Fulham have made an incredibly poor start to their Premier League campaign.
Paul Merson spoke exclusively to Sky Sports about Fulham’s poor start to the season, and explained why he believes their best player – Aleksandar Mitrovic, is actually their Achilles heel.
The Cottagers have made an extremely concerning start to life in the Premier League, and they currently sit rock bottom of the table, having taken just five points from their opening 12 league outings.
Claudio Ranieri has now been tasked with the job of keeping Fulham safe, and that will be an incredibly tough task, considering how open and vulnerable they have looked this season.
Merson spoke exclusively to Sky Sports, and highlighted how Aleksandar Mitrovic has been Fulham’s Achilles heel this season, despite the fact that he is their best player:
“I have said all along that their Achilles heel is Aleksandar Mitrovic. He is their best player, he has been great for them and scored goals, but because he has no pace, they can’t play counter-attacking football. So they have to then play higher up the pitch and because they play so open, that is where they struggle.”
Fulham face a crucial five game spell over the next three weeks or so, with three home matches coming against Southampton, Leicester City and West Ham United, as well as away trips to Chelsea and Manchester United.
If the Cottagers are to survive this season, they must surely be targeting at least seven points from those three home games, and the way things have been going recently, that will be far easier said than done.
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