Fixture list baffles Coleman
23 Mar 2007 - 15:20:17
Fulham manager Chris Coleman is perplexed as to how the fixture list is worked out as his Cottagers side have been restricted to only two games in four weeks this month.
In contrast, Fulham played four games in nine days over the festive period and are scheduled to feature in three matches in just over a week at Easter.
A baffled Coleman told the club's official website: "We'd have preferred to have a game this weekend.
"The fixtures amaze me because at the start of the season you play three games in the first week.
"Then, towards the end of the season, when the players are fighting fit and warmed up, you have a two-week break and we've got just two games in a month.
"It's nonsense, but we have to get on with it and it's the same for everybody. We want games thick and fast because we want to seal our fate.
"This is the business end of the season. March, April and May are where teams are either celebrating or very unhappy. That's when you find out your fate.
"The pressure isn't on Charlton so much as they've already been written off, as have West Ham. But the pressure is on Wigan, Manchester City, Sheffield United and a little bit on us as well.
"We've been clear of it but the pressure is on us not to get sucked into the dogfight, whereas Charlton and West Ham are saying they've nothing to lose because they've been down there all year."