Is Merson right?

Discussion in 'The Hornets' Nest - Watford Chat' started by Thailandtimmy, Aug 5, 2017.

  1. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Probably suit Burnley and their physical style well but not young and injury prone.
     
  2. NathWFC

    NathWFC First Team

    Also just an incredibly average footballer.
     
  3. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

    The weirdest thing is how apoplectic Merson seems to send some of our fans. It's a big 'so what' from me.
     
  4. GoingDown

    GoingDown "The Stability"

    Someone tweeted him the other day asking 'on what grounds do u base ur prediction of Watford 17th this year. Swansea Burnley westbrom theres 3 for starters'.

    Took me a while to stop laughing.
     
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  5. KelsoOrn

    KelsoOrn Squad Player

    Whatever he may or may not have done with his 'not inconsiderable fortune' is irrelevant as regards his potential skills as a football pundit. He did after all play the game to the highest level which none of us did. Do you think he should be put down for being profligate or something?

    Unfortunately he's not very good at being a footall pundit either though. He's tolerated for being a buffoon. Which he's rather good at. Which begs the question - why the hell are we undertaking any serious analysis of what he's said on here?
     
  6. Sort of OK

    Sort of OK Reservist

    Feel for you Malt, tough times especially if you are the main carer, my Dad's funeral was two weeks ago, wasn't looking after him day in day out but there most days for a good while as he gradually drifted away from being the Dad I knew. Stay strong and think and talk about the good times, helps you both.

    We'll be fine this season, cack end last season but when a full squad we were decent, now better manager and the likes of Pereya back plus a few new additions. Can we really say that Huddersfield and Brighton are going to reach our level over the season, Newcastle are big but not as good as us, Burnley are going backwards in selling decent players and signing lesser, etc.....

    Hopefully an entertaining start can provide a good distraction, if not laugh at how mad people can get over losing a football match.
     
  7. Jossy

    Jossy Reservist

    Never be concerned about what Merson 'thinks'......

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  8. Jellyman

    Jellyman Squad Player

    I don't feel particularly interested in what he has to say, but the inconsistency is frustrating.

    If Bournemouth signed England's U21 midfield he would be stuggling to contain the ejaculate.
     
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  9. Jersey Hornet

    Jersey Hornet First Year Pro

    i like paul merson i just think he is ill-informed about our club, he's just basing his predictions on the end last season and does not take into account our list of injuries , mazzari's tactics, off the field bust ups and the general overall crappy mood. Anyway 17th is ours!
     
  10. Oscar calling

    Oscar calling Squad Player

  11. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Are any predictions really worth anything till the transfer window ends?

    Since this article we have brought in one striker and likely to get another - that will make a big difference to our options in attack.
     
  12. I Blame Pozzo

    I Blame Pozzo First Team

    That is entirely my point Kelso.

    He makes dreadful decisions in all aspects of life.

    I wouldn't trust him to run a bath.

    Why are we undertaking the analysis? Because Timmy posed the question. Do I take much notice of him? Of course not!
     
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  13. Siohmy

    Siohmy Reservist

  14. Happy bunny

    Happy bunny Cheered up a bit

    Johnson came out before Okaka at the Vic last week
     
  15. Beekayess

    Beekayess Reservist

    Football is a family sport. Okaka should make sure his Johnson doesn't come out at any time.
     
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  16. Burnsy

    Burnsy First Team

    But isn't that what all football fans do about other clubs? You only have to go on the forums of the clubs in and around us to see they have the same belief as Merson whilst not taking into account the factors for our poor season. And they don't take them into account because they probably don't care too much.

    Merson is ****. Do I care what he has to say? Not at all. It's humorous. But whether we like it or not, it's easy journalism for him to see that from the outside, we sack our managers, we drop our captain and we ended last season terribly. At the time of 'writing' the article (questionable) we hadn't signed any attacking players so although he's a buffoon and his slating of Silva is beyond odd, he is just saying what a lot of people in the game have likely thought as well.
     
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  17. Dusbero

    Dusbero First Year Pro

    The answer is no. I don't know the context, nor have i read that thread but Merson is not right.
     
  18. With A Smile

    With A Smile First Team

    Grey won't be happy about that
     
  19. Nnnn

    Nnnn First Team

    Merson is thoughtful, professional, well-read & highly intelligent. Of course he's right.

