A blog of two halves

Call him Nostradamus. Call him Mystic Meg. Call him what you like.

In the Championship match against Nottingham Forest, the Whites started the game badly but still achieved victory.

The mouth-watering prospect of an FA Cup quarter-final fixture against the Once-Special One at the Bridge can wait.

Perhaps I have no right to ask this as I live within walking distance of Craven Cottage – but why do some spectators take their seats long after the game has started?

Conor Washington should have made it ‘four goals’ in four games on Saturday as Lady Luck continues to scowl at QPR.

So we beat Hull, drew with the Scousers, thrashed the Gooners then took a point at Burnley.

While football writers salivate over Eden Hazard’s goal-scoring wizardry, the distillation process that determines who should eventually be dubbed Chelsea’s player of the year is already underway.

After the excitement of the FA Cup Fulham resumed the more prosaic business of visiting Burton Albion and then Birmingham City in search of Championship points to secure a place in the playoffs.

After two setbacks in the Championship, Fulham supporters needed a tonic and the 4-1 FA Cup victory was just that.

Fortunately for Ravel Morrison there will be no need to pack tins of baked beans into his luggage while at QPR.