It was a typical opening game of the season in many ways.

The last of the summer sun was still shining and there were a lot of tired legs on the pitch at 90 minutes.

Wanderers should have won and we deserved to win – and with a touch more luck, we might have claimed all three points against Fulham.

Johan Elmander showed glimpses of class. He’s had a decent pre-season and was unlucky not to score on Saturday. He found Fulham’s stand-in keeper David Stockdale in fine form.

His first effort, a turn and shot, showed a striker’s instinct that he has not always appeared to possess, and his second attempt displayed the speed and invention that was sorely lacking last season.

He is a much improved prospect, but only time will tell if he can finally repay his record transfer fee.

Chung-Yong Lee struggled to get into the game as we seemed to try to play everything through Martin Petrov, who, for me, had mixed fortunes on his league debut for Trotters.

He looked spritely enough in the first half, but seemed to tire quickly in the second 45 and should have been replaced a lot earlier than he was.

We were crying out for fresh legs and I would have liked to have seen changes on 60 minutes, rather than with just five minutes to go.

I wanted to see Ivan Klasnic given more time, maybe alongside Elmander rather than replacing him, and I was keen to see Robbie Blake, too.

I think he will turn out to be a good addition to the squad – but when you sign new players, you want to see them play.

Bobby Zamora, fresh from making his international debut midweek, was a handful up front.

But man of the match Zat Knight, who was the last Fulham player before Zamora to be capped for England, dealt with him admirably.

Wanderers’ clean sheet has to be the biggest positive. We didn’t register our first clean sheet last season until after Christmas, so to get one on the first day of the season this year is a massive boost.

We need the Reebok to become a place where teams fear to tread again. With a touch more match sharpness and some good old fashioned 4-4-2 attacking football under Owen Coyle, I think we can do just that.