Fulham defender Alain Goma says the Cottagers must solve their "frustrating" problems
in front of goal next season and admits the side is now feeling the pace.
The France international centre-back is urging The Cottagers' strikers to
be more ruthless but realises the failure to convert chances into goals
may not be rectified in the finale to the current campaign.
The contrasting standards of Fulham's attack and defence can be seen
by the fact that only three other Premiership sides - Derby, Sunderland
and Leicester - have a worse scoring tally than Fulham, while only Liverpool,
Chelsea and Leeds have conceded less.
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Fulham central defender Alain Goma
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Goma could only watch as his team-mates again failed to hit the net against
Liverpool last weekend, and in fact came close himself with a header which
was saved.
He said: "It was very frustrating. We had some chances again and
we couldn't take them. We conceded an early goal and from there it was
very difficult to come back. Liverpool are a strong side.
"We have to be more ruthless in attack. Sometimes in this league,
if you make one mistake, you are punished and so you have to take your
own chances. We have to learn from this and make sure it's better next
season."
The 29-year-old former Newcastle defender also knows the squad is beginning
to show signs of exhaustion, although they probably need only two more
wins to be assured of safety this season.
"It's difficult at this stage of the season," added Goma, "because
we've worked very hard and so we're tired from what we've done - but we
have to keep going."