Watford FC 3-3 Tranmere Rovers - 04/01/2020 & 1-2 AET 23/01/2020

Gomes will start, should be Bachmann. Holebas may play but don't think any of the other usual suspects will play in defence, i have no idea. Midfield of Chalobah, Quina, Whelan and attack of Gray, Success and Everton.

 

Not for the first time I am in awe: How do you know and remember this stuff?

 

Think Big Chris scored the winner in a 1-0 win in extra time with a mishit ? His last goal for us ?

 

I think that this is close. Not sure what NP will do for defence, but all the centre backs need rest (except perhaps Dawson).

Probably:
Gomes
Youngster Dawson Youngster Holebas
Chalobah (although resting him might not be a bad idea either) Quina, Whelan/Hungbo/etc.
Gray, Success, Cassidy/Dalby/etc..

 

Didn’t we make 11 changes v Woking last year?

We won comfortably, so would do the same against a team in the Johnstone’s Paint non league northeast.

 

Tough one this, Tranmere won their last FA Cup tie, we lost ours heavily so they're the form team in this competition.

 

Hopefully we throw the game and get knocked out. We don’t want a cup run

 

Lawro has gone for us to win 2-0...

 

If we continue to have a conveyor belt of young Brazilian talent I am happy for Gomes to stay on the payroll for decades.....

 

Do I go tomorrow? I somehow injured my foot a few days ago, and resting it appeared to make it better. Then I went to the Wolves game and it has been agony today. I think maybe as the ibuprofen kicked in when we scored our two goals so I was jumping around.

I’m planning taxis to the ground and find a seat where I don’t need to stand up (I’m assuming I won’t get so excited for this game as if we lose we can focus on the league).

 

As long as that’s all it is I agree, but I don’t want to see two young goalkeepers’ careers actively stall any longer.

 

Agreed but he doesn't need to play. Additional keeper coach / liaison role ?

 

Are you Will Hughes?

 

You have obviously claimed your £5

 

I can empathise with him now!

 

Before he retired a work colleague and Tranmere supporter explained how he used to sponsor the nearest Tranmere home game to his birthday. It only cost a couple of £hundred and sounded like a great way to celebrate the day. I only mention this in case he is reading this, and I can wish a happy new year, and hope Tranmere get absolutely humiliated, and it is a miserable day for their supporters.

 

He deserves a final send off. Just let this be the third final one of his 2020 final send off tour.

 

I think our second string team should be enough to beat Tranmere and kick start another glorious cup run, hopefully when we get to the final this time we actually turn up.

 

It's going to be emotional having to contemplate what we're going do without Gomes in our team for the next three weeks until the 4th Round.

 

Players going through their paces in the lead up to the Tranmere match.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1213049141951180800

 

Injury update:-

Ben Dinnery‏Verified account @BenDinnery 10m10 minutes ago
The extent of the injury sustained by Femenía is not yet known. Cleverley, Janmaat, Pr*dl & Welbeck are definitely out, although the latter is making good progress. “He's [training] outside more or less one to one [with a member of the strength and conditioning team]."

 

VAR confirmed for tomorrow...

thefa.com/news/2019/dec/31/var-emirates-fa-cup-third-round-311219

 

Dele-Bashiru ? Or is he injured ?

 

And now, the end is near
And so I face the final curtain...
(contract extension notwithstanding)

 

Twas indeed, remember it well as it was my first ever Watford game!

 

I hope we are treated to the full back catalogue of Half Man Half Biscuit pre match,to honour our opponents.

 

I didn't know half man half buscuit was a full back !

 

Oh certainly!
In a Dukla Prague away kit!

 

It seems that a lot of the under-23s will be involved.

Based in part on that video (and at least from who I recognised), my guess would be:

GK (??),
Barrett, Mariappa, Spencer-Adams, ??Green/Gordon(though didn't spot either in twitter vid)
Hungbo, Dele-Bashiru, Quina, Pereyra
Gray, Success

Bench:
GK??
Balogun
Whelan
Hinds
JP
Dalby
??

 

I think I spotted him in the club's twitter vid of pre-game training which hornetboy posted.

 

Dawson is only back from injury, he should play as should Mariappa particularly as Kabasele is banned for the Muff game next week. This is also Quina's chance to show Pearson what he's made of plus we need to get Pedro some match time, even if it's 30 mins off the bench.