New boss Martin Jol does not want Fulham to become complacent after their 3-0 win over NSI Runavik.
Fulham boss happy after straightforward European win
Fulham manager Martin Jol does not want his inherited squad to become complacent after their 3-0 win over Faroese minnows NSI Runavik in the first leg of their Europa League first qualifying round tie.
Goals from Damien Duff, Danny Murphy and Andrew Johnson earned the hosts a convincing victory at Craven Cottage to seemingly set them on course for the second qualifying round.
A further 22 matches remain if they want to repeat their 2010 heroics of making the final, but the West Londoners look in a strong position heading into next week's second leg at NSI.
The triumph was also the perfect start to recently-appointed manager Jol's tenure, but the former Tottenham boss was not getting carried away.
"If I say [it is job done], you will tell everyone I said the job was done so I will say it's a good score," he said.
Fears
"We started off brightly the first five minutes and then it was difficult to find the spare man up front.
"The second half was better. If there was no possibility to play it up to Andy or Bobby [Zamora] you have to play down the flanks and the second half was better."
Fulham dominated the game from start to finish and Jol admitted the only disappointing aspect of the evening was that they did not win by five or six goals, especially after naming the strongest possible starting line-up.
He had hinted that he would blood in youngsters during the early rounds but named Danny Murphy as skipper, while also picking the likes of Brede Hangeland, Bobby Zamora and Damien Duff.
Jol may deploy some youngsters for next week's away leg after the 3-0 win, but quashed fears over the detrimental effect of the long journey.
Principle
"If we were playing on Sunday, for example, it would be a problem, but we don't have another game for a week," he said.
"We will use a principle of tapering off, so we will meet again on Sunday - maybe Monday."
He added: "Bobby Zamora is fit but, of course, he is not completely fit.
"But I think 80 per cent of the players are not completely fit. But to be match fit now it will take a couple more weeks.
"It is possible that we may use some youngsters for the second leg."
