Antonee Robinson shed some light on the message from Marco Silva in the changing room at half-time on Friday night.
Fulham had lacked a little intensity in the opening 45 minutes and found themselves 1-0 down against Wolverhampton Wanderers, but a double change and some motivating words from our Head Coach saw us fight back to earn a deserved point.
“He just wanted us to come out and be a bit more confident,” Robinson replied when asked what Silva had said.
“We weren’t ourselves first half, people weren’t getting on the ball the way we want to, we weren’t playing out that well.
“We wanted to press a bit more aggressively, we obviously made changes which helped us as well, and to just go out and show the fight that we normally do every week, and it paid off in the end.
“I definitely see it as a point gained. We obviously went behind early on, and we were kind of under it first half to be honest, they came out firing.
“We like to start fast and we didn’t start with the tempo that we normally do, so we were really happy to come back in the second half and get something out of the game.”
Just before the equaliser, Wolves has introduced Adama Traore, but Robinson came out on top of his battles with the powerful winger, not least when he won possession in a dangerous area and then teed up Manor Solomon for his delightful goal.
“We were high up [the pitch] and I had the chance to be aggressive and get on him before he had the chance to get the ball out of his feet,” Jedi explained. “It was a case of winning the 50/50 and giving the ball to Solo.
“Players like [Traore] coming on, you’ve got to know what their strengths are, obviously he’s got pace to run in behind so I knew when he’s deep and can get a run, that I need to drop off and protect in behind.
“And then when he’s up the pitch and he hasn’t got a chance to run, I’ve got to try and get tight to him and try to limit what he can do on the ball.”
