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The Captain
Tom Cairney
W
e couldn’t have
started 2018 much
better than we did
against Ipswich on Tuesday
evening.
Despite finding ourselves 1-
down at half-time, it was quite
a positive teamtalk at the break.
The gaffer just told us he wanted
more of the same as we’d played
well in the first half apart from
putting the ball in the back of the
net. We talked about not giving
them too many set-pieces as
they’d won a few wide free-kicks
in the first half, which was silly
from us, and we’d been punished
from one of them.
The red card for Jordan Spence
was obviously one of the main
talking points but I thought it was
the correct decision. It was just
a moment of madness from him,
he saw red and lashed out - you
can’t do that. It changed the game
in that we could attack them even
more and take more risks, but I
felt we’d always been on top.
Aboubakar Kamara now has four
goals in his last two games and
I’m delighted for him. No matter
what league you play in and no
matter how good defenders are, if
you’re a lot quicker and stronger
then it’s hard to stop. And there
aren’t many quicker and stronger
than him!
He’s now getting in good
positions and, not only that, his
general play has been excellent
these last few weeks. Hopefully he
can continue this run and keep us
climbing up the league.
That’s four home wins in a row
now, which we’re really pleased
about after struggling at the
Cottage in the early part of the
season. You aren’t going to do
anything in any league unless
your home form is good and
we’ve set ourselves up well for a
strong 2018.
We’re looking forward to facing
Premier League opposition in
Southampton today. The FA Cup
is always a special competition
and one of my favourites. I
got to a Quarter-Final Replay
against Liverpool when I was at
Blackburn in 2015 so I was one
game from Wembley.
I think it’s good for the fans to
see a top-flight team come to the
Cottage and nice for us to measure
ourselves against very good
players. People say that the FA
Cup isn’t Southampton’s priority
but they could play a strong side
today in order to end their recent
poor run. They won’t want to
lose to a lower-league team so I’m
expecting a tough match.
Enjoy the game,
Tom Cairney, Captain.
The skipper is delighted with Fulham’s recent home form...
THE CAPTAIN
“You aren’t going to do
anything in any league
unless your home form
is good and we’ve set
ourselves up well for
a strong 2018”
THE CAPTAIN
Tom Cairney
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