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Watford vs WBA - Match Thread - Ska'dForLife-WBA - 19-02-2023
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One poor performance and one unlucky one is the long and short of the last ten days for Albion, but on paper, the one point gleaned from those two matches was a disappointing haul that allowed the playoff race to slip a little out of our grasp. Worse still, two more crunch matches await in the coming week, beginning with the trip to Watford on Monday night.
It's our first visit to Vicarage Road in five years, since a 1-0 defeat en route to relegation handed the Hornets their fourth consecutive home win against us; part of a run which has seen us triumph only once in our last eight league encounters. And of course, it renews our acquaintance with Slaven Bilic, appointed six weeks after our most recent game against Watford and now guiding them somewhat uncertainly in pursuit of the playoff pack. In the last month they've managed only four draws and a defeat from a string of tough matches, and so if we have any hope of doing the unlikely tomorrow evening, it lies in their questionable form.
It's still too early in the race to call it a must-win or even a must-not-lose game, and there'll be time to make up lost ground if the worst comes to the worst. But a sustained slump would obviously do us no favours, and if we can manage it, the psychological effect of frustrating Watford on their turf would be as good a prize as any points we get out of it.
RE: Watford vs WBA - Match Thread - talkSAFT - 20-02-2023
Shit! 1-0 Watford (23 mins)
RE: Watford vs WBA - Match Thread - baggietrousers - 20-02-2023
When will our head coaches realise that Townsend is absolute shite!!!!!
RE: Watford vs WBA - Match Thread - Baggie_One - 20-02-2023
Townsend? Furlong !?
Another dire performance so far, no attacking threat
RE: Watford vs WBA - Match Thread - Salopbaggie - 20-02-2023
Sloppy passing, all around again.
RE: Watford vs WBA - Match Thread - baggietrousers - 20-02-2023
It wasn’t furlong who who made no attempt to meet the ball when it was passed to him, and it wasn’t furlong who passed the ball straight to the watford midfielder who created the goal. I agree furlong is no great shakes, but Townsend is atrocious.
RE: Watford vs WBA - Match Thread - Baggie_One - 20-02-2023
My god furlong, sloppy, careless, no creativity
RE: Watford vs WBA - Match Thread - baggietrousers - 20-02-2023
I take that back about furlong being no great shakes!!!! That’s an insult to players who ARE no great shakes, I don’t think there are words that can describe just how bad he is.
RE: Watford vs WBA - Match Thread - Baggie_One - 20-02-2023
Shall we just agree on both ?! Both sloppy in possession (when they have it)
RE: Watford vs WBA - Match Thread - valpayne - 20-02-2023
Right I’m all done with this rubbish switched off! I have better things to do than watch this inevutable slow crawl to defeat mistake after mistake sloppy passing gutless up front were right back to where we left off before corberan came in dismal dreary disinterested garbage