A blog of two halves

Before the match at Loftus Road last Friday, Whites’ boss Slavisa Jokanovic warned his players to maintain their discipline and avoid the unpleasantness of the equivalent fixture last season. 

Jokanovic was right. Plan A can work.

Slavisa Jokanovic was far from satisfied by his team’s 2-1 home victory over Hull City.

The international break is over and football managers are counting the cost.

After four disappointing results in the Championship, Fulham travelled to Ipswich on the last Saturday in August and won by two clear goals.

Fulham’s first four League matches have yielded just three points, two of them away from home.

The Championship season has begun – and already some Fulham supporters are feeling the strain.

After Fulham’s exhilarating performance last season all supporters will be looking forward to the new season.

Already this season I have expressed my dislike of the phrase ‘winning ugly’ both as a cliché and as a philosophy.

Sunday’s match will matter more to Sheffield Wednesday than to Fulham but it would be a morale booster for the Whites to extend their unbeaten run to six matches.