Matchday Thread 2023-24

[Super_horns]

Mark Robins complaining about an offside for one of your goals but their first was too !

 

[SF_]

Robins is a major slapped ass when things aren't going his way, must be the Man Utd background.

 

[SF_]

Blackburn tonight, both of our defences are wank, so my money is on a 0-0 ...

6,000 sold, which despite being a short distance, is still good for a televised Friday night game.

Lowe has reverted to his shitty box formation in every away game, with that toss bag Ledson starting. I'm expecting the same tonight, although I hope we just go at this lot and don't sacrifice an attacking mid or striker. Same team as Coventry for me, but with Andrew Hughes coming back in for Kian Best if he's fit.

Woodman seemed have an issue with his arm, praying he's fine, as I don't want to see this Cornell start in the league.

The team i'd like to see:

Woodman
Potts, Storey, Lindsay, Hughes
Holmes, Browne, Whiteman, Millar
Osmajic, Evans​

 

[Super_horns]

Cannot be much better feeling than a last minute winner at your rivals !?

 

[SF_]

Cannot be much better feeling than a last minute winner at your rivals !?

I don't give a shit about Blackburn tbh.

Nice to get back on track away from home though.

 

[SF_]

Thank God this international shite is over again, when's the next one? Feb?

Two big games coming up, Cardiff at home and Boro away. We need 3pts against a decent Cardiff side really as I expect nothing at the Riverside. Boro will be firmly established in the top six by January.

Hopefully Osmajic, Browne, and Best have come back unscathed, and Hughes is back in contention. Not sure if McCann is back in training either. Can't rush Ramsay's and Riis' return but hopefully we'll see them both back before Christmas - two big additions to the squad.

Definitely our best squad since Alex Neil finished 7th after we sold Hugill mid-season.

Team i'd pick for Cardiff

Woodman
Potts, Storey, Lindsay, Hughes
Browne, Whiteman
Holmes, Frokjaer, Millar
Osmajic​

 

[Super_horns]

Predictable defeat for us and Vardy scoring .

Didn’t realise just how late Cardiff scored v Preston !

 

[Tea Towel]

Another loss today. Better team first half but again tailed off towards the end, the players aren’t fit enough to play Rohl’s style for 90 mins.

I really feel for the guy, he’s getting what he can out of these players, but they simply are miles off being Championship standard. Recruitment in the summer was the worst I can ever remember.

If we stick with him when we get relegated - and that is definitely when, not if - he will bring us back up and more.

 

[SF_]

Painful defeat that, we defended well for 40 minutes with ten men and then collapsed in a the final 5.

Never want to see that c*** Robbie Brady play for us again. He's utter dog shit and is only interested in picking up a wage. If he ever gets on the pitch for us again, he'll probably get the biggest boo i've ever heard one of our own players receive. Deserved too.

Lowe deserves a slap for playing him, and leaving Hughes, Millar, and Frokjaer on the bench. Subbing off Osmajic and not bringing on Keane also played right into Cardiff's hands, Whatmough should have also been on for Holmes too to help deal with their crosses into the box. The guy is fucking clueless at times.

 

[Super_horns]

Deserved to win after the very poor start .

Dominated the 2nd half.

Livermore and Kone excellent.

Do need to work on our defending from set plays !

 

[Tea Towel]

A well deserved point for the Owls. Baby steps…

 

[SF_]

Hard to recall a worse week following this shite team, two utterly pathetic performances that highlights how inept the manager is.

 

[Super_horns]

Fantastic win on the road for us .

Great goal to win it from a central defender!

It’s goal of the season from Wesley! #watfordfc pic.twitter.com/4ps5pXnOC3

— Do Not Scratch Your Eyes Watford FC Podcast 🐝 (@DNSYE_podcast) December 2, 2023

Well done to Hamer for his penalty save at 1-1

 

[SF_]

Surely our 4th defeat in a row away at Norwich. Hopefully enough to push Lowe out of the door.

We're the worst form team in the league in the last 10 games.

2nd worst attacking team over the last 12, and 3rd worst defensive team over the last 12.

Our run at the start of the season was complete fluke, bar the wins against two terrible Stoke and Sheff Wednesday sides. We also dominated Rotherham but this negative fucker persisted playing 3 CBs and 2 DMs instead of going for the win.

Some context for anyone who thinks it'd be a harsh sacking while we're in the top half.

