Southampton 1-0 Watford FC- 27/01/2018 - FA Cup 4th Round

I'm beginning to regret my decision to take my 9 year old to his first away game at West Ham in a couple of weeks.

 

Best description yet.

 

Just back. My thoughts:
* Pre-match warm up saw Watson pinging the ball wide for Richi/Hole & Carillo/Janmaat to combine before the ball was whipped in. Saw diddly squat of it happening during the game.
* Richi (esp 1st half) was getting stuck in and trying to create. Did his best to dispel his emoji nonsense.
* Surely Carrillo & Capoue's last games in a Watford shirt?
* We ran around like headless chickens at times. Javi's reputation as an organiser much needed.
* Pleased Javi could see what's needed in a cup game and not when 3 points are at stake. We've got him now for the rest of the season so may as well support him.
* The rancid ferals who abused Kaba & Holebas don't belong at our club. Feck off and support L***n you scummers.

 

ZZ Top and Clive in total agreement..




What have we become

 

...with an injury crisis similar to ours. Difference is, they will spend what is necessary to get themselves out of it.

 

It really does make you wonder why some people bother to attend.
Who on earth could believe such behaviour can help our predicament?
Trust me it's difficult enough playing any sport when you are low on confidence,without imbecilic utterances from half cut dim wits.
Let's hope these creeps reflect on their abysmal behaviour and refrain in future,but I doubt it.

 

Got to replace them first though and that doesn't look like happening.

 

We have to get new players in - who knows how that's going - but we don't have to get rid of the useless ones if we can't find takers. Gino could take the financial hit and DjeDje them

 

When behaviour crosses a line, unacceptable.

But like Watson said after the game, fans have a right to be angry and to air their grievances. They pay a lot of money and the players would do well to remember that.

The players aren’t just going to suddenly grow in confidence randomly one day so they will have to call on their footballing ability and too many of them are displaying a lack of desire to do that for the cause at the moment so they have to expect the criticism that comes with it.

Footballers are generally showered with adoration by supporters. And are happy to accept that. Fans will only turn when performances levels become unacceptable and that is what is happening.

Low on confidence isn’t an excuse. So were Southampton. So were Swansea. So were Everton. So were Palace. So were Huddersfield. Any fan who crossed the line yesterday is a total imbecile but on the whole, I think the fans have been extremely loyal to the team in recent weeks. Yesterday was unacceptable by the players and they were told.

Meh! has started another thread about getting behind the team - and I wholeheartedly agree. I and I’m sure everyone else goes along to support the team from minute 1 of every game and will continue to do so long as the effort warrants it. When I see players letting themselves down with little to no desire to change that fact, then I believe they should be let know that we see it. Playing the game they love and wanting to do it at the top level should be all the motivation they need to regain confidence.

I don’t mind losing - I’m a Watford fan, it happens 50% of the time. I only ask that they try. And although we have lost many games recently and badly, I’ve seen effort from some. Yesterday I saw very little across the board.

 

Exactly the situation we find ourselves in. Deeney is the only possible outgoing I can see. And we shouldn’t be letting that happen ironically.

Gino needs to take a financial hit until the summer to give us the best chance of staying up.

 

They both had a complete meltdown at the end of the match.

 

I do broadly agree that we the fans should stay supporting the team and it was disappointing yesterday to hear the gallows humour getting out of hand towards the end. However those criticising the fans on here must accept that the support was very positive at the start of the match and it was as a result of us very quickly realising, not just because of the goal, that the players’ attitude was not right (too slow, no movement etc.). Then it was doubly disappointing that there seemed to be no change in attitude at the start of the second half, despite some early and apparently positive substitutions. There still seemed to be no prospect of Watford scoring, so it was hardly surprising that the atmosphere changed for the worse.

 

Row X, last seat in the row, right next to the Southampton fans.....it was lovely.

 

One positive from yesterday - with about 20 minutes to go and us playing gash, the Southampton manager thought it sensible to take a forward off, bring on a centre back and go to a back five, which suggests he might just be incompetent enough to ensure that Saints take up one of the relegation places

 

"As a matter of fact...It's all dark"

 

Always worth reading through your text before pressing 'send'. You did? Oh dear.

 

Nor, indeed, did they show much of any parts of the match. Must have been a good one.

 

And by winning he might've saved his job

 

Just back? Did you walk?

