Wasanni shida ba tare da nasara ba, kusan kwalaye biyu da aka ci a kowane wasa, da matsayi na ƙasan teburin Premier League — farkon Alvaro Arbeloa a matsayin babban kocin Fulham ya kasance mai wahala sosai. Duk da haka, nasarori biyu masu jere na 1-0 sun kawo hasken bege, kuma ɗan Sipaniya yana gaskata cewa ƙungiyarsa tana tafiya kan daidaitaccen hanya yanzu.

Alkawarin da aka nuna a asalin faduwar 3-2 a hannun Chelsea a ranar farko ta kakar — wasa mai buɗewa da hari wanda ya nuna cewa Arbeloa zai kawo sabon zamanin bude wasa a Craven Cottage — ya ragu bayan jerin sakamako masu damuwa. Faduwa ta biyu da 3-2, wannan lokaci a hannun Crystal Palace, da kuma rugujewar da aka yi a ƙarshen wasa a hannun Ipswich sun tsananta yanayin kafin Arbeloa ya sake tsara tsarinsa.

"Mun kasance muna koyo daga kurakuranmu, kuma babu shakka muna cikin tsari," Arbeloa ya shaida wa Sky Sports. "Muna ci gaba, muna aiki tuƙuru, kuma zama ƙungiya mai ƙarfi yana da matuƙar muhimmanci a gare mu. A cikin kowace tsari akwai hawan keke na sama da ƙasa. Hakan dabi'a ne, amma muna kan daidaitaccen hanya."

Canjin tsari da falsafa

Lambobi sun ba da labarin wannan sauyin dabara. Fulham na ba da izinin matsakaicin 1.69xG a kowane wasa kafin canjin — adadin da ba wata ƙungiya za ta iya ci gaba da shi ba. A nasarori biyu na 1-0 masu jere a hannun Coventry da Hull, wannan adadi ya faɗi zuwa 0.67xG kawai — raguwar kusa da kashi 80 cikin ɗari.

"Ba mu ne mafi kyawun ƙungiya a wasannin buɗewa ba, mun fi kyau wajen sarrafa ƙwallon, sauye-sauye," Arbeloa ya bayyana. "Zamu iya zama masu ƙarfin harin lokacin da muke latsa, amma wani lokaci kuna buƙatar sauka zuwa katangar ƙasa ko ta tsakiya. A ƙarshe rana, dole ne mu kasance ƙungiya cikakkiya."

Kuma ya kasance fili game da buƙatar daidaita hanyoyinsa da 'yan wasan da yake da su. "Dole ne in daidaita da 'yan wasana — su ne mafi muhimmancin abu. Ba ra'ayoyina kawai ba ne, su ne da halayensu, da hazaƙarsu."

Garcia har yanzu yana nema mafi kyawun wasansa

Tsarin da ya fi ƙarfi ya rikitar da rayuwar sayan bazara mafi tsada, Gonzalo Garcia. Dan wasan hari mai shekaru 22 — wanda Arbeloa ya bayyana a lokacin isowarsa a matsayin daya daga cikin mafi kyawun 'yan wasan hari a duniya — ya yi guduwar mara ƙwallon da guduwar hari mafi yawa ta biyu a Premier League a wannan kakar, amma bai ci kwallaye a gasar ba tun wasansa na farko a hannun Chelsea.

"Zamu iya ba shi mafi kyawun sabis, musamman daga yankuna na gefen," Arbeloa ya ce. "Muna buƙatar neman sa lokacin da yake gudu. Yana da sauri, yana da ƙarfi. A matsayinmu na ƙungiya zamu iya yin mafi kyau a ƙarshen wasa." Kocin ya kasance da kwarin gwiwa cewa kwallaye za su zo, yana ƙara da cewa ga shi, gudunmawar ɗan wasan hari ga aikin ƙungiya gaba ɗaya ne abin da ya shafi farko kafin komai, kuma kwallaye suna zama ladan haka na halitta.

Kammala wasannin — darasi na Premier League

Wata damuwar ta musamman ita ce kasa Fulham ta kiyaye nasarori a ƙarshen wasannin. ƙungiyar ta karɓi kwallaye biyar a cikin mintuna 20 na ƙarshe — mafi yawa a gasar — kuma ta rasa maki biyar a wannan lokaci, Bournemouth kawai suka fi su a haka. Arbeloa ya amince cewa ƙarfin jiki maras tausayi na Premier League a waɗancan matakai na ƙarshe wani abu ne da har yanzu yana koyo yadda za a gudanar da shi, yana zuwa daga LaLiga.

"Yana da ƙarfin jiki fiye da yadda ake tsammani a nan, mafi kai tsaye, musamman a cikin mintuna 15 zuwa 20 na ƙarshe lokacin da ba a sarrafa wasa sosai," ya ce. "Dole ne ku kasance a shirye don waɗancan lokutan da wasa yake ƙarin buɗewa."

Tafiyar Asabar zuwa Aston Villa — wanda kocin da Arbeloa ya kirga a matsayin daga mafi kyawu a duniya ya jagoranta — zai kasance mafi ƙarancin gwajin har yanzu na gwargwadon yadda wannan ƙaramin shiri ya ci gaba da gaske.