Because it was an FA Cup Final with a world wide audience Watford could not play their usual game of continually fouling the opposition to break up their rythm. They were like lambs to the slaughter.

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Between the 2 I'd rather go out with Watford, but if were there yesterday we'd never in a million years have lost 6-0.
Despite what many "football experts" say, here on Hol too, Roy's tactics are the right ones for teams like us, and not only.
All out attack might have worked in the 70's, today who concede less wins.
Like it or not. Greece, Denmark, Italy etc won trophies with appalling attacks.
A lot of people will be so sorry when he will be gone.

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I think we did try to sit back and counter attack which lead to that great chance we missed but our defence certainly isn't organised and disciplined enough to stay compact and keep a team like City out.

We let them have the ball too easily and our midfield probably not aided by Doucouré getting himself booked for dissent early on struggled to gain any foothold on the game.

Then we had a little positive attacking spell of 10-15 minutes at the start of the 2d half but they made the changes which really killed us off - we were just totally exposed and I do think kind of gave up at 4/0 which is disappointing.

I don't like Watford but it's human nature to want to see the underdog give it a go against the team buying success. So long as Deeney didn't score I wouldn't have begrudged Watford a win. As it was he mouthed off in the media again and then completely bottled it, as did the rest of the team other than Marriappa first half and the Spanish lad from Everton. The right back should be sacked he was that frightened of city.

Good luck next season when VAR completely nullifies Deeney and your entire midfield. Saturday might be an indication of how things are going to be every week now you're expected to play football.

TBF much as I disliked Clattenfvck, I struggle to recall what harm he did us after we'd taken the lead. He even sent one of the opposition off - rightly so of course.

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Eh?

Apart from all the bantz with Fergie in the tunnel, the disallowed goal, not sending off another united player and generally just giving united every decision?
We played against 12 men that day.

I struggle to see what harm he could possibly do in the 80 seconds it took them to equalise anyway, although I feel confident that he had his eyes peeled just in case an opportunity to please his master Fergus***e arose.