Asha Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 8 hours ago, Duquesne Whistle said: Hodgson would make a more more convincing US president. Of that, I'm sure. WE NEED TO STOP WUSSIA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosbehFox Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 49 minutes ago, foxfanazer said: Vito Perreira on the verge of getting the Everton job. That feels like a massive risk imo What happens when you let an agent start controlling your club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballwipe Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 9 hours ago, Vacamion said: Ordinarily I would love Roy H. He's a man of culture who speaks other languages and has managed abroad, and has been near the top echelons of management for a long time. He's now so old, he's cute. But he under-used Vardy at his devastating peak, he took Jack Wheelchair in 2016 instead of an in-form Drinkwater and had a really talented group of England players playing negative, fearful football and lost to Iceland. It's unforgivable, really. Absolutely baffling he got Euro 2016 after such a poor World Cup two years prior, he should've been bombed out seconds after the 0-0 with Costa Rica. Hodgson just seems like one of those people who absolutely detests the thought of not working. It's almost impressive how he's still getting chances at 74 in this era of ever-younger coaches being tried. New ways of working etc. It could well be that his well-travelled, cultured personality that helps him at this age. I hope I have his alert brain and work ethic when I'm 74, that's for sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, Vacamion said: But he under-used Vardy at his devastating peak, he took Jack Wheelchair in 2016 instead of an in-form Drinkwater and had a really talented group of England players playing negative, fearful football and lost to Iceland. It's unforgivable, really. I dunno, mate, England's only one part of the nation. 3 out of 4 constituent countries of the UK would vote to Knight him for Iceland. Superb work. Never gets old. Awise, sur Woy. Edited 26 January 2022 by Finnegan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenTheFox Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 4 minutes ago, Finnegan said: I dunno, mate, England's only one part of the nation. 3 out of 4 constituent countries of the UK would vote to Knight him for Iceland. Superb work. Never gets old. Awise, sur Woy. Roy did a fantastic job of lowering my expectations to a point where I was really happy to see Sam Allardyce being given the England job. Having said that, Hodgson is very much proven in managing small/medium-sized premier league clubs and is generally a safe pair of hands for this type of job. Whether this is a job too far remains to be seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 Roy will have our pants down, we were mostly shite against his setup for palace, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koke Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 Watford is such an uninspiring club. A club with little to no identity. Norwich get ridiculed for the constant pro & rel but Watford have only been marginally more successful than Norwich in recent years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_horns Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Koke said: Watford is such an uninspiring club. A club with little to no identity. Norwich get ridiculed for the constant pro & rel but Watford have only been marginally more successful than Norwich in recent years. I guess the only difference is we stayed in the Premier league for 5 seasons (when managers at least stayed a season! ) but yes over the last couple of years it has become messy and with no real planning. Trouble is our squad particularly the defence has been the same for a while without any real improvements as you would have seen in our 2 meetings made to it whilst the midfield is hit and miss. Since 2019 really - a lot of money has been wasted and focus on buying players to actually make the team better has been lost with the odd exception. And naturally due to relegation we had a high turnover of players losing the better ones generally. Edited 26 January 2022 by Super_horns 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc_forever Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 There is a cliche that when a company has a glowing profile in the business media about it or its owner, that's a sign that things are going to go wrong as it suggests hubris or complacency. The Financial Times did a big feature on how well Watford are run and their scouting strategy, and since then, they've struggled: https://www.ft.com/content/4bb66cd4-dc9b-11e8-8f50-cbae5495d92b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxdiamond Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 10 minutes ago, Super_horns said: I guess the only difference is we stayed in the Premier league for 5 seasons (when managers at least stayed a season! ) but yes over the last couple of years it has become messy and with no real planning. Trouble is our squad particularly the defence has been the same for a while without any real improvements as you would have seen in our 2 meetings made to it whilst the midfield is hit and miss. Since 2019 really - a lot of money has been wasted and focus on buying players to actually make the team better has been lost with the odd exception. And naturally due to relegation we had a high turnover of players losing the better ones generally. I admire Roy's appetite for the game at 74. I know he will be well paid but even so we'll done to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacamion Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 1 hour ago, Finnegan said: I dunno, mate, England's only one part of the nation. 