Spotlight on West Brom

Fulham travel to the Hawthorns on Saturday and after two consecutive losses in the Premier League will be looking to bounce back against West Brom.

The last time the two sides met was in 2006 at Craven Cottage. On the day Fulham won 6-1. At the Hawthorns Fulham have a respectable record and have picked up points there on a couple of occasions since 1999.

Both teams like to play the ball on the pitch and I expect an entertaining game at the weekend.

Although Zoltan Gera has got himself on the score sheet a few times this season he has not overly impressed me. A strong performance against his former club would no doubt kick off his season. Gera will probably be one of the most fired up players in the Fulham side so it will be interesting to see how he plays. I believe he may be the difference between the two sides.

Andy Johnson is unavailable at the weekend so I am undecided who will partner Bobby Zamora up front. I would love to see Erik Nevland play from the start as I can see him and Zamora linking up well. But whether Roy Hodgson will play the two together is a different story.

I have a feeling that Seol Ki-Hyeon will partner Zamora as Hodgson favoured the two before Johnson was fully fit. I prey that Hodgson does not play Seol as I along with many more Fulham fans do not like his style or his mentality of play.

West Brom’s defence has looked dodgy over the past weeks so if the midfield and attack link up well then I think Fulham can penetrate their defence to the full extent.

I would like to see Fulham line up as such: Schwarzer, Pantsil, Hangeland, Hughes, Konchesky, Davies, Bullard, Murphy, Gera, Zamora and Nevland. However as stated before I think Hodgson is likely to play Seol instead of Nevland.