 

Both of you are surely highlighting stuff that is the responsibility of the coaching staff. (?). Is Watson (who has a dressing-room reputation as a thinker about the game) dithering or are the runners-off-the-ball dithering? Defensive set-ups against set pieces have been criticised all season long. Gracia has his work cut out and very little time to do it in.

 

A game widely considered a lovely day out for the family.

 

It's quite ironic for Kabasele to say "we're not lying down". Remember Bournemouth away last season? I bet Holebas said the same after Huddersfield as well no doubt.

 

Drowned my sorrows at every pub on drive back. Mrs Blah and the littluns weren’t too pleased but they eventually had fun in all the pub gardens.

 

'Reflect on their abysmal behaviour'...... You wouldn't be a teacher by any chance?

 

To listen to some of you anyone would think we at in last place in the league and 10 points adrift. OK I freely admit our results of late have been abysmal and action needed to be taken, however, just take time out and remember the players we have had out through injury. Our defence has been decimated and to loose both Chalobah and Hughes when both were starting to look impressive has left our midfield sadly depleted.
To talk of bringing players in to increase competition for places is nonsense, when our injured players return we will have a much stronger squad available and I have every confidence that results will improve. Only the medical team know when this might be, and if this is not going to be until the end of the season then we need to bring in greater depth to the squad to avoid being left high and dry if we sustain further injuries.

 

So let me see if I have this right?

To suggest bringing in new players is stupid because we may have injured players coming back. But if we don’t get players back, we need to bring in new players?

We have burnt through a lot of games whilst waiting for injured players to return. Every game is key now and we can no longer wait. The injury update suggests it is a couple of weeks at least before we see any of them back near the first team. Then it seems we may get another back ever couple of weeks after that. And all of them will be required to hit the ground running?!

We can’t sit on our hands anymore hoping this will improve. New additions are needed of required first team quality and it is not nonsense to suggest that.

 

We have 3 days to get new players and then the window shuts. Too late for more assessment on injury.

 

I arrived home this afternoon to find it has been a lovely sunny day for skiing.
Having had time to digest the game yesterday and reading the threads on the site.
I don't agree that the fans were overly abusive towards the players. I do agree that the swearing towards Kabasele and Holebas in front of small kids, who were probably real pleased to see the players close up, was out of order.
The chanting from the stands was funny and correct. The team were awful, l mean dreadful. The worst performance l can remember. Many fans are saying the same thing. There wasn't anything else to enjoy, so the sarcastic chants were appreciated.
My partner came to the game with me and she is not really a fan of football. Even she laughed when a shot from Sinclair went out for a throw in. She made many comments in French about the performance, mostly associated with the toilet routine..
I watch local children most days practise Slalom and Downhill on the Massif De L'Etale. If they don't make the grade to get to the next level, then they are dropped. These kids are chasing the dream of representing La Clusaz/France in the FIS. The prize money is peanuts in the FIS. Even at 13/14 yrs of age these kids make the tourist skiers looks like Ben Watson did yesterday.
They are caning downhill at 60+mph and they make it look like they are out for a Sunday stroll. One slip and it could be all over for them. I see Holebas and Capoue strolling around yesterday, arms waving in the air and just looking like they could not care at all. It makes me want to put them on to a set of skis and send them downhill. Let them see what fear, speed and the desire to stay upright really feels like.
Nearly all of the fans yesterday could never reach the level of any of the Watford players, by any margin. On a Sunday morning many will be on the muddy pitches of the Watford Sunday League giving their all for their team and paying for the privilege. So their right to chant at how Watford play is just frustration and anger.
Long may that right continue in my opinion.

 

Yes, their fans are utter ****s

 

Holabas and Capoo can just **** off,How can people defend them they were beyond pathetic words can’t even explain how bad they were and Waston and Janmat.Not even bottom half championship standard the effort they gave was shocking and all the people that were giving the team stick were regular follows and we have a right travelling up and down the country spending hurdreds of pounds to vent our feelings,enough is enough some of the players don’t give a toss about our club so to me they can just **** off,because we will all be here to pick the pieces up when they have ****ed off and they will still be living the life most of us will never be able to have.Graham Taylor would of been ashamed of those players and the effort they gave was undefendable.

 

Haha.How do you rate the teams performance? do you travel up and down the country every week Year after year?Holabas and Capoo there is no way you can defend them they are a embarrassment and disgrace to the club the effort they gave was pathetic and they deserve all the abuse they got.Hope they never wear a Watford shirt again and would happily tell them to there face.