Fulham’s six-game unbeaten run in the Championship came to an end in their 2-0 defeat Stoke City, and some are questioning Scott Parker's tenure at the club.

Scott Parker’s Fulham sit 10th in the Championship after Stoke got their second consecutive victory, as they look to be fighting back at the bottom of the Championship.

19-year-old Tyrese Cambell gave Nathan Jones’ side the lead after 15 minutes when he burst through the Fulham defence, and finished like a seasoned pro to get his first for the club.

Fulham fought back but Adam Federici in the Stoke goal went fairly untroubled through the game, and Lee Gregory put the game to bed when he scored from the spot with ten to go.

It’s cast plenty of doubt over Fulham’s aspirations this season, and Parker will have plenty to ponder before his team host Luton Town on Wednesday night.

Here we take a look at three things we’ve learned about Fulham from the weekend:

Three at the back doesn't work

For the Campbell goal, and the incident that led to the penalty in the second-half, Fulham’s defenders were found sprinting towards their own goal.

Stoke breached Fulham’s defence far too easily on Saturday. Parker set his squad up in an unfamiliar 3-4-1-2 formation at the weekend, and the change left them exposed in the middle.

Joe Allen had a field day slotting the ball through the middle of Fulham’s back three for Campbell to chase - Tim Ream’s lack of pace presented a major vantage point for the Potters.

Expect Parker to quickly revert to four at the back for the visit of Luton.

Slow at the back

It wasn’t only Ream who was blown away by Campbell’s pace, Alfie Mawson was also left in the dust and so too were the tracking midfielders in Harry Arter and Harrison Reed.

Fulham have fast players in their ranks but none who will be mucking in too much defensively, and that was a major factor in the loss at the weekend.

The Cottagers would’ve been hoping to dictate the game, and pressed Stoke high up the pitch from the off.

Jones’ side needed just 22% of the ball to put two past Fulham though, exposing Fulham on the counter throughout the 90.

Wasteful

A common talking point from Fulham’s games this season has been how wasteful they can be.

At Stoke, Fulham had 78% possession. They also had 11 shots and six corners in the game, yet still failed to get on the score-sheet.

They’ve one of the best strikers in the league in Aleksandar Mitrovic, and proven scorers in Ivan Cavaleiro and Tom Cairney too, but none came close at the weekend.

Fulham have score 20 goals this season, so the ability is clearly there. But any Fulham fan will tell you that that number should be higher, and so too should their league position.

Parker needs his team to be more clinical in front of goal to be serious promotion contenders.

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