Fulham can seal their Premier League return against Preston tonight
(Picture: Getty Images)It seems a strange thing to say about a team that are now rather limping over the finish line, but it is the emphatic nature with which Fulham have raced towards a Premier League return that is providing most cause for optimism that this time might be different.
Back-to-back defeats - a first for the season - to Coventry and Derby have delayed the confirmation of a third Championship promotion in five years (a statistic which tells you all you need to know about how the other two went). But should Marco Silva’s side finish the job at home to Preston tonight, they will have three-and-a-half months to happily look forward to the start of their latest top-flight campaign and, more importantly, crack on with preparing for it.
