Without any doubt, it would be cruel for him and very silly of Mr Hodgson, but then again what do I know.

I am at a loss to understand why a lot of you are in fear of Watford.

Have a look where they are in the table.
Their away from is dire.
Their disciplinary record is no worse than anyone else in the division.
Troy Deeney admitted that they take turns to kick Wilf. Big WHOOPITY DO. Every team kicks Wilf.
We are not playing Juventus, It is Watford for crying out load. Get a grip of yourselves.

Fair point - we hadn't won in 5 previous games giving away quite a few goals (certainly wish we had someone like Cahil in our defence..) often when in front.

The game on Saturday was out of the blue but it helped we had Sarr back to give us some form of pace in attack as an outlet.

Without him we'd looked one dimensional and very slow.

Scoring those 2 goals so quickly then getting gifted the 3rd gave us that comfort.

Liverpool for once seemed to lack ideas and didn't threaten at all which was surprising.

Our main Achilles heal has been defending set plays - think we have let in the most and ceratainly not scored from many.

We probably have a better looking disclipline record as Holebas doesn't play now - that is someone I admit wasn't afraid to put a foot in!

Edited by Superhorns3 (05 Mar 2020 9.59am)

I think that Watford has started poorly - which is why they are where they are in the table. Their form since Pearson came in has been much better.
We should Respect that, however tough they play. They played well vs 'Pool.

not got a great feeling about this one, think that if they score first they may get a second. If we can keep them at bay, then we could nick a win.

"It was a Team effort, I guess it took all players working together to lose this one"

I'm not in fear of Watford, but I do think they are going to be difficult and aggressive opponents. Watford have been much improved under Pearson and their players are better than their position suggests. I think their targeting of Wilf is perhaps why so many of us see them as thugs, plus the fact they have a convicted thug as their captain. Admittedly, last time out they were not especially aggressive and Troy spent the whole game crying to the ref.

Harry the Hornet, Capoue and Deeney have all conspired to make them more of a rival than they ever were, and now they have Nigel 'McArthur Strangler' Pearson that only adds to it! Personally I'm hoping it'll be a lively encounter and more of an old-school game and we smash them, but Roy does seem to keep the team very disciplined (Wilf aside), so it seems unlikely. If it was a choice between Watford and Brighton getting relegated I'd choose the former, as the Brighton rivalry is far more fun when we get to play them

Edit: it should also be noted that since we last played them they have had three red cards, whereas prior to Nigel's appointment they'd only had one.

Edited by taylors lovechild (05 Mar 2020 10.28am)

Credit to you for coming on here and talking rationally/reasonably about this fixture. However, there is undoubtedly some bad blood between the fans/teams, firstly due to the playoff game and the FA semi, then subsequently the battering of Wilf over the past few games.

I'd love to see a free-flowing expansive and exciting game, but I fear what we'll get is a war of attrition, with the ref getting his ear severely bent by both teams. Sarr is definitely a future star and on his way to big things, much like Zaha 5 years back, so it would be a bit poetic if he got raked by Luka in the first five minutes