Beleaguered Fulham manager Felix Magath has called for
patience ahead of his side's Championship clash against Derby County on
Saturday.
Following the London club's relegation to the second
tier, Fulham have yet to pick up a point in their opening three games of
2014-15 and are only kept off the bottom on goal difference from Blackpool.
Magath's troubles continued at Craven Cottage on
Wednesday with a 1-0 defeat to Wolves and the experienced German will be
desperate to turn things round, starting against last season's beaten play-off
finalists Derby.
Steve McClaren's men have had a mixed start to the
campaign - taking four points from three games - and Magath remains optimistic
his side will begin to find their feet sooner rather than later.
"We are in a situation now where we need a win and
with three points from a game we will build up our confidence and I'm sure it
will work," he said.
"I can only ask for patience because we have a young
team. I know that it might be a tough beginning of the season but I’m sure
we're on the right way.
"It is a long season, not a short run in the
Championship, so I don't worry about the situation now."
Rock-bottom Blackpool face another winless side in the
form of Wigan Athletic and make the trip to the DW Stadium having beaten their
Lancashire rivals twice last term.
Another victory for Jose Riga's men would likely move
them off the foot of the table as Bolton Wanderers also eye their first league
victory of the season on the south coast against Brighton and Hove Albion.
Sami Hyypia picked up his first Championship win against
Leeds United in midweek, with the Yorkshire club enduring an inconsistent start
to Dave Hockaday's reign.
Hockaday bolstered his squad with Italian striker Mirco
Antenucci on Wednesday and the former Ternana man could feature against Watford
at Vicarage Road.
Ian Holloway's Millwall will hope to continue their fine
start to the campaign against Rotherham at the New Den, with London rivals
Charlton Athletic able to leapfrog them when they travel north to managerless
Huddersfield Town.
Top two Nottingham Forest and Cardiff City defend their
unbeaten league starts against Reading and Wolverhampton respectively, while
Middlesbrough will hope to inflict a first Championship defeat of the season on
Stuart Gray's Sheffield Wednesday.
Ipswich Town host Norwich City in the first East Anglian
derby of 2014-15, Brentford welcome Birmingham City to Griffin Park and AFC
Bournemouth make the trip to Blackburn Rovers.
Culled from Soccerway
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