Dyche can only do a certain amount with the squad he has. He has done miracles to keep Burnley in the EPL and get them to Europe. The club owners have not spent fortunes in the transfer market and this leaves Dyche with a limited squad so he may well be capable of doing much better at a club with more resourses.
Burnley architecture - nothing of note in Burnley but this is a ‘singing tree’ overlooking Burnley. Made up of discarded derelict factory parts. It whistles in the wind. Do we have any nice trees to compete with this work of art ? (As an alternative to the cheese theme). A game of few chances. Dogged hard fought 1-1 draw.
Given their defensive record and our scoring record away from home I believe they will beat us without scoring , 0 to -1
I've always been a huge fan of that tree in cassiobury park, that looks like it belongs in the african savannah. You know the one I mean?
Always tough against the promoted sides, Pardew will have them bang up for this. However I feel our quality will tell and we will ease to a draw. Burnley 2-2 Watford Vydra (89), Deeney (og 90+8); Gray (32), Capoue (65)
Meh. Net transfer spend last 3 seasons: Watford 37m Burnley 55m Even if you add Richarlison back to our number they are still in the same spending league as us. Compare our football with Dyche.
I'd rather start Success up top over Gray for this, he is more physical and I can't see Burnley playing a high line.
Yep. Gray had a decent game on saturday so let's build his confidence by dropping him as we did last season.
Nah you have to start Gray, Success is a great option for the bench and to attack tired defences which Burnley should be from 70 mins onwards.
I don't think there's any need to change the side. They will be playing 4-4-2 as well, so we may as well match them up.
I'd go with exactly the same side as against brighton. Why change any parts of a well oiled machine? I'm looking forward to seeing more of Ken. I have incredibly high hopes for that hunk.
Key Stats for the Big Game Good Omens Watford with a population of 90,301 in the 2011 Census dominates their northern foe who had only 73,021. Sean Dyche has beaten Watford 3 times with Burnley. No former Watford manager has ever moved to Burnley and recorded 4 wins over Watford. This will be the first time Watford have played Burnley on the 19th day of a calendar month. The first recorded mention of Watford was in 1007 AD, pre-dating the first mention of Burnley by over a century. Bad Omens Between 1998 and 2002 Watford lost 5 games in a row to Burnley, a period the club never really recovered from. Watford have gone 15 years without once scoring 7 or more goals at Turf Moor. The last time Watford won at Turf Moor, Sean Dyche played for Watford. On Sunday he will not. Burnley have played at Turf Moor since 1883, predating Watford's move to Vicarage Road by 39 years. In those intervening years the world saw the devastating eruption of Mount Krakatoa, the death of Queen Victoria and the First World War. Very balanced omens this week, reinforcing my prediction of a draw.
I take your point. It's not ideal but I'm not sure that Success would be the right call. Not really sure what the best formation is and given their home results not sure that any team has really sussed out how to beat them. Having 6 central defenders on the pitch might help.
Good memories. I was in the lower rous for that game with my 5 year old daughter and we had a cracking view of the free kick.
Acacia thorn trees of the African savannah and deserts. Very distinctive and often the only greenery around as their roots can go down 50 metres in search of water. I’ve sat under many a thorn tree waiting to see the big five and giraffe (which eat the leaves avoiding the nasty thorns) and end up watching the birds and avoiding nasty insects and ssssnakes - I never saw a Silva snake while I was there tho. No singing trees in Cassiobury (?) but there is a ‘whistling acacia’ in east Africa which has a bulbous base to the thorn and when insects burrow out it leaves a hole that the wind causes it to whistle. Not a lot of people know that. I think the tree in Cassiobury is a cedar, very distinctive and on a national flag. Guess which country? First to get right wins a very special prize.
Lebanon. Try your luck at the Watford FC Funtrivia quiz http://www.funtrivia.com/private/main.cfm?tid=87656
We've got some good quizzers on there! Speaking of which, the WFC quiz and curry night is really good (November I think) - last one, Shawn wallace, the Dark destroyer from The Chase turned up as a ringer on one of the teams... Mapps and Will Hughes doing the hospitality.
Great stuff! Is there a version of that anywhere with the MotD closing credits from that day? I'd love to see it if there is as my then 7-year old son featured prominently
Wouldn't be surprised if we win this. The players need to get some points in the bank if they want to go on their traditional November to end of season holiday
We agreed to split the £400,000 prize money irrespective of the result and then beat them. £200k invested in a property in 2003 would be worth half a million today. Burnley owe us so revenge on Sunday and I revise my draw prediction to a 1-0 win. No more sharing with the likes of Burnley.
Mrs Willis and I went to see this when we played Burnley in 2011. The weather was completely dead calm. I believe this was the first instance of such conditions in the Lancashire hills since the early 18th century. Thus the 'tree' neither sang nor, indeed, rang.
