Captain Fantastic

Yesterday's stunning defeat to Fulham did little for us but show that Scott Parker is one heck of a captain. Scott Parker ran the show for us yesterday and his substitution collapsed our midfield and allowed the Fulham midfield out the blocks and exposed our defence that is on the brink of complete meltdown. Our captain took a heavy knock below the knee and was unable to carry on for the last 10 minutes. Whilst Nicky Butt was OK, Fulham seized the opportunity to impress before Butt did and within two minutes of Scotty's standing ovation when leaving the field Fulham had an unlikely equaliser thanks to our stationary defence who left Routledge to wrong foot Ramage and whip in a cross (which wasn't that good) which somehow found its way THROUGH EVERYONE to the foot of Brian McBride. The second goal was even more of a mess. Titus Bramble left McBride (the best header in the Fulham team) to nod the ball against the crossbar where it bounced off Bocenegra on the line to shock the home crowd and indeed the visiting support. We weren't singing anymore.

Fulham did nothing for the whole game and we continually probed without making too many clear cut chances. Obafemi, Shola and Rossi were all quiet whilst Milner was mysteriously left out in favour of Sibierski. If he isn't injured, I am very angry.

Thanks to Match of the Day who showed our game at the appropriate time this week and provided adequate analysis, long may it last!