Watford (A) | 21.03.26 | KO 15:00

[filbertway]

55 minutes ago, Claridge said:

and when we beat Liverpool, no one at the club has less awareness than Nelson, but i do agree Hamzas not good

Yeah that one came to mind. 6 4 0 formation.  Sarah missed a pen and then missed the rebound as well didnt he? 

 

We'll have to disagree on that one. Im sure if you stick nelson on the penalty spot with 8 others players in the box he'll look alright haha

[Claridge]

1 hour ago, filbertway said:

Yeah that one came to mind. 6 4 0 formation.  Sarah missed a pen and then missed the rebound as well didnt he? 

 

We'll have to disagree on that one. Im sure if you stick nelson on the penalty spot with 8 others players in the box he'll look alright haha

Bloody women

[Chelmofox]

4 hours ago, Sunbury Fox said:

I can see the temptation of a change in system but in my view it would be risky to try to implement it so late in the season with only a few games left to save ourselves. Also not at all convinced we have the players for it. We will end up with even more crap CBs and crap strikers in the teams, whilst not having anyone in the squad who can play both parts of the wing back role effectively.  

What i love about this, is that we are shit in the current formation. Yet we cant change because we 'might' be shit. 

 

It reminds me a little while ago of a poster telling me we cant play Aluko because he cant play the 'Ricardo role'. Ricardo cant play the Ricardo role, what ever that is?!? So whats to lose?

[Chelmofox]

4 hours ago, Sunbury Fox said:

I can see the temptation of a change in system but in my view it would be risky to try to implement it so late in the season with only a few games left to save ourselves. Also not at all convinced we have the players for it. We will end up with even more crap CBs and crap strikers in the teams, whilst not having anyone in the squad who can play both parts of the wing back role effectively.  

What i love about this, is that we are shit in the current formation. Yet we cant change because we 'might' be shit. 

 

It reminds me a little while ago of a poster telling me we cant play Aluko because he cant play the 'Ricardo role'. Ricardo cant play the Ricardo role, what ever that is?!? So whats to lose?

[Rubbersoul]

This is the first game in a while that I just haven’t even thought about. 
 

Think that QPR game was the breaking point for me. Thankfully already have plans so can’t watch this one 

[Chelmofox]

2 minutes ago, Rubbersoul said:

This is the first game in a while that I just haven’t even thought about. 
 

Think that QPR game was the breaking point for me. Thankfully already have plans so can’t watch this one 

We arent winning this. Not a chance. Go do something nice for the weekend....

[Rubbersoul]

5 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

We arent winning this. Not a chance. Go do something nice for the weekend....

That would be my advice for our fans. Genuinely just try and find something else to do 

[J.Lisemore]

16 minutes ago, Rubbersoul said:

That would be my advice for our fans. Genuinely just try and find something else to do 

Bang on. Had enough of watching Mavididi’s yawn’s, A walking footballer in Jordan Ayew and the ever obliging defence that gives goals away game after game. Personally looking forward to going down the road to watch Anstey Nomads. 

[PhillippaT]

6 hours ago, Chelmofox said:

We arent winning this. Not a chance. Go do something nice for the weekend....

Anyone fancy a walk?

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0dxexdd8xo

[Sunbury Fox]

10 hours ago, Chelmofox said:

What i love about this, is that we are shit in the current formation. Yet we cant change because we 'might' be shit. 

 

It reminds me a little while ago of a poster telling me we cant play Aluko because he cant play the 'Ricardo role'. Ricardo cant play the Ricardo role, what ever that is?!? So whats to lose?

Just giving my view. Stand by the fact that we don't have 1 good CB so very unsure about wasting an extra place in the team by shoehorning 3 of them in. Also, in a 352 you will end up having to play one of our few good players, Fatawu, out of position to make the formation work. And are you proposing to play both Daka and Ayew up top as they are the only 2 'strikers' we have? If not, we're again having to play someone else out of position. Genuinely interested to know what your XI would be in a 352 formation, as I'm struggling to think of a viable selection, given the players we have available. 

Edited 20 March by Sunbury Fox

[Jazzy_Jeff]

I’m predicting a Fatawu masterclass on Saturday. 
 

Putting his last few performances on a Saturday down to fasting for Ramadan. 

[Tomo260]

28 minutes ago, Jazzy_Jeff said:

I’m predicting a Fatawu masterclass on Saturday. 
 

