Football Special

Was having same discussion today about lack of strong spine, just seems neglected GK - lost Ramsdale gained Norwich joker CD - lost Bednarek and ABK , gained Quarshie CM - losing Aribo, Fernandes, gaining German u21 nipper ST - lost Tall Paul, gained Downs

Should have stuck Aribo on the bench really, if we're paying him might as well use him

Not sure about the fan zones (surely they won't miss a chance to make some money) but a few pubs in town are apparently planning to open nice and early

He does tend to make more interceptions though , are we putting all our eggs in this German u21 basket?

Sad thing is GK and ST have needed addressing for a long time Downs won't be a prolific scorer this season of that I am certain

Longer haul the better , good stuff

Would be handy, we've got transfer window to complete then down to work for this game. Any idea how many players we'll have on international duty compared to them ? I know Baz, Manning and Azaz will be away with Ireland

Downes dropping out did leave us with a makeshift midfield to be fair, Charles, Robinson and Fraser didn't give is much physical presence

And they've got a handful upfront in Bishop, need to watch him as I think he'll get a lot of joy like Keifer Moore did in the Wrexham game

Hi Will, Thanks for checking in. I wouldn't have played a back 5 allowing Watford to dominate the midfield for periods of the game.

6 goals conceded in 4 games, not good at all.

Overall I thought you could see Watford were inexperienced team there for the taking against a better organised side. Once again we were all over the place at times and sloppy passing gifting them several chances to hit us on the break Goes down as a poor result on Still's record

Russell Martin's outburst defending Baz at the fans forum is still one of his weirdest moments and that's saying something

Would be odd, he was in the starting line up when team sheets handed in, then 15 mins later he was "ill"

It was miles out though? Should have had time to adjust his position and perhaps get a hand to it

It's a fixture they've been fucking desperate for for years. When we were relegated last season I remember a comment from them, "next landmark is to get back above the scum, see our name above them in the table, where we belong" First time for what, 15 years? And here we fucking are thanks to Sports Republic Just got to do our bit as fans, turn up and make it as intimidating as possible , get behind the team and hope Still can actually make a team out of them in the next two weeks

I predicted we'd be below them going into the south coast derby when the fixtures came out, so many arrogant posters on here refused to acknowledge quite how poor we are. Our keeper is rubbish, midfield is brittle and our strikers don't take their chances.

Lol we're not winning the league

Is that 3 players this season who have been 'ill' AFTER starting line up announced seems a bit weird

They were on open general sale in the home end, I know a couple of people who have done that, not ideal but is an option

I think Watford will have seen how Stoke played against us and follow a similar plan, look to counter attack when we lose the ball and leave gaps (which we do even with 5 at the back)

Not sure how Leicester managed to hold on to young talent like this. Usually gets picked off by Man City or Chelsea academies before pro contracts are signed

I was including regular starters like Ramsdale, Bednarek , also Aribo awol, we havent settled into a clear balanced team and have looked chaotic is most games so far , probably will continue today

From Watford's perspective It's probably a good time to be playing us. We've had a shaky start, not really settled on a line up / formation that looks balanced, lost some big players and it's too soon for new signings to be involved, think a draw would be a good result all things considered

Interesting seeing perspective of other fans, Spurs fan at work asked me how we'd cope without Dibling, explained he wasn't a player we were particularly relying on anyway. It will be good to see a full summary of championship ins and outs on Monday evening, get an idea of who then is best placed to challenge.