Clint Dempsey will be looking to add to his tally of five goals so far this season when Aston Villa come to the Cottage on Saturday afternoon.
Dempsey's double last weekend fired Fulham back up the Barclays Premier League table and the US striker is certainly leading the line with aplomb in the absence of Bobby Zamora.
“Bobby has definitely been missed as he was on top form so everyone has been trying to chip in as much as we can,” Dempsey told fulhamfc.com.
“Any time you can score it helps your confidence and that was the case for me last weekend. We were down towards the bottom before the game and didn’t feel we deserved to be there so now we can look up the table again."
Dempsey is Fulham's current longest serving player and having experienced all the highs and lows over the past few years, Clint only has eyes for the top half of the table nowadays.
“You have to be cautious; you don’t want to find yourselves catching a bad run of form and find your team slipping away. The first two seasons I had here we were in a relegation battle that went right down to the wire.
“This time our goal is definitely to finish top-half and push on from there and hopefully find ourselves in a position where we can fight for a Europa League spot.
“The new manager has changed things. We play more of an attacking style and do it a bit different defensively. When everyone is fit it is very competitive for starting spots and I think the manager is doing a great job.
“We also have more experience of being at a high level after finishing 12th last season and reaching the Europa League final. We have the same nucleus of players, pretty much, and a few more that have experience now.
“You have to have a lot of depth in your squad when you’re in Europe but this season we can put everything we have into the league.”