Today at 3:00 p.m. Crystal Palace and Fulham will take the pitch with the intentions of turning their Premier League seasons around. Live stream the game here.
Crystal Palace's season has been disappointing, but coach Ian Holloway is challenging his club to avoid relegation today by knocking off Fulham, who has also played poorly but should avoid getting axed from the Premier League.
"That would be a bit of a disgrace to Fulham," Holloway said. "For them they have had a mixed bag of results recently and then people were taking with a new owner and speculation grows.
"But Martin [Jol] is a very shrewd cookie and they have got all sorts of players there. Scott Parker is fit again and when you look at it they are used to this division. I'm sure they will have much bigger aspirations than ourselves and the truth is we have got to try and finish first of the bottom four."
Indeed, Fulham's 2-1-4 record and 17th place standing is peculiar. Jol doesn't expect his side's malaise to last. "Even when you're in the bottom three at Christmas it doesn't mean you will go down," Jol said.
"We've got a great team spirit, we've got new players in, I've got all these players, 80 per cent of the players are my players and the other players are here for at least two years, so there's no problem. West Brom you know, we should have beaten them, they scored in the 93rd minute, they scored the equalizer and a week later they beat Man United away from home. I spoke to my friends and to other managers, and they all know that it's not easy to get results in the Premier League."
Fulham has also been without the services of midfielder Scott Parker so far, and it is rumored he may return to the pitch for this match.
© Copyright 2024 Sports World News, All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.