Watford at home match thread

[bexhill reds]

1 hour ago, old_eastender said:

Lets hope he shines in the WC and a prem team is willing to give us £15m for him in January.

Yep, would rather keep Scott for another season..

[E.J.Thribb]

A 0-0 where I’ve walked out feeling positive. Entertaining, and even better my Watford supporting mate hated it

[Bazooka Joe]

41 minutes ago, Offside said:

Really good performance. I had my doubts when I saw the starting eleven, mainly about King being CB, but he had a good game and marshalled the defence well. Conway was excellent and we were less effective when he was subbed. Overall we were the better side and deserved to win. 

After King's performance at CB today. maybe Southgate is regretting already having named his central defenders for Qatar.

 

 

 

 

[David Brent]

19 minutes ago, Tafkarmlf said:

Stupid question, where did Niges cut on his face come from post match in his interview?

Looked red raw. Hopefully not a shaving accident . Yelp!!

 

 

It was @Andy082005 getting his claws out 

[Bazooka Joe]

20 minutes ago, Tafkarmlf said:

Stupid question, where did Niges cut on his face come from post match in his interview?

Looked red raw. Hopefully not a shaving accident . Yelp!!

I believe they first appeared after our loss against the Blades.

Billy Sharp is the prime suspect.

[Superjack]

1 minute ago, David Brent said:

It was @Andy082005 getting his claws out 

Probably won't be on for a while then.

[sh1t_ref_again]

1 hour ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

November 6th 2021 at Coventry.

Last home penalty, 31st October 2020 at home to Norwich (Covid, behind closed doors).

Last home penalty with fans, 29th December 2019 at home to Luton. 

So we were due one today, as seems the frequency is about 1 a year

[glynriley]

5 minutes ago, Bazooka Joe said:

After King's performance at CB today. maybe Southgate is regretting already having named his central defenders for Qatar.

 

 

 

 

Other than being Welsh, spot on. 

[Mr Popodopolous]

1 minute ago, sh1t_ref_again said:

So we were due one today, as seems the frequency is about 1 a year

The only q is, are we including Cup games?

Because of the schedule this year it's now 50 and counting without a League penalty.

[sh1t_ref_again]

35 minutes ago, HappyClapper said:

Battered them …ish

 

looks even more impressive when you look at more detail of the 1st half, 2nd half was more even

[sh1t_ref_again]

highlights from sky https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/12745661/bristol-city-0-0-watford

 

[Rudolf Hucker]

1 hour ago, Fordy62 said:

When was our last penalty anyone please?

Don’t know the date but Gordon Owen missed it. 

[Sheltons Army]

Just now, Rudolf Hucker said:

Don’t know the date but Gordon Owen missed it. 

I know that’s a fib

Cos Gordon Owen never missed a penalty

[steviestevieneville]

1 hour ago, AshtonRobin21 said:

The overall result will be a big positive. 

I think we've controlled the game well and nullified Watford's attack. 

But we need to do more to turn these types of games into wins. That will be the difference at the end of the season. 

I don't think we've been a threat today. 

To be fair we should of had two penalties. Not just possible pens but nailed on . Keeper pulled of a hell of a save from Andi. Final ball at times I agree , twice Tommy should of played wells in on goal but both times they were poor balls . 

[Bazooka Joe]

6 minutes ago, glynriley said:

Other than being Welsh, spot on. 

I stand corrected. I blame my useless researcher. You just can't find reliable staff these days.

After King's performance at CB today. maybe Rob Page is regretting already having named his central defenders for Qatar.

[Midred]

17 minutes ago, sh1t_ref_again said:

highlights from sky https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/12745661/bristol-city-0-0-watford

 

No sign of penalty shout then?

[bcfc01]

18 minutes ago, sh1t_ref_again said:

highlights from sky https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/12745661/bristol-city-0-0-watford

 

Watford had two shots at goal and none on target, perfectly illustated by those brief highlights.

[Supersonic Robin]

2 hours ago, And Its Smith said:

Conway just wide, Weimann header and two penalties.  You see what you want though 

Agree we had some reasonable chances.

Also worth considering the ratio of our chances to Watford's - You can get away with creating a bit less if you don't allow the opposition to create anything at all (as was the case today).

Play like that and you'll win a lot of your games 1-0, and draw the rest 0-0.

