Fernando Forestieri comes off the bench to score twice and give Watford victory over Sheffield Wednesday

Fabulous Forestieri fires Hornets back to second Fabulous Forestieri fires Hornets back to second

Fernando Forestieri came off the bench to score twice and fire Watford back to second in the Championship as they came from behind to beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 and get Vicarage Road rocking tonight.

The Hornets were in some bother when Gianfranco Zola decided to put on the Argentine striker and Nathaniel Chalobah at the start of the second half.

After Matej Vydra had missed a sitter to put the his side in front, a series of mistakes led to Michail Antonio giving Wednesday the lead soon after. The home side’s goal then came under a sustained bombardment for around ten minutes and it took a combination of some fine stops from Jonathan Bond and downright good fortune to prevent the visitors extending their advantage.

Having got to the break just the one goal behind, the Hornets regrouped and by midway through the second period they had turned the game around thanks to Forestieri.

First, he was in the right place at the far post to turn in a Marco Cassetti flick from a corner and 11 minutes later he finished superbly after good work by Troy Deeney.

This was a real gutsy display by the Hornets, who needed another fine save from Bond just before the end to make sure of the win which took them to within five points of leaders Cardiff City, who were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Derby County.

Zola made two changes from the side which was pegged back at the death by Wolverhampton Wanderers last Friday, both of which perhaps had an element of surprise about them.

Jonathan Hogg came in for Chalobah, who was not named in the starting line-up for only the second time since the start of November, while Daniel Pudil returned for Lloyd Doyley. This meant Ikechi Anya retained his place as right wing-back, with Cassetti moving back to the right of the central defence. Manuel Almunia was still not fit to return, so Bond continued in goal and Deeney took over the captaincy.

Wednesday boss Dave Jones made just the one change from the side that suffered a first league defeat in eight at home to Nottingham Forest on Saturday, with Kieran Lee coming in for Leroy Lita. This meant Hornets old boy Martin Taylor had to settle for a place on the bench.

The Hornets were quickly out of the blocks, winning two corners in the opening five minutes, the second of which came after Cassetti had produced a lovely flick over his own head and then saw his right-footed volley from the edge of the area deflected behind.

Deeney was the next to have an effort in the eighth minute, accelerating away from Lewis Buxton down the left before breaking into the area and hitting a cross-shot wide of the far post.

Watford had started purposefully and at a good tempo, although Antonio had the visitors’ first effort from wide on the right which never threatened Bond’s goal as it fizzed wide of his near post. Soon after though, Connor Wickham was found in space by Antonio’s delivery from the right and the England Under-21 striker was able to chest it down and hit a fine right-footed half-volley on the turn that was superbly tipped over by Bond.

The Hornets keeper didn’t look too comfortable at the resultant corner however, as Wednesday tried to crowd him but the ball was eventually bundled out by Buxton at the far post.

Soon after though, came one of those moments that had the majority inside Vicarage Road rubbing their eyes in collective disbelief.

The Hornets built down their right, with Almen Abdi nodding the ball into the path of Anya, who broke into space in the area before squaring to seemingly lay Vydra’s 21st goal of the season on a plate for him, only for the striker to inexplicably miss the target from six yards out.

If that was incredible, so to an extent was the catalogue of mistakes that led to Wednesday taking the lead in the 20th minute.

The problems started when Hogg was dispossessed in midfield and Cassetti was bundled off the ball by Jeremy Helan. The Italian got back though, and seemed to have regained control of the situation, only to then play a back pass to Bond when the sensible option would surely have been to knock it into touch. The Hornets keeper initially looked like he would be able to clear, but slipped and Antonio was on the scene to knock the ball in and make it 1-0.

What followed over the next five minutes was to continue the theme and the Hornets were extremely fortunate not to find themselves at least two down. The fact they weren’t was down to their keeper and more than a shade of good luck.

The problems continued for Watford when their opponents were awarded a free-kick to the left of centre around 25 yards out. Miguel Llera struck it powerfully left-footed and Bond made a fine one-handed save to stop it going inside his left-hand post. However, he pushed the ball up and Buxton was first to the rebound, heading it and the ball looked as if it had dropped over the line, but the linesman’s flag on the Rous Stand side stayed down.

Moments later, Helan struck a left-footed drive which Bond could only push back out into the area and Lee had a superb opportunity to bury the rebound, but fired wide of the target. Still the onslaught continued though, with Danny Pugh venturing forward from left-back to chance his arm with a drive which Bond managed to deal with more comfortably.

Having somehow withstood that storm, the Hornets came close to equalising with their first on-target attempt when an Anya cross from the right looked to have gone too deep but Pudil arrived at the back post to connect perfectly on the half-volley, only to see it tipped over by Chris Kirkland.

Back came Wednesday with their shoot on sight policy though, with Wickham connecting well with a right-footed strike from 25 yards which Bond was again equal too, pushing it over his bar.

The end-to-end excitement continued, with the Hornets again going close, first in somewhat fortuitous circumstances when Llera challenged for the ball near the edge of his own area and then had to watch as the ball went narrowly wide of his own goal. From the resultant corner, the Hornets spurned another good chance to equalise, this time Joel Ekstrand blasting over from ten yards after the set piece had bounced up favourably in the area.

Before that incident, Ekstrand had been on the end of a challenge from Lee which earned the first yellow card of the evening and the visitors were to suffer a more serious blow five minutes before the interval when Jose Semedo came on to replace Giles Coke, who had been injured while squeezing between two yellow-shirted opponents to get in a shot.

That was to be the last attempt of a half which saw Wednesday have eight on-target attempts to the Hornets’ one.

Zola wasted no time trying to turn things around, making a double change at the start of the second half, with Chalobah replacing Hogg and Forestieri coming on for Pudil and switching to a 4-3-3 formation.

Within five minutes of making the change, the Hornets could have been back on terms when Anya, who had switched to the left, was able to dance his way to the by-line and pull the ball back in the danger zone and Forestieri was not far away from connecting.

Soon after though, Wickham had the visitors’ first effort of the half when he headed narrowly wide of the near post but on 53 minutes were level - and the substitution did reap its rewards.

Anya, who had started the second half very promisingly, forced a corner down the left which Abdi took, Cassetti got across the near post to get a lovely flick and Forestieri arrived at the back stick to thump the ball into the roof of the net to make it 1-1 before taking out the frustration of his misses of Friday night by kicking the corner flag out of the ground as he celebrated.

Boosted by equalising, the Hornets were immediately back on the front foot with Anya again leading the charge. Zola’s men kept possession well in and around the box before working the ball to Abdi, who fired narrowly over from the edge of the area.

Helan wasn’t too far away from getting his head on the end of a Pugh free-kick at the other end before the Wednesday left-back was booked for persistent fouling.

But the momentum was now with Watford and in the 64th minute they took the lead thanks to the little Argentine again.

This time Deeney was the creator, surging away down the right before pulling the ball back to Forestieri, who took a touch to shift it on to his right foot before hitting a lovely low right-footed finish to double his tally 11 minutes after netting his first to put the Hornets 2-1 to the good.

During the celebrations, Vydra tripped an opponent and was booked for his troubles but the Wednesday manager’s response to going behind was to replace Pugh with Jermaine Johnson.

Helan also saw yellow for a foul on Forestieri but Watford still needed to be careful at the back as they were almost caught out when two defenders went for the same ball but the move ended with a Llera shot deflected wide.

The visitors played their final card in the 76th minute, with Lita coming on for David Prutton, but Watford could have eased some of the pressure had someone in a yellow shirt managed to get a touch on the end of an inswinging Abdi free-kick soon after. To help firm things up at the back though, Zola sent on Doyley for Anya with seven minutes of normal time remaining.

Johnson then shot wide and Lita was booked for dissent, as was Forestieri for a blatant foul on Helan before Bond make another superb stop, arching his back to tip away Lita’s far post header back across goal in the last minute.

The ending was edgy but there was no denying what this victory meant to the Hornets fans and players alike as they celebrated with real passion after the final whistle.

Watford: Bond; Cassetti, Nosworthy, Ekstrand; Anya (Doyley 83), Abdi, Hogg (Chalobah 46), Battocchio, Pudil (Forestieri 46); Deeney, Vydra. Not used: Doyley, Murray, Bonham and Geijo.

Sheffield Wednesday: Kirkland; Buxton, Llera, Gardner, Pugh (Johnson 67); Lee, Prutton (Lita 76), Coke (Semedo 40); Antonio, Wickham, Helan. Not used: Taylor, Madine, McCabe and Bywater.

Bookings: Lee for a foul on Ekstrand (36); Pugh for persistent foul play (60); Vydra for tripping opponent (64); Helan for a foul on Forestieri (70); Lita for dissent (88); Forestieri for a foul on Helan (89).

Attendance: 12,727.

Referee: Darren Sheldrake.

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Comments(156)

Feff says...
10:02pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Forestieri - yes, he was fabulous tonight and I am glad to admit it. Great!!!

mickallen57 says...
10:02pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Keep grinding them out like that lads when your not firing on all cylinders,and the prem beckons.Nice to F F getting a brace, COYH

JohnnyBarnes says...
10:04pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Even though I don't believe that it was Watford fans who abused Fessi on his Twitter account, I'm very very happy it was him who bagged a brace. Well done mate - great night and back on course!

thehornet35 says...
10:06pm Tue 5 Mar 13

To all those who slated FF, eat humble pie, that is why he is a Watford player, he can be a game changer!

Hornet Cornet says...
10:07pm Tue 5 Mar 13

To those of us that cheered and welcomed FF onto the pitch and who supported him as we should any Watford player, well done. This is what our club is all about.

COYH

EltonForever says...
10:07pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Well Done!

Now be careful not to get carried away and keep things in perspective.

We were bad in the first half and should have finished it off properly in the second.

lincoln horn says...
10:07pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Will dream of a beautiful forest tonight in the lovely land of the premier league,COYH !!!

lockerbiehornet says...
10:10pm Tue 5 Mar 13

PHEWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!

mimiperena says...
10:10pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Watch out Fatty only 5 points clear now. This could be two from six not one from four. Well fought three points against a good side, Really is going to the last game and I have a feeling about Bolton being the darkhorses for the playoffs.

StuWFC says...
10:16pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Well done to Fessi, especially after the Wolves game :)

I wonder what Holloway thinks about all their goals being scored by Loanees and ours being scored by a perminant signing.

CARDIFFHORN says...
10:18pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Tense to say the least, the gap is gradually growing and I can see us Hull and Holloways home grown stars pulling away, however I can't see anyone catching Fatty. Leicester must be the ones looking over their shoulders they have some difficult games ahead.

hornet88 says...
10:20pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Someone said forresteiri couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo after the wolves game....you were saying? They also said vydra would have scored his chances....but I recall him hitting the post instead tonight. Anyway that's old news now. Watford march on and we are going up. fessi has just answered any questions asked of him on Friday.... Not that he needed to.

DuffmanWFC says...
10:29pm Tue 5 Mar 13

The beauty of having a great squad is that you can bring a player like Fessi on and the game changes!
Great result tonight when you put it all into context as Cardiff, Leicester and Hull dropped points!
Yep the first half wasn't good and Bondy kept us in it but Zola changed it with Chaloboah and Fessi coming on and the rest is history!
Bond played great AGAIN and I'm hoping Zola keeps faith in this very good, young goalie even if Almunia is fit as he deserves to keep his place.
We had to grind it out and if it wasn't for a lack of complacency against Palace and Wolves we would only be a point behind Cardiff but you can't moan really as we didn't loose those games and we are still the best form team in the division based on the last 10/12 games!
If we can carry this form on promotion will be a certainty... Surely?
I'll go to bed happy tonight and we all should as we are so close to achieving something truely amazing!
You Orns!

Bush Hornet says...
10:33pm Tue 5 Mar 13

StuWFC wrote:
Well done to Fessi, especially after the Wolves game :)

I wonder what Holloway thinks about all their goals being scored by Loanees and ours being scored by a perminant signing.
Hahaha! Like

1234566789 says...
10:37pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Fessi is so bad at football. He can't pass, can't shoot and never plays for the team. He isn't championship level, let alone premier league. Why is he even on our bench? Morons. Hope you are all embarrassed. Lutondown - I bet it all changed cause Hogg came off? (Can't wait for the barrage of abuse)

lutondown says...
10:44pm Tue 5 Mar 13

1234566789 wrote:
Fessi is so bad at football. He can't pass, can't shoot and never plays for the team. He isn't championship level, let alone premier league. Why is he even on our bench? Morons. Hope you are all embarrassed. Lutondown - I bet it all changed cause Hogg came off? (Can't wait for the barrage of abuse)
Fessi was brilliant, and those who abused him ( yes John Barnes they are Watford Fans, sad fact) are tools.
And yes Hogg gave away possession five times tonight just like he gave it away for Wolves to equalise.
Glad GFZ had the nous to change it at half time.
Great win, we turned it around.
And Only one Scully, I hope your choking on your words

a1derek says...
10:45pm Tue 5 Mar 13

What a prospect we have in Jonathan Bond, some very classy saves indeed tonight, especially that tip over near the end. He does deserve to keep his place! Goal not his fault (IMHO). It has to be good that we are grinding out results when not playing well.

Don't really want to add a negative but Hogg has given the ball away every time he has tried to pass it more than 5 yards in the last two games and has also been the root cause of both goals against in those games. Think we also saw how important Chalobah is tonight.

Pleased for FF I wasn't giving him stick after Friday, but anyone who was eat your words, he was excellent tonight and great finishing.

And finally...I knew Fatty McPie and his team would have a wobble. We're wobbling and winning they're having a wobble and not winning - excellent night all round!

lutondown says...
10:46pm Tue 5 Mar 13

CARDIFFHORN wrote:
Tense to say the least, the gap is gradually growing and I can see us Hull and Holloways home grown stars pulling away, however I can't see anyone catching Fatty. Leicester must be the ones looking over their shoulders they have some difficult games ahead.
Err! Are you looking at the same results? Five behind Fatty..( two wins)
Sure your not a Cardiff Red Sox!

