News about Tom Cairney

Michail Antonio (left) has hit out at Roy Keane's (right) 'dinosaur mentality' after the Manchester United legend criticised players who host podcasts. The West Ham striker has co-hosted the BBC Sounds Footballer's Football podcast since 2021 along with Callum Wilson, and more recently, Fulham captain Tom Cairney. Keane, without mentioning any names, told the Stick to Football podcast: 'I think that [podcasts] can be a distraction for a player, particularly if you're on the back of a defeat, and you're in the next day and everyone is having a bit of a laugh.' Antonio, in his latest podcast with Cairney, has swiped back at the Manchester United legend and explained the advantages of hosting them.

Marco Silva has stated that if he had swapped more players during a frustrating first half against Nottingham Forest if he had, he would have slammed his team's poor start at the City Ground. Having witnessed his team suffer from a humiliating start to the game, the Fulham manager went to his bench after only 30 minutes of their 3-1 loss. Calum Hudson-Odoi opened the scoring only nine minutes before Chris Wood doubled the advantage for Nuno Espirito Santo's side. Despite welcoming Willian, Adama Traore, and Tom Cairney - for Alex Iwobi, Harry Wilson, and Sasa Lukic - the visitors fell further behind at the time.

NOTTINGHAM FOREST 3-1 FULHAM - JOE BERNSTEIN AT THE CITY GROUND: Nottingham Forest earned their biggest victory of the season on Tuesday, with Morgan Gibbs-White as the catalyst, noting the formula to climb from the bottom three. In a tumultuous first half for Forest that had been defeated 5-0 by Fulham earlier this season, Gibbs-White assisted and scored. Forest made a joke of their recent run of one victory in 13 games in all competitions, even though their opponents had scored ten goals in four games, starting the evening out of the relegation zone solely on goal difference.

A pair of Premier League players have talked openly about their time at Anfield, with Liverpool's roaring home support making a huge difference. Jurgen Klopp's Reds have always had a dominant home track, as they are bolstered by their followers on Merseyside, one of football's most legendary grounds. However, West Ham's Michail Antonio and Fulham's Tom Cairney talked on a recent podcast about their time at Anfield with Liverpool supporters.

According to reports, Manchester United bosses have the next Cristiano Ronaldo at their disposal. Ronaldo, unquestionably one of the greatest players of all time, played for United between 2003 and 2009 before returning to the club in 2021 and retiring in November 2022. Ronaldo made 346 appearances for United and scored 145 goals, while giving 64 assists. United United has a suspicion at the club that they have a player who will go on to be a big success like Ronaldo.

KIERAN GILL AT CRAVEN COTTAGE: The brass band playing Gimme!Gimme!Gimme! When Bournemouth's team bus arrived in Craven Cottage, they had to stop for a few moments to say their respect to ABBA. It didn't take long for the visitors to discover that Marco Silva's Fulham would not be silenced so quickly. This was a commanding display by the Cottagers, enough to make you wonder where they had been hiding in the midst of a poor run of results in the Premier League. Bobby De Cordova-Reid was at his best, scoring within five minutes and setting up the first of Rodrigo Muniz's two goals. Willian was a tour de force down the left, aided by the tireless Antonee Robinson and blending superbly with Tom Cairney.

ADRIAN KAYUMBA (Kadout): After Chelsea defender Malo Gusto escaped from a red card during their 1-0 victory on Saturday, Fulham captain Tom Cairney said he was 'bamboozled' by inconsistency in refereeing decisions. After catching Willian with the follow-through of a studs-first challenge, Anthony Taylor was only booked by him in the first half at Stamford Bridge. VAR Michael Salisbury's decision not to upgrade Gusto's punishment was a "mistake," according to Cairney, but the one that was overturned on appeal was just a yellow card... I'm just bamboozled.

MARTIN KEOWN TACTICS: Make no mistake, this is a big match for Arteta's team after losing three of their last five in the Premier League. As demonstrated in Arsenal's most recent loss at Craven Cottage, there has been one clear tactic used against them, and it is the way rivals are preventing their attack on the wings. The bulk of Arsenal's attacks came from the right-hand side, and although Bukayo Saka scored the opener within five minutes, Antonee Robinson and Tom Cairney prevented him from doing any more damage last week.

The January transfer window is now open, allowing clubs the opportunity to expand or trim their squads at the midpoint of the season. However, for those players who are in the final six months of their contracts, it also means that they will begin discussions with overseas clubs. The laws provide that they will line up moves to a club in another country for the summer. Given that there are no shortages of Premier League players nearing the end of their current contracts, we could expect a lot of interest this month to look at their next move. Here are a few of the main companies that are in negotiations with foreign clubs right now.

Since being forced to withdraw from the club's loss to Fulham, Arsenal fans have discussed online whether Gabriel Martinelli snubbed a handshake from Emile Smith Rowe. Despite Mikel Arteta's side winning early at Bukayo Saka, the Gunners' faltering form of late continued at Craven Cottage on Sunday. Marco Silva's side had previously failed after falling behind in the Premier League, but the team regained control on Sunday, with Raul Jimenez connecting with Tom Cairney's cross to equalize on 29 minutes.

Evangelos Marinakis, the alleged lanyard owner of Nottingham Forest, was found in a bush outside Fulham's grounds. The Cottagers thrashed Forest 5-0 on Wednesday evening, thanks to braces from Alex Iwobi and Raul Jimenez, as well as Tom Cairney. After a fourth straight loss, Forest boss Steve Cooper was sacked, leaving his team just six points clear of the relegation zone.

Fans took to social media to condemn Fulham's 3-2 victory over Wolves on Monday. During the tumultuous Premier League match, Michael Salisbury was awarded three points, prompting Wolves boss Gary O'Neil to state that his team was seven points worse off this season due to poor VAR decisions. After the match, Salisbury admitted to O'Neil that Nelson Semedo's challenge against Tom Cairney, which resulted in Fulham's first penalty, should have been overturned by VAR.

