Gianfranco Zola is paying little attention to Huddersfield Town's poor recent form in the Championship

1:00pm Friday 18th January 2013 in Sport By Adam Newson

Picture: Holly Cant Picture: Holly Cant

Hornets head coach Gianfranco Zola insists Huddersfield Town’s 11-game winless run in the Championship is irrelevant ahead of the Terriers’ visit to Vicarage Road.

November 10 was the last time Simon Grayson’s side celebrated a league victory when they overcame Barnsley 1-0.

Since that result they’ve drawn six of their 11 Championship matches and have slipped to 17th in the table.

Huddersfield's only victory during their poor recent run was a 1-0 win over Charlton Athletic in the FA Cup third round.

In contrast, the Hornets have won three of their last four league matches and have scored ten goals in those games.

But, despite the Terriers stuttering former, Watford boss Zola is adamant he won’t take the opposition for granted.

He said: "I don’t look at that [the opposition’s form], I don’t listen to that and I don’t believe in that. Peterborough hadn’t won in a while when they went and beat Cardiff.

"So I don’t look at their results and I know we need to focus on our performance and do well if we want to win the game."

Comments(4)

JohnnyHornet says...
1:36pm Fri 18 Jan 13

Wise...you only have to look back to NYD and Charlton to see the obvious banana skin, just drum it in to the players.

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Harry's Bar says...
1:55pm Fri 18 Jan 13

JohnnyHornet wrote:
Wise...you only have to look back to NYD and Charlton to see the obvious banana skin, just drum it in to the players.
Yes, but it's also down to the players to get themselves prepared for the game. Forget the plaudits, the hype, focus on getting in the right place mentally for a physical encounter, not like the Charlton game.

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Boosey says...
3:36pm Fri 18 Jan 13

LD I believe there is a spare ticket going in our group, If so, will be in WH anyway from half12 if game still on.

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JohnnyHornet says...
11:27am Sat 19 Jan 13

Harry's Bar wrote:
JohnnyHornet wrote:
Wise...you only have to look back to NYD and Charlton to see the obvious banana skin, just drum it in to the players.
Yes, but it's also down to the players to get themselves prepared for the game. Forget the plaudits, the hype, focus on getting in the right place mentally for a physical encounter, not like the Charlton game.
Still at least there should have been no new year parties last night as a distraction. Onwards and upwards, It's all yellow.

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