Skully84 says...
10:47pm Tue 5 Mar 13

We can win against an ever improving SW side who peppered us in the first half. Already thinking about Blackpool on Saturday at the Vic. Good night all!

stewbyhorn says...
10:48pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Another result ground out from a side that were dangerous at times and Wickham missed that header, kirkland's time wasting from the start was poor and Zola's substitutions were bang on.
It's great being Watford fan!

Watford-James says...
10:49pm Tue 5 Mar 13

You can see how much the public support means to FF. I'll sing for him, score or miss if it helps his confidence and helps him to find his way in front of goal. Great to see him get a a brace. You can see that the players back him too. Well done Bondy too. You Orns!

Watford-James says...
10:49pm Tue 5 Mar 13

You can see how much the public support means to FF. I'll sing for him, score or miss if it helps his confidence and helps him to find his way in front of goal. Great to see him get a a brace. You can see that the players back him too. Well done Bondy too. You Orns!

1234566789 says...
10:55pm Tue 5 Mar 13

lutondown wrote:
1234566789 wrote:
Fessi is so bad at football. He can't pass, can't shoot and never plays for the team. He isn't championship level, let alone premier league. Why is he even on our bench? Morons. Hope you are all embarrassed. Lutondown - I bet it all changed cause Hogg came off? (Can't wait for the barrage of abuse)
Fessi was brilliant, and those who abused him ( yes John Barnes they are Watford Fans, sad fact) are tools.
And yes Hogg gave away possession five times tonight just like he gave it away for Wolves to equalise.
Glad GFZ had the nous to change it at half time.
Great win, we turned it around.
And Only one Scully, I hope your choking on your words
I don't want to have a go but surely you can see what he brings to the team? He isn't a free flowing footballer and will mess up some moves but he stops so much from hurting us that no one else in the team can do. Battocchio looks like he could fill that role, whilst being better on the ball, but you can't play our football without a player like Hogg to break it up. Can you find a top team without one?

lutondown says...
10:58pm Tue 5 Mar 13

1234566789 wrote:
lutondown wrote:
1234566789 wrote:
Fessi is so bad at football. He can't pass, can't shoot and never plays for the team. He isn't championship level, let alone premier league. Why is he even on our bench? Morons. Hope you are all embarrassed. Lutondown - I bet it all changed cause Hogg came off? (Can't wait for the barrage of abuse)
Fessi was brilliant, and those who abused him ( yes John Barnes they are Watford Fans, sad fact) are tools.
And yes Hogg gave away possession five times tonight just like he gave it away for Wolves to equalise.
Glad GFZ had the nous to change it at half time.
Great win, we turned it around.
And Only one Scully, I hope your choking on your words
I don't want to have a go but surely you can see what he brings to the team? He isn't a free flowing footballer and will mess up some moves but he stops so much from hurting us that no one else in the team can do. Battocchio looks like he could fill that role, whilst being better on the ball, but you can't play our football without a player like Hogg to break it up. Can you find a top team without one?
Yes you can. But look we all see things differently, that's called opinion.
We won because Zola made two key changes, Hogg being one of them.
Hogg...Scholes? Nah!

onion8837 says...
11:03pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Mila Kunis ate my clapper stick

JohnnyHornet says...
11:08pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Thought Bondy was MOM again until some blooming ex loanee substitute came on at half time.

DuncanWelbourne'sshinpad says...
11:10pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Good to see FF getting the plaudits , richly deserved tonight but the game was swung by the introduction of Chalobah . The " ping pong " midfield football of the first half was replaced by much more controlled football. Some of Chalobah's passing to both wings and switching play was out of this world.
And full credit to Deeney who worked his socks off to create the chance for the second girl. We have just got to play this brilliant young man every game. He's only a lad so don't need resting .

All in all a great effort all round.

COYH

onion8837 says...
11:11pm Tue 5 Mar 13

JohnnyHornet wrote:
Thought Bondy was MOM again until some blooming ex loanee substitute came on at half time.
Eh ? Not sure you can win MOM after the error he made for the first. He is what he is - hugely promising keeper who made some outstanding saves but also made a few big mistakes. Will be a great keeper but not MoM today.

For me, Deeney shaded it for his hold up play when we really needed it

Jazz 'Orns! says...
11:13pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Great hard worked win! Was disappointed in Hogg but Zola rang in good changes. Really pleased with FF; looking dangerous at times and a well deserved brace after Friday and the criticism. Bond was excellent. Exciting times! Just trying to remember the 'better than last season' goal for this season... But COYH!!

Jazz 'Orns! says...
11:16pm Tue 5 Mar 13

onion8837 wrote:
Mila Kunis ate my clapper stick
Checked Nandos on the way to the station but no sign of Meg

JohnnyHornet says...
11:17pm Tue 5 Mar 13

lutondown wrote:
1234566789 wrote:
Fessi is so bad at football. He can't pass, can't shoot and never plays for the team. He isn't championship level, let alone premier league. Why is he even on our bench? Morons. Hope you are all embarrassed. Lutondown - I bet it all changed cause Hogg came off? (Can't wait for the barrage of abuse)
Fessi was brilliant, and those who abused him ( yes John Barnes they are Watford Fans, sad fact) are tools.
And yes Hogg gave away possession five times tonight just like he gave it away for Wolves to equalise.
Glad GFZ had the nous to change it at half time.
Great win, we turned it around.
And Only one Scully, I hope your choking on your words
Whilst Hogg was certainly one of the main culprit in the first half for giving the ball away, we just seemed to play too many sloppy balls, failing to keep possession and hoofing it out only for the ball to come straight back. But COYGB's.

lutondown says...
11:20pm Tue 5 Mar 13

JohnnyHornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
1234566789 wrote:
Fessi is so bad at football. He can't pass, can't shoot and never plays for the team. He isn't championship level, let alone premier league. Why is he even on our bench? Morons. Hope you are all embarrassed. Lutondown - I bet it all changed cause Hogg came off? (Can't wait for the barrage of abuse)
Fessi was brilliant, and those who abused him ( yes John Barnes they are Watford Fans, sad fact) are tools.
And yes Hogg gave away possession five times tonight just like he gave it away for Wolves to equalise.
Glad GFZ had the nous to change it at half time.
Great win, we turned it around.
And Only one Scully, I hope your choking on your words
Whilst Hogg was certainly one of the main culprit in the first half for giving the ball away, we just seemed to play too many sloppy balls, failing to keep possession and hoofing it out only for the ball to come straight back. But COYGB's.
Yep, and I think Nosy hasn't been at his best last two games.
But typical we are talking about negatives when we should be applauding a great win.
Hear Dave Jones isn't too happy, well time waste after thirty minutes, and karma gets you, misery guts.

oxheypaul says...
11:21pm Tue 5 Mar 13

hornet88 wrote:
Someone said forresteiri couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo after the wolves game....you were saying? They also said vydra would have scored his chances....but I recall him hitting the post instead tonight. Anyway that's old news now. Watford march on and we are going up. fessi has just answered any questions asked of him on Friday.... Not that he needed to.
I've just ordered a large slice of humble pie after my Friday night outburst...and quite rightly.

FF and Chalobah changed the game tonight and FF in particular got the crowd going, which is no mean feat. Good on him - just keep doing the simple things well.

Odds on the top two being Watford and Palace?? (Apparently they have got a very good loan player).

1234566789 says...
11:22pm Tue 5 Mar 13

lutondown wrote:
1234566789 wrote:
lutondown wrote:
1234566789 wrote:
Fessi is so bad at football. He can't pass, can't shoot and never plays for the team. He isn't championship level, let alone premier league. Why is he even on our bench? Morons. Hope you are all embarrassed. Lutondown - I bet it all changed cause Hogg came off? (Can't wait for the barrage of abuse)
Fessi was brilliant, and those who abused him ( yes John Barnes they are Watford Fans, sad fact) are tools.
And yes Hogg gave away possession five times tonight just like he gave it away for Wolves to equalise.
Glad GFZ had the nous to change it at half time.
Great win, we turned it around.
And Only one Scully, I hope your choking on your words
I don't want to have a go but surely you can see what he brings to the team? He isn't a free flowing footballer and will mess up some moves but he stops so much from hurting us that no one else in the team can do. Battocchio looks like he could fill that role, whilst being better on the ball, but you can't play our football without a player like Hogg to break it up. Can you find a top team without one?
Yes you can. But look we all see things differently, that's called opinion.
We won because Zola made two key changes, Hogg being one of them.
Hogg...Scholes? Nah!
Hogg compared to Scholes? Really? One a defensive midfielder, the other a goal scorer playing in the advanced role in a midfield 4. Nice one

holtonian says...
11:22pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Never had one doubt of Fernando coming good.

Hornet Cornet says...
11:23pm Tue 5 Mar 13

onion8837 wrote:
Mila Kunis ate my clapper stick
you got sloppies

kingofpop says...
11:31pm Tue 5 Mar 13

We were very fortunate tonight!! Always play the best team!! All this tinkering is getting dangerous and getting fed up with every game hanging on for dear life...surely other teams win without giving there fans heart failure?
Hogg did give the ball away..as did bottachio,fernando,c
hebolah......im not saying zola was'nt right to sub him but abit of perspective is needed. Fingers crossed for a comfortable win saturday.....

PembsHornet says...
11:31pm Tue 5 Mar 13

CARDIFFHORN wrote:
Tense to say the least, the gap is gradually growing and I can see us Hull and Holloways home grown stars pulling away, however I can't see anyone catching Fatty. Leicester must be the ones looking over their shoulders they have some difficult games ahead.
I assume by your name that we're in the same boat, both hornets fans and living in Baardiff. Where abouts are you? I can't stop thinking of the fun I'll have with family and work mates if we manage to reel in the red dragons and get promoted as champions!! It would of course only be topped by the dragons getting beaten in the PO final again!!

lutondown says...
11:33pm Tue 5 Mar 13

1234566789 wrote:
lutondown wrote:
1234566789 wrote:
lutondown wrote:
1234566789 wrote:
Fessi is so bad at football. He can't pass, can't shoot and never plays for the team. He isn't championship level, let alone premier league. Why is he even on our bench? Morons. Hope you are all embarrassed. Lutondown - I bet it all changed cause Hogg came off? (Can't wait for the barrage of abuse)
Fessi was brilliant, and those who abused him ( yes John Barnes they are Watford Fans, sad fact) are tools.
And yes Hogg gave away possession five times tonight just like he gave it away for Wolves to equalise.
Glad GFZ had the nous to change it at half time.
Great win, we turned it around.
And Only one Scully, I hope your choking on your words
I don't want to have a go but surely you can see what he brings to the team? He isn't a free flowing footballer and will mess up some moves but he stops so much from hurting us that no one else in the team can do. Battocchio looks like he could fill that role, whilst being better on the ball, but you can't play our football without a player like Hogg to break it up. Can you find a top team without one?
Yes you can. But look we all see things differently, that's called opinion.
We won because Zola made two key changes, Hogg being one of them.
Hogg...Scholes? Nah!
Hogg compared to Scholes? Really? One a defensive midfielder, the other a goal scorer playing in the advanced role in a midfield 4. Nice one
Bad comparison but only because I can't compare him to a top teams midfielder, simply because they don't have one.
He conceded possession that led to Wolves equaliser ( yet it was Fernandos fault we didn't win) he put us in danger several times tonight.
But look I haven't come here to dig him out, I'm just glad Chalobah replaced him. my opinion, I've heard yours.

WessexLad says...
11:36pm Tue 5 Mar 13

As soon as I saw the team, I feared for Hogg and Batocchio being too lightweight in midfield. Thank goodness GZ saw the error of his ways at half time.

As our complement of centre halves (back three) all regain their fitness, we should play one of Cassetti and Chalobar, or both, to maintain a midfield presence.

Onwards and upwards. COYH!

1234566789 says...
11:38pm Tue 5 Mar 13

lutondown wrote:
1234566789 wrote:
lutondown wrote:
1234566789 wrote:
lutondown wrote:
1234566789 wrote:
Fessi is so bad at football. He can't pass, can't shoot and never plays for the team. He isn't championship level, let alone premier league. Why is he even on our bench? Morons. Hope you are all embarrassed. Lutondown - I bet it all changed cause Hogg came off? (Can't wait for the barrage of abuse)
Fessi was brilliant, and those who abused him ( yes John Barnes they are Watford Fans, sad fact) are tools.
And yes Hogg gave away possession five times tonight just like he gave it away for Wolves to equalise.
Glad GFZ had the nous to change it at half time.
Great win, we turned it around.
And Only one Scully, I hope your choking on your words
I don't want to have a go but surely you can see what he brings to the team? He isn't a free flowing footballer and will mess up some moves but he stops so much from hurting us that no one else in the team can do. Battocchio looks like he could fill that role, whilst being better on the ball, but you can't play our football without a player like Hogg to break it up. Can you find a top team without one?
Yes you can. But look we all see things differently, that's called opinion.
We won because Zola made two key changes, Hogg being one of them.
Hogg...Scholes? Nah!
Hogg compared to Scholes? Really? One a defensive midfielder, the other a goal scorer playing in the advanced role in a midfield 4. Nice one
Bad comparison but only because I can't compare him to a top teams midfielder, simply because they don't have one.
He conceded possession that led to Wolves equaliser ( yet it was Fernandos fault we didn't win) he put us in danger several times tonight.
But look I haven't come here to dig him out, I'm just glad Chalobah replaced him. my opinion, I've heard yours.
That's fine, I'm not trying to slate your opinion (and as you might notice I'm not being abusive of it like many others on here), just think its a bit silly to slate such a hard worker. I think so much of his hard work goes unnoticed by most fans yet his glaring misses are picked up on- this is the life if a defensive midfielder

onion8837 says...
11:45pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Dave Jones apparently saw the ball cross the line from 60 yards. Diagonally. ****.

If his team had concentrated on playing football, rather than time-wasting and spoiling, they may have got something out of the game.

