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For much of this season Fulham suffered with a lack of depth up front. They are now spoilt for choice in the striking department as they enter March.
With a combination of January signings and players who have recovered from injury, Mark Hughes can choose from:
Dembele, Dempsey, Gudjohnsen, Kakuta, Kamara, Johnson or Zamora.
It will be a case of picking two from this list as Fulham play 4-4-2. Bobby Zamora is certainly first choice. His reputation at Fulham is immense after a fantastic season last year that saw him win a call up to the England squad last August. With Zamora a given, the question will be who can work best alongside him?
Let’s take the two Dems. Moussa Dembele was a £5m summer signing. Mark Hughes must have bought him with an intention to play him alongside Fulham’s best striker. Use Zamora as a big target man; and use Dembele to feed of his presence. Dembele is a skillful player, which could complement Zamora’s more direct approach.
Then there is Clint Dempsey who has proven his ability up front this season. He scores goals when they’re needed, so much so that this he is currently Fulham’s top scorer with 10 goals. But he’s playing left midfield these days so can be excluded from the list.
Next, the two loanees. Eidur Gudjohnsen and Gael Kakuta were presumably brought in as contingencies and quality contingencies at that. Both would bring skill and energy to a game late on. If Zamora were to be subbed off, then Gudjohnsen could replace him. If Zamora is still on and the other striker is subbed off, then it’d be Kakuta.
Diomansy Kamara? Well, he’s got pace and is good at running at defenders but unlikely to see a partnership with Zamora. Kamara has not much played much this season and doesn’t look like he’ll cut it. Still, don’t write him off. Sometimes he comes out of nowhere and saves Fulham.
And finally, Andy Johnson. Brought into the club at the same time as Zamora in 2009. They have a tried and tested partnership. It was successful as Fulham reached 7th with them playing most of that season.
So it’s a toss up between Dembele and Johnson. Out of promise and potential for what could be a great strike partnership, Dembele’s your man. For a player who is in form and has experience working alongside Zamora, it would have to be Johnson.
But hang on a minute, experience working alongside Zamora? They got to a Europa League final you say? Yes, that was Zoltan Gera. Fulham played 4-4-1-1 during that time, which allowed Gera to work successfully with Zamora.
But even if Fulham resorted to that formation again, Gera is an unlikely candidate. Having only played bit parts this season as substitute, the role Gera thrived at last season would more likely fall to Dembele who is being given a lot more game time and who’s style of drifting from midfield would also fit the movement of a 4-4-1-1 formation.
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