Presumably they'd only be able to travel in groups of 5 as they'd need space for the shopper/passer-by that they choose to set upon.
GT's statute must be made of bronze or something similar - not sure what serious damage it could suffer - on the other hand, there is a lot of unprotected expensive looking glass just behind it.
Don’t know why we didn’t remove the statue and play it up front in our starting line up for Saturday. Couldn’t do any worse than any other playing strikers at the moment. And would ‘get’ the fixture. Not overly worried about Sat. For all the hyperbole in the build up for this one, I’m honestly expecting a 0-0 broadly along the lines of the Sheffield game. Poor first half for us where Twitter fans have a meltdown, improve for the second, but the whole game peters out. Forgettable for the neutrals etc. That’s often the way these derbies go. Not expecting to see our true side until November and no judgement on our promotion chances till Xmas (if the season goes that far). In 00/01 and 07/08 we started like an express train then fell apart, I’m comfortable for this year to be a reverse pattern and still think it could play out that way. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Boarding up the statue is a really dumb move. At some point in the future Luton fans will come to Watford and deface it now we've made such a big deal about it.
Actually I reckon that probably is their big plan for this week end, therefore boarding it up is not such a bad idea IMO. Having said that you are right that the ingrates will vandalise it at sometime, though I think that was probably always going to happen regardless. However, boarding it up will hopefully upset their mindless little plans for at least for their big game this week end, which will no doubt upset them and then we can rub it in by stuffing them too. YELLOWS
Boarding up the statue might actually demonstrate to the players the strength of feeling that the fans of both sides have for the fixture.
Half our cowardly squad have probably asked Gino if he can arrange for them to be packed in a crate for safekeeping before tomorrow too.
With Vlad being aware that this is our Derby game, and with him having experience with the Partizan Derby, and with the knowledge there's no fans, I'm expecting Vlad to set the tone for the lads to make sure they know whats involved, and for the club to act accordingly during this daunting times. I expect nothing less from Vlad than a "No Pyro, No Party" attitude. I expect him to have some lads in all corners letting of flares and stuff. If needed - Go buy Balotelli today - he's good with that stuff. I expect to hit the scum hard by having a dilapidated caravan slowly burning away in the East stand while the games going - If he isn't playing, get Troy to cook the burgers on it whist laughing manically. No handshakes. Just the cold hard stare into Nathan's eyes when he offers a hand pre game. Be a good host. Leave a bar of soap, a toothbrush and shower gel on each seat of the away bench. It'll either remind them of prison, or confuse the hell out of them as to what you use them for. Get one of our foreign lads to confuse them at a corner. It won't take much - Just something simple like having Pedro calling them a London team repeatedly until someone corrects him, then point out their ****** airport is called London Luton. I think the Marco Silva treatment is need - Anyone have a any ideas for songs to play out whilst the teams are warming up?
Since I was born we've played the filth 36 times, winning 8, drawing 13 and losing 15. What a miseriable ******* record.
Their message board is very bitter and its actually satisfying to read, they are clutching at straws to make themselves feel better. Every other thread is about Watford the latest one being about Pereyra leaving which is titled Asset stripping at the allotments, a couple of people have been sensible enough to note that Pereyra was never going to play in The Championship and that we were getting a Nigerian international in return that would would walk syraight in to their team blind folded. They also keep going on about their trophy cabinet like they are Real Madrid.
They are incapable of holding a conversation on that forum, someone posts something and within minutes they are arguing. That lot would argue with the postcode lottery bloke if he knocked on their front door.
Maybe a few of our forum members should sign up for their forum, as we've got more than our fair share of members like that