No sympathy for the moaning scouse ****

Guy Bov says...
11:48pm Tue 5 Mar 13

So so pleased for Fernando..... he seems genuinely excited to be here at Watford .
We are lucky to have him and hope tonight he has silenced the mongs who had a go after the wolves match last Friday,

watford9140 says...
11:50pm Tue 5 Mar 13

I enjoyed tonight's games very much. The atmosphere was so good in the second half!!!

soxhorns says...
11:55pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Feff wrote:
Forestieri - yes, he was fabulous tonight and I am glad to admit it. Great!!!
No mention of casseti who i thought had a tremondous game

hornet88 says...
11:56pm Tue 5 Mar 13

WessexLad wrote:
As soon as I saw the team, I feared for Hogg and Batocchio being too lightweight in midfield. Thank goodness GZ saw the error of his ways at half time.

As our complement of centre halves (back three) all regain their fitness, we should play one of Cassetti and Chalobar, or both, to maintain a midfield presence.

Onwards and upwards. COYH!
Excuse me if I'm wrong but I've noticed you have mentioned playing cassetti in the midfield 3 a few times of late....not sure he will really be most effective there in my opinion. He is class player and can pass the ball well, but I think we can clearly see he is best utilised as rwb or in the back 3 worst case scenario. Not sure he would have the engine to go all game in the middle of the park. I think they actually missed Doyley in that back 3 tonight and probably should of played there instead of cassetti.... I like cassetti and think he should be in the team every week, trouble is anya is performing out of his skin and I thought pudil slotted back in well tonight so hard to decide who gets what place in the team....anyway that's just my opinion.

Oxheypaul sorry to have quoted you and I'm sure that humble pie tastes good right? I think we can all learn from our reactions from Friday night....let's get behind this amazing football team we support...just 10 to go now and its there for the taking.

One last note...
Ohhhhhhh forestieeeeeeeri

soxhorns says...
12:00am Wed 6 Mar 13

Wish they played Taylor myfavourite player for the horns

KeithMercer says...
12:05am Wed 6 Mar 13

Did anyone see the sheff wed mug chop down fessi as he went to celebrate his winner? Dave Jones you got what you deserved now go and take some points off of Cardiff Hull and the stripey Nigels !

Furbie says...
12:07am Wed 6 Mar 13

Lovely to see Wednesdays time wasting antics backfire. Cant believe that Ekstrand hasnt been mentioned here. My MOM without a doubt. Also if Challobah goes back to Chelsea, we need a creative midfielder.. How about Lampard...LOL. COYH.

mkhornet says...
12:10am Wed 6 Mar 13

If Dave Jones saw the ball cross the line from 60 yards did he also see the blatant handball right in front of him in the build up to their goal, I bet he stays quiet on that one. The guy controlled it as if he was playing Basketball or should I say "Netball"

soxhorns says...
12:13am Wed 6 Mar 13

roll on Saturday

matey_from_brighton says...
12:16am Wed 6 Mar 13

no point rowing about who is good and who isn't - they are all going to have ups and downs. If you don't want to see players like Foristieri and Battochio playing for us and developing, you can go see Joe Garner at Carlisle or L*t*n or wherever he ends up. We have a great squad and that is why we can bring players off the bench that can affect the outcome of games. Oh and a manager that knows a lot more than most of us on here. We will most likely win this league.

matey_from_brighton says...
12:18am Wed 6 Mar 13

nice one Furbie, good to see Elkstrand getting a mention, doesn't do much wrong, great passer of the ball. if only he could shoot.....

mellow yellow says...
1:01am Wed 6 Mar 13

Just got home. Great togetherness and super atmosphere second half. Thought Nos, in particular, was all over the place in the first half (got better for the second 45) and yes, without doubt the two half time subs were key. Chalobah had such commanding class, and FF just loves... well, everything judging by his reaction at the final whistle!

Bond should keep his place. Many young keepers could have been undermined by the nonsense of the first goal (from handball through to stumbles, back passes and slips) but he was unfazed. A great prospect.

My one concern with this team is we have too many small players in midfield. This inevitably means losing heading contests and it doesn't take much to cut them out of the game when the opponents play the ball in the air rather than on the deck. However, another win at home from being behind. Top team effort to get those three points.

Bedtime.

Holly68 says...
1:03am Wed 6 Mar 13

Bond, Fessi, Chalobah and Anya the stand out players tonight !

Gonna be a roller coaster ride last 10 games .....

Henry VIII says...
2:35am Wed 6 Mar 13

I think Nottingham Forest will make the top six and they have to play a few teams around us. There is always one team that sneaks up and I think its their turn. Anyway, on to all things Watford. Back in second spot, tremendous to come back from a goal down, we haven't been playing that well of late yet we are second. I hope that we can really step up against Blackpool on Saturday, and secure the space for a few more days. I think the longer we are there (2nd) the more the players will start to believe. What a tremendous season this is :)

lutondown says...
6:12am Wed 6 Mar 13

Guy Bov wrote:
So so pleased for Fernando..... he seems genuinely excited to be here at Watford .
We are lucky to have him and hope tonight he has silenced the mongs who had a go after the wolves match last Friday,
That's twice he has destroyed Wednesday, and what heart to receive that stick after Friday and ram it down the haters throats.
I'm pretty sure you meant monks btw!

lutondown says...
6:21am Wed 6 Mar 13

Disappointing aspect last night, lack of Booseyisms from the Rookery, it must of been tense to keep the great wit hushed! Have a good holiday buddy
We will have hopefully cemented our top of the table place by your return to the Vic!

Mangoputney says...
7:50am Wed 6 Mar 13

lutondown wrote:
Disappointing aspect last night, lack of Booseyisms from the Rookery, it must of been tense to keep the great wit hushed! Have a good holiday buddy
We will have hopefully cemented our top of the table place by your return to the Vic!
Yes Boosey have a Berry good holiday!

Travelling Hornet says...
9:18am Wed 6 Mar 13

The morning after the night before!
I feel bruised!!! God knows about our players . That was as hard a physical match you'll ever see this side of legal.

Can see why Wednesday are on such an such a good run, they will just overpower teams by sheer size a d strength .
That's why it was such a great win!
We matched them for work rate and tenacity , finally class told.

How can I say this, Hogg didn't have his best game for us!
For guys that think we need a player like him in a winning side , your right we do,BUT NOT HIM.
We play scrappy football with him playing. This is not an observation over 45 mins but over the season.

Fessi came good tonight, form is temporary, class is permanent !
He was so proud last night he was actually crying when he walked off.
This passion (from aplayer) doesn't come along very often, I was so pleased everyone in the Rookery got behind him from the start, and he repaid us tonight.
How good is it to have this kind of rapport with a player , it takes supporting the team and being aWatford fan to another level.
I'm welling up....

Hampshire hornet says...
9:19am Wed 6 Mar 13

Holly68 wrote:
Bond, Fessi, Chalobah and Anya the stand out players tonight !

Gonna be a roller coaster ride last 10 games .....
Bang on Paul.. Amazing how so many slaters now think Anya and Fessi are the best things ever! Fact is, our team thrive of positive support, Fessi made a couple of errors when he first came in.. The moans and groans started... However the majority encouraged him and look what he did... FFS everyone let's get the Roomery rocking, 2nd half great atmosphere, get on your feet and sing! Still had a number of the flask brigade sat the whole match.. Well from now on you are behind me.. So if you want to see the match get on your feet..
We were probably for the first time this Season the 12th man...look what happens!
GFZ please please please play Fessi behind the front 2, Hogg you no longer have a role in our team, you were an asset last Year, we have moved on, for your career, you should too

Hampshire hornet says...
9:22am Wed 6 Mar 13

lutondown wrote:
Guy Bov wrote:
So so pleased for Fernando..... he seems genuinely excited to be here at Watford .
We are lucky to have him and hope tonight he has silenced the mongs who had a go after the wolves match last Friday,
That's twice he has destroyed Wednesday, and what heart to receive that stick after Friday and ram it down the haters throats.
I'm pretty sure you meant monks btw!
Note Mongs used... In the context f Football supporters whom ate inept in their per epsilon of the how the game is played.. Not any other meaning.. LD I guess is still awaiting an apology from ESH and the cronies?

Hampshire hornet says...
9:24am Wed 6 Mar 13

Travelling Hornet wrote:
The morning after the night before!
I feel bruised!!! God knows about our players . That was as hard a physical match you'll ever see this side of legal.

Can see why Wednesday are on such an such a good run, they will just overpower teams by sheer size a d strength .
That's why it was such a great win!
We matched them for work rate and tenacity , finally class told.

How can I say this, Hogg didn't have his best game for us!
For guys that think we need a player like him in a winning side , your right we do,BUT NOT HIM.
We play scrappy football with him playing. This is not an observation over 45 mins but over the season.

Fessi came good tonight, form is temporary, class is permanent !
He was so proud last night he was actually crying when he walked off.
This passion (from aplayer) doesn't come along very often, I was so pleased everyone in the Rookery got behind him from the start, and he repaid us tonight.
How good is it to have this kind of rapport with a player , it takes supporting the team and being aWatford fan to another level.
I'm welling up....
I concur...

Hampshire hornet says...
9:25am Wed 6 Mar 13

Hampshire hornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Guy Bov wrote:
So so pleased for Fernando..... he seems genuinely excited to be here at Watford .
We are lucky to have him and hope tonight he has silenced the mongs who had a go after the wolves match last Friday,
That's twice he has destroyed Wednesday, and what heart to receive that stick after Friday and ram it down the haters throats.
I'm pretty sure you meant monks btw!
Note Mongs used... In the context f Football supporters whom ate inept in their per epsilon of the how the game is played.. Not any other meaning.. LD I guess is still awaiting an apology from ESH and the cronies?
**** you spell check... Are inept in their perception of how the game is played

Travelling Hornet says...
9:49am Wed 6 Mar 13

Hampshire hornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Guy Bov wrote:
So so pleased for Fernando..... he seems genuinely excited to be here at Watford .
We are lucky to have him and hope tonight he has silenced the mongs who had a go after the wolves match last Friday,
That's twice he has destroyed Wednesday, and what heart to receive that stick after Friday and ram it down the haters throats.
I'm pretty sure you meant monks btw!
Note Mongs used... In the context f Football supporters whom ate inept in their per epsilon of the how the game is played.. Not any other meaning.. LD I guess is still awaiting an apology from ESH and the cronies?
Awaiting the onslaught over use of M word.....It never happend!
Bit unfair Dont you think LD?

Eastsussexhornet says...
9:55am Wed 6 Mar 13

Hampshire hornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Guy Bov wrote:
So so pleased for Fernando..... he seems genuinely excited to be here at Watford .
We are lucky to have him and hope tonight he has silenced the mongs who had a go after the wolves match last Friday,
That's twice he has destroyed Wednesday, and what heart to receive that stick after Friday and ram it down the haters throats.
I'm pretty sure you meant monks btw!
Note Mongs used... In the context f Football supporters whom ate inept in their per epsilon of the how the game is played.. Not any other meaning.. LD I guess is still awaiting an apology from ESH and the cronies?
I like the way I keep getting quoted. God knows what your on about but thank you for making me feel like a celebrity. I got a call from Jonathan Ross this morning....

D.unstable says...
9:56am Wed 6 Mar 13

Every game is a final hereon, excellent result last night in a very tough game. All respect to SWFC even when one up they kept coming at us when many teams would have closed up shop. Inspired substituations whilst still time to turn the game and great credit to GFZ for having the balls to do that. Forest was amazing but so were many of the others.

If we were 100% the finished article it would be boring.

Roll on Saturday and watch out Fat boy and Bardiff, we are coming to get you!!!

Harry's Bar says...
10:26am Wed 6 Mar 13

Eastsussexhornet wrote:
Hampshire hornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Guy Bov wrote: So so pleased for Fernando..... he seems genuinely excited to be here at Watford . We are lucky to have him and hope tonight he has silenced the mongs who had a go after the wolves match last Friday,
That's twice he has destroyed Wednesday, and what heart to receive that stick after Friday and ram it down the haters throats. I'm pretty sure you meant monks btw!
Note Mongs used... In the context f Football supporters whom ate inept in their per epsilon of the how the game is played.. Not any other meaning.. LD I guess is still awaiting an apology from ESH and the cronies?
I like the way I keep getting quoted. God knows what your on about but thank you for making me feel like a celebrity. I got a call from Jonathan Ross this morning....
I think we've done the "M" word thing, let's move on.

ESH, I think you are now close to "ilovbas" as one of the most recognised posters on this site.

Poppet Bear says...
10:54am Wed 6 Mar 13

**** ! I told you I was a jinx to FF.
He was fantastic........and I missed it.

Boosey says...
11:25am Wed 6 Mar 13

I am a massive Bond supporter and thought he had a good game last night, the highlight being his first half reflex save he tipped over the bar but in saying that, I thought he and Nosworthy looked nervous. Was it Bond making Nos nervous or vice versa?
Also so very happy for Forestieri and the vocal support, not just for him but for the whole team was excellent.

Boosey says...
11:45am Wed 6 Mar 13

Poppet Bear wrote:
**** ! I told you I was a jinx to FF. He was fantastic........and I missed it.
Please don't attend any more games. Thank you!

midtable says...
11:55am Wed 6 Mar 13

I wonder if that evens it up for the "ghost" goal?

When we get promoted can you imagine the damage that Suarez, Aguerro, Tevez, Bale, Van Persie etc will wreak on our back 3 if they play like they did in the first half.

Did anyone notice that while Wednesday were time wasting OUR ballboys were having a nice little chat in the first half. Hope they enjoyed it because I would not have them back.

Eastsussexhornet says...
11:56am Wed 6 Mar 13

Harry's Bar wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
Hampshire hornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Guy Bov wrote: So so pleased for Fernando..... he seems genuinely excited to be here at Watford . We are lucky to have him and hope tonight he has silenced the mongs who had a go after the wolves match last Friday,
That's twice he has destroyed Wednesday, and what heart to receive that stick after Friday and ram it down the haters throats. I'm pretty sure you meant monks btw!
Note Mongs used... In the context f Football supporters whom ate inept in their per epsilon of the how the game is played.. Not any other meaning.. LD I guess is still awaiting an apology from ESH and the cronies?
I like the way I keep getting quoted. God knows what your on about but thank you for making me feel like a celebrity. I got a call from Jonathan Ross this morning....
I think we've done the "M" word thing, let's move on.

