Match Thread Watford FC - Coventry City Match Thread - Saturday 9th Mar (3 Viewers)

[Brighton Sky Blue]

We're set up to be more attacking though . Last season we could lump it up to Vik and let him or Gus for the work . This season its more progressive and leaves us more open . Kitching will play a very important part in the run in for me

Which is fine but with that many defenders on the pitch you'd at least expect us to be tighter from set pieces than we are at the moment. If we're going to pack the pitch with defensive players there should be some more solidity at the back, not less.

 

[Martin180]

Which is fine but with that many defenders on the pitch you'd at least expect us to be tighter from set pieces than we are at the moment. If we're going to pack the pitch with defensive players there should be some more solidity at the back, not less.

Aside from Bidwell there isn't a lot of leadership or experience at the back currently

 

[Darth Robins]

Imagine how many it would be if we had actual footballers playing up front instead of two clowns.

I thought the clowns were in goal and the donkeys were playing up front? Then there's the garden gnomes that show up in midfield from time to time.

 

[fernandopartridge]

It’s not though, they were all over us for 40 mins and for large parts of the second half. A better team would’ve been out of sight.

Largely due to the central midfield partnership I think though. Sheaf will be a boost, and should give us more control.

TBF second half they had more of the ball but created nothing of note, I thought we managed the game reasonably well

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[wingy]

Does Torp's injury sound bad, or hopefully back in a few weeks? It's like we're never allowed more than 2 fit CM's.

He's bound to be ok for the post break I'd think.

 

[fernandopartridge]

4th win after being behind this season, all 4 have come this calendar year I think.

5th best in the table for winning from behind.

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[wingy]

WhatsApp group getting a lot of air on the highlights show!

 

[procdoc]

Which is fine but with that many defenders on the pitch you'd at least expect us to be tighter from set pieces than we are at the moment. If we're going to pack the pitch with defensive players there should be some more solidity at the back, not less.

Did we win the game?

 

[Ashdown]

No chance of surviving against Wolves if we are that slack in defence. A Team from the off or forget it

 

[procdoc]

No chance of surviving against Wolves if we are that slack in defence. A Team from the off or forget it

Yet we won the game. Beating Wolves even at our best is a long shot anyway. The gulf between the championship and the prem is massive

 

[Martin180]

No chance of surviving against Wolves if we are that slack in defence. A Team from the off or forget it

 

[wingy]

Yet we won the game. Beating Wolves even at our best is a long shot anyway. The gulf between the championship and the prem is massive

That goal conceded today suggested a team not switched on in anyway at all,an area for improvement .

 

[Martin180]

Yet we won the game. Beating Wolves even at our best is a long shot anyway. The gulf between the championship and the prem is massive

Gary O'Neil is doing an incredible job there

 

[MalcSB]

That goal conceded today suggested a team not switched on in anyway at all,an area for improvement .

Could do with a set piece defensive coach.

 

[procdoc]

Only one side is interested in winning this.

Fucking hell BSB, we outplayed them second half. You really were on a downer today

 

[Martin180]

Could do with a set piece defensive coach.

And a few more wide players

 

[procdoc]

We aren't good enough. We can't even impose ourselves on rubbish teams and do the basics. Top half finish for this side is a good result.

Going to be some tantrums on here in 20 mins

1) they are are not a rubbish team
2) any away game is difficult in this league
3) you are clueless

 

[procdoc]

People do rate him, some just go overboard and start talking about him being champions league standard.

He hasn't really done anything since he's come on but again some are talking as if he's won us the game.

Your weird dislike of sheaf is boring as fuck mate

 

[procdoc]

I mean it’s a great result, but the performance was horrendous. Massively papering over the cracks.

No it wasn’t. We played against a decent team and won. Fucking fed up of people being negative when we win

 

[procdoc]

Did we play well? We should have been 3/4 down at half tike

Well they didn’t create much that was clear cut so you’re wrong, again

 

[2024/25 League 1 Champs?]

Imagine how many it would be if we had actual footballers playing up front instead of two clowns.

better than a goal every other game now for Haji, and not far off that for Simms too

 

[procdoc]

What is tough about them? They had won 2 in 11

They still have good players you nause

 

[Martin180]

Not it wasn’t. We played against a decent team and won. Fucking fed up of people being negative when we win

So entitled some of them . They think we should be prime Man City

 

[fernandopartridge]

They still have good players you nause

The most relevant point is that they were a goal up and well on top and we managed to find a win

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[procdoc]

So entitled some of them . They think we should be prime Man City

Funny thing is, it’s people slating professional footballers when the only physical activity they do is walk to the fridge to grab another can of Stella. We weren’t brilliant today, it was a scrappy game in general. It was played at 100mph and needed a few players with composure to slow it down. We won in the end and defended like warriors. We weren’t shit, we weren’t brilliant. The comments throughout this thread are ridiculously over the top.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Fucking hell BSB, we outplayed them second half. You really were on a downer today

Perhaps. It was very poor first half and didn't look much better until Wright's goal.

 

[David O'Day]

Ismail sacked

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[procdoc]

The most relevant point is that they were a goal up and well on top and we managed to find a win

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We did some last ditch defending and were hanging on at points in the game but I thought we were very robust. We limited them to shots from outside the area a lot of the time.

 

[MalcSB]

Watford manager Ismael sacked.

 

[procdoc]

Perhaps. It was very poor first half and didn't look much better until Wright's goal.

I thought we were poor until we scored. After that we had more belief and the game was pretty much even from that point on. We withstood a barrage from Watford and to be fair I thought they were half decent

 

[fernandopartridge]

Ismael sacked and given a long service award on the same day, who'd have thunk it

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[Brighton Sky Blue]

Did we win the game?

Remember having these kinds of arguments about Southgate's England plenty of times. Good results are obviously enjoyable but aren't sustainable if they're coming off unconvincing performances.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

I thought we were poor until we scored. After that we had more belief and the game was pretty much even from that point on. We withstood a barrage from Watford and to be fair I thought they were half decent

Should have been well behind until that good bit of play to earn the penalty, then it was so-so up to Wright's very well taken goal and we created some more openings. Just felt that the system we're playing is making our work more difficult across the pitch.

We don't need to be spectacular at this stage of the season to get over the line, but we do need to be much more solid at the back than we have been in the last few months.

 

[Martin180]

Funny thing is, it’s people slating professional footballers when the only physical activity they do is walk to the fridge to grab another can of Stella. We weren’t brilliant today, it was a scrappy game in general. It was played at 100mph and needed a few players with composure to slow it down. We won in the end and defended like warriors. We weren’t shit, we weren’t brilliant. The comments throughout this thread are ridiculously over the top.

I'm waiting for our next bad run of form so @Saddlebrains can start another thread calling all our new signings shit

 

[procdoc]

Remember having these kinds of arguments about Southgate's England plenty of times. Good results are obviously enjoyable but aren't sustainable if they're coming off unconvincing performances.

Fuck Southgate, rubbish manager. He’s like a Tesco meal deal, bland. And I bet he has sex with his socks on