Watford at home match thread

[Super]

Draw about right decent effort 2nd half

[Jose]

1 minute ago, mozo said:

15 shots, 6 on target so far. I can't believe how everyone is so negative about our performance today.

It’s dull. Bar the goal we’ve only looked like scoring by a set piece . It’s a snooze fest. Points wise we are going nowhere at the moment.

[old_eastender]

FT 1-1, fair result, we created more in the 2nd half. Twine's deliveries from FKs and Corners good.

 

[ExiledAjax]

1 minute ago, mozo said:

15 shots, 6 on target so far. I can't believe how everyone is so negative about our performance today.

Yeh I thought was a fine, maybe even good, performance. Twine settled in through the game, and the set pieces look good. Decent performance and result.

[mozo]

Just now, petehinton said:

That was another hard watch

Or... that was another hard game!

[bexhill reds]

Just now, petehinton said:

That was another hard watch

2 pretty even sided teams who cancelled each out. Not a bad home point in the scheme of things

[luke_bristol]

Great to see Twine on the scoresheet, but there’s no way we’ll get top 6 on this showing. 

[NewquayRed]

Solid point against a decent team, we really are only a few signings away from being a very good team 

[cityexile]

Much better match than recent fare in the league. Could have lost it, could have won it, fair enough. Set piece delivery on another level with Twine.

[RollsRoyce]

Pretty even game overall. Lots of hard work, little in the way of flowing football. Typical Championship game.  

[RoystonFoote'snephew]

That was a predictable result. The number of times we draw with Watford, especially at the Gate, is almost of biblical proportions. 

[Super]

Just now, luke_bristol said:

Great to see Twine on the scoresheet, but there’s no way we’ll get top 6 on this showing. 

Forget the top 6.

[pillred]

SSn presenter effs it up again, had to replay it a couple of times just to hear how bad it was.

[Barrs Court Red]

Should have won that, but then I suspect Watford will feel the same. 

[cellist]

Said it earlier - they have some good players! We did really well to get back into the game from 0-1, and showed some good signs. Twine hit the ground running and put in several dangerous dead balls, we pressed and got in their faces, had them running back towards their own goal at times. Wasn't the constant back and forth between Tanner and Vyner that we've seen in some games. We played a lot better than we have done in the league recently - but Watford were also better than what we've come up against. Take a point and a solid performance and move on - free hit on Friday against Forest and hopefully another good atmosphere under the lights. Looking forward to it.

[mozo]

Just now, ExiledAjax said:

Yeh I thought was a fine, maybe even good, performance. Twine settled in through the game, and the set pieces look good. Decent performance and result.

100% agree. Always a difficult game, made harder by Dickie hanging his arm in the air to give them a pen, but overall I think we shaded it. 

Unusual for City to have so many headed chances. Twine scored a really good one. McCrorie wasted one. Dickie and Pring nearly scored with headers.

[22A]

1 minute ago, bexhill reds said:

2 pretty even sided teams who cancelled each out. Not a bad home point in the scheme of things

agreed. If we had drawn 1-1 up there and won 4-1 today, we'd all be ecstatic.

[RedRoss]

1 minute ago, petehinton said:

That was another hard watch

I thought they battled really well. As did we.

[luke_bristol]

Just now, Super said:

Forget the top 6.

Tell the board

[Jose]

1 minute ago, mozo said:

Or... that was another hard game!

Yep Cov next. Then Leeds. Oh then Boro. Not forgetting Southampton. So better not expect t0o much excitement from them…………

[mozo]

3 minutes ago, Jose said:

It’s dull. Bar the goal we’ve only looked like scoring by a set piece . It’s a snooze fest. Points wise we are going nowhere at the moment.

We were playing Watford, not Swindon Town. What were you expecting?

[Jose]

Just now, mozo said:

We were playing Watford, not Swindon Town. What were you expecting?

FRONT FOOT FOOTBALL 

[mozo]

Just now, Jose said:

Yep Cov next. Then Leeds. Oh then Boro. Not forgetting Southampton. So better not expect t0o much excitement from them…………

To manage expectations, don't expect us to run rings around those teams with free-flowing samba football and flicks n tricks! Those is a competitive league and Watford would have been 6th if they'd have held onto their lead.

[cellist]

Next few league games are very tough on paper. If we play like we did today - we'll pick up a few points, but we won't win them all. The last three league games were very, very poor. But this sort of run is where Manning's whole spiel about not getting too emotional rings true. 

[petehinton]

3 minutes ago, mozo said:

Or... that was another hard game!

 

4 minutes ago, bexhill reds said:

2 pretty even sided teams who cancelled each out. Not a bad home point in the scheme of things

I would just like to actually see some chances actually created in a home game, and see a home win that doesn’t need a penalty. That’s just facts to me, don’t think that’s being too overly negative.  
 

As I’ve said before, is just yet another season where it feels like “just get to the summer and go again”. 

[mozo]

So those 15 shots and several headers on goal came from passing back to O'Leary?

Just now, petehinton said:

 

I would just like to actually see some chances actually created in a home game, and see a home win that doesn’t need a penalty. That’s just facts to me, don’t think that’s being too overly negative.  
 

As I’ve said before, is just yet another season where it feels like “just get to the summer and go again”. 

If you want facts, look at the stats. Or the highlights. 

[Dan Robin]

Overall a poor game: Watford had some moments of quality/good attacking threat (mostly in the first half), we had our best spell towards the end of the game. I'd say they played better but the draw is fair. 

Positive debut for Twine.

[Northern Red]

Fair result against a very decent team, and probably emphaises how good the win at their place was

[ExiledAjax]

2 minutes ago, petehinton said:

As I’ve said before, is just yet another season where it feels like “just get to the summer and go again”. 

But isn't that what it's always been this season? When in the season were you thinking we were on for anything else?

[Supersonic Robin]

4 minutes ago, cellist said:

Said it earlier - they have some good players! We did really well to get back into the game from 0-1, and showed some good signs. Twine hit the ground running and put in several dangerous dead balls, we pressed and got in their faces, had them running back towards their own goal at times. Wasn't the constant back and forth between Tanner and Vyner that we've seen in some games. We played a lot better than we have done in the league recently - but Watford were also better than what we've come up against. Take a point and a solid performance and move on - free hit on Friday against Forest and hopefully another good atmosphere under the lights. Looking forward to it.

Think that's slightly generous.

Set piece delivery was very good, but in open play very little came off for him (with the obvious exception of the tap in). Also thought his pressing lacked a bit of intensity compared to our other midfielders and forwards.

Hopefully it's just a case of him taking a couple of weeks to assimilate.