ESH, I think you are now close to "ilovbas" as one of the most recognised posters on this site.
I don't know what to say....this is such a surprise......it wasn't just me, it was my whole team, my wife....my colleagues, the production crew....

@ChrisBottom16 says...
12:15pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Eastsussexhornet wrote:
Hampshire hornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Guy Bov wrote:
So so pleased for Fernando..... he seems genuinely excited to be here at Watford .
We are lucky to have him and hope tonight he has silenced the mongs who had a go after the wolves match last Friday,
That's twice he has destroyed Wednesday, and what heart to receive that stick after Friday and ram it down the haters throats.
I'm pretty sure you meant monks btw!
Note Mongs used... In the context f Football supporters whom ate inept in their per epsilon of the how the game is played.. Not any other meaning.. LD I guess is still awaiting an apology from ESH and the cronies?
I like the way I keep getting quoted. God knows what your on about but thank you for making me feel like a celebrity. I got a call from Jonathan Ross this morning....
East Sussex Div, Were on about your hounding of LD over the use of the M word a few week's back.

You went on and on about it dragging other's into the argument and trying to cause LD a problem.

Now someone else uses the word and your silent. Your should pick your fight's alot more wisely.

LD is a well known and very well respected man, who has the heart of a lion and the spirit of a saint who would help anyone and stick up for someone what ever the odd's.. Basically a true man.

Something that you cannot even dream of being.

Regard's

Chris Bottom - @ChrisBottom16
Wokingham

Boosey says...
12:17pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Eastsussexhornet wrote:
Harry's Bar wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
Hampshire hornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Guy Bov wrote: So so pleased for Fernando..... he seems genuinely excited to be here at Watford . We are lucky to have him and hope tonight he has silenced the mongs who had a go after the wolves match last Friday,
That's twice he has destroyed Wednesday, and what heart to receive that stick after Friday and ram it down the haters throats. I'm pretty sure you meant monks btw!
Note Mongs used... In the context f Football supporters whom ate inept in their per epsilon of the how the game is played.. Not any other meaning.. LD I guess is still awaiting an apology from ESH and the cronies?
I like the way I keep getting quoted. God knows what your on about but thank you for making me feel like a celebrity. I got a call from Jonathan Ross this morning....
I think we've done the "M" word thing, let's move on. ESH, I think you are now close to "ilovbas" as one of the most recognised posters on this site.
I don't know what to say....this is such a surprise......it wasn't just me, it was my whole team, my wife....my colleagues, the production crew....
You've lost the plot, you need to see the doctor in the new East Stand surgery when it's built!

@ChrisBottom16 says...
12:22pm Wed 6 Mar 13

What can you say other than great result.

Yes the first half was poor but it show's GFZ is learning. Normally he wait's until around the 70 minute mark to make a change but he clearly saw the need to address it and did, so well done GFZ.

I spent the whole of Friday night been slagged off on Twitter for sticking up for Fernando. The man is the most naturally skilled player in the league and is one of the funniest and loveliest. If anyone deserved a bit of good fortune it was him!

Were not playing at 100% but we are not losing and we are picking up point's. this is what will be the telling factor come the end of the season!

YOOOOOOU OOOOORN'S!

Hampshire hornet says...
12:28pm Wed 6 Mar 13

No slagging from me Chris.. I too stuck up for Fessi and Anya

@ChrisBottom16 says...
12:33pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Hampshire hornet wrote:
No slagging from me Chris.. I too stuck up for Fessi and Anya
I know buddy lol! There wern't that many Watford fan's that i saw slag him off although there shouldn't have been any!

Was more from Charlton, Cardiff and that little Q.P.HaHa idiot who want's to fight me lol!

McHornet says...
12:40pm Wed 6 Mar 13

midtable wrote:
I wonder if that evens it up for the "ghost" goal?

When we get promoted can you imagine the damage that Suarez, Aguerro, Tevez, Bale, Van Persie etc will wreak on our back 3 if they play like they did in the first half.

Did anyone notice that while Wednesday were time wasting OUR ballboys were having a nice little chat in the first half. Hope they enjoyed it because I would not have them back.
Completely agree about the ball boys! Forgive me if im wrong, but they're youth players aren't they? Drop them for the next game! They're aim should be to get to the first team and if they can't be bothered now, they won't be bothered in the future! Discipline them!

SAHornet says...
12:50pm Wed 6 Mar 13

midtable wrote:
I wonder if that evens it up for the "ghost" goal?

When we get promoted can you imagine the damage that Suarez, Aguerro, Tevez, Bale, Van Persie etc will wreak on our back 3 if they play like they did in the first half.

Did anyone notice that while Wednesday were time wasting OUR ballboys were having a nice little chat in the first half. Hope they enjoyed it because I would not have them back.
You little ball of sunshine you !

Boosey says...
12:56pm Wed 6 Mar 13

@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
Hampshire hornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Guy Bov wrote: So so pleased for Fernando..... he seems genuinely excited to be here at Watford . We are lucky to have him and hope tonight he has silenced the mongs who had a go after the wolves match last Friday,
That's twice he has destroyed Wednesday, and what heart to receive that stick after Friday and ram it down the haters throats. I'm pretty sure you meant monks btw!
Note Mongs used... In the context f Football supporters whom ate inept in their per epsilon of the how the game is played.. Not any other meaning.. LD I guess is still awaiting an apology from ESH and the cronies?
I like the way I keep getting quoted. God knows what your on about but thank you for making me feel like a celebrity. I got a call from Jonathan Ross this morning....
East Sussex Div, Were on about your hounding of LD over the use of the M word a few week's back. You went on and on about it dragging other's into the argument and trying to cause LD a problem. Now someone else uses the word and your silent. Your should pick your fight's alot more wisely. LD is a well known and very well respected man, who has the heart of a lion and the spirit of a saint who would help anyone and stick up for someone what ever the odd's.. Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being. Regard's Chris Bottom - @ChrisBottom16 Wokingham
Yes Chris and I know through LD that you have a heart of a lion as well. Just keep believing mate and I know that's easier said than done. I don't know you like LD does but I'm sure we will all get to know each better soon.
Not that I'm looking ahead or anything but roll on Leicester!
Our imfamous coach is full.
P.S. Nice to see Mango last night.

@ChrisBottom16 says...
1:03pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Boosey wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
Hampshire hornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Guy Bov wrote: So so pleased for Fernando..... he seems genuinely excited to be here at Watford . We are lucky to have him and hope tonight he has silenced the mongs who had a go after the wolves match last Friday,
That's twice he has destroyed Wednesday, and what heart to receive that stick after Friday and ram it down the haters throats. I'm pretty sure you meant monks btw!
Note Mongs used... In the context f Football supporters whom ate inept in their per epsilon of the how the game is played.. Not any other meaning.. LD I guess is still awaiting an apology from ESH and the cronies?
I like the way I keep getting quoted. God knows what your on about but thank you for making me feel like a celebrity. I got a call from Jonathan Ross this morning....
East Sussex Div, Were on about your hounding of LD over the use of the M word a few week's back. You went on and on about it dragging other's into the argument and trying to cause LD a problem. Now someone else uses the word and your silent. Your should pick your fight's alot more wisely. LD is a well known and very well respected man, who has the heart of a lion and the spirit of a saint who would help anyone and stick up for someone what ever the odd's.. Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being. Regard's Chris Bottom - @ChrisBottom16 Wokingham
Yes Chris and I know through LD that you have a heart of a lion as well. Just keep believing mate and I know that's easier said than done. I don't know you like LD does but I'm sure we will all get to know each better soon.
Not that I'm looking ahead or anything but roll on Leicester!
Our imfamous coach is full.
P.S. Nice to see Mango last night.
Thank you for your kind word's my friend!

I 100% know that we are all going to get to know eachother properly over the coming week's, month's and year's!

That bus will be summit else lol!!!!!! After Leicester we should take it and invade France!

Eastsussexhornet says...
1:15pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Boosey wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
Hampshire hornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Guy Bov wrote: So so pleased for Fernando..... he seems genuinely excited to be here at Watford . We are lucky to have him and hope tonight he has silenced the mongs who had a go after the wolves match last Friday,
That's twice he has destroyed Wednesday, and what heart to receive that stick after Friday and ram it down the haters throats. I'm pretty sure you meant monks btw!
Note Mongs used... In the context f Football supporters whom ate inept in their per epsilon of the how the game is played.. Not any other meaning.. LD I guess is still awaiting an apology from ESH and the cronies?
I like the way I keep getting quoted. God knows what your on about but thank you for making me feel like a celebrity. I got a call from Jonathan Ross this morning....
East Sussex Div, Were on about your hounding of LD over the use of the M word a few week's back. You went on and on about it dragging other's into the argument and trying to cause LD a problem. Now someone else uses the word and your silent. Your should pick your fight's alot more wisely. LD is a well known and very well respected man, who has the heart of a lion and the spirit of a saint who would help anyone and stick up for someone what ever the odd's.. Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being. Regard's Chris Bottom - @ChrisBottom16 Wokingham
Yes Chris and I know through LD that you have a heart of a lion as well. Just keep believing mate and I know that's easier said than done. I don't know you like LD does but I'm sure we will all get to know each better soon.
Not that I'm looking ahead or anything but roll on Leicester!
Our imfamous coach is full.
P.S. Nice to see Mango last night.
I think you are out of order here. The word isn't good however it was meant but apart from a fleeting moment at the beginning, I was absolutely clear in my mind that he didn't mean it that way and said so. Other's extended the discussion for an eternity. I ran out of steam after a while (and said this too) but the next day there were even more posts on the subject.

I have nothing against LD and don't mind the banter but he does pick fights with other's almost every day, mostly in good humour.

Remember, you and your group all know each other personally. I don't know you from Adam so all I and other's can base their thoughts on is what is written. Misinterpretation is therefore rife.

But why bring this up yet again? .....asking for my apology over a week after it was talked to death. You know it will only provoke.

No Boosey, I am not a "div", I can assure you. It's a shame I cannot expand on that here.

Shorty Watford FC says...
1:28pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Great result but having the view I had in the Main Stand Sheffield Wednesday had every right to be upset - the ball wasn't just over there was a massive gap between it and the goal line. I looked up and saw the Asst Referee in line with it and was amazed how he didn't give a goal. Luck is going our way at the moment!!?? COYH

@ChrisBottom16 says...
1:29pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Eastsussexhornet wrote:
Boosey wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
Hampshire hornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Guy Bov wrote: So so pleased for Fernando..... he seems genuinely excited to be here at Watford . We are lucky to have him and hope tonight he has silenced the mongs who had a go after the wolves match last Friday,
That's twice he has destroyed Wednesday, and what heart to receive that stick after Friday and ram it down the haters throats. I'm pretty sure you meant monks btw!
Note Mongs used... In the context f Football supporters whom ate inept in their per epsilon of the how the game is played.. Not any other meaning.. LD I guess is still awaiting an apology from ESH and the cronies?
I like the way I keep getting quoted. God knows what your on about but thank you for making me feel like a celebrity. I got a call from Jonathan Ross this morning....
East Sussex Div, Were on about your hounding of LD over the use of the M word a few week's back. You went on and on about it dragging other's into the argument and trying to cause LD a problem. Now someone else uses the word and your silent. Your should pick your fight's alot more wisely. LD is a well known and very well respected man, who has the heart of a lion and the spirit of a saint who would help anyone and stick up for someone what ever the odd's.. Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being. Regard's Chris Bottom - @ChrisBottom16 Wokingham
Yes Chris and I know through LD that you have a heart of a lion as well. Just keep believing mate and I know that's easier said than done. I don't know you like LD does but I'm sure we will all get to know each better soon.
Not that I'm looking ahead or anything but roll on Leicester!
Our imfamous coach is full.
P.S. Nice to see Mango last night.
I think you are out of order here. The word isn't good however it was meant but apart from a fleeting moment at the beginning, I was absolutely clear in my mind that he didn't mean it that way and said so. Other's extended the discussion for an eternity. I ran out of steam after a while (and said this too) but the next day there were even more posts on the subject.

I have nothing against LD and don't mind the banter but he does pick fights with other's almost every day, mostly in good humour.

Remember, you and your group all know each other personally. I don't know you from Adam so all I and other's can base their thoughts on is what is written. Misinterpretation is therefore rife.

But why bring this up yet again? .....asking for my apology over a week after it was talked to death. You know it will only provoke.

No Boosey, I am not a "div", I can assure you. It's a shame I cannot expand on that here.
Bossey didn't call you a div i did.

Because every post is either negative or havin a pop.

I would not say anythin on here that i would not say to anyone face to face.

Hampshire hornet says...
1:32pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Call it Karma for their blatant handball for their goal

@ChrisBottom16 says...
1:34pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Shorty Watford FC wrote:
Great result but having the view I had in the Main Stand Sheffield Wednesday had every right to be upset - the ball wasn't just over there was a massive gap between it and the goal line. I looked up and saw the Asst Referee in line with it and was amazed how he didn't give a goal. Luck is going our way at the moment!!?? COYH
To be fair, their player who scored did a great impresion of Michael Jordan playing basketball in the build up... a fact Dave Jones forgot to mention during his little tantrum.

Some would say karma...

Hampshire hornet says...
1:35pm Wed 6 Mar 13

@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Shorty Watford FC wrote:
Great result but having the view I had in the Main Stand Sheffield Wednesday had every right to be upset - the ball wasn't just over there was a massive gap between it and the goal line. I looked up and saw the Asst Referee in line with it and was amazed how he didn't give a goal. Luck is going our way at the moment!!?? COYH
To be fair, their player who scored did a great impresion of Michael Jordan playing basketball in the build up... a fact Dave Jones forgot to mention during his little tantrum.

