Fulham midfielder Dickson Etuhu targeting top-10 finish

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Fulham midfielder Dickson Etuhu is targeting a top-10 finish for he and his team-christmates, a target which looked way off the mark before Christmas.

Following Saturday’s 3-0 win over relegation candidates Blackpool, Mark Hughes’s side find themselves six points clear of the drop zone and just three points off seventh-placed Everton.

Etuhu is looking up the Premier League table rather than down it and believes a place in the top ten is within their reach.

He told reporters: “We’re not thinking about going down, we’re thinking about going up and concentrating on that.”

“We know we’re good enough and you know there are still seven games to go. The league is very tight and anything could happen.

“We’re focused, the manager and coaching staff have a plan and we’re all together on it and it is working well.

“Obviously the top 10 is the target for us, but at the end of the day we have just got to keep getting points on the board.”

Before Christmas, Fulham were languishing in the relegation places and questions were asked about Hughes’ ability to lead the team.

Hhowever, since the turn of the year, the club’s fortunes have changed dramatically and Etuhu attributes the team’s improvement to Hughes and his positive demeanour.

He added: “The manager does not expect us to lose to anybody. He expects us to win every game and that is what we need.”

“That is what we need to believe and that is why we go out, especially at home, believing we can beat anyone.”