After a good start beating Chelsea in the Community Shield and easily taking all 3 points from Newcastle United at home, Manchester United were headed to London in highs spirits.
It's no secret that Craven Cottage has not been a happy hunting ground for us these past few seasons, but surely that would not continue, with a managerial change and the loss of their number one, or could it?
United came out of the box guns blazing, despite [Wayne] Rooney's absence due to stomach flu, Berba and Chicharito were up front and looked good early on.
Although we had lots of possession, and took the game to Fulham, we didn't really threaten their goal in the way we should have given our domination.
Even at 1-0 through a great strike from Scholes, we never looked certain or assured.
Now I had seen this in United last season, when Rooney was not on the field at times we looked at a loss for real direction.
Berbatov played fairly well and looked confident on the ball while Chicharito, who some supporters, I believe, expect too much of too soon, was a none factor, but he is still finding his feet and I am sure will come good.
After Fulham tied the game again we took hold and pressured, forcing an own goal, but almost immediately gave up the lead with poor marking in the box leaving us with one point on the day.
So, is this just another case of a slow start, or early warning signs that our squad is not strong enough? Or is it simply that the Barclays Premier League is becoming a more competitive league and no game is easy?
Whatever it is we need get to forget this result and move on, with Chelsea off of to the start they've had we can't afford to have a slow start.
Contributed by Cory Milton / United In Canada
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