Some would say karma...
Great minds

Boosey says...
1:41pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Eastsussexhornet wrote:
Boosey wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
Hampshire hornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Guy Bov wrote: So so pleased for Fernando..... he seems genuinely excited to be here at Watford . We are lucky to have him and hope tonight he has silenced the mongs who had a go after the wolves match last Friday,
That's twice he has destroyed Wednesday, and what heart to receive that stick after Friday and ram it down the haters throats. I'm pretty sure you meant monks btw!
Note Mongs used... In the context f Football supporters whom ate inept in their per epsilon of the how the game is played.. Not any other meaning.. LD I guess is still awaiting an apology from ESH and the cronies?
I like the way I keep getting quoted. God knows what your on about but thank you for making me feel like a celebrity. I got a call from Jonathan Ross this morning....
East Sussex Div, Were on about your hounding of LD over the use of the M word a few week's back. You went on and on about it dragging other's into the argument and trying to cause LD a problem. Now someone else uses the word and your silent. Your should pick your fight's alot more wisely. LD is a well known and very well respected man, who has the heart of a lion and the spirit of a saint who would help anyone and stick up for someone what ever the odd's.. Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being. Regard's Chris Bottom - @ChrisBottom16 Wokingham
Yes Chris and I know through LD that you have a heart of a lion as well. Just keep believing mate and I know that's easier said than done. I don't know you like LD does but I'm sure we will all get to know each better soon. Not that I'm looking ahead or anything but roll on Leicester! Our imfamous coach is full. P.S. Nice to see Mango last night.
I think you are out of order here. The word isn't good however it was meant but apart from a fleeting moment at the beginning, I was absolutely clear in my mind that he didn't mean it that way and said so. Other's extended the discussion for an eternity. I ran out of steam after a while (and said this too) but the next day there were even more posts on the subject. I have nothing against LD and don't mind the banter but he does pick fights with other's almost every day, mostly in good humour. Remember, you and your group all know each other personally. I don't know you from Adam so all I and other's can base their thoughts on is what is written. Misinterpretation is therefore rife. But why bring this up yet again? .....asking for my apology over a week after it was talked to death. You know it will only provoke. No Boosey, I am not a "div", I can assure you. It's a shame I cannot expand on that here.
ESH you're getting wound up, you must be very hot under the collar to make a simple mistake in thinking that I called you a div.
You need to calm down, think of the blood pressure!

Harry's Bar says...
1:47pm Wed 6 Mar 13

@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
Boosey wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
Hampshire hornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Guy Bov wrote: So so pleased for Fernando..... he seems genuinely excited to be here at Watford . We are lucky to have him and hope tonight he has silenced the mongs who had a go after the wolves match last Friday,
That's twice he has destroyed Wednesday, and what heart to receive that stick after Friday and ram it down the haters throats. I'm pretty sure you meant monks btw!
Note Mongs used... In the context f Football supporters whom ate inept in their per epsilon of the how the game is played.. Not any other meaning.. LD I guess is still awaiting an apology from ESH and the cronies?
I like the way I keep getting quoted. God knows what your on about but thank you for making me feel like a celebrity. I got a call from Jonathan Ross this morning....
East Sussex Div, Were on about your hounding of LD over the use of the M word a few week's back. You went on and on about it dragging other's into the argument and trying to cause LD a problem. Now someone else uses the word and your silent. Your should pick your fight's alot more wisely. LD is a well known and very well respected man, who has the heart of a lion and the spirit of a saint who would help anyone and stick up for someone what ever the odd's.. Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being. Regard's Chris Bottom - @ChrisBottom16 Wokingham
Yes Chris and I know through LD that you have a heart of a lion as well. Just keep believing mate and I know that's easier said than done. I don't know you like LD does but I'm sure we will all get to know each better soon. Not that I'm looking ahead or anything but roll on Leicester! Our imfamous coach is full. P.S. Nice to see Mango last night.
I think you are out of order here. The word isn't good however it was meant but apart from a fleeting moment at the beginning, I was absolutely clear in my mind that he didn't mean it that way and said so. Other's extended the discussion for an eternity. I ran out of steam after a while (and said this too) but the next day there were even more posts on the subject. I have nothing against LD and don't mind the banter but he does pick fights with other's almost every day, mostly in good humour. Remember, you and your group all know each other personally. I don't know you from Adam so all I and other's can base their thoughts on is what is written. Misinterpretation is therefore rife. But why bring this up yet again? .....asking for my apology over a week after it was talked to death. You know it will only provoke. No Boosey, I am not a "div", I can assure you. It's a shame I cannot expand on that here.
Bossey didn't call you a div i did. Because every post is either negative or havin a pop. I would not say anythin on here that i would not say to anyone face to face.
Did you get out of bed on the wrong side fella. You've gone too far, as if you are looking for a fight. Plus, LD is quite capable of fighting his own battles, he doesn't need you as his minder.

Eastsussexhornet says...
1:55pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Boosey wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
Boosey wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
Hampshire hornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Guy Bov wrote: So so pleased for Fernando..... he seems genuinely excited to be here at Watford . We are lucky to have him and hope tonight he has silenced the mongs who had a go after the wolves match last Friday,
That's twice he has destroyed Wednesday, and what heart to receive that stick after Friday and ram it down the haters throats. I'm pretty sure you meant monks btw!
Note Mongs used... In the context f Football supporters whom ate inept in their per epsilon of the how the game is played.. Not any other meaning.. LD I guess is still awaiting an apology from ESH and the cronies?
I like the way I keep getting quoted. God knows what your on about but thank you for making me feel like a celebrity. I got a call from Jonathan Ross this morning....
East Sussex Div, Were on about your hounding of LD over the use of the M word a few week's back. You went on and on about it dragging other's into the argument and trying to cause LD a problem. Now someone else uses the word and your silent. Your should pick your fight's alot more wisely. LD is a well known and very well respected man, who has the heart of a lion and the spirit of a saint who would help anyone and stick up for someone what ever the odd's.. Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being. Regard's Chris Bottom - @ChrisBottom16 Wokingham
Yes Chris and I know through LD that you have a heart of a lion as well. Just keep believing mate and I know that's easier said than done. I don't know you like LD does but I'm sure we will all get to know each better soon. Not that I'm looking ahead or anything but roll on Leicester! Our imfamous coach is full. P.S. Nice to see Mango last night.
I think you are out of order here. The word isn't good however it was meant but apart from a fleeting moment at the beginning, I was absolutely clear in my mind that he didn't mean it that way and said so. Other's extended the discussion for an eternity. I ran out of steam after a while (and said this too) but the next day there were even more posts on the subject. I have nothing against LD and don't mind the banter but he does pick fights with other's almost every day, mostly in good humour. Remember, you and your group all know each other personally. I don't know you from Adam so all I and other's can base their thoughts on is what is written. Misinterpretation is therefore rife. But why bring this up yet again? .....asking for my apology over a week after it was talked to death. You know it will only provoke. No Boosey, I am not a "div", I can assure you. It's a shame I cannot expand on that here.
ESH you're getting wound up, you must be very hot under the collar to make a simple mistake in thinking that I called you a div.
You need to calm down, think of the blood pressure!
Yes, that is a thought. Sorry, tried to do it too fast. I do get wound up somethimes but it's easy to unwind me - as you have just done.

@ChrisBottom16 says...
1:58pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum.

In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him.

Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him.

Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.

francowatford says...
2:00pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Watford-James wrote:
You can see how much the public support means to FF. I'll sing for him, score or miss if it helps his confidence and helps him to find his way in front of goal. Great to see him get a a brace. You can see that the players back him too. Well done Bondy too. You Orns!
link and agree

JohnnyHornet says...
2:04pm Wed 6 Mar 13

oxheypaul wrote:
hornet88 wrote:
Someone said forresteiri couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo after the wolves game....you were saying? They also said vydra would have scored his chances....but I recall him hitting the post instead tonight. Anyway that's old news now. Watford march on and we are going up. fessi has just answered any questions asked of him on Friday.... Not that he needed to.
I've just ordered a large slice of humble pie after my Friday night outburst...and quite rightly.

FF and Chalobah changed the game tonight and FF in particular got the crowd going, which is no mean feat. Good on him - just keep doing the simple things well.

Odds on the top two being Watford and Palace?? (Apparently they have got a very good loan player).
What !!!!! Palarse with a loan player !!!!!!!!!! are they extracting the urine or what >

@ChrisBottom16 says...
2:05pm Wed 6 Mar 13

francowatford wrote:
Watford-James wrote:
You can see how much the public support means to FF. I'll sing for him, score or miss if it helps his confidence and helps him to find his way in front of goal. Great to see him get a a brace. You can see that the players back him too. Well done Bondy too. You Orns!
link and agree
Agree. You only have to see how much he interact's with everyone on Twitter to know how much he loves Watford as a town and a club and the people who live there! He will become a club legend!

Stoney77 says...
2:15pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Great game last night, lots of goalmouth action, some feisty challenges, great goalkeeping and to top it off a great comeback after being under the cosh in the 1st half. Thoroughly enjoyed it. I love Tuesday night games, wish every game was played at night!

Their goal was a comedy of errors, started by Hogg, continued by the referee missing a blatant hand ball and then set up by Cassetti and finished by Bond. I don’t think any keeper in the world would really have wanted that back pass, particularly one making his first league start! Cassetti really should have known better! Too classy for his own good but I forgive him seeing as he is the absolute don!

Some fantastic saves from Bond though, Anya back on form, Zola is the man and finally...... OOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHH FORESTIERI

Hampshire hornet says...
2:18pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Stoney77 wrote:
Great game last night, lots of goalmouth action, some feisty challenges, great goalkeeping and to top it off a great comeback after being under the cosh in the 1st half. Thoroughly enjoyed it. I love Tuesday night games, wish every game was played at night!

Their goal was a comedy of errors, started by Hogg, continued by the referee missing a blatant hand ball and then set up by Cassetti and finished by Bond. I don’t think any keeper in the world would really have wanted that back pass, particularly one making his first league start! Cassetti really should have known better! Too classy for his own good but I forgive him seeing as he is the absolute don!

Some fantastic saves from Bond though, Anya back on form, Zola is the man and finally...... OOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

HHH FORESTIERI
Like. And in a nutshell

Harry's Bar says...
2:22pm Wed 6 Mar 13

@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word.

I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line.

I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.

@ChrisBottom16 says...
2:28pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Harry's Bar wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word.

I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line.

I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.
Judging by the various dig's over the month's at LD that question was asked on the basis it would stir up a hornet's nest, which having spoken to 3 or 4 people about it, it did.

LD is the kindest bloke in the world andd having myself been ill most of my life, has been a rock for me as i know he would be for anyone who needed it.

Refering to the last comment. I don't really see how that is offensive?

lutondown says...
2:38pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Harry's Bar wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word.

I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line.

I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.
Ok time for my slant on this.
ESH says I come looking for a row? Look through the posts, I think it's the other way around.
Harry come lately, yes ESH did insinuate that and you and he kept the referral going, and as a result, the other tools that stalk my every move and word, slithered out of the woodwork.
You are also correct I can fight my own battles, and like Chris, am pretty visible.
I really don't care what people think, or that people disagree, this is the whole idea of debate is it not.
But tell you what, I'm not bigoted or any of the things insinuated on here, and I walk that walk unlike the PC brigade who infest our nation, and use accusation as way of silencing debate they don't like.
Now 75% of this forum is banter and anyone who don't like that, please don't play. There's Always stamp collecting or stalking.

Stoney77 says...
2:41pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Harry's Bar wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word.

I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line.

I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.
Can we not leave this one be for now?. Its been going on for a few weeks and is getting boring. I'd prefer to read about football! IMO of course. why dont ESH and LD/CB just ignore each others comments?

@ChrisBottom16 says...
2:54pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Stoney77 wrote:
Harry's Bar wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word.

I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line.

I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.
Can we not leave this one be for now?. Its been going on for a few weeks and is getting boring. I'd prefer to read about football! IMO of course. why dont ESH and LD/CB just ignore each others comments?
I hae no problem talking about football. I love it and know alot about it.

i'm just backing up for my mate like anyone

lutondown says...
2:57pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Stoney77 wrote:
Harry's Bar wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word.

I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line.

I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.
Can we not leave this one be for now?. Its been going on for a few weeks and is getting boring. I'd prefer to read about football! IMO of course. why dont ESH and LD/CB just ignore each others comments?
I'd like to but he stalks me..like Scully dog, Petchey and co! Think its envy! :-) but yep back to the football is good for me!
How about a Hogg debate....lol

Boosey says...
3:01pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Stoney77 wrote:
Harry's Bar wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote: Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word. I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line. I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.
Can we not leave this one be for now?. Its been going on for a few weeks and is getting boring. I'd prefer to read about football! IMO of course. why dont ESH and LD/CB just ignore each others comments?
Why don't we just meet up for a beer before or after a game and have a chat sensibly.
For all we know we maybe related, very much doubt it though!
May I suggest Harry's Bar?!!!

Boosey says...
3:05pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Or, what the hell, let's just have a massive brawl!

@ChrisBottom16 says...
3:06pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Boosey wrote:
Stoney77 wrote:
Harry's Bar wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote: Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word. I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line. I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.
Can we not leave this one be for now?. Its been going on for a few weeks and is getting boring. I'd prefer to read about football! IMO of course. why dont ESH and LD/CB just ignore each others comments?
Why don't we just meet up for a beer before or after a game and have a chat sensibly.
For all we know we maybe related, very much doubt it though!
May I suggest Harry's Bar?!!!
1100% i'm there

@ChrisBottom16 says...
3:13pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Boosey wrote:
Or, what the hell, let's just have a massive brawl!
1100% there for that to lol

Hampshire hornet says...
3:28pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Did someone mention Hogg?

Liability... No longer needed .... Goodbye.... Ipswich can have him...

@ChrisBottom16 says...
3:30pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Hampshire hornet wrote:
Did someone mention Hogg?

Liability... No longer needed .... Goodbye.... Ipswich can have him...
Maybe they can buy one and get one free and take Yeates too..

