Merry Christmas to anyone that reads this! Thanks as well for the continued support on the blog even if you just read it I do genuinely appreciate it.
After a fantastic Christmas, Boxing Day rolled around and it was time to head to The Vic for a game against a Crystal Palace side who had a new manager in Sam Allerdyce. To be honest I wasn't particularly optimistic, particularly with it being Palace a side we tend to struggle against.
A quick Christmas pint to settle the nerves then I made the trip to my seat to find the people around me also not in optimistic mood. At least it wasn't just me for once!
Our fears came to fruition from the off with Palace in control and things weren't made better when Janmaat and Behrami went off injured early on.
Palace soon took the lead through Yohan Cabaye who broke the offside trap to slot past Gomes. Things didn't get better either really and we didn't test the Palace goalkeeper. To sum up our first half performance in one word it would have to be... gutless
The one positive is that we only went in at the break 1 down. Thanks to Gomes saving a penalty from Benteke. The manner of the poor back pass that led to the penalty pretty much summed up our first half performance.
The second half was slightly better as we took the game more to Palace but in the opening parts we failed to test the keeper.
When Prödl was hauled back in the area we were given a golden chance and Troy Deeney was handed the chance to finally score his 100th Watford goal.
He made no mistake as he smashed it into the Rookery end net. Somehow we were level.
Deeney has had an up and down career at Watford not one that needs going over but he deserves to have scored his 100th goal. Although poor in recent weeks he's been central to the success the club has had.
A Wilfred Zaha dive later (shock!) and the game finished. Although Harry The Hornets afternoon wasn't over as he mockingly dived in front of Zaha. Zaha was furious and had to be calmed down by a coach.
The fact that one bloke dressed up in a costume has annoyed a lot of Palaces fanbase is quite funny and the fact it's a talking point from the game highlights what a terrible football match it was.
Watford1-1 Crystal Palace
Man of the match: Britos- was our best defender today and much improved from previous weeks
Match rating: 3/10- poor game
Pogba v Capoue- I really should look at this properly. Capoue was really poor today by the way.
Harry the hornet rating- 8/10
Next match: Spurs (H) New Year's Day at 12:30. Great! *sarcasm*
Thanks for reading!
@Adzrowe on twitter
Monday 26 December 2016
Saturday 17 December 2016
Manchester city 2-0 Watford Sunderland 1-0 Watford
At the start of this week I was excited ahead of going on two away days in a week. Now anyone who knows me will tell you how much I love an away game but this is Watford and they'll always find a way to let you down.
They didn't fail to this week either...
I'll start with my trip to The Etihad for the trip to Manchester City
After getting to Manchester at 1pm for an 8 o'clock kick off I saw the main attractions of Whetherspoons and some other pub. Me and my mates headed to the ground in high spirits talking of how we could add to City's misery.
It wasn't to be...
From the moment we saw the team news we knew it was going to be a challenge. Particularly with giving Sinclair his debut.
Things didn't get better when Pereyra went off either. We found ourselves 1-0 down at half time.
A late ighalo chance summed up his season when he sent a sitter over the bar. City broke and scored to make it 2-0. Ah well that's football sometimes!
We had a good trip to Manchester and knew it was unlikely we'd get anything so I went home not too bothered. By the Thursday morning I think I was too hungover to really care about the football.
I was more optimistic about the trip to Sunderland and headed north for my second long trip of the week hoping for 3 points.
Again in true Watford fashion it didn't happen.
After a first half where we created lots I said to my dad at halftime "you watch they'll score".
For once it wasn't so nice being right but after 50 minutes Sunderland were ahead through a scrappy goal. Classic Watford.
That's the way game stayed meaning it was two defeats in a week for me on my travels. I salute the rest of the fans that travelled to both games alongside myself. But for I won't be able to do this forever so I may as well try to enjoy it while I can.
I currently am on the A1 just a few miles from Leeds but have a good 3 hours left of my journey. According to the Sat Nav anyway.
What we do for football ay!
But in truth on away days it's always a good laugh regardless of the result.
Up the Watford- here's to many more hopefully more successful away days in 2017!
You 'Orns!
Manchester city 2-0 Watford
Sunderland 1-0 Watford
Man of the week: Amrabat
Capoue v Pogba- Capoue was horrific today so I'll say they are both as overrated as each other!
Miles covered: 875
@Adzrowe on Twitter
They didn't fail to this week either...
I'll start with my trip to The Etihad for the trip to Manchester City
After getting to Manchester at 1pm for an 8 o'clock kick off I saw the main attractions of Whetherspoons and some other pub. Me and my mates headed to the ground in high spirits talking of how we could add to City's misery.
