, I write this with a pleading sense of rationality, no matter how vexed we were following Andy Davies' damning final whistle on Saturday afternoon.

Pre-season losses against Cambridge United and Burnley aside, Scott Parker's men have spent the last week-and-a-half or so sunning it up in Albufeira, Portugal, in preparation for their eagerly-awaited clash with Liga Nos superpower FC Porto.

Our last away fixture of the campaign and our penultimate meeting of the 2018-19 season ended with a 1-0 defeat at the paws of Wolverhapmton Wanderers. Nuno Espirito Santo's Wolves hunted in packs and restricted Fulham to scraps throughout the confrontation, and if the home contingent had a sharper bite, the score line could have been gruesomely unflattering for the Whites and their plump, penetrable underbelly.

"Down with the Fulham! You're going down with the Fulham!" Our first away victory of the campaign at the Vitality was highly satisfactory, but flooring Cardiff City was by far the most elating triumph of the 2018-19 season, even if Denis Odoi was slammed in the chops by Maxime Le Marchand.

Jazzy Hawaiian shirts, straw hats and an abundant array of novelty inflatables. Fulham were in town to soak up the sunshine and the Vitality Stadium, at least in the away zone, paralleled an all-inclusive sports bar in the heart of Benidorm. Regardless of what the result may be, the travelling faithful were going to unfold their deck chairs and lap up the Easter bank holiday's pleasant festivities.