After the game against Ipswich Town on 5th January, Fulham's next engagement was an FA Cup game against Watford in 4 days.
(FA Cup 3rd round:)
(Fulham – Watford)
(Date: 9th January, 2025)
Despite the fact that Watford was an English club that competed in the Championship, the 2nd tier of English football, the FA Cup game was still a game that Sam attributed a lot of importance to due to various reasons.
The first and most important reason was the simple fact that after crashing out of the EFL Cup for the season already, he didn't want his club to crash out of another cup competition in his absence.
It was a knockout game and in knockout games, things don't always go as planned. An inspired performance from a single opposition player could spoil all the plans that Fulham approached the tournament with.
Having entered the flow state a few times himself already, Sam knew how powerful of a weapon it could be in enemy hand.
