Liverpool vs Fulham: Cottagers have a sense of impending doom

Liverpool travel to London to take on Fulham in the Premier League and the Cottagers have a sense of impending doom for the Sunday kick off.

And according to Friends of Fulham, their mob have a sense of impending doom surrounding the game and you can’t really judge them for it.

The Lilywhites have been poor all season. They’ve got a defence which has more holes than a Swiss cheese and a management strategy that essentially boils down to third time lucky. And when has that ever failed anyone?

So it’s not surprised that the forum isn’t exactly overflowing with hope and optimism. Mohamed Salah has gone through a dry patch recently and that’s making Fulham fans even more convinced he’ll bag loads on Sunday and tear their defence to shreds.

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Which is highly likely, come to think of it.

Another worry is Jurgen Klopp starting some of the fringe players. You know who we’re talking about: Divock Origi, Daniel Sturridge, Adam Lallana, Xherdan Shaqiri. Those blokes.

They’re the type of lads who can pull a rabbit out of the hat and surprise, but if they have off days Klopp can summon Salah or Roberto Firmino who’ll immediately start running the Cottagers ragged.

The sight of Firmino warming up will probably give Scott Parker a dicky tummy.

Fair play to the FoF thread for not sugar coating things. Nearly every comment predicts a loss, and you can’t really look much further past that.

Upsets do happen, and Liverpool will have to be on their toes. The Premier League is a snarling beast of a league and Fulham spent a lot of money in the summer. They have quality in attack. Aleksandar Mitrovic is good, I promise, while Andre Schurrle has pedigree and Ryan Sessegnon can and has got the better of defenders much older than him.

But all those things considered, and, well, Fulham are down the bottom for a reason and anything less than a 3-0 win will probably be seen as a weak performance.