12 FULHAM.BEST PRICE 1,000-1 MANAGER Roy Hodgson Roy Hodgson (born August 9, 1947) is an English football manager. He is currently the head coach of the Finnish national team. Hodgson is probably best known for guiding the Swiss national team to the 1994 World Cup and Euro 1996; before that Switzerland had not qualified from December 2007 LAST SEASON Prem 7th FA Cup Quarter-final Carling car·ling n. One of the short timbers running fore and aft that connect the transverse beams supporting the deck of a ship. [Middle English, from Old French calingue and from Old Norse Cup 3rd rd BEST XI Cottagers could find it A Johnson Zamora hard to maintain form Dempsey Davies HOW did Roy Hodgson not pick up the manager of the year award In Major League Baseball, the Manager of the Year Award is an honor given annually since 1983 to the best managers in the American and National Leagues. The award is voted on by 28 members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. last season? injuries. The Cottagers used just 18 different starters and nine of those began at least 30 of Fulham's 38 matches in the Premier League. Etuhu Murphy No disrespect to Sir Alex Ferguson, but guiding his Manchester United team to win the Premier League is nowhere near as impressive as Hodgson taking Fulham into Europe. Konchesky Pantsil Hangeland Hughes A Europa League campaign will make life more difficult for Hodgson to stick with the same starting 11, and the vultures continue to circle above towering centre-back Brede Hangeland Brede Paulsen Hangeland (born June 20 1981 in Houston, Texas) is a Norwegian footballer, playing for F.C. Copenhagen and the Norwegian national team. 195 cm tall, Hangeland plays as a defender or defensive midfielder. He arrived at Viking from local club Vidar F.K. . Schwarzer It is imperative that Hangeland remains at the Cottage because the new signings - Stephen Kelly Stephen Michael Kelly (born September 6, 1983 in Dublin, Ireland) is a professional footballer who plays at full back (usually right full back) for Birmingham City. He is a full international for the Republic of Ireland. and Bjorn Helge Riise - don't totally inspire confidence and Fulham may struggle to sustain their level of performance this time around. Just look at the odds. United were 6-4 to take the title last season, whereas Fulham rewarded each-way backers at 150-1 in the without the big four market and made a complete mockery of relegation quotes as low as 9-4. Still, Hodgson does not need any individual honours to realise he did a marvellous job as the Cottagers finished seventh to record their highest ever finish in the top flight. TOP SCORER BETFRED LADS A Johnson 7-4 7-4 Kamara 5-2 9-2 Zamora 9-2 5 Nevland 6 4 Dempsey 12 7 E Johnson 10 14 Win only Others on request Brede Hangeland MAJOR TRANSFERS IN Stephen Kelly Birmingham Free Bjorn Helge Riise Lillestrom Undisc. Kagiso Dikgacoi Golden Arrows Undisc. Eleven home victories (that's as many as Arsenal and Chelsea) were the backbone of the fabulous season, although it would be important not to get too carried away given Fulham managed only 11 away goals in campaign littered with 0-0 stalemates. OUT Troy Brown Ipswich Free Moritz Volz Released Julian Gray Released Collins John Released Hodgson also got lucky with |
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