A blog of two halves

Call him Nostradamus. Call him Mystic Meg. Call him what you like.

In the Championship match against Nottingham Forest, the Whites started the game badly but still achieved victory.

The mouth-watering prospect of an FA Cup quarter-final fixture against the Once-Special One at the Bridge can wait.

Perhaps I have no right to ask this as I live within walking distance of Craven Cottage – but why do some spectators take their seats long after the game has started?

So we beat Hull, drew with the Scousers, thrashed the Gooners then took a point at Burnley.

Conor Washington should have made it ‘four goals’ in four games on Saturday as Lady Luck continues to scowl at QPR.

After the excitement of the FA Cup Fulham resumed the more prosaic business of visiting Burton Albion and then Birmingham City in search of Championship points to secure a place in the playoffs.

While football writers salivate over Eden Hazard’s goal-scoring wizardry, the distillation process that determines who should eventually be dubbed Chelsea’s player of the year is already underway.

While Chelsea´s hopes of regaining the league title and, with it, the fun of floodlit European nights at the Bridge do not entirely hinge on the weekend´s match against Arsenal, it will still be a key pointer to the destination of the trophy.

After two setbacks in the Championship, Fulham supporters needed a tonic and the 4-1 FA Cup victory was just that.