Fulham’s David Button has told Get West London that he thinks the team to get tougher if they want to win more games.
The Cottagers had a tough match this weekend against Aston Villa and it was a great chance for Fulham to show that they could be contenders for a place in the Sky Bet Championship play-offs. However they couldn’t do it and they ended up losing to Villa as they continue their recent resurgence and rise up the league table.
John Terry has received a lot of ire since heading to Aston Villa but he bounced back against his former rival team Fulham by scoring the opener and his first for the Villains. Fulham did hit back just before the end of the first half though when Stefan Johansen. But they didn’t get off the blocks quick enough in the second half as Albert Adomah would get the winner just four minutes after the restart.
Button believes his team needs to get tougher to stop losing games like this, saying: “It comes down to being strong in both boxes, I think we had a couple of good chances which we didn’t take and they got a set piece and goal that was avoidable.”
“Based on chances, we probably should’ve drawn, but we need to understand when we come away from home teams will be strong and physical against us and we need to stand up to it.”
“We know we’ll be fine on the ball because we have the quality but we need to make sure we’re harder to beat.”
“It was a little bit more difficult [to get balls to the centre backs] but the conditions were hard with the wind but I felt we got it out okay and our better chances came when we did it well but looking back we could’ve done better in the first half but it was certainly tricky with their press.”
“It’s frustrating, it’s a good feeling when you make the saves but we need to get something from the game, when you lose it makes everything not as important but we’re still close to the top six and top two and we’ll keep on going.”
