This weekend sees Fulham face a Newcastle United side who would go top of the Premier League with three points at Craven Cottage.
The Magpies have been a bit of a bogey side for us of late, winning all five matches since Marco Silva took over, but that doesn’t tell the full story from what are usually very tightly fought contests.
“Very good side, strong side,” Silva said of Saturday’s opposition. “From a technical, physical, collective point of view, they are a really good side.
“They are solid, they are physical, they feel comfortable defending their box. You can feel that they have some leaders there in that back four, and they are a solid side.
“They are strong in both ends, and we have to take our chances. When you have the chances, you have to take them and you have to be ruthless.
“They know that it is going to be tough as well for them. Our recent record against them wasn't the best in terms of results.
“After analysing the last games against them, performance wise I think, [in] most of them we were at our level. But results, they speak louder, always, and because of that I said the recent record wasn't the best, but we are going to work really hard to change it.
“We want to repeat some type of performance, but with a different result, and we have to write a different story.”
Silva’s first ever Premier League match was a 3-1 victory for his Hull City team over Eddie Howe’s Bournemouth, the first of many battles the two have had over the years.
“Very good manager, very good manager,” our Head Coach said of his Newcastle counterpart. “Already a long time playing against each other.
“I remember from, I think, one of my first games in England, was against him at Hull, and then Watford, when he was at Bournemouth, after with Everton at Bournemouth, too. It's been a long time already – some good battles.
“Very good manager and, as you all know, he had a massive, massive impact when he first came to Newcastle. It was a difficult moment for the club, and he completely turned it around for them, and they have been growing and growing and growing.
“Can feel the connection with him, players and fans as well, in a club with a massive fanbase. A very good job is being done in that football club, and it's going to be a tough game for us.
“And he knows, clear, that it’s going to be really tough for them, too.”