Boosey says...
3:32pm Wed 6 Mar 13

@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Boosey wrote: Or, what the hell, let's just have a massive brawl!
1100% there for that to lol
See you all in about three weeks, right where's my sunglasses?

Harry's Bar says...
3:35pm Wed 6 Mar 13

@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Stoney77 wrote:
Harry's Bar wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote: Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word. I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line. I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.
Can we not leave this one be for now?. Its been going on for a few weeks and is getting boring. I'd prefer to read about football! IMO of course. why dont ESH and LD/CB just ignore each others comments?
I hae no problem talking about football. I love it and know alot about it. i'm just backing up for my mate like anyone
Fair play, it's right to stick up for your mates. and anyone can have a bad day.
Let's get back to the football. Hogg out for me! Hey... Hog out, where is that alter ego poster.

@ChrisBottom16 says...
3:37pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Boosey wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Boosey wrote: Or, what the hell, let's just have a massive brawl!
1100% there for that to lol
See you all in about three weeks, right where's my sunglasses?
Have a lovely time my friend!

Eastsussexhornet says...
3:41pm Wed 6 Mar 13

lutondown wrote:
Harry's Bar wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word.

I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line.

I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.
Ok time for my slant on this.
ESH says I come looking for a row? Look through the posts, I think it's the other way around.
Harry come lately, yes ESH did insinuate that and you and he kept the referral going, and as a result, the other tools that stalk my every move and word, slithered out of the woodwork.
You are also correct I can fight my own battles, and like Chris, am pretty visible.
I really don't care what people think, or that people disagree, this is the whole idea of debate is it not.
But tell you what, I'm not bigoted or any of the things insinuated on here, and I walk that walk unlike the PC brigade who infest our nation, and use accusation as way of silencing debate they don't like.
Now 75% of this forum is banter and anyone who don't like that, please don't play. There's Always stamp collecting or stalking.
Let's PLEASE leave it at that, although I appreciate LD that you had to say something since you've been mentioned so much today without any comment.

I have no hard feelings about anyone here although being called a Div did test me. And LD, I did not say that you are always after a brawl - I said that you "pick fights.....in good humour". And I didn't accuse you of discrimination. I merely asked you what you meant. You explained that fine. "End of".

The thing about football compared to other sports is that it appeals to everyone - and "everyone" takes part in these posts. That's good isn't it?

Let's move on. 3-1 Sat?

Hampshire hornet says...
3:45pm Wed 6 Mar 13

ESH no. You are WRONG it will be 4-1

francowatford says...
3:48pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Harry's Bar wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote: Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word. I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line. I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.
Ok time for my slant on this. ESH says I come looking for a row? Look through the posts, I think it's the other way around. Harry come lately, yes ESH did insinuate that and you and he kept the referral going, and as a result, the other tools that stalk my every move and word, slithered out of the woodwork. You are also correct I can fight my own battles, and like Chris, am pretty visible. I really don't care what people think, or that people disagree, this is the whole idea of debate is it not. But tell you what, I'm not bigoted or any of the things insinuated on here, and I walk that walk unlike the PC brigade who infest our nation, and use accusation as way of silencing debate they don't like. Now 75% of this forum is banter and anyone who don't like that, please don't play. There's Always stamp collecting or stalking.
Let's PLEASE leave it at that, although I appreciate LD that you had to say something since you've been mentioned so much today without any comment. I have no hard feelings about anyone here although being called a Div did test me. And LD, I did not say that you are always after a brawl - I said that you "pick fights.....in good humour". And I didn't accuse you of discrimination. I merely asked you what you meant. You explained that fine. "End of". The thing about football compared to other sports is that it appeals to everyone - and "everyone" takes part in these posts. That's good isn't it? Let's move on. 3-1 Sat?
I think you all need to get into a hot tub with Fessi and chill out

Eastsussexhornet says...
3:58pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Hampshire hornet wrote:
ESH no. You are WRONG it will be 4-1
Yer, go on then.....4-1.

lutondown says...
4:47pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Harry's Bar wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word.

I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line.

I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.
Ok time for my slant on this.
ESH says I come looking for a row? Look through the posts, I think it's the other way around.
Harry come lately, yes ESH did insinuate that and you and he kept the referral going, and as a result, the other tools that stalk my every move and word, slithered out of the woodwork.
You are also correct I can fight my own battles, and like Chris, am pretty visible.
I really don't care what people think, or that people disagree, this is the whole idea of debate is it not.
But tell you what, I'm not bigoted or any of the things insinuated on here, and I walk that walk unlike the PC brigade who infest our nation, and use accusation as way of silencing debate they don't like.
Now 75% of this forum is banter and anyone who don't like that, please don't play. There's Always stamp collecting or stalking.
Let's PLEASE leave it at that, although I appreciate LD that you had to say something since you've been mentioned so much today without any comment.

I have no hard feelings about anyone here although being called a Div did test me. And LD, I did not say that you are always after a brawl - I said that you "pick fights.....in good humour". And I didn't accuse you of discrimination. I merely asked you what you meant. You explained that fine. "End of".

The thing about football compared to other sports is that it appeals to everyone - and "everyone" takes part in these posts. That's good isn't it?

Let's move on. 3-1 Sat?
OK!
It is funny really what we get hung up on, when we are having the best ride of our lives.
Be good if the passion showed here and the Vic last night was sustained, I'm sure the players all grew a few inches when we upped the ante!
I think even GFZ looked about 5'4 or was it the heels!?

Mangoputney says...
4:59pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Thank God I am not Mongoputney

Eastsussexhornet says...
5:49pm Wed 6 Mar 13

lutondown wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Harry's Bar wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word.

I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line.

I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.
Ok time for my slant on this.
ESH says I come looking for a row? Look through the posts, I think it's the other way around.
Harry come lately, yes ESH did insinuate that and you and he kept the referral going, and as a result, the other tools that stalk my every move and word, slithered out of the woodwork.
You are also correct I can fight my own battles, and like Chris, am pretty visible.
I really don't care what people think, or that people disagree, this is the whole idea of debate is it not.
But tell you what, I'm not bigoted or any of the things insinuated on here, and I walk that walk unlike the PC brigade who infest our nation, and use accusation as way of silencing debate they don't like.
Now 75% of this forum is banter and anyone who don't like that, please don't play. There's Always stamp collecting or stalking.
Let's PLEASE leave it at that, although I appreciate LD that you had to say something since you've been mentioned so much today without any comment.

I have no hard feelings about anyone here although being called a Div did test me. And LD, I did not say that you are always after a brawl - I said that you "pick fights.....in good humour". And I didn't accuse you of discrimination. I merely asked you what you meant. You explained that fine. "End of".

The thing about football compared to other sports is that it appeals to everyone - and "everyone" takes part in these posts. That's good isn't it?

Let's move on. 3-1 Sat?
OK!
It is funny really what we get hung up on, when we are having the best ride of our lives.
Be good if the passion showed here and the Vic last night was sustained, I'm sure the players all grew a few inches when we upped the ante!
I think even GFZ looked about 5'4 or was it the heels!?
And if we all knew each other outside of this impersonal web thing, whilst we'd all still have a go at each other, it would be a lot friendlier.

This ride is nothing like I have experienced since the season I got hooked in 1969. Even when we went to the Prem last time, it was by the skin of our teeth and it was clear that we were were woefully ill equipped. The tin lid was put on it when Marlon King got injured. So consequently, we got our a***s whipped every week.

This time, it doesn't seem like that. We might be only scraping wins at the moment becasue teams are changing their tactic to neutralise us (disrupting the play, targetting Vydra, playing defensively to counter the counter attacks and so on) but the class of football is premiership and would be a match for most bottom half Prem teams. The real achievement is not getting relegated in the first season. That is a real possibility now.

exeterhornet says...
6:01pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Just got back to sunny Devon.
What a match. Weds played their part but tactics appalling, time wasting etc.
Deserved result over the 90 minutes IMHO. The football we played from half time to going 2-1 up was, at times, sensational but why do we appear to take our foot off the gas when we go in front?
Well worth the trip but once again a miserable attendance for a team in second place. Lets please ensure 15000 plus on Saturday.

lutondown says...
6:11pm Wed 6 Mar 13

exeterhornet wrote:
Just got back to sunny Devon.
What a match. Weds played their part but tactics appalling, time wasting etc.
Deserved result over the 90 minutes IMHO. The football we played from half time to going 2-1 up was, at times, sensational but why do we appear to take our foot off the gas when we go in front?
Well worth the trip but once again a miserable attendance for a team in second place. Lets please ensure 15000 plus on Saturday.
What great support! Fair play to you

Mangoputney says...
6:37pm Wed 6 Mar 13

lutondown wrote:
exeterhornet wrote:
Just got back to sunny Devon.
What a match. Weds played their part but tactics appalling, time wasting etc.
Deserved result over the 90 minutes IMHO. The football we played from half time to going 2-1 up was, at times, sensational but why do we appear to take our foot off the gas when we go in front?
Well worth the trip but once again a miserable attendance for a team in second place. Lets please ensure 15000 plus on Saturday.
What great support! Fair play to you
Legendary support!

lutondown says...
6:50pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Mangoputney wrote:
lutondown wrote:
exeterhornet wrote:
Just got back to sunny Devon.
What a match. Weds played their part but tactics appalling, time wasting etc.
Deserved result over the 90 minutes IMHO. The football we played from half time to going 2-1 up was, at times, sensational but why do we appear to take our foot off the gas when we go in front?
Well worth the trip but once again a miserable attendance for a team in second place. Lets please ensure 15000 plus on Saturday.
What great support! Fair play to you
Legendary support!
And you too mate, every games an away game, like Hamps Hornet, Chris Bottom, Ray Robbo, Chris Patterson etc true fans unlike those stay away lot who live a few miles away and missing prem class football. Mad

Stoney77 says...
6:52pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Harry's Bar wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word.

I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line.

I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.
Ok time for my slant on this.
ESH says I come looking for a row? Look through the posts, I think it's the other way around.
Harry come lately, yes ESH did insinuate that and you and he kept the referral going, and as a result, the other tools that stalk my every move and word, slithered out of the woodwork.
You are also correct I can fight my own battles, and like Chris, am pretty visible.
I really don't care what people think, or that people disagree, this is the whole idea of debate is it not.
But tell you what, I'm not bigoted or any of the things insinuated on here, and I walk that walk unlike the PC brigade who infest our nation, and use accusation as way of silencing debate they don't like.
Now 75% of this forum is banter and anyone who don't like that, please don't play. There's Always stamp collecting or stalking.
Let's PLEASE leave it at that, although I appreciate LD that you had to say something since you've been mentioned so much today without any comment.

I have no hard feelings about anyone here although being called a Div did test me. And LD, I did not say that you are always after a brawl - I said that you "pick fights.....in good humour". And I didn't accuse you of discrimination. I merely asked you what you meant. You explained that fine. "End of".

The thing about football compared to other sports is that it appeals to everyone - and "everyone" takes part in these posts. That's good isn't it?

Let's move on. 3-1 Sat?
OK!
It is funny really what we get hung up on, when we are having the best ride of our lives.
Be good if the passion showed here and the Vic last night was sustained, I'm sure the players all grew a few inches when we upped the ante!
I think even GFZ looked about 5'4 or was it the heels!?
And if we all knew each other outside of this impersonal web thing, whilst we'd all still have a go at each other, it would be a lot friendlier.

This ride is nothing like I have experienced since the season I got hooked in 1969. Even when we went to the Prem last time, it was by the skin of our teeth and it was clear that we were were woefully ill equipped. The tin lid was put on it when Marlon King got injured. So consequently, we got our a***s whipped every week.

This time, it doesn't seem like that. We might be only scraping wins at the moment becasue teams are changing their tactic to neutralise us (disrupting the play, targetting Vydra, playing defensively to counter the counter attacks and so on) but the class of football is premiership and would be a match for most bottom half Prem teams. The real achievement is not getting relegated in the first season. That is a real possibility now.
Sweet. Now you guys have made up, I would like to formally announce the end of 'Monk gate'. So back to football: Re Hogg, yes I agree he was poor last night, although he is one of those players that will never catch the eye and can go un-noticed when he is having an effective game. That said, Abdi, Chalobah and Battachioooo are a class above. I do think we sometimes miss a bit f steel, a midfield hardman to get amongst everyone when they all play together and we come up against physical teams. Sadly I don't think Hogg is that man for a promotion challenging championship team.
I also want to have a rant about fickle fans; people slating the team when we draw, or when we occasionally lose. Lambasting Zola for not having a plan B, slating Forestieri for not being able to hit a cows backside with a banjo, saying he should be part of an amateur dramatics society, jeeeez someone on here said the other day he was not even championship standard. Who are these freaking idiots? Do they really think we should win 46 games a season? Football is 11vs11, it's a funny old game and sometimes, well, things just don't go your way. If we lose, yes we're disappointed, but all these armchair managers who are up their own backsides and come on here thinking they know better and slating the players and managers really pish me off. 'Zola doesn't have a plan B when we need one' people cry (apparently we needed one against Wolves??? WTF? we would have buried them with our Plan A if we hadn't missed 3 sitters): and anyway, what the hell was yesterday formation change that won us the game? That's a plan B if ever I saw one. I just wish people would stop throwing their toys out of the pram when we lose, and when we draw. Take a look at the bigger picture and chill the freak out and enjoy the most exciting times we've seen at the Vic in a generation.

Stone Out.

lutondown says...
6:58pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Stoney77 wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Harry's Bar wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word.

I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line.

I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.
Ok time for my slant on this.
ESH says I come looking for a row? Look through the posts, I think it's the other way around.
Harry come lately, yes ESH did insinuate that and you and he kept the referral going, and as a result, the other tools that stalk my every move and word, slithered out of the woodwork.
You are also correct I can fight my own battles, and like Chris, am pretty visible.
I really don't care what people think, or that people disagree, this is the whole idea of debate is it not.
But tell you what, I'm not bigoted or any of the things insinuated on here, and I walk that walk unlike the PC brigade who infest our nation, and use accusation as way of silencing debate they don't like.
Now 75% of this forum is banter and anyone who don't like that, please don't play. There's Always stamp collecting or stalking.
Let's PLEASE leave it at that, although I appreciate LD that you had to say something since you've been mentioned so much today without any comment.

