Go-karting to no-karting: Tom Cairney reveals why Fulham trip hit the skids

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Giuseppe Muro25 February 2019

Fulham captain Tom Cairney says the club was forced to cancel a go-karting trip planned to help lift team spirits because the insurance costs were too high.

The players had booked the team-bonding session away from the training ground earlier this month in a bid to boost morale as they fight to stay up.

Fulham, however, had to pull the plug on the idea when they discovered how much it would cost to insure the squad they have assembled for a total of more than £100million.

After Fulham were pushed closer to relegation with a 3-1 defeat to West Ham on Friday night, Cairney said: “It is hard coming to the training ground and keeping morale up. We did book go-karting but insurance was too high so it got cancelled.”

Fulham need a break in what has been a miserable season. They took the lead against West Ham but suffered another desperate moment when Javier Hernandez punched home an equaliser.

Defeat leaves Fulham eight points from safety with 11 games remaining. They face relegation rivals Southampton on Wednesday ahead of a tough run of fixtures in March.

“It is a must-win game on Wednesday, it is as simple as that,” said Cairney. “We have got some of the big teams coming up and no one expects you to get much out of those games.

“There is still belief but it is tough, I am not going to lie. On the training pitch it is hard not knowing where the next win is coming from.”

Asked if the players are still fully behind manager Claudio Ranieri, Cairney said: “Yeah, I think so. He has won the Premier League and has managed top teams so we have got to stick by his methods, stick with him and hopefully something will happen.

“It is still possible [to stay up] but we need to start winning games.”

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