    Not.
     
  20. Bunny Larkin

    Bunny Larkin Academy Graduate

    The main reason we did so badly last season was that we had the worst manager since Dave Bassett whose tactics were as comptehensible as his English snd who nearly drove Deeney into the arms of West Brom - in fact the whole squad seemed demoralised. Surely Silva will get more out of the players.
     
  21. onion8837

    onion8837 Reservist

    Merson is just a thick ****, paid to be a "character" in the same way that Gazza, Rodney Marsh, Barry Fry et al have been in the past. I ******* hate all of them
     
  22. ITKJim

    ITKJim Reservist

    Merson says he's worried for us as there may not be room for Deeney in our team but he's by far our best player. I can't get over how thick that man is.
     
  23. Irishorn

    Irishorn Gael Force

    We should ignore him. Just a thought.
     
  24. YellowKicks

    YellowKicks Squad Player

    Worth noting than the independent (probably the most reputable of our nations press when it comes to sport) have just done their season preview (done today so including this weeks business).

    Of the 10 journalists, not a single one had us to go down. Think we're finally getting some respect in this league from non braindead journalists.
     
  25. Aberystwyth_Hornet

    Aberystwyth_Hornet Squad Player

    I kind of prefer being tipped for relegation by those not in the know. I'd be more worried if they said we have nothing to be worried about ;)
     
  26. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

    It's nothing to get worked up about, people like Merson don't have a clue about us, and why would they. They're not interested in anything about us and the only things they do get to know about us are the things that pass in front of their noses every now and then. They don't actively follow us or seek out information about us. That applies to 99% of the population, as we're not a fashionable club so unless you support us you only hear the occasional cliched *** bit regurgitated by plonkers like Merson. Imagine we all had a quid every time shearer and co repeated the tiresome saying of "they've had x new signings made up of x nationalities" last season? it's pretty much a case of researchers picking out some pointless stats about us for the rest of the media to repeat week after week because nobody really cares enough about us.
     
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  27. wfcmoog

    wfcmoog Tinpot

    Yeah but he don't speak English
     
  28. Burnsy

    Burnsy First Team

    Listening to Paul Merson for football knowledge is like reading The S*n for news.
     
  29. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Thinks Deeney won't get a game because Gray has signed..

    Totally different sorts of strikers aren't they?

    If anything they might link up well..
     
  30. Markoa$

    Markoa$ Squad Player

    Merson is an idiot. I'm very surprised he didn't mention Ighalo leaving as big blow.

    What's funny is how they were all (Sky pundits) pining over Silva with what a great job he is doing at Hull. All the time saying, if he had a full season Hull would have stayed up etc. Silva joins Watford with a much more talented team than the Hull squad, the response, Watford will no doubt be relegated.

    Either way, we have a better squad than last season with still 2/3 more deals to be done. When the window closes, I have no doubt, some pundits will be changing their tune.
     
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  31. kVA

    kVA Reservist

    Come on people, don't let the motormouths wind you up. I make a point not to read or listen to any of their bullshine, it is likely to be completely wrong about every club. The only reason I have any idea what they say is because I read it on here.
     
  32. Ray Knight

    Ray Knight First Year Pro

    Charlie Nicholas and Matt Le Tissier have joined Merson in having us going down with Huddersfield and the Seagulls. Only Phil Thompson has substituted Burnley on the basis of them losing Grey. I can see several other teams that are just as likely (if not more so) to go down - Burnley, Swansea, Stoke, Newcastle and WBA for starters. Southampton and Bournemouth might struggle at times. West Ham and Leicester seemed to have done some good transfer business so should be OK. Already there are rumblings about managers/ coaches nor being happy or under pressure. Don't see Silva being one of those at present.
     
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  33. Manatleisure

    Manatleisure Squad Player

    Bournemouth won't go down. Absolutely no way.
     
  34. Aberystwyth_Hornet

    Aberystwyth_Hornet Squad Player

    Phil McNulty has joined the party though he wrote his the day before we signed Gray
     
  35. KelsoOrn

    KelsoOrn Squad Player

    My point was that just because he's been progligate in other areas of his life doesn't necessarily make him a cr.p football pundit. He is a cr.p football pundit but that's a separate issue. It isn't cause and effect operating.
     

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