Putting his last few performances on a Saturday down to fasting for Ramadan. 

Prepare to be heavily disappointed. 

 

We'll remain 23rd in the table 

[Muzzy_no7]

1 hour ago, Sunbury Fox said:

Just giving my view. Stand by the fact that we don't have 1 good CB so very unsure about wasting an extra place in the team by shoehorning 3 of them in. Also, in a 352 you will end up having to play one of our few good players, Fatawu, out of position to make the formation work. And are you proposing to play both Daka and Ayew up top as they are the only 2 'strikers' we have? If not, we're again having to play someone else out of position. Genuinely interested to know what your XI would be in a 352 formation, as I'm struggling to think of a viable selection, given the players we have available. 

We haven’t got the wing backs or strikers for a 3-5-2. People suggesting this aren’t really thinking about it. 

[Winstonthedog]

Let's face it we are the easiest team in the league to play against

No passion 

No fight 

No goalscorer 

Shocking defence 

Collapse like a paper bag full of pi55 under any sort of pressure 

[AKCJ]

13 hours ago, Mark_w said:

It's incapable of playing the 4-2-3-1 Man City style though...

I agree, but I do think that the squad has been built that badly that a 4-2-3-1 is the only way to get round pegs in round holes for every position.

[Winstonthedog]

This constant obsession with the Man City style is now beyond a joke ..... just play to our strengths and let other teams work us out .... 

[filbertway]

12 hours ago, Claridge said:

Bloody women

Hahha ffs!

 

[RowlattsFox]

I have no idea why but I think we will win here. Probably followed by no more than 1 point over the Easter weekend. 

[Winstonthedog]

19 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said:

I have no idea why but I think we will win here. Probably followed by no more than 1 point over the Easter weekend. 

Exactly ..... you have no idea 

[ClaphamFox]

38 minutes ago, Winstonthedog said:

Exactly ..... you have no idea 

Our previous away games under Rowett suggest it is likely to be tight tomorrow. Tight games can go either way. An away win wouldn’t be an outrageously surprising outcome.

[Winstonthedog]

3 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

Our previous away games under Rowett suggest it is likely to be tight tomorrow. Tight games can go either way. An away win wouldn’t be an outrageously surprising outcome.

Don't disagree... but our threat level is very low .... and our ability to give up is very high .... a win would be very welcome... by has to be followed up by another win ... which we seem incapable of .... random surprising wins will not be enough to drag us out of the sh1t

[AKCJ]

7 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

Our previous away games under Rowett suggest it is likely to be tight tomorrow. Tight games can go either way. An away win wouldn’t be an outrageously surprising outcome.

Well seeing as we haven't won away in over 100 days I'd be quite surprised mate.

[HankMarvin]

When asked about changing formation playing 2 up top etc, he didn’t feel it was time to make drastic changes yet. I disagree these opposition teams are so ropey at the back you can’t afford to let them get comfortable by offering jack shit going forward. 

[ClaphamFox]

17 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

Well seeing as we haven't won away in over 100 days I'd be quite surprised mate.

Our away performances have been better under Rowett. When we're not playing at the KP, the team actually manages to show the kind of qualities you'd expect from a Rowett side. We should have won at Stoke and could have won at Middlesbrough (although a draw was fair). You might say we rode our luck towards the end at Ipswich but then if the ref had spotted the 27th minute foul in the box that later earned Leif Davis a retrospective ban, we might even have won that one. So I'm with Rowett when he says we should probably have got more out of those games than three draws.

 

Rowett's first six games have been a bit of a rollercoaster: optimism after the Stoke and Middlesbrough draws, depression/pessimism after the Norwich loss, the return of optimism after the Ipswich and Bristol City games, then a slump back into depression after the QPR game. I'm aware that some are now predicting we'll remain depressed for the rest of the season as the losses rack up and we're relegated with games to spare. I respectfully disagree with them—I think we won't be allowed off the rollercoaster early and our mood swings will continue for a while yet, possibly until full-time at Blackburn on the last day.

[Foxin_Mad]

The big problem this bunch of players have is they cant play 3 games in a week, after a week at the spa facility luxury, hopefully they can muster a bit of energy,  It was pretty clear in both Norwich and QPR games they ran out of energy.

 

This is a failure of the previous fraudulent manager, hopefully the fitness is improving, I'm sort of hoping after the international break they might be up to full speed. 

 

We need a win here, pure and simple, its not a great ground for us in recent years.