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Opposition Q&A - Fulham v Bolton Wanderers

For the final time this season....

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So here we are. The last game of this most wanky of seasons for our beloved Bolton Wanderers.

Tomorrow we travel to that London to face Fulham, and our brothers at Cottagers Confidential have kindly agreed to take part in a little Q&A for your reading pleasure. I hope you enjoy it. You can also follow Cottagers Confidential on the old Twitter by clicking here.

1) How as Jokanovic settled in?

This is still up for debate. He hasn't made any decisions which you would call wacky, but his results haven't really been much better either. Which leads me to the belief that the players are the problem. Hopefully Fulham figure out how to identify players better in the next window, or next season could be another long and depressing one.

2) You signed Tim Ream from us - how has he been?

Invisible? He really hasn't played that much. When Fulham have played with three center backs, he often played on the left. He's also spent some time at left back. But since Fernando Amorebieta came back from his loan, he's taken most of the minutes you would expect Ream to get. Fulham's defense has been historically awful (if you win this game, you'll have given up less goals than Fulham this year), so you can't say he's been a success.

3) Do you think you can hold on to Dembele or Ross McCormack this summer?

I don't think there's anyway Dembele stays. He's out of contract and has rejected multiple offers from Fulham. I think there's a good chance McCormack stays. He signed another new contract this year, so he's locked up long term and very well payed. Unless Fulham gets a Godfather offer for him, I think he'll be in West London again next year.

4) Rate your season in terms of the Star Wars trilogy, with Phantom Menace being Bolton, and Force Awakens being Burnley

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I'm going to go with Return of the Jedi. You may saying to yourself, "Fulham barely escaped relegation, gave up a huge number of goals, and went through three coaches," shouldn't you pick a worse movie? I recently re-watched all six movies, and if I can separate ROTJ from the feelings I got seeing it in the theater as a six year old, I can see that the movie really isn't very good. I'd argue that it is worse than the other two prequel movies.

5) Give us a player to watch in the Fulham ranks

I'd like to say someone other than Ross McCormack, but I can't. He's that good. I think he's really the best player in the division.

6) Score Prediction?

I'd like to see Fulham come out strong, score at least three goals, and give us some hope going forward. Unfortunately, I think most of the players are already on vacation. I wouldn't expect much of a fight from the team. If Bolton score early, I expect Fulham to just give up. I'll say 2-0 Bolton.