Watford FC v Aston Villa (R) - Post Shambles Thread

[pauliewalnuts]

What you mean in the team that was winning 2-1 right up until the 90th minute?

And still couldn't win. Yes, that one.

[croatian]

I question any manager that thinks Sinclair for Gana and taking Ayew off are sensible.  Black cost us that with Sherwood luke fuckwittery

Just thinking that meself.
I've just got an idle sense of curiosity now as to just how poor we can be.
And trying to contain suspicions that there's more to our persistent crapitude than may meet the eye.....

[AV89]

Another kick in the bollocks.  Sods law a played we discarded came back and bit us.

[boozey182]

With 2 minutes to go, I wasn't sure how we were going to do it. It looked impossible. But fair play to the lads, they managed to find a way, against all the odds, to lose that one.

The two matches against Watford this season are why we're going down. Even when we play alright, we'll find a way to lose. It's done with such efficiency, it's almost impressive. "Failure Through Adversity" - the season's motto.

[clash city rocker]

A serious question. Do we do this on purpose.  I just cannot find a logical  explanation.

[West Derby Villan]

I'm disappointed for the first time in months, what a mug, thought we weren't going to lose, idiot!

[malckennedy]

The thoughts of Eric Black:
"My team are winning 2-1 with 2 minutes of normal time remaining. But we only have 10 players and we're losing the possession battle. I need to change it. I know, I'll take off my hardest working defensive midfield player and replace him with my ineffective winger!"

Gana had to come off. He was injured 

OK, but Veretout would surely have been the sensible replacement. It feels a bit Leicester away.

[martin o`who??]

And there my friends - this season in a nutshell!!

[Steve R]

I felt that Black subbed off both Ayew and Ganna because they were injured. Watford had been looking for Ayew all game.

We played well and with purpose. It may have been my dodgy stream but I thought Cissokho did commit a foul but had managed to get the ball away far enough the negate the 'goalscoring opportunity' bit.

Give the tackles that followed, how we managed to finish with fewer players than Watford is beyond me. What a shitty little club it has become. We were down to 10 and lost our best two players to blatant fouls, the last 5 minutes were a bit harsh. I'd rather point a finger at the ref before heaping too much blame on the players.

[myf]

Couldn't even cling on for a draw to end the run. If anyone thinks this tanker is being turned round next year dream on. We've got to go from 26 defeats to 26 wins!

Norwich have almost twice as many points as us with 2 games in hand.

It's surreal

[croatian]

A serious question. Do we do this on purpose.  I just cannot find a logical  explanation.

Nah, it couldn't be a far-east betting ring.
Too obvious.

[CT]

A serious question. Do we do this on purpose.  I just cannot find a logical  explanation.

Nah, it couldn't be a far-east betting ring.
Too obvious.

Maybe a North East betting ring?

[FatSam]

I think we were unfortunate with some of the refereeing today. Abdi should have been red-carded, and we were left 9v11 for a few moments until Gana was allowed back on the pitch. Cissokho's red card looked debatable (on my dodgy stream); he came across and won the ball, and I don't think the Watford player would then have made it to the ball even if Cissokho did deliberately obstruct him. I can't blame Cissokho for that situation in any event - he came across to cover the centre backs, and managed to get a decent tackle in initially.

It's shocking how easily the Watford forwards can find some space in our penalty area though. The real improvement I'll be looking for with a new manager and reshuffled squad next year will be better defensive organisation.

The two Watford games sum up our season (apart from the fact that we managed to score two goals in each). The first one already felt like a must win game back in November, and we conspired to lose it through sheer ineptitude despite giving it a real go. I was convinced we would go down at that point, as we were such a shambles defensively - Sanchez in particular had a shocker.

[Richard E]

More than likely to end with 13 defeats in a row. That's over a third of the season without taking a single point. It's not even physically possible to be that toss.

[FatSam]

With 2 minutes to go, I wasn't sure how we were going to do it. It looked impossible. But fair play to the lads, they managed to find a way, against all the odds, to lose that one.

The two matches against Watford this season are why we're going down. Even when we play alright, we'll find a way to lose. It's done with such efficiency, it's almost impressive. "Failure Through Adversity" - the season's motto.

My sentiments entirely.