Some stats from today:

xG: 1.15 vs 0.07

Shots: 9 vs 2

Shots on Target: 2 vs 0

[Top Robin]

1 hour ago, Red_Alligator said:

I'll take the point rather than bemoan the fact that it could well have been all three on the day. The application of the players was much more like it today. Well done lads. 

A quick look at the table may make you think a win would have been better 

[Red Army 87]

1 minute ago, Top Robin said:

A quick look at the table may make you think a win would have been better 

A win is always better than a draw…but in context this was a good point

Edited November 12, 2022 by Red Army 87

[pongo88]

45 minutes ago, Sheltons Army said:

I know that’s a fib

Cos Gordon Owen never missed a penalty

If only that is as true 

[italian dave]

Their RB, Gosling, who was carried off - seems to be a serious Achilles injury, and for a 32 year old not good. There seems to be a suggestion from some Watford fans that he’d previously asked to be taken off. That would explain why he just went down, and why he was so angry.

[Davefevs]

4 hours ago, old_eastender said:

needless corner given away by King

Was right in front of us….did everything right, until he swapped his head for a toblerone!

[Davefevs]

4 hours ago, Spike said:

Why is there a huge hole behind our two strikers!? Scott should be there, so frustrating that he finally gets a game where he can play there and he's moving about too much and leaving a hole in the middle where he should be offering and causing problems.

That isn’t how we set up today…and I think it benefitted us (and will do against the better teams who can pass it to makes us chase the ball).

James the more disciplined, central in the main, Scott and Williams more no8’s….but both were very fluid, with responsibility to pick up Choudhury w/o the ball…although starting positions Scott left of James, Williams right.

 

 

[mozo]

Haven't read this thread but just thought that was the best defensive display I've seen from us for a long time. Defending from the front. Always closing down and getting tight. It was the first time this season I've been really impressed with Williams and he made a huge difference to our solidity.

The back three were outstanding.

You can see our attackers are still out of sorts though.

[Northern Red]

1 hour ago, Top Robin said:

A quick look at the table may make you think a win would have been better 

When is a win not better than a draw?

[bcfc01]

24 minutes ago, Northern Red said:

When is a win not better than a draw?

When someone wants the manager out ?

[Davefevs]

4 hours ago, AshtonRobin21 said:

 

Not doubting we've been the better team. It's been the story on a few occasions this season. 

But we've also been saying "results will come" for a while. 

We've controlled the game, without looking a threat in my opinion. 

It's a very dull game. 

I really enjoyed it.  Went into the game quite fearful of a bad result.  Nige picked predominantly his “best” players, even playing Andi out of his best position, and we controlled a game against a top 5 team.  That gives me a lot of encouragement and shows with the majority of our best (fit) players on the pitch, even out of position, it’s ability and nous that will move us away from trouble.  We should’ve had a penalty (high kick on Wells), Conway got into good positions too.  Lots of physicality and tackles going in, winning the 45:55s too.

4 hours ago, RUSSEL85 said:

Clean sheet, played well. Should have won, but if you can’t win don’t lose.

Yep, 2 points from games where a lot of fans saw 2 defeats.  A bit of mental resilience from these 2 league games.  Lincoln was a mixed line-up that played poorly in the opening 45, that’s all.

4 hours ago, cityexile said:

Last 4 league games we have against Swansea, Sheff Utd, Boro and today conceded 1-1-1-0. Got a reaction today and deserved to win.

Suddenly the issue is scoring goals. Created enough in most of those matches to pick up more than 3 points. Not actually looking like a bottom three side and NP did get a reaction. Just need to score some goals is all.

Max now 8 games, 8 conceded, 2 clean sheets.  No save to make either.

Was it windy at pitch level…his kicks seemed 25 yards shorter second half?  Distribution good first half, a bit “slicy” second half.

[Davefevs]

4 hours ago, Taylor10 said:

Exactly this.

I thought according to all the experts on here that Keinan Davis was going to give King a hard time!? King didn’t break sweat did he!?

Without belittling King’s performance, James as a screen was so good today (we’ve been crying out fir that type of performance as a CM / DM.  They barely got a ground pass into Davis today.  And once Pring won that tackle on Sema as he cut infield off the right wing, their attack appeared toothless.

[Numero Uno]

4 hours ago, Taylor10 said:

Exactly this.

I thought according to all the experts on here that Keinan Davis was going to give King a hard time!? King didn’t break sweat did he!?

King did a great job on him today but I would have Davis up top for us in a heartbeat tbh.