Heskey was taken off in the 8th minute of this game and for the next 60 minutes the team showed how much he gives to the performances. If it had been another team playing us, we could have been on the end of a huge thrashing, but luckily it was Fulham.

Even the goal they did score was off the back off a Rob Styles blunder. The Hampshire Official was banned for a weekend for giving a non-existent penalty to Chelsea.

He showed that form with a decision to give Fulham a throwing when it quite obviously came off Konchesky. Styles then went against the linesman as he gestured for a Wigan throw.

All credit to Fulham, who then took the throw, banged it up field where Scharner was torn to bits by Kamara and Dempsey managed to sneak the ball under the advancing Kirkland.

This looked at the time like it was a class goal and that Fulham were going to go on and batter us. What actually ensued was the Cottagers wasting chance after chance and looking like their forwards couldn't kick straight. This started to make me think that their goal was actually a fluke and they normally play like this.

The rest of the first half petered out without any major incidents. The start of the second half was the same, until Hutchings brought on Skoko. This triggered us to actually play the ball on the ground.

Three minutes after coming on, Rob Styles decides Skoko should be for nowt. 15 minutes later we had our breakthrough. Melchiot was brought down in the box by Bouazza and Jason Koumas converted from the penalty spot. From a game that we could have been losing, Scharner had the golden chance to win the game.

The Austrian was 5 yards out with just the keeper to beat, but he fluffed his shot straight at Niemi and the Fulham stopper saved on the line. All in all we could have soundly lost this game, but in the end should have won.

By Jason Taylor (www.cockneylatic.co.uk)