100% correct move from the club to take the £45m. It was crazy money to offer and a club like us simply can’t take the risk in him getting a serious injury and not returning as the same player and/or getting relegated and losing half that value.
Hmm, he's only an "instinctive finisher", in that he's one of these players who can only finish when he has no time to think, but when given time has practically zero composure. Disappointingly, a fair few traitorous folk on here appear to have selected him in their fantasy football teams, so it'll be doubly annoying if he scores today.
Think this is a little bit unfair - he has scored a couple of delightful goals for us which you would say were incredibly composed. His 2nd goal against Wolves on his debut and his 2nd goal against Brighton instantly spring to mind here.
I just hope Watford is the winner. Yes....personally I'd only recognise a form table that shows only the first 4 games of the season. We are 3rd and always will be. Anything other than that is inadmissible.
Kevin Friend and Lee Mason are the officials tonight. I remember Friend disallowed a perfectly good Danny Shittu goal against Hull City in the playoff semi final with the score at 0-0. We went on to lose 0-2. Could have been a totally different result. Other than that, I don't recall any more stitch ups from him. However, Mason is the fourth official, so I'm a bit concerned some of his sh1tness may rub off on Friend.
Relegation Certs being harsh for effect? You don't say... Ah, the Oscar Garcia treatment. Not a bad plan.
I think it's harsh to say he's a bad finisher. He scored some great goals for us. He's very inconsistent though. Extremely so for us after Christmas. All young players are to some extent and he was probably pretty fatigued, but his head completely went. He was missing absolute sitters. Doesn't mean he's going to be a bad player for you - I think he'll do well and be a high-quality, albeit streaky, player. But he might not make it at a big club, where mentality and consistency becomes far more important.
Wasn't Friend the one who sent Angella off in the first minute at Bournemouth?! EDIT : Cheers for the correction UEA.
My question was genuine. I now see it's 6 games. The first 4 games is probably as valid as a form table that shows us as bottom, so long as you accept we've only played 5 games when 18 other teams have played 6 in the same period. We all know our form is dire at the moment. We'll probably lose tonight and confirm it. But any time you don't win in 6 that's a big possibility.
At the age he is at, he is bound to be inconsistent. The key is that he showed he has the ability to get on the end of chances and, most importantly, the skill to complete some outstanding finishes. He will become more consistent. I genuinely think he will become a £100m player over the next 2-3 years given what he's showing at 21 plus player price inflation (esp strikers). More worryingly, I think he will be determined to show his old club what he can do, esp given he was dropped/subbed regularly under Gracia.
When Gracia came in he said he'd studied Watford and recognised all the problems with Silva's style of play. Time to put your money where your mouth is, Javi. A win here and I'll make peace with that ridiculous 5 year deal.
I think Richarlison will be well-received by the away fans until the point where he (rightfully) claims a throw-in. Then he'll get booed for the rest of the game, which will galvanise him, and when he scores, he'll celebrate in front of the away end, causing the same people who booed him to start a petition for him to be banned. Everton 2-0 Watford
Barcelona expressing interest in Richarlison apparently. Could be a payday for Watford via selling on clause.
So apparently Watford fans are taking inflatable snakes to Goodison tonight...whilst I don't agree with it if it's true...it would be funny.
If Gray scores an immediate equaliser, there will be a queue of strikers cupping their ear to the Hornet Massive.
We shouldn't take this one for granted, Everton still have a handful of decent players that could hurt us. That said I'm pretty confident we will build on the Man City performance and grind out a result. Prediction Everton 1-90 Watford Richarlison (90+2); Cathcart (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90), Deeney (sent off 10) MOTM: Ben Foster. Scoreline in no way reflects the balance of play and Watford will thank their keeper for somehow preserving their frail lead. Attendance: 39,999 Gracia rating: 5/10, result will do nothing to answer the questions swirling about Watford's ability to defend on the road, but attacking play showed promise.
Wholesale changes needed to save the season. Gomes Janmaat Prodl Kabasele masina Chalobah Quinoa Wilmot Sema Okaka Gray
Right I’m in Cape Verde preparing for the match (trying to find decent WiFi to stream) Miracles do happen (for instance just told my wife I’m leaving her for the evening to watch watford play and she didn’t go mental !!) so come on watford let’s stick it up Silva and just remember if we do loose - I will still wake up to temperatures in the high 20’s
Great prediction. Watford minus 90, sounds about right. How you’ve given Gracia a 5/10 rating for that result just goes to show that you’re one of the happy clappers. Just proud of Watford being in the Prem so you can share it with the grandchildren one day when we’re knocking it about in the national league with Woking. It’s a disgrace, you’re a disgrace. I assume by “attacking play showed promise,” you mean we actually had a bleedin shot on target. Well that is good news. I look forward to the game tonight where I can watch 90mins and some of football, just waiting in anticipation of the one shot of target. My goodness, how I am going to cheer when Pickford actually has to touch the ball. Screw the minus ninety score line, we had a shot on target against a club who thinks there is a top 7. That is something I will cherish forever, I might even tear up. On another note, I agree with you entirely. We are going to smash them. Shouldn’t be to hard considering they are the third biggest club in stealyourtyreside.
With Richie/Sssssnakey in the blue corner & Gerard/Clevs in the, er, yellow corner, it's going to be like WW3.
Hopefully Silvas sides still can't defend set pieces because when he was our gaffer it was inevitable that the opposition would score almost every time they got one. Cathcart first goalscorer.
No extra goals in the 2 injury times ? You realise that Cathcart will now be sent off in the first minute ?
