A MOST

pleasing aspect of Fulham’s promotion is the anticipation of their survival. It used to be that doom was predicted for any team playing their way to the Premier League. ‘They won’t get away with that,’ was the sage warning. More steel was required, of the sort manufactured by coaches like Sam Allardyce or Tony Pulis. It is not just an influx of foreign coaches that have changed this. Eddie Howe at Bournemouth has shown it is possible to aspire, and survive. Now the Fulham of Slavisa Jokanovic are considered to have more of a chance than the Cardiff of Neil Warnock. Nothing against Warnock, but that’s a positive sign.