I have no hard feelings about anyone here although being called a Div did test me. And LD, I did not say that you are always after a brawl - I said that you "pick fights.....in good humour". And I didn't accuse you of discrimination. I merely asked you what you meant. You explained that fine. "End of".

The thing about football compared to other sports is that it appeals to everyone - and "everyone" takes part in these posts. That's good isn't it?

Let's move on. 3-1 Sat?
OK!
It is funny really what we get hung up on, when we are having the best ride of our lives.
Be good if the passion showed here and the Vic last night was sustained, I'm sure the players all grew a few inches when we upped the ante!
I think even GFZ looked about 5'4 or was it the heels!?
And if we all knew each other outside of this impersonal web thing, whilst we'd all still have a go at each other, it would be a lot friendlier.

This ride is nothing like I have experienced since the season I got hooked in 1969. Even when we went to the Prem last time, it was by the skin of our teeth and it was clear that we were were woefully ill equipped. The tin lid was put on it when Marlon King got injured. So consequently, we got our a***s whipped every week.

This time, it doesn't seem like that. We might be only scraping wins at the moment becasue teams are changing their tactic to neutralise us (disrupting the play, targetting Vydra, playing defensively to counter the counter attacks and so on) but the class of football is premiership and would be a match for most bottom half Prem teams. The real achievement is not getting relegated in the first season. That is a real possibility now.
Sweet. Now you guys have made up, I would like to formally announce the end of 'Monk gate'. So back to football: Re Hogg, yes I agree he was poor last night, although he is one of those players that will never catch the eye and can go un-noticed when he is having an effective game. That said, Abdi, Chalobah and Battachioooo are a class above. I do think we sometimes miss a bit f steel, a midfield hardman to get amongst everyone when they all play together and we come up against physical teams. Sadly I don't think Hogg is that man for a promotion challenging championship team.
I also want to have a rant about fickle fans; people slating the team when we draw, or when we occasionally lose. Lambasting Zola for not having a plan B, slating Forestieri for not being able to hit a cows backside with a banjo, saying he should be part of an amateur dramatics society, jeeeez someone on here said the other day he was not even championship standard. Who are these freaking idiots? Do they really think we should win 46 games a season? Football is 11vs11, it's a funny old game and sometimes, well, things just don't go your way. If we lose, yes we're disappointed, but all these armchair managers who are up their own backsides and come on here thinking they know better and slating the players and managers really pish me off. 'Zola doesn't have a plan B when we need one' people cry (apparently we needed one against Wolves??? WTF? we would have buried them with our Plan A if we hadn't missed 3 sitters): and anyway, what the hell was yesterday formation change that won us the game? That's a plan B if ever I saw one. I just wish people would stop throwing their toys out of the pram when we lose, and when we draw. Take a look at the bigger picture and chill the freak out and enjoy the most exciting times we've seen at the Vic in a generation.

Stone Out.
Glad you remember them Fessi quotes, a few of them posters have gone sheepishly quiet. And your so right, plan B what the hell is that? If there is such a creature surely GFZ did that with his two astute and timely subs.

Stoney77 says...
7:08pm Wed 6 Mar 13

lutondown wrote:
Stoney77 wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Harry's Bar wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word.

I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line.

I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.
Ok time for my slant on this.
ESH says I come looking for a row? Look through the posts, I think it's the other way around.
Harry come lately, yes ESH did insinuate that and you and he kept the referral going, and as a result, the other tools that stalk my every move and word, slithered out of the woodwork.
You are also correct I can fight my own battles, and like Chris, am pretty visible.
I really don't care what people think, or that people disagree, this is the whole idea of debate is it not.
But tell you what, I'm not bigoted or any of the things insinuated on here, and I walk that walk unlike the PC brigade who infest our nation, and use accusation as way of silencing debate they don't like.
Now 75% of this forum is banter and anyone who don't like that, please don't play. There's Always stamp collecting or stalking.
Let's PLEASE leave it at that, although I appreciate LD that you had to say something since you've been mentioned so much today without any comment.

I have no hard feelings about anyone here although being called a Div did test me. And LD, I did not say that you are always after a brawl - I said that you "pick fights.....in good humour". And I didn't accuse you of discrimination. I merely asked you what you meant. You explained that fine. "End of".

The thing about football compared to other sports is that it appeals to everyone - and "everyone" takes part in these posts. That's good isn't it?

Let's move on. 3-1 Sat?
OK!
It is funny really what we get hung up on, when we are having the best ride of our lives.
Be good if the passion showed here and the Vic last night was sustained, I'm sure the players all grew a few inches when we upped the ante!
I think even GFZ looked about 5'4 or was it the heels!?
And if we all knew each other outside of this impersonal web thing, whilst we'd all still have a go at each other, it would be a lot friendlier.

This ride is nothing like I have experienced since the season I got hooked in 1969. Even when we went to the Prem last time, it was by the skin of our teeth and it was clear that we were were woefully ill equipped. The tin lid was put on it when Marlon King got injured. So consequently, we got our a***s whipped every week.

This time, it doesn't seem like that. We might be only scraping wins at the moment becasue teams are changing their tactic to neutralise us (disrupting the play, targetting Vydra, playing defensively to counter the counter attacks and so on) but the class of football is premiership and would be a match for most bottom half Prem teams. The real achievement is not getting relegated in the first season. That is a real possibility now.
Sweet. Now you guys have made up, I would like to formally announce the end of 'Monk gate'. So back to football: Re Hogg, yes I agree he was poor last night, although he is one of those players that will never catch the eye and can go un-noticed when he is having an effective game. That said, Abdi, Chalobah and Battachioooo are a class above. I do think we sometimes miss a bit f steel, a midfield hardman to get amongst everyone when they all play together and we come up against physical teams. Sadly I don't think Hogg is that man for a promotion challenging championship team.
I also want to have a rant about fickle fans; people slating the team when we draw, or when we occasionally lose. Lambasting Zola for not having a plan B, slating Forestieri for not being able to hit a cows backside with a banjo, saying he should be part of an amateur dramatics society, jeeeez someone on here said the other day he was not even championship standard. Who are these freaking idiots? Do they really think we should win 46 games a season? Football is 11vs11, it's a funny old game and sometimes, well, things just don't go your way. If we lose, yes we're disappointed, but all these armchair managers who are up their own backsides and come on here thinking they know better and slating the players and managers really pish me off. 'Zola doesn't have a plan B when we need one' people cry (apparently we needed one against Wolves??? WTF? we would have buried them with our Plan A if we hadn't missed 3 sitters): and anyway, what the hell was yesterday formation change that won us the game? That's a plan B if ever I saw one. I just wish people would stop throwing their toys out of the pram when we lose, and when we draw. Take a look at the bigger picture and chill the freak out and enjoy the most exciting times we've seen at the Vic in a generation.

Stone Out.
Glad you remember them Fessi quotes, a few of them posters have gone sheepishly quiet. And your so right, plan B what the hell is that? If there is such a creature surely GFZ did that with his two astute and timely subs.
The bloke and his mate sat behind me last night didn't shut up for the whole game last night. What a stroker this bloke was(IMO, of course!) - I just hope that when I get a ST next year I'm not stuck with someone like him nearby. Anyway he starts going on about Zola needing to be proactive and not reactive? WTF? How can you be freaking proactive in a football game? You set out with your game plan (i.e the usual tactics) and then if it doesn't work, you react to that change, just as Zola did last night. I thought about questioning this chaps comments but remembered the last time when I politely did such a thing when some chump was slagging every member of the team off back in 09 when we were away to Chelsea in the cup, and he kindly offered to take me outside after the game and smash my head in.

lutondown says...
7:18pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Stoney77 wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Stoney77 wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Harry's Bar wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word.

I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line.

I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.
Ok time for my slant on this.
ESH says I come looking for a row? Look through the posts, I think it's the other way around.
Harry come lately, yes ESH did insinuate that and you and he kept the referral going, and as a result, the other tools that stalk my every move and word, slithered out of the woodwork.
You are also correct I can fight my own battles, and like Chris, am pretty visible.
I really don't care what people think, or that people disagree, this is the whole idea of debate is it not.
But tell you what, I'm not bigoted or any of the things insinuated on here, and I walk that walk unlike the PC brigade who infest our nation, and use accusation as way of silencing debate they don't like.
Now 75% of this forum is banter and anyone who don't like that, please don't play. There's Always stamp collecting or stalking.
Let's PLEASE leave it at that, although I appreciate LD that you had to say something since you've been mentioned so much today without any comment.

I have no hard feelings about anyone here although being called a Div did test me. And LD, I did not say that you are always after a brawl - I said that you "pick fights.....in good humour". And I didn't accuse you of discrimination. I merely asked you what you meant. You explained that fine. "End of".

The thing about football compared to other sports is that it appeals to everyone - and "everyone" takes part in these posts. That's good isn't it?

Let's move on. 3-1 Sat?
OK!
It is funny really what we get hung up on, when we are having the best ride of our lives.
Be good if the passion showed here and the Vic last night was sustained, I'm sure the players all grew a few inches when we upped the ante!
I think even GFZ looked about 5'4 or was it the heels!?
And if we all knew each other outside of this impersonal web thing, whilst we'd all still have a go at each other, it would be a lot friendlier.

This ride is nothing like I have experienced since the season I got hooked in 1969. Even when we went to the Prem last time, it was by the skin of our teeth and it was clear that we were were woefully ill equipped. The tin lid was put on it when Marlon King got injured. So consequently, we got our a***s whipped every week.

This time, it doesn't seem like that. We might be only scraping wins at the moment becasue teams are changing their tactic to neutralise us (disrupting the play, targetting Vydra, playing defensively to counter the counter attacks and so on) but the class of football is premiership and would be a match for most bottom half Prem teams. The real achievement is not getting relegated in the first season. That is a real possibility now.
Sweet. Now you guys have made up, I would like to formally announce the end of 'Monk gate'. So back to football: Re Hogg, yes I agree he was poor last night, although he is one of those players that will never catch the eye and can go un-noticed when he is having an effective game. That said, Abdi, Chalobah and Battachioooo are a class above. I do think we sometimes miss a bit f steel, a midfield hardman to get amongst everyone when they all play together and we come up against physical teams. Sadly I don't think Hogg is that man for a promotion challenging championship team.
I also want to have a rant about fickle fans; people slating the team when we draw, or when we occasionally lose. Lambasting Zola for not having a plan B, slating Forestieri for not being able to hit a cows backside with a banjo, saying he should be part of an amateur dramatics society, jeeeez someone on here said the other day he was not even championship standard. Who are these freaking idiots? Do they really think we should win 46 games a season? Football is 11vs11, it's a funny old game and sometimes, well, things just don't go your way. If we lose, yes we're disappointed, but all these armchair managers who are up their own backsides and come on here thinking they know better and slating the players and managers really pish me off. 'Zola doesn't have a plan B when we need one' people cry (apparently we needed one against Wolves??? WTF? we would have buried them with our Plan A if we hadn't missed 3 sitters): and anyway, what the hell was yesterday formation change that won us the game? That's a plan B if ever I saw one. I just wish people would stop throwing their toys out of the pram when we lose, and when we draw. Take a look at the bigger picture and chill the freak out and enjoy the most exciting times we've seen at the Vic in a generation.

Stone Out.
Glad you remember them Fessi quotes, a few of them posters have gone sheepishly quiet. And your so right, plan B what the hell is that? If there is such a creature surely GFZ did that with his two astute and timely subs.
The bloke and his mate sat behind me last night didn't shut up for the whole game last night. What a stroker this bloke was(IMO, of course!) - I just hope that when I get a ST next year I'm not stuck with someone like him nearby. Anyway he starts going on about Zola needing to be proactive and not reactive? WTF? How can you be freaking proactive in a football game? You set out with your game plan (i.e the usual tactics) and then if it doesn't work, you react to that change, just as Zola did last night. I thought about questioning this chaps comments but remembered the last time when I politely did such a thing when some chump was slagging every member of the team off back in 09 when we were away to Chelsea in the cup, and he kindly offered to take me outside after the game and smash my head in.
Yeah some real BS discussed about tactical nous. we sit second think 13 games since Xmas, won 9 drew 2 Lost 2.
I like plan A lots!

mk6 hornet says...
7:21pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Stoney77 wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Stoney77 wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Harry's Bar wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word.

I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line.

I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.
Ok time for my slant on this.
ESH says I come looking for a row? Look through the posts, I think it's the other way around.
Harry come lately, yes ESH did insinuate that and you and he kept the referral going, and as a result, the other tools that stalk my every move and word, slithered out of the woodwork.
You are also correct I can fight my own battles, and like Chris, am pretty visible.
I really don't care what people think, or that people disagree, this is the whole idea of debate is it not.
But tell you what, I'm not bigoted or any of the things insinuated on here, and I walk that walk unlike the PC brigade who infest our nation, and use accusation as way of silencing debate they don't like.
Now 75% of this forum is banter and anyone who don't like that, please don't play. There's Always stamp collecting or stalking.
Let's PLEASE leave it at that, although I appreciate LD that you had to say something since you've been mentioned so much today without any comment.

I have no hard feelings about anyone here although being called a Div did test me. And LD, I did not say that you are always after a brawl - I said that you "pick fights.....in good humour". And I didn't accuse you of discrimination. I merely asked you what you meant. You explained that fine. "End of".

The thing about football compared to other sports is that it appeals to everyone - and "everyone" takes part in these posts. That's good isn't it?

Let's move on. 3-1 Sat?
OK!
It is funny really what we get hung up on, when we are having the best ride of our lives.
Be good if the passion showed here and the Vic last night was sustained, I'm sure the players all grew a few inches when we upped the ante!
I think even GFZ looked about 5'4 or was it the heels!?
And if we all knew each other outside of this impersonal web thing, whilst we'd all still have a go at each other, it would be a lot friendlier.

