The first post

Welcome....As this is my first 'blog' i thought it best to introduce myself and give my take on the season so far....

My name's Rob, I'm in my early 30s and have a season ticket in the Hammersmith End. My first game at The Cottage was on Friday May 21st, 1982, watching Fulham play England! To be honest my recollections of that match are pretty limited although the programme on my wall tells me it doubled as a warm up for the World Cup finals in Spain and Les Strong's testimonial.

I've decided to set this blog up for a few reasons: To keep a record of my feelings during the course of a season; to give my take on news and rumours circulating and, perhaps most importantly, to help spread the word about London's finest football team.

Right, now for my take on the first couple of weeks. Despite two defeats in our opening three matches I still feel more upbeat about our prospects than I have done since we first got promoted to the Premiership. Call it naive optimism, but I truly believe we have the makings of a very good, solid team under Sanchez.

The major positive for me so far has been David Healy. This boy is simply sensational. A great signing whose stature and speed in the box has echoes of Michael Owen when he's on form. With the honourable exception of Jimmy Bullard and Geoff Horsfield, I can't think of another player in the last 10 years that has become such an instant crowd favourite.

On the negative side is the sickening injury to Brian McBride. In my opinion this could be a season-changing event - similar to losing Bully last year - and Sanchez must make good on his promise to give Healy a new partner with Brian likely to be missing until at least Christmas.

Right, that's it from me. As I say, this was only a quick introduction. Will post again tomorrow.