‘Petulant’ Stafylidis annoys Fulham boss
Kit Symons made no excuses for Kostas Stafylidis after the Greek was sent off during Fulham’s 3-0 home defeat against Leeds.
Having just been booked for dissent, Stafylidis was shown a second yellow card only a minute later following a wild challenge on Sam Byram, leaving the hosts with 10 men.
Symons was clearly angry with the player – and confirmed that Whites striker Ross McCormack will be assessed after suffering a knee injury during the game.
“Players sent off certainly doesn’t help. It was a silly, stupid, petulant thing to do,” said the Fulham boss.
“The first one, talking to the linesman, 100% deserved a booking. It’s absolutely ridiculous – there’s no need for that whatsoever.
“The second one, so soon after the first booking, was rash. He dived in, It was rash and petulant.”
McCormack and fellow ex-Leeds man Matt Smith were unable to take several chances that came Fulham’s way and they are only one place above the relegation zone, albeit with a six-point cushion.
“We need three wins [to stay up} and it’s down to us to go and get them,” Symons said.
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19/03/2015 @ 12:09 pm
Haha ross and matt probably not worth 1.1 million between em never mind 11 mil good bit of business for us… Panic buying for you! Saying that your lot played very well considering the score.. But its the score that counts! We are leeds!! 😉
19/03/2015 @ 12:59 am
Could someone tell me what is going on at Fulham? 30 chances and nothing to show for it. Perhaps we need to buy an 11 million pound striker… Oh, hang on….