Ladies and gentlemen, it is showtime.

Please welcome the team of the Fulamish podcast.

It's the Fulamish podcast, your independent voice of Fulham FC,

and my name's Sammy James.

Welcome to the second edition of the Fulamish Annual,

where we take a look back at the season

that just was with snippets from the podcast throughout the year. Today, we'll be diving back

through the 2223 campaign for Fulham and giving a snapshot of the conversation at various

points during the season. We're going to be going all the way from preseason expectations

to Fulham securing a top 10 finish in May.

And despite the promise that automatic promotion would result in signings coming through the door early on,

that wasn't quite how it panned out.

However, on July 4th, Zhao Pellinia was the first confirmed transfer for Fulham,

and he turned out right, didn't he?

From what I've been hearing and from those I've been speaking to about Palina,

this is quite clearly almost a bit of a coup, I think, for Fulham, because considering,

I know that last season probably didn't quite hit the same height, even then, still an important

part of Ruben Amarin's sporting team.

You know, heading into the delayed Euros last summer, he was fantastic.

A linchpin in that sporting team, pushed himself into the national side,

adapted seamlessly a really solid player, a defensive midfielder who is

aggressive and win the ball back. And has also really improved on his ball distribution,

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