It wasn't to be...
From the moment we saw the team news we knew it was going to be a challenge. Particularly with giving Sinclair his debut.
Things didn't get better when Pereyra went off either. We found ourselves 1-0 down at half time.
A late ighalo chance summed up his season when he sent a sitter over the bar. City broke and scored to make it 2-0. Ah well that's football sometimes!
We had a good trip to Manchester and knew it was unlikely we'd get anything so I went home not too bothered. By the Thursday morning I think I was too hungover to really care about the football.
I was more optimistic about the trip to Sunderland and headed north for my second long trip of the week hoping for 3 points.
Again in true Watford fashion it didn't happen.
After a first half where we created lots I said to my dad at halftime "you watch they'll score".
For once it wasn't so nice being right but after 50 minutes Sunderland were ahead through a scrappy goal. Classic Watford.
That's the way game stayed meaning it was two defeats in a week for me on my travels. I salute the rest of the fans that travelled to both games alongside myself. But for I won't be able to do this forever so I may as well try to enjoy it while I can.
I currently am on the A1 just a few miles from Leeds but have a good 3 hours left of my journey. According to the Sat Nav anyway.
What we do for football ay!
But in truth on away days it's always a good laugh regardless of the result.
Up the Watford- here's to many more hopefully more successful away days in 2017!
You 'Orns!
Manchester city 2-0 Watford
Sunderland 1-0 Watford
Man of the week: Amrabat
Capoue v Pogba- Capoue was horrific today so I'll say they are both as overrated as each other!
Miles covered: 875
@Adzrowe on Twitter
Sunday 4 December 2016
West Brom 3-1 Watford
I write this on the train home from Nottingham where I've just watched my mates team Peterborough concede a last minute goal against Notts County to draw 2-2 meaning a reply will decide their 2nd round FA Cup tie. A great game for the neutral but a complete sucker punch for The Posh, who coincidentally were done by a ref, sounds all too familiar for me being a Watford fan!
Now back to our game, I would rant on about the result but I really don't have time or energy to be honest.
West brom did play well in the opening 45 but it was two sloppy goals to concede from our perspective. It's about time we learnt to defend set pieces!
However we did play a lot better in the second half and potentially if we took our chances we could have taken a draw. As it was we didn't and we were beat. Still 10th in the league though so no need to panic just yet!
I thought there should've been 3 red cards yesterday, one for Pereyra and one each for McLean and Rondon for The Baggies. I'm sure The FA will take a look at the incident though.
I'll finish this relatively short post on a sad note. Unfortunately life long Watford fan Ray Batchelor died on the way home from the match with what looks like a cardiac arrest. As someone who witnessed the polices effort to revive him they deserve credit for everything they did to try to save him.
Whatever the score everyone should return home from a football match.
Ray was well liked by many Watford fans and I'm sure he'll be dearly missed by many.
There'll be a minutes applause for Ray on the 81st minute next week against Everton so please pass on to anyone you may know attending the game.
Perspective...
RIP Ray
You 'Orns
West Brom 3-1 Watford
Man of the match: Amrabat
Away day rating: 5/10
Pogba v Capoue: Same as last week
@Adzrowe on Twitter
Next match: Everton (H)
Now back to our game, I would rant on about the result but I really don't have time or energy to be honest.
West brom did play well in the opening 45 but it was two sloppy goals to concede from our perspective. It's about time we learnt to defend set pieces!
However we did play a lot better in the second half and potentially if we took our chances we could have taken a draw. As it was we didn't and we were beat. Still 10th in the league though so no need to panic just yet!
I thought there should've been 3 red cards yesterday, one for Pereyra and one each for McLean and Rondon for The Baggies. I'm sure The FA will take a look at the incident though.
I'll finish this relatively short post on a sad note. Unfortunately life long Watford fan Ray Batchelor died on the way home from the match with what looks like a cardiac arrest. As someone who witnessed the polices effort to revive him they deserve credit for everything they did to try to save him.
Whatever the score everyone should return home from a football match.
Ray was well liked by many Watford fans and I'm sure he'll be dearly missed by many.
There'll be a minutes applause for Ray on the 81st minute next week against Everton so please pass on to anyone you may know attending the game.
Perspective...
RIP Ray
You 'Orns
West Brom 3-1 Watford
Man of the match: Amrabat
Away day rating: 5/10
Pogba v Capoue: Same as last week
@Adzrowe on Twitter
Next match: Everton (H)
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