Fulham v West Ham United: Video highlights and Zola manager of the Month
Sep 28, 2008 Fulham, Gianfranco Zola, Steve Clarke, West Ham News
Zola could and should be the Manager of the month, 2 games 2 wins and has kept his promise of making football for the West Ham fans enjoyable and attractive.
It was good to see West Ham continue their winning ways under new manager Gianfranco Zola with victory over Fulham today.
Two goals in the final three minutes of the first half turned out to be decisive, with Carlton Cole and then Matthew Etherington finding the net.
There was still time for Fulham striker Andrew Johnson to be sent off before the half-time whistle was blown, but a great day for Cole rewarding Zola back for his midweek fine and Ethers showing Capello that in time he could be wearing an England shirt if his performance stays as good as it has been under the influence of Zola and Clarke.
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September 29th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
One of the biggest highlights to me was (beside Mattys great game) Ilunga who played an almost immaculate game.OK, his totally disasterous throw in that almost left Zamora free in the box wasn’t beautiful and maybe some other small mistakes were also there, but still…Not only did he look solid defensively, he produced some very accurate and creative passes when possible. In my view he also chose the right moments to deliver the attacking passes, and didn’t hesitate to play the simple ball when needed.He also seem very comfortable on the ball even under pressure.The way he quickly got over Johnsons headless studs-in-ankle assault was also appealing - do we have a hard man here?Maybe he was not pushing forward as much as Konchesky or McCartney would have, but did overlap a few times.I hope that this is enough for Zola because I haven’t been so relaxed when watching a West Ham left back in a very long time.