Area88 Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 I just wanted to post what the Sky Sports commentator said during the match which was 'Watford are young and inexperienced' and it had me nodding my head before the first goal even went in. Since the playoffs are like cup matches and if you lose, you are out of the competition, I think it's more about psychology than who has the better players. I just feel going into this, Leicester have the unseen advantage of more experience in terms of player age and previous playoff experience. They also have a one goal advantage which is another huge psychological boost, they can choose whether to play open or closed. Watford have a new, relatively unproven manager and a new team of players who could easily underperform again tomorrow under the pressure. Their team did lose Peterborough also in April and their form has been in decline very recently. Anyway, just wanted to add some very much needed positivity to the forum since fans can be a little too over critical about their own team. I think the prospects for tomorrow are very high and very likely that things will go the way we want them to. Have faith in the players.
miked2006 Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 Watford fan here, agree completely. We do seem to struggle when the pressure is on. Hopefully we will benefit from having nothing to lose...
Fox92 Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 Some of those players won't have played in anything like play offs before, different to league games.
AKCJ Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 Am I right in saying that only Doyley had ever played in the playoffs before thursday?
cjslcfc Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 I just wanted to post what the Sky Sports commentator said during the match which was 'Watford are young and inexperienced' and it had me nodding my head before the first goal even went in. Since the playoffs are like cup matches and if you lose, you are out of the competition, I think it's more about psychology than who has the better players. I just feel going into this, Leicester have the unseen advantage of more experience in terms of player age and previous playoff experience. They also have a one goal advantage which is another huge psychological boost, they can choose whether to play open or closed. Watford have a new, relatively unproven manager and a new team of players who could easily underperform again tomorrow under the pressure. Their team did lose Peterborough also in April and their form has been in decline very recently. Anyway, just wanted to add some very much needed positivity to the forum since fans can be a little too over critical about their own team. I think the prospects for tomorrow are very high and very likely that things will go the way we want them to. Have faith in the players. I think you'll find that Leicester have the 3rd or 4th youngest squad in the whole football league. Can't find the stats at the moment but someone put a table on this forum somewhere a couple of months back
Dan Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 We've got a younger average age in our squad than Watford have.
cjslcfc Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 We've got a younger average age in our squad than Watford have. As i've said. Could you help me with trying to find the above stats? Remember a table being put up in one of the threads
marko Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 They're not that young really. Almunia 35 Doyley 30 Pudil 27 Cassetti 35 Chalobah 18 Ekstrand 24 Hogg 24 Anya 25 Abdi 26 Vydra 21 Geijo 30 Hall 32 Briggs 22 Forestieri 23 We've certainly got a younger and more inexperienced side. Plus, some their players have Champions League experience too. I guess we can add this to the Sky pundits' pearls of wisdom thread.
Guest BlueBrett Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 I think you'll find that Leicester have the 3rd or 4th youngest squad in the whole football league. Can't find the stats at the moment but someone put a table on this forum somewhere a couple of months back True but with Kasper, Wes, Kingy and Nuge we have a pretty experienced 'spine'.
cjslcfc Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 True but with Kasper, Wes, Kingy and Nuge we have a pretty experienced 'spine'. But overall we dont have more experience in terms of age really
Haydos Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 Don't we have a pretty young team as well? Keane, De Laet, Schlupp, King, James, Knockaert, Wood have an average age of 21 between the 7 of them.
THEBIGJOHNSTEADER; Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 So what we've established here then is that sky commentators for championship games talk a load of bollucks?
cjslcfc Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 So what we've established here then is that sky commentators for championship games talk a load of bollucks? That was established a long long time ago, I believe.
cc_star Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 Thought we'd got one of the youngest squads in the whole country? Also playoff experiences isn't always a positive, you could feel the fear more.
Kitchandro Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 We have quite a few inexperienced players as well. In fact most of them in the starting 11 are early 20s, only 2 over 30 I think (how old is Morgan?). And lets be honest, we have bottled it several times this season, when we were in 2nd for example, and all the late goals we conceded on the bad run. As the Watford fan says, they have nothing to lose and that will suit them more than us who will probably try to defend the lead with a less than convincing defence.
Dan Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 They're not that young really. Almunia 35 Doyley 30 Pudil 27 Cassetti 35 Chalobah 18 Ekstrand 24 Hogg 24 Anya 25 Abdi 26 Vydra 21 Geijo 30 Hall 32 Briggs 22 Forestieri 23 We've certainly got a younger and more inexperienced side. Plus, some their players have Champions League experience too. I guess we can add this to the Sky pundits' pearls of wisdom thread. There's literally only two players in that (Chalobah & Vydra) who I'd consider youngsters. That team against... Schmeichel 26 De Laet 24 Morgan 29 Keane 20 Schlupp 20 Knockaert 21 James 21 King 24 Dyer 30 Wood 21 Nugent 28 Kane 19 Drinkwater 23 That's amazing really. I really do under-estimate how young our squad is. 6 of the 13 used 21 or under.
Fox Ulike Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 Problem for Watford is that a lot of their loanees probably don't care much if they are in the Prem next season or not.
Carl the Llama Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 Problem for Watford is that a lot of their loanees probably don't care much if they are in the Prem next season or not. I'm not sure how true that is. I imagine many of them will be moved to London permanently if they make the Prem, which would surely be a bit of an incentive? (It wouldn't be for me, mind - I'd rather fvck up the playoffs if it meant not moving to London permanently).
Guest Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 But our average age increases a zillion fold if Konch replaces Schlupp.
kingfox Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 They're not that young really. Almunia 35 Doyley 30 Pudil 27 Cassetti 35 Chalobah 18 Ekstrand 24 Hogg 24 Anya 25 Abdi 26 Vydra 21 Geijo 30 Hall 32 Briggs 22 Forestieri 23 We've certainly got a younger and more inexperienced side. Plus, some their players have Champions League experience too. I guess we can add this to the Sky pundits' pearls of wisdom thread. Are those next season's Fifa ratings?
Dan Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 Based on Thursday's team which had Schlupp in it. Strange that we've won our two biggest games so far with him over Konchesky. Are those next season's Fifa ratings? Almunia shouldn't be that high.
eye666 Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 Didn't realise James was only 21. Hope he stays here for years - absolute quality. Need some man-love for James. And he needs a song.
Callabinho Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 We have the third youngest squad in the football league I think.
bluesbrothers Posted 11 May 2013 Posted 11 May 2013 They're not that young really. Almunia 35 Doyley 30 Pudil 27 Cassetti 35 Chalobah 18 Ekstrand 24 Hogg 24 Anya 25 Abdi 26 Vydra 21 Geijo 30 Hall 32 Briggs 22 Forestieri 23 We've certainly got a younger and more inexperienced side. Plus, some their players have Champions League experience too. I guess we can add this to the Sky pundits' pearls of wisdom thread. Chalobah is only 18!?! Bloody hell, that lad grew fast. He's built like a tank.
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