Michael Salisbury of Referee told manager Gary O'Neil that Fulham's call to award a penalty had been reversed by VAR after Nelson Semedo's fair challenge to Tom Cairney was overturned by VAR. Fulham Carlos Vinicius and Tim Ream should have been dismissed by PGMOL executives, the former for a headbutt and the latter for a foul in the box. After a string of mishaps this year, O'Neil was upbeat, and it seems his players are swollened.

PATEL AT CRAVEN COTTAGE: After losing to a penalty penalty at Craven Cottage in another game marred by VAR drama, Gary O'Neil maintained that Wolves are seven points worse off this season. In the second half, three penalties were awarded, two to Fulham, and O'Neil admitted that in a long post-match session in the referee's room referee Michael Salisbury admitted that he made a mistake for the first Fulham penalty, which was given after Nelson Semedo trapped Tom Cairney on the outside of the box. 'He (Salisbury) doesn't think the first one is a penalty because he believes he should have been sent to the (VAR) screen and he might have deleted it from the pictures we saw together in his room,' said O'Neil.'

Fulham may have felt as though a fourth-round trip to Portman Road was like walking into the eye of a hurricane on a night when Storm Ciaran threatened to batter some areas of the nation. In East Anglia, there was no sign of any howling wind or torrential rain. But visitors deserve praise for weathering the storm that is Kieran McKenna's Ipswich, particularly on their turf. To put it simply, the Ipswich people do not lose on home soil. It's almost time to remove the Christmas decorations from the loft, but the Tractor Boys have only lost once at Portman Road in 2023.

AADAM PATEL AT CRAVEN COTTAGE: The wait for a Sheffield United win continues every week. They are one of only two sides in English football to win in any competition this season. The other is Cheltenham Town in League One. With 15 minutes remaining at Craven Cottage, the Blades were level before Tom Cairney's spectacular shot and Willian's stoppage-time penalty gave Paul Heckingbottom's side their seventh defeat in eight. Heckingbottom, on the other hand, called on his team to 'enjoy' the challenge, stressing how they had fought to make it to the Premier League.

AADAM PATEL AT CRAVEN COTTAGE: This is going to be a nightmare for Sheffield United. They are now winless and rooted to the bottom of the table after losing their seventh match in eight in a game that was overshadowed by a horrific ankle injury to Chris Basham. 'We can't blame it (the crash) for the pain.' Of course, it will impact us for the remainder of the season, but Heckingbottom says "I don't think it affected us" (in the game). We still have a sense of naivety at this point, which is perhaps the difference. I can't fault the players' efforts. We're where we should be, but at the moment, the things that could go against us are happening against us,' he said.

Many fans - often supporting clubs that feature a talismanic figure - who live in fear - are counting down the hours until the window slams shuts with their prized property still in the building. Only a few months later will the charade begin again. Here's Mail Sport's round up of the most recent reports on outgoings for each club in our transfer special.

Exclusive INTERVIEW: Tom Cairney will play stateside with Fulham this summer as part of the club's preseason tour, but it won't be the last time the midfielder wears down across the Atlantic. Fulham will travel to the United States in July against Brentford, Aston Villa, and Chelsea, the country's third-place finish in the Premier League. And though Cairney's primary goal is to help his team lay the groundwork for another good campaign, he revealed specifically to Mail Sport that the prospect of living and playing stateside one day is "very exciting."

With a total of 21 goals conceded on Monday alone, the new round of Premier League fixtures delivered a slew of thrills and spills. With that in mind, Mail Sport has created a Power Rankings table ranked the top ten players in the Premier League following this weekend's action.

Dean Smith said he did not see Leicester's poor first-half results coming after they were defeated 5-3 by Fulham at Craven Cottage, throwing them deeper into relegation difficulties. The visitors were overrun by Marco Silva's side before the break, with Leicester - porous and disorganised in defence - allowing Fulham to rip into them and create a three-goal lead by halftime. Both Willian and Tom Cairney scored braces at either end of the game, while Carlos Vinicius added to the home team's hegemony, with two second-half goals from Harvey Barnes and a James Maddison penalty adding to the score's respectability, which did not reflect Leicester's frailties.

Fans of Leicester City's first-half, when the club lost 3-0 to Fulham in the first 44 minutes at Craven Cottage, causing a ruckus among its supporters. The Foxes attended the first of their final four games, which would determine Leicester's Premier League destiny just seven years after lifting the coveted trophy. Footage showed visiting fans yelling 'You're not fit to wear the shirt!' After the first-half's demise, the Leicester players' plans are changing direction.

When Chris Rigg goes to school in Hebburn this morning, he'll have a good story for his classmates. For a few seconds on Saturday afternoon in west London, 15-year-old Rigg - a Newcastle fan - thought he had scored the winner for Sunderland in front of a packed away end but it was later found out for offside. If it had been true, he would have been the youngest goalscorer in FA Cup history. Rigg is off work two days a week to train with the Sunderland first team and will take his GCSE exams this year. But it will be perhaps his biggest challenge this summer to determine where his destiny lies.

BY AADAM PATEL AT CRAVEN COTTAGE: It has been 50 years since Sunderland won the FA Cup, and although it may be premature to entertain such discussions, the Black Cats put in a thrilling match against Fulham to advance the Cottagers to a fourth-round replay. Sunderland's top priority, no doubt, is in the Championship, where they currently rank ninth and a play-off position after six years away from the Premier League, but Tony Mowbray's side showed no signs of abandoning the game lightly in a thrilling game that featured 39 attempts and ended one apiece. It was a good cup tie.