THE STAFF AND PLAYERS OF FULHAM AND CHELSEA HAVE HAD THEIR SAY AHEAD OF THE SW6 DERBY ON THURSDAY NIGHT.
Marco Silva
We know the type of opposition that we’re playing and we know the quality of the opposition side, even if they are not achieving the results that they wanted. We know for sure it will be a tough match for us. It will be the same approach, the same ambition from us. When you analyse them, we are not analysing the last eight results, we are analysing Chelsea as a whole, as a team, what they can do or not.
Graham Potter
Marco’s done a fantastic job. They have the belief, they’re built on that. They play with courage, they play with personality. The points they have are no accident; they’ve earnt them. They’re up there on merit. A tough game but a London derby and we’re looking forward to it.
Joao Palhinha
It’s really special, it’s a derby. It won’t be the first derby that I’ve played in. It’s a big game with really big players but we have our ambition. We know our value, we know what we can do on Thursday and we want to win in our home with our fans.
Trevoh Chalobah
It’s a tough moment. It’s only ourselves we can look at. We have injuries but we have to use the players we have and get through. We don’t want to complain. We have to work on what went wrong and look forward. Games are coming thick and fast. We have an important game on Thursday. We have to pick ourselves up and go again.
Tosin
It’s obviously a big derby, a West London derby, so we’re all looking forward to it and it’s going to be a big game. We’re playing at home at the Cottage. The crowd are always an extra push for us so hopefully they can give us that push.
