Source: Daily_Mail
Premier League preview: Fulham
Three things often forgotten about Mark Hughes: 1) His first name's actually Leslie; 2) His big, curly German hairdo in the Eighties; 3) His success in taking Blackburn to sixth in the League and two FA Cup semi-finals.[LNB]Moving to Fulham after their years of over-achievement with Uncle Woy and talking about a top 10 finish might sound far-fetched.[LNB]The only way is down, cries commonsense, but operating on similar resources to Blackburn will play to his strengths in the transfer market and effective man-management. [LNB]First task, convince Zamora to stay.[LNB] Oh what a night: The Cottagers celebrate the famous victory over Juventus last season[LNB]Boss's toughest jobWinning over the crowd. Fans seem non-plussed by Sparky's arrival and Roy wonder is some act to follow. [LNB]But it was the same with Hodgson, and look how that turned out.[LNB]Hiccup on horizonFulham's route to the Europa League final was a once-in-a-lifetime thing. [LNB]Trouble is that neither fans, nor owner Mohamed Al Fayed, will enjoy a dose of reality which could come this season. Sound familiar, Mark?[LNB]The numbers game1 - Number of goals Fulham have scored in each of their last four openers 46 - Fewest amount of yellow cards picked up in the PL last season[LNB]5 - But they gave away joint-highest number of own goals[LNB]Alternative sponsorEasyjet Famed for cheap and cheerful trips all over Europe[LNB]Ins/Outs In - Philippe Senderos (Arsenal, free), Jonathan Greening (West Brom, undisclosed)[LNB]Out - Chris Smalling (Man Utd, £8m), Elliot Omozusi (L Orient, free), ChristopherBuchtmann (Cologne, undisclosed), Wayne Brown (Bristol Rovers, free), Erik Nevland (Viking, free).[LNB] Bright Sparky: Hughes is charged with reaching the heights scaled last season [LNB]Keep an eye out forKeanu Marsh-Brown Age: 18 Position: Winger[LNB]Can also play at full back. Very right-sided, but this skilful trickster poses a considerable threat.[LNB]Fan's viewJosh Day: We dodged a bullet getting Hughes instead of Sven.[LNB]Fans' websitewww.fulhamweb.co.uk[LNB]Sportsmail's lowdown on all the Premier League teams
