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They say if you are not moving forward, you are moving backwards. Progress might not always be fast, but making it is the important part.
Kevin arrived at Fulham on the last day of the summer transfer window with the millstone of being our record signing around his neck.
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His debut – a scintillating 20-minute cameo against Leeds United in September – got everyone at Craven Cottage purring, but he endured a patchy first 20 games, with no goals forthcoming.
The 22-year-old Brazilian now has three goals in his past seven games. Not enough to win him the Ballon d’Or perhaps, but it’s a welcome shift that indicates Kevin is starting to settle in to his new surroundings.
His goal against Stoke City in the FA Cup on Sunday helped us on our way to the next round, keeping fans’ hopes alive that Marco Silva can bring the first major trophy to Craven Cottage.
The scars of our abject capitulation to Crystal Palace are still fresh – and the vision of seeing the Eagles lift their first piece of silverware should be all it takes to fuel us this year.
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In many ways, Kevin represents the progress the club continues to make. He and new recruit Oscar Bobb, who made his first start on the opposite wing on Sunday, are both highly rated – and highly coveted – attackers in their early 20s, who both saw the appeal of this modern Fulham side.
If we can reap the rewards from these youngsters by helping them fulfil their potential while at the club, then who is to say where this progress might take all of us?
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