Fulham manager Slavisa Jokanovic says he has a ‘positive sensation’ going into this weekend’s home match with Watford.
Football.London write that the Serb is happy with the way his players have trained during the week and is looking forward to seeing that payoff.
Jokanovic also spoke about the impact of Tim Ream’s return to training, although the American is not yet fit to feature in the matchday squad.
Fulham have eased their way into their return to the Premier League, claiming a win and two draws from their first five outings.
With such a substantial transfer outlay and 12 new signings arriving over the summer, Jokanovic knew it would take time for his squad to gel.
In the week since last weekend’s convincing defeat at Manchester City, the 50-year-old believes the squad have made significant progress.
On that and Tim Ream, he said:
Ream is important for us – he’s an important player in our defensive four and a guy who has a habit of working with us and he knows better than other players what is his position and style of the team.Okay, I miss him in different situations during the start of the Premier League but I must be satisfied with my squad and be working with my squad.
I cannot blame my players after one month and a few days, I am talking about counting weeks, it’s probably around seven and a half weeks having all the team. Behind of us is a good week, we are working in the right direction and I believe we are calm, focused and we believe we make some improvements. My feeling is that the team want to show this improvement on Saturday lunchtime against Watford – my sensation is positive.
