Sheaf Saint

7 mins

Deary me, Manning let Sakamoto go past him sooooo easily.

How's that not a yellow for the Cov player who's down? Awful late challenge on Manning.

AA skims the bar. Should score.

What was KWP actually trying to do there? He had so much time to hit a decent shot but did.... whatever that was!

That's a soft yellow for Bedders. Def a foul but hardly worth a booking.

Lovely footwork from Stu in the build up.

Fucking awful from Manning.

I've watched him play a few times. He was in the Everton U23s with my nephew and was highly rated, but started believing his own hype, got cocky and thought he was much better than he actually is.

Yeah, only I didn't say that did I.

Whatever mate. I don't hate Bazunu at all. He's been much better recently and made a couple of good saves today, but if you can't see that was an obvious howler on his part then I can't help you.

No, not nothing to do with it. That allowed the shot, of course, but that shot was poor and should be keeper's ball ten times out of ten.

Absolutely, yes. An under-powered shot from the edge of the area that's nowhere near the bottom corner. That should be a routine save every single time.

Baz has been improving but clearly still has howlers in him. No way that should have gone past him.

No, we've got one left to use.

Bednarek has been excellent today. Another good block.

Arma blatantly pulled back right in front of the ref, who completely missed it.

Che Adams with his left foot!?

Watford definitely looking like the best team we have played recently. Need to improve drastically in the 2nd half if we're going to win this.

That one just now?

Oooh, we managed a shot!

We've got our standard 70% possession so far but not managed a shot yet. What is impressing me is that despite playing our normal possession game, we're also pressing very well when we don't have it and strangling Watford's ability to break forward.

Or Surbiton maybe?

I have only two strong memories of this fixture. The first was going with my brother on a very cold Boxing Day (I think it was our first season back in the Cshp in 2005/6) and getting outmuscled all over the pitch and soundly beaten 3-0. And the other was more recently, in the days before VAR, when Doucoure literally punched the ball into the net to equalise and all the officials completely missed it.

Just too far ahead of Fraser. Shame.