He's a crap manager who is completely wasting the players we brought in over the summer. He couldn't even get a tune out of Riis who scored 21 goals the other season.

Knowing our luck, he'll scab an undeserved win tomorrow and keep his job until January at least.

 

[Super_horns]

Coventry deserve to be ahead .

Forgot about O’Hare .

Has been a good player for them before his injury

 

[Super_horns]

Great ending .

Delighted for Healey .

Thought we did well generally although Southampton has more of the ball and showed some PL quality

We had more chances though.

 

[SF_]

For a man who 'doesn't care about clean sheets', that's all Lowe was interested in today.

A good point in isolation but you won't see a more negative performance all season.

 

[Tea Towel]

Absolutely made up for Danny Rohl. He’s finally starting to get the results that the performances have deserved since he took over. We would be comfortably mid table had we given him the job when he was first interviewed in the summer.

 

[SF_]

Huddersfield away tomorrow.

Two bottom three sides according to the form table.

I'll go for a completely dog shit game, 1-1, both goals coming from defensive errors.

 

[SF_]

Huddersfield are incredibly bad. QPR will 100% leapfrog them and I can't see them getting out of that bottom 3 again.

Millar destroyed them, and Browne, Whatmough, and Whiteman were all very good.

2 assists for Duane Holmes, no idea how a team as shit as them could just let him go. Very good, little player.

 

[Super_horns]

Good game tonight .

Silly error from us gifted Ipswich the game.

Need to be more potent in front of goal too .

 

[SF_]

Watford at home on Saturday. Very tough. They've only lost 2 in their last 10 and that was against Leicester and Ipswich. If we play like we did against QPR then they could smash 4 or 5 past us.

Hopefully the last two away games are a turning point and we're back on track, but us playing well and winning at home is what is needed.

We're expected to have Osmajic and Riis back in the squad, them two playing regularly could make the difference for us. Although after 12 months out, who knows if Riis will be as good as he was. Calvin Ramsay came back for a week and then got Covid... disaster signing.

I'd guess it'll be the same team as Tuesday but Osmajic in for Evans, although knowing Lowe, he's more likely to drop Keane.

Woodman
Storey, Whatmough, Lindsay
Whiteman
Potts, Browne, Holmes, Millar
Keane, Osmajic

Cornell, Best, Hughes, McCann, Ledson, Brady, Frokjaer, Evans, Riis​

 

[Super_horns]

Very clinical performance and great to see those coming in doing well taking their chances.

 

[Tea Towel]

Not our day. Better team throughout but couldn’t find the 2nd. Cardiff scored 2 from 1 shot on target, cheers Cam Dawson.

 

[SF_]

Sheff Wed at home.

Very unexpected win against Leeds, we played well, even though we were helped by a red card. They didn't really trouble us all game though, and their penalty was a dive.

Liam Millar is another level, been totally wasted at times being played as a wingback or striker. His winner was brilliant. I'd be amazed if he came here permanently.

That is our best team until Riis is up and running. He best not tinker with it, we need to follow that game up with another good home performance.

Woodman
Potts, Whatmough, Lindsay, Hughes
Holmes, McCann, Whiteman, Millar
Browne
Osmajic​

 

[Tea Towel]

Low quality game that. Preston had a lot of the ball without creating many (any?) clear cut chances although we did defend quite well and doubled up on Millar.

Suspension and injuries starting to build up a bit now, January is big for us. The squad is still poor but Rohl is polishing this turd as best he can.

 

[Super_horns]

Good point in the end with 10 men.

Could have won it too.

Ref had a bit of a mare - not often our fans get so irate about officials.

 

[SF_]

How the fuck is this scouse clown still in a job?

He's already said he doesn't give a fuck about the Chelsea game. That's great for the 6,000 fans who have bought tickets, plenty of them probably spending hundreds of pounds.

Perfect time to sack him with a long period before our next league game.

 

[Super_horns]

Hull winning at Sunderland.

Decent strike in a poor game .

Can sense some pressure on Michael Beale already .

 

[SF_]

Good 3pts, Ipswich were shocking until Moore came on. Can't believe we didn't have anyone man marking him.

The amount of late goals we concede is mental, no idea what this lot do in training.

Will Keane has been some signing, bagged a goal every 125 minutes, best ratio in the division.

Great to have Riis back and Frokjaer needs to start every game.