Watford (H) - Match Thread

[Dahnsouff]

Urgh, Got my first quality degradation. Fecking scousers, sorry @ScouseFox @scouse12 @scousefox4 @ScouseFox76 And there’s more!!!

Bloody hell, we have loads of scouse registered

[Guest BlueBrett]

Looks like it will need a piece of individual brilliance from one of the lads to get the breakthrough. Either that or maybe they come out at us a little more second half trying to steal the win. It's so hard to work anything when they just have 11 behind the ball most of the time

[Bazly]

Looking at the Liverpool game - score quickly and all over Everton,. Leicester game Perez fuks up and its a big snore.

[Dahnsouff]

2nd half heroes Assemble

[Izzy]

1 minute ago, Paddy. said:

Graeme Le Saux and Owen Hargreaves can get ****ed 

Who’s the tart with them? Never seen her before 

[Tom12345]

Playing well but lacked that killer instinct in front of goal.  Really needs to do better second half.

 

So far, I think:

- Maddison, Barnes, Fuchs and Ndidi have done very well

- Evans has turned up as usual

- Vardy uncharacteristically wasted good chances alongside Perez

- Ricardo has done ok but he can do a bit better with his final pass

- Soy has done better but looked a little slow on a few occasions

- Tielemans has been quiet

- Schmeichel has also been quiet, though hope it stays that way

[Finnegan]

Just **** off with the on field decision. 

 

The VAR has about ten of the best tvs you can buy with super slow mo technology. The ref is some fat blind middle aged **** miles away from the action. 

 

If we're having VAR just have proper VAR and let it make decisions. On field decision MUST **** off. It's killing the sport. 

 

 

[Tielemans63]

Glad Amazon have picked Hargreaves and Le Saux as pundits. Two guys with strong Leicester and Watford connections.

 

 

[Strokes]

2 minutes ago, Facecloth said:

Ridiculous decision from Pawson, couldn't wait to get the yellow card out. But the fact VAR has up held his decision is even worse. It was meant to eradicate shit like this.

It’s astonishing, VAR was literally created for this type of contentious decision. If it can’t get shit like this right, it needs canning.

[ALC Fox]

I JUST WANT BARNES TO SCORE

[Dr The Singh]

I was the only one thinking it's Nacho time after 5 mins

[Md9]

Did he give a pen originally then get over turned ?

[foxes_rule1978]

Mane gets penalties when not touched 

[Guest Manini]

Just now, ALC Fox said:

I JUST WANT BARNES TO SCORE

There’s a chant to be made here with I wanna be adored...

[ParkerPen]

pawson is a shit ****, VAR is a shit ****, get to ****

[Les-TA-Jon]

Poor dive from Vardy. I.e he didn’t con the ref. 
 

But regardless, got the ball first, foot stepped on. Foul. 
 

The dilemma for players is, if Vardy stays on his feet he might be more likely to get the foul, but he’s just as likely to see the ref saying no foul because he didn’t go down. 

[when_you're_smiling]

I don’t believe any referee has an agenda against us, but looking at the stats it’s crazy how bad our record is with Pawson in charge. We’ve not won a game he’s referred against anyone other than Newcastle since we beat Peterborough in 2012.

 

He was in charge of the 5-0 earlier this season and a 1-0 home win in the 2016 season against the same opposition, but otherwise its played 24 won 4 with him in charge - https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/craig-pawson/bilanzdetail/schiedsrichter/2289/saison_id/0/heim_gast//verein_id/1003/wettbewerb_id//funktion/1/plus/1

 

Still, as long as we take the chances when they come, we should get the win.

 

Iheanacho for Perez will be coming sooner rather than later.

 

 

[urban fox]

Just now, Manini said:

VAR on the other hand, is just ridiculous! 
 

So whoever is watching the monitor has seen that incident and has ruled that Pawson hasn’t made a clear and obvious error? Even if it’s not a pen, why was the yellow card not rescinded? It’s not a dive is it?! 

Because VAR can not be used for yellow cards only straight reds. That is the problem here cos he got the yellow out so quickly, it would have led to the ridiculous situation that we get the pen but the booking would have had to have stood as VAR cannot interfere with yellow cards. VAR is run by refs so they would never have allowed that. If Pawson had kept the card in his pocket we get the pen in my opinion

[Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot]

Nacho for Perez, Praet for Youri, lets have 'em.

[squarez]

1 minute ago, Md9 said:

Did he give a pen originally then get over turned ?

Pawson books Vardy for diving. VAR shows it was a clear penalty. Decision not overturned.

[RowlattsFox]

What's the point having the best referees, not including Pawson in that, on the pitch when all the big decisions are made watching a screen. 

 

Shit first half, too slow and struggling with Watfords shape but we'll be patient and get the win. 

[shen]

So far, this game has shown us what we already knew: Perez and Barnes are not consistently good enough when finishing.
It's a shame, especially with Barnes, as he makes things happen and always seems to keep moves going just when they look like petering out.

[ARTY_FOX]

Just now, Les-TA-Jon said:

Poor dive from Vardy. I.e he didn’t con the ref. 
 

But regardless, got the ball first, foot stepped on. Foul. 
 

The dilemma for players is, if Vardy stays on his feet he might be more likely to get the foul, but he’s just as likely to see the ref saying no foul because he didn’t go down. 

Theres a 0% chance you get a pen there staying stood up. Plus if you watch he's knocked off balance and his standing foot is never planted on the floor properly after 

[Tom12345]

Just now, foxes_rule1978 said:

Mane gets penalties when not touched 

Mane is a professional penalty winner. He already has in mind how to dive before the dive to make it happen. Vardy felt the contact and then thought about continuing before going down. Very different.

[Guest Manini]

1 minute ago, urban fox said:

Because VAR can not be used for yellow cards only straight reds. That is the problem here cos he got the yellow out so quickly, it would have led to the ridiculous situation that we get the pen but the booking would have had to have stood as VAR cannot interfere with yellow cards. VAR is run by refs so they would never have allowed that. If Pawson had kept the card in his pocket we get the pen in my opinion

Just read back what you’ve written there - and tell me the whole system isn’t an absolute farce  

 

At my wits end with it mate honestly I just don’t understand it