Marco Silva aims to stop the yo-yo years and bring Fulham stability

07-Aug-2021 11:00:05 | The Guardian

After four years of promotion and relegation, Fulham want the former Everton and Watford manager to build long-term success with a talented squad

After Fulham’s latest attempt to escape Premier League relegation had run its unfulfilling course, Scott Parker identified the trend that has defined their last four years. “The rollercoaster and the highs and lows [are] not something you want,” he said. “We need to try and get off this rollercoaster that we’re on. We need to break that cycle.”

Parker will not be around to have a go, having decamped to their likely Championship promotion rivals Bournemouth. If Fulham, favourites for the title, are successful this time then it will be their fifth consecutive yo-yoing between the top two divisions and it is not hard to imagine a numbing effect taking hold. Football fans were not conditioned to treat the imposters of success and failure equally.