3 out of 4 constituent countries of the UK would vote to Knight him for Iceland. Superb work. Never gets old. Awise, sur Woy. I actually think that might be part of it. His incompetence allowed Scottish colleagues and acquaintances to smirk at me and mention Iceland. That always stings a little. He even made Wales look good, FFS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 10 minutes ago, Vacamion said: He even made Wales look good, FFS. Tbf getting further in a tournament than any England side had done in about ten generations helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_horns Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, lcfc_forever said: There is a cliche that when a company has a glowing profile in the business media about it or its owner, that's a sign that things are going to go wrong as it suggests hubris or complacency. The Financial Times did a big feature on how well Watford are run and their scouting strategy, and since then, they've struggled: https://www.ft.com/content/4bb66cd4-dc9b-11e8-8f50-cbae5495d92b Guy on 5live was saying the other week their system doesn't work so effectively now as all teams have access to videos/DVDs and scouts all around the world. I am not sure who decided it was a good idea to pay £18 million for Andre Gray and pay him 70k a week! That is a good example of the bad purchasing we have done. Hasn't been a Richarlison type player since who we sold for big big money. Even Sarr was probably too much at 30/40 million and I doubt we will get much of a profit if at all . Edited 26 January 2022 by Super_horns 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fazzyfox Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 A busy first day for Woy, Watford to change shirt sponsors to Werthers Originals and replace the warm up tracksuit tops with nice cosy knitted cardigans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wortho Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 Since Watford last had a clean sheet in the Prem they have had 6 managers !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 11 hours ago, Vacamion said: Ordinarily I would love Roy H. He's a man of culture who speaks other languages and has managed abroad, and has been near the top echelons of management for a long time. He's now so old, he's cute. But he under-used Vardy at his devastating peak, he took Jack Wheelchair in 2016 instead of an in-form Drinkwater and had a really talented group of England players playing negative, fearful football and lost to Iceland. It's unforgivable, really. Should never have got the job. I said at the time I'd have preferred Redknapp. But in terms of solid PL job I think Watford can do worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross 'LCFC' Turner Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 I actually think Watford have more chance of survival with Hodgson in charge than the usual token appointment from abroad. It won't be pretty and its fairly underwhelming if you're a Watford fan but its the best chance they've realistically got, Ranieri was taking them down 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 2 hours ago, Super_horns said: Guy on 5live was saying the other week their system doesn't work so effectively now as all teams have access to videos/DVDs and scouts all around the world. I am not sure who decided it was a good idea to pay £18 million for Andre Gray and pay him 70k a week! That is a good example of the bad purchasing we have done. Hasn't been a Richarlison type player since who we sold for big big money. Even Sarr was probably too much at 30/40 million and I doubt we will get much of a profit if at all . Joao Pedro has the potential to be a Richarlison does he not? You got him for a very modest fee before there was then serious interest from bigger clubs but you'd already got the agreement. I like the look of him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKLFox Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 47 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: Joao Pedro has the potential to be a Richarlison does he not? You got him for a very modest fee before there was then serious interest from bigger clubs but you'd already got the agreement. I like the look of him. By that you mean a whinging arsey cheat right, blatantly tried getting VDC sent off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facecloth Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 'Four positive Covid tests needed as PL agrees new postponement guidance' https://www.skysports.com/Football/12525755 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fox_up_north Posted 26 January 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 26 January 2022 Well done PL, you've acted about 2 months after the horse bolted. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 26 minutes ago, BKLFox said: By that you mean a whinging arsey cheat right, blatantly tried getting VDC sent off Yeah, our players would definitely not make a meal out of being hacked down accidentally on the edge of the box when already on a booking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicesterpool Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 35 minutes ago, Facecloth said: 'Four positive Covid tests needed as PL agrees new postponement guidance' https://www.skysports.com/Football/12525755 Glad its changed but I still think four is generous to call a match off. Six or more I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facecloth Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 2 minutes ago, Leicesterpool said: Glad its changed but I still think four is generous to call a match off. Six or more I think. Yeah I think it's a bit low. Bit at least it's not based in available players any more, which was a stupid rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky Posted 26 January 2022 Share Posted 26 January 2022 Lampard favourite for Everton. Will his Toryness be condemned or ignored? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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