Watford 1-2 Manchester City - 04/12/2018

Can we go again now to save time?

 

I already have

 

We came,
We saw,
We regrouped and went again.

 

We were relegated while you were asleep.

Oddly, alongside City.

 

Crikey. Were City using a dodgy HSBC account too?

 

We held Liverpool to 0-0 for three quarters of the game - how much better are City? Or am I just clutching at straws?

 

I predict we are going to lose this one by at least 400 goals.

 

You've changed your tune. You used to be the eternal pessimist here.

 

"Cheating Sovereign Wealth Fund. Your just a cheating sovereign wealth fund"

Or is that chant too middle class

 

*you're

 

Or we were beaten 3-0 by Liverpool in a quarter of a game in which they also had a player sent off ...???....and City are much better.....

 

Good LORD, I only came on here to read about the FA Cup draw and had no idea we were playing City tonight. Why is this happening? Some kind of charity match? Do I have to go?

Prediction: Watford 2-0 Man City, drab home win with little incident.

 

Nice little stat. Watford are trying to make it a hat-trick of wins against defending champions tonight. 2016 they beat Leicester 2-1 and last season they beat Chelsea 4-1.

 

I'm assuming games don't count if you're not in the country.

I'm therefore denying the existence of this encounter.

We proceed henceforth.

 

The only possible tactic is to play five across the middle and stifle. Surely?

 

I would have agreed but Capoue’s red card has made that difficult. You could tuck Hughes inside with Chalobah and Doucoure but that means Deulofeu on the wing and as much as I think he should play there, he doesn’t add much defensively to a 5 man midfield.

I can only see it working if you put Wilmot in there and keep Hughes wide. While on his day, Deulofeu is one of our better players and the type of player to at least make City’s defenders concentrate, he looks like the player that doesn’t quite fit a solid/rigid line-up tonight.

 

Agreed, if we can, but we will need a plan B for when they score after 6 minutes.

 

Six across the middle?

 

It may be he is better used as a sub tonight.

 

and make the burning an all ticket affair.

 

Agreed, if we can, but we will need a plan C for when they score 2 after 8 minutes.

 

Two goalies?

Eight across the goal line holding the other three aloft?

 

Does Capoue play pending appeal?

 

Good call. The only problem that I see is that there’ll be a gaping hole when we have a man sent off.

 

Finally a use for Okaka. Taking up the space of two.

 

Huddersfield appealed Mounie’s red card yesterday and it was rejected on the same day. We appealed Capoue’s on the same day yet no news?

 

Sod being one of the ones carrying him and Deeney for 90 minutes.

 

If we lose tonight, it will be our worst start to a campaign since promotion. Quite a turnaround from our best ever start only a few games ago. That's football for you.

Season 2016-17 22 pts
Season 2015-16 21 pts
Season 2014-15 22 pts

 

I think they lie on the floor and the others stand on them.

 

What do you mean by "if" ?
Still, fortunately we have got THIS manager signed up for 7 years.

 

What we really need is a Plan D for when they're 3-0 up after 20 minutes - and a Plan Z for how to defend a lead if we get an entirely unjustified pen in the first five minutes

 

No need for a plan Z. We don't get penalties unless the opposition come onto the pitch with baseball bats.