Relegation watch

Discussion in 'The Hornets' Nest - Watford Chat' started by IRB, Dec 12, 2017.

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Are we going to get relegated?

Poll closed May 24, 2018.
  1. No

    87 vote(s)
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  2. Yes

    22 vote(s)
    20.2%
  1. Cassetti's Beard

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    That's survival secured for another year!
     
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    Two more wins should do it.
     
  3. Bookie

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    One of those wins may come at Arsenal. They play AC Milan away just 3 days before Watford and again 4 days after playing us. Regardless of result, what a great time for Cojones pt2!!
     
  4. a19tgg

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    They may well, would he take that job though? Surely a harder task than Hull where he had a lot longer and hey still went down. Would he want two relegations and a sacking in his PL cv? Of course he might keep them up it seems unlikely. Obviously o he’d be off again if they went down.
     
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    Just watched the Palarse Spuds game and Mr Reliable did us a favour by robbing Palarse of a point. Spurs had almost 80% possession and needed their hero to score an 88th minute winner. Says much about their team.

    We have goals from all over the squad and without Kane where would they be?
     
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    Nailed on to be a brain dead appointment like Redknapp
     
  7. I Blame Pozzo

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    I'd disagree with 'robbed'.
    Spurs wasted numerous opportunities,Kane and the dismal Aurier to name two.
    Palace are stricken with injuries and that would have been a confidence boost had they sneaked a point.
    I've no idea why Spurs didn't play Trippier,is he injured?
     
  8. a19tgg

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    The bad thing for Palace is they had an amazing run to get out of trouble in the first place, but if they now hit a bad patch as would be normal for any club in the league outside of the top 6 to do, then they’re in trouble.
     
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    Would be great to see 3 of these clubs relegated; West Brom, Stoke, Palace or Newcastle. Unfortunately I think Bournemouth will just do enough, like us, to stay up.
     
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    Why would you want Muff to be relegated? If they were, we'd have no even semi-meaningful 'needle' match. I quite like our dual fortunes since coming up together. It's hardly Luton, but I feel like there's something in our games more than most others.
     
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    I would like to see Bournemouth and Newcastle stay up purely because they are good weekends away.
    Agree about WBA, Stoke an Palace though.
    Would be great to see the back of Palace especially.
     
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    Because they're ****s.
     
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    Hornet4ever WFC Forums Last Man Standing Winner 2018/2019

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    Totally agree. I would even swap CP getting relegated in return for J10 scum getting promoted (looks like that will happen anyway)
     
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    I'd rather Palace stay up than muff. Feels like there's a lot more history with Palace since Andy 'the dive' Johnson days and a lot more real moments of annoyance than this muff rivalry rubbish that some people are trying to force.

    They only really beat us to the league and that was more our own failt than theirs. There is no rivalry. I couldn't care less about them other than when we play them.

    Do you think Bristol City started calling us a grudge match when we pipped them to the title 20 years ago?
     
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    Muff are about as likely to go down as us. Which is to say, not very.

    I think Palace are in trouble without Zaha.
     
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    I wonder if next Saturday’s match will go ahead.
     
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    Think its more mid-week that the snow is potentially coming but a good point.
     
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    I'm travelling over for it so fingers crossed!
     
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    vic-rijrode First Year Pro

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    Nah, just brush the pitch, level the snow, paint blue lines and away we go - worked at Lowestoft Town in the Cup in 67.
     
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    Hilariously the palarse ultras were getting all bent out of shape about Delli Ali going to ground so easily, nice for them to get a taste of their own zaha flavoured medicine
     
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    Zaha will be back for their last couple of games and carry them to safety at the last minute, same as ever.
     
  22. Meh!

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    Could screw up any fpl teams with Arsenal and city players though! At least I've had a relatively ok week already if that one gets cancelled!
     
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    Bring out the orange ball!
     
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    First game back will be against us.
     
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    Not very likely looking at current predictions for the Watford area (and the whole of the UK i believe)
    While they've had enough warning to get the undersoil heating fired up it's not really for snow clearance.. it's primary purpose is defrosting the surface. Burning off even a small amount of settled snow with the undersoil takes weeks and it's due to snow quite heavy on Weds/Thurs.

    If current predictions dont change, i can't see any football at all in the UK next weekend.
     
  26. Jumbolina

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    Ali is dreadful though. It seems he can’t get through a game without tumbling twice in the area looking at the ref. Kane as well. Spurs are shocking when it comes to simulation.
     
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    True. Was it last season that Danny Rose threw himself to the ground, holding his face in an attempt to get Troy sent off? Can't stand 'em.
     
  28. UEA_Hornet

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    It doesn't even look like the worst forecast of this winter, so I'm surprised you and others are so pessimistic. No football at all?
     
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    It's also about safety of fans getting to the games.
     
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    They were predicting a day or so of light snow but now seem to be predicting much of that as sleet and no frost Friday night so we might be ok. Changes every few hours though.
     
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    Isn't snow,like relegation teams,very hard to forecast?
     
  32. Stevohorn

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    If you'd have seen the forecast (from a reliable source) i saw early this morning.. 15 cm's of snow over Wed/Thurs (temps minus 6-8) you'd have been equally pessismistic! and would that not be the worst forecast of your winter so far?

    As they say in football.. you can only comment on the forecast in front of you.
     
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    That as well.. but as someone who's worked as a football groundsman (in Scandinavia) i tend to focus on the pitch :)
     
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    It looks like Trippier is 'concentrating on the Cup'.

    Odd because Poch was picking ahead of Walker by this time last year.

    I read that Aurier has now done made 3 foul throws.

    He has matched the career totals of LD12 & JCP in one match.

    Sign him up, Pozzo!
     
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    Did you notice 'Willock' doing this for the @rse each time he got the ball yesterday?

    The ref gave the first few but then tumbled this ruse of the one time Future of English Football.

    I want Muff to stay up cos St Eddie didn't bother selecting Willock by the end of last season.
     

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