Well, Yes, We Do Suck (But We Still Beat Everton)

By: Prederick | March 16th, 2008

Brian McBride Is A Dreamy Man That doesn’t stop this man from being totally dreamy.

If you’re unfamiliar, my name’s Jacob and i’m currently the residing bag of hot air over at the Reading blog. I’ll be doing double duty for a while, helping out here with the blog for Team USA FC, or as it is better known, Fulham.

Now, while relegation is almost certain for Fulham this year, that man pictured above gave Cottagers fans around the globe hope with his goal today, his usual fare, a header, throwing himself in harm’s way to give Fulham three desperately needed points. The win (over Everton and fellow U.S. International Tim Howard, no less) puts Fulham on 23 points, two points behind still-sinking Bolton.

God, it’s great to see Fulham actually celebrating a win again. Now, as I said, i’m not going to stick my neck out and say this team’s going to suddenly salvage the season now. Fulham are, as they have been since time immemorial, utterly hapless on the road. Moreover, as much as I want to get behind the U.S. Internationals on the team, Clint’s been spotty at best this year, Carlos Bocanegra’s apparently been taking night classes at the Titus Bramble school of kamikaze defending (okay, that’s harsh), and thus far, Eddie Johnson has been like Aaron Lennon, but without the bad crosses (perennially running at exceptionally high speeds into cul-de-sacs).

Our defense is still pourous, our attack seems to revolve entirely around hoping that either Jimmy Bullard or McBride will somehow get the ball into the net, and i’m not sure if Danny Murphy is entirely aware of where he is sometimes.

But I believe, I do. Sure, staying up this year wouldn’t really solve anything, since Fulham have spent almost all of the past three years barely staying up. And the team really needs to get shot of Al-Fayed. Not to mention getting rid of just about anyone even loosely associated with the mistake that was Lawrie Sanchez.

But you know what? Newcastle is next week. They’re playing a six-pointer with Birmingham on Monday, and by god, if they lose, I think they’re there for the taking, even if we’re traveling to St. James’s park, which, as previously stated, is generally a death warrant for Fulham. But Newcastle have been a team with no heart, no drive, no anything since King Kevin arrived, and, god willing, Fulham will finally have gotten a fire lit under their behinds, and will play their legs off. It’s a relegation dogfight for god’s sake, so let’s start scrapping.

The Great Escape
I believe. I may be an idiot, but I do.