This ride is nothing like I have experienced since the season I got hooked in 1969. Even when we went to the Prem last time, it was by the skin of our teeth and it was clear that we were were woefully ill equipped. The tin lid was put on it when Marlon King got injured. So consequently, we got our a***s whipped every week.

This time, it doesn't seem like that. We might be only scraping wins at the moment becasue teams are changing their tactic to neutralise us (disrupting the play, targetting Vydra, playing defensively to counter the counter attacks and so on) but the class of football is premiership and would be a match for most bottom half Prem teams. The real achievement is not getting relegated in the first season. That is a real possibility now.
Sweet. Now you guys have made up, I would like to formally announce the end of 'Monk gate'. So back to football: Re Hogg, yes I agree he was poor last night, although he is one of those players that will never catch the eye and can go un-noticed when he is having an effective game. That said, Abdi, Chalobah and Battachioooo are a class above. I do think we sometimes miss a bit f steel, a midfield hardman to get amongst everyone when they all play together and we come up against physical teams. Sadly I don't think Hogg is that man for a promotion challenging championship team.
I also want to have a rant about fickle fans; people slating the team when we draw, or when we occasionally lose. Lambasting Zola for not having a plan B, slating Forestieri for not being able to hit a cows backside with a banjo, saying he should be part of an amateur dramatics society, jeeeez someone on here said the other day he was not even championship standard. Who are these freaking idiots? Do they really think we should win 46 games a season? Football is 11vs11, it's a funny old game and sometimes, well, things just don't go your way. If we lose, yes we're disappointed, but all these armchair managers who are up their own backsides and come on here thinking they know better and slating the players and managers really pish me off. 'Zola doesn't have a plan B when we need one' people cry (apparently we needed one against Wolves??? WTF? we would have buried them with our Plan A if we hadn't missed 3 sitters): and anyway, what the hell was yesterday formation change that won us the game? That's a plan B if ever I saw one. I just wish people would stop throwing their toys out of the pram when we lose, and when we draw. Take a look at the bigger picture and chill the freak out and enjoy the most exciting times we've seen at the Vic in a generation.

Stone Out.
Glad you remember them Fessi quotes, a few of them posters have gone sheepishly quiet. And your so right, plan B what the hell is that? If there is such a creature surely GFZ did that with his two astute and timely subs.
The bloke and his mate sat behind me last night didn't shut up for the whole game last night. What a stroker this bloke was(IMO, of course!) - I just hope that when I get a ST next year I'm not stuck with someone like him nearby. Anyway he starts going on about Zola needing to be proactive and not reactive? WTF? How can you be freaking proactive in a football game? You set out with your game plan (i.e the usual tactics) and then if it doesn't work, you react to that change, just as Zola did last night. I thought about questioning this chaps comments but remembered the last time when I politely did such a thing when some chump was slagging every member of the team off back in 09 when we were away to Chelsea in the cup, and he kindly offered to take me outside after the game and smash my head in.
Their was a bloke across from in row GG who was effing and blind at every misplace pass,now i am not against using bad language but it has got to be used in the right context but this guy was just distasteful to the extreme and it was pointless.On another note the atmosphere the second half was cracking at times/

Hampshire hornet says...
7:37pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Plan B was great last year then he went a bit more Gangsta and lost loads of fans ...
Respect to the guys I was chatting to last night n KK from Bournemouth .. Home and away games... We really do have some great fans

Hampshire hornet says...
7:37pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Plan B was great last year then he went a bit more Gangsta and lost loads of fans ...
Respect to the guys I was chatting to last night n KK from Bournemouth .. Home and away games... We really do have some great fans

nuttyorn says...
7:51pm Wed 6 Mar 13

OHHHHHHHHH FORESTIERI!!!!!!

Stoney77 says...
8:17pm Wed 6 Mar 13

mk6 hornet wrote:
Stoney77 wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Stoney77 wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Harry's Bar wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word.

I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line.

I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.
Ok time for my slant on this.
ESH says I come looking for a row? Look through the posts, I think it's the other way around.
Harry come lately, yes ESH did insinuate that and you and he kept the referral going, and as a result, the other tools that stalk my every move and word, slithered out of the woodwork.
You are also correct I can fight my own battles, and like Chris, am pretty visible.
I really don't care what people think, or that people disagree, this is the whole idea of debate is it not.
But tell you what, I'm not bigoted or any of the things insinuated on here, and I walk that walk unlike the PC brigade who infest our nation, and use accusation as way of silencing debate they don't like.
Now 75% of this forum is banter and anyone who don't like that, please don't play. There's Always stamp collecting or stalking.
Let's PLEASE leave it at that, although I appreciate LD that you had to say something since you've been mentioned so much today without any comment.

I have no hard feelings about anyone here although being called a Div did test me. And LD, I did not say that you are always after a brawl - I said that you "pick fights.....in good humour". And I didn't accuse you of discrimination. I merely asked you what you meant. You explained that fine. "End of".

The thing about football compared to other sports is that it appeals to everyone - and "everyone" takes part in these posts. That's good isn't it?

Let's move on. 3-1 Sat?
OK!
It is funny really what we get hung up on, when we are having the best ride of our lives.
Be good if the passion showed here and the Vic last night was sustained, I'm sure the players all grew a few inches when we upped the ante!
I think even GFZ looked about 5'4 or was it the heels!?
And if we all knew each other outside of this impersonal web thing, whilst we'd all still have a go at each other, it would be a lot friendlier.

This ride is nothing like I have experienced since the season I got hooked in 1969. Even when we went to the Prem last time, it was by the skin of our teeth and it was clear that we were were woefully ill equipped. The tin lid was put on it when Marlon King got injured. So consequently, we got our a***s whipped every week.

This time, it doesn't seem like that. We might be only scraping wins at the moment becasue teams are changing their tactic to neutralise us (disrupting the play, targetting Vydra, playing defensively to counter the counter attacks and so on) but the class of football is premiership and would be a match for most bottom half Prem teams. The real achievement is not getting relegated in the first season. That is a real possibility now.
Sweet. Now you guys have made up, I would like to formally announce the end of 'Monk gate'. So back to football: Re Hogg, yes I agree he was poor last night, although he is one of those players that will never catch the eye and can go un-noticed when he is having an effective game. That said, Abdi, Chalobah and Battachioooo are a class above. I do think we sometimes miss a bit f steel, a midfield hardman to get amongst everyone when they all play together and we come up against physical teams. Sadly I don't think Hogg is that man for a promotion challenging championship team.
I also want to have a rant about fickle fans; people slating the team when we draw, or when we occasionally lose. Lambasting Zola for not having a plan B, slating Forestieri for not being able to hit a cows backside with a banjo, saying he should be part of an amateur dramatics society, jeeeez someone on here said the other day he was not even championship standard. Who are these freaking idiots? Do they really think we should win 46 games a season? Football is 11vs11, it's a funny old game and sometimes, well, things just don't go your way. If we lose, yes we're disappointed, but all these armchair managers who are up their own backsides and come on here thinking they know better and slating the players and managers really pish me off. 'Zola doesn't have a plan B when we need one' people cry (apparently we needed one against Wolves??? WTF? we would have buried them with our Plan A if we hadn't missed 3 sitters): and anyway, what the hell was yesterday formation change that won us the game? That's a plan B if ever I saw one. I just wish people would stop throwing their toys out of the pram when we lose, and when we draw. Take a look at the bigger picture and chill the freak out and enjoy the most exciting times we've seen at the Vic in a generation.

Stone Out.
Glad you remember them Fessi quotes, a few of them posters have gone sheepishly quiet. And your so right, plan B what the hell is that? If there is such a creature surely GFZ did that with his two astute and timely subs.
The bloke and his mate sat behind me last night didn't shut up for the whole game last night. What a stroker this bloke was(IMO, of course!) - I just hope that when I get a ST next year I'm not stuck with someone like him nearby. Anyway he starts going on about Zola needing to be proactive and not reactive? WTF? How can you be freaking proactive in a football game? You set out with your game plan (i.e the usual tactics) and then if it doesn't work, you react to that change, just as Zola did last night. I thought about questioning this chaps comments but remembered the last time when I politely did such a thing when some chump was slagging every member of the team off back in 09 when we were away to Chelsea in the cup, and he kindly offered to take me outside after the game and smash my head in.
Their was a bloke across from in row GG who was effing and blind at every misplace pass,now i am not against using bad language but it has got to be used in the right context but this guy was just distasteful to the extreme and it was pointless.On another note the atmosphere the second half was cracking at times/
Unfortunately these types are everywhere! But yes agree, I had a headache when I got back from all the chanting and clapping. Good atmosphere, would be interested to hear from anyone in Vic Rd end to see if they though the rookery was louder than usual.

lutondown says...
8:22pm Wed 6 Mar 13

It was, the complaints dept has gone viral with moans about being woken from their match day naps. Not on

Hampshire hornet says...
8:28pm Wed 6 Mar 13

How rude ..... as a Vic Rd escapee. We rarely heard the Rookery...

Stoney77 says...
8:44pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Hampshire hornet wrote:
How rude ..... as a Vic Rd escapee. We rarely heard the Rookery...
Shame, I thought it was quite loud being in the thick of it. Having said that the attendance was fairly poor , had we had 15000 it would have been better.

Stoney77 says...
8:47pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Cracking photo doing the rounds on twitter of Cassetti celebrating (on his own by the looks of things!) after Watford scored. That man is the don, love seeing the passion.

Mangoputney says...
9:13pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Stoney77 wrote:
Cracking photo doing the rounds on twitter of Cassetti celebrating (on his own by the looks of things!) after Watford scored. That man is the don, love seeing the passion.
Agreed.No need to think about how good he was in his prime - he is still absolute class.

Hampshire hornet says...
9:21pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Besides a dodgy back pass he has to be amongst the top 3 players this Season.... Mine are ... Abdi, Deeney, Cassetti..
Controversial perhaps? Abdi..obvious.. Deeney because of the player he has become against all the odds.. Rounded off with a nice Capt armband yesterday
Cassetti.. Absolute class.. Shame he tires
Vydra .. Just outside... He has gone off the boil in recent games.. I am basing this on consistency across the Season..

Mangoputney says...
9:43pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Hampshire hornet wrote:
Besides a dodgy back pass he has to be amongst the top 3 players this Season.... Mine are ... Abdi, Deeney, Cassetti..
Controversial perhaps? Abdi..obvious.. Deeney because of the player he has become against all the odds.. Rounded off with a nice Capt armband yesterday
Cassetti.. Absolute class.. Shame he tires
Vydra .. Just outside... He has gone off the boil in recent games.. I am basing this on consistency across the Season..
Mirfin - Iwulewemo & Garner (Baz anyone?)........thou
ght not!

Hampshire hornet says...
10:01pm Wed 6 Mar 13

HOGG just misses out as well....

Stoney77 says...
10:04pm Wed 6 Mar 13

OHHHHHHHHH FORESTIERI

lutondown says...
10:35pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Hampshire hornet wrote:
Besides a dodgy back pass he has to be amongst the top 3 players this Season.... Mine are ... Abdi, Deeney, Cassetti..
Controversial perhaps? Abdi..obvious.. Deeney because of the player he has become against all the odds.. Rounded off with a nice Capt armband yesterday
Cassetti.. Absolute class.. Shame he tires
Vydra .. Just outside... He has gone off the boil in recent games.. I am basing this on consistency across the Season..
20 goals? Mmm think you shd have. Top 4! Ekstrand looking decent too!

lutondown says...
10:37pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Mangoputney wrote:
Hampshire hornet wrote:
Besides a dodgy back pass he has to be amongst the top 3 players this Season.... Mine are ... Abdi, Deeney, Cassetti..
Controversial perhaps? Abdi..obvious.. Deeney because of the player he has become against all the odds.. Rounded off with a nice Capt armband yesterday
Cassetti.. Absolute class.. Shame he tires
Vydra .. Just outside... He has gone off the boil in recent games.. I am basing this on consistency across the Season..
Mirfin - Iwulewemo & Garner (Baz anyone?)........thou

ght not!
Think what Dyche would have done with this team
( yes an actual quote from a Monk)

Mangoputney says...
11:12pm Wed 6 Mar 13

lutondown wrote:
Mangoputney wrote:
Hampshire hornet wrote:
Besides a dodgy back pass he has to be amongst the top 3 players this Season.... Mine are ... Abdi, Deeney, Cassetti..
Controversial perhaps? Abdi..obvious.. Deeney because of the player he has become against all the odds.. Rounded off with a nice Capt armband yesterday
Cassetti.. Absolute class.. Shame he tires
Vydra .. Just outside... He has gone off the boil in recent games.. I am basing this on consistency across the Season..
Mirfin - Iwulewemo & Garner (Baz anyone?)........thou


ght not!
Think what Dyche would have done with this team
( yes an actual quote from a Monk)
It would have been beautiful football.......If you were an astronaut!

KeithMercer says...
11:43pm Wed 6 Mar 13

Good stuff guys , nothing more to add other than,

OOHHHHHHHHH FORESTIERI !!!!

mellow yellow says...
9:26am Thu 7 Mar 13

Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Harry's Bar wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word.

I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line.

I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.
Ok time for my slant on this.
ESH says I come looking for a row? Look through the posts, I think it's the other way around.
Harry come lately, yes ESH did insinuate that and you and he kept the referral going, and as a result, the other tools that stalk my every move and word, slithered out of the woodwork.
You are also correct I can fight my own battles, and like Chris, am pretty visible.
I really don't care what people think, or that people disagree, this is the whole idea of debate is it not.
But tell you what, I'm not bigoted or any of the things insinuated on here, and I walk that walk unlike the PC brigade who infest our nation, and use accusation as way of silencing debate they don't like.
Now 75% of this forum is banter and anyone who don't like that, please don't play. There's Always stamp collecting or stalking.
Let's PLEASE leave it at that, although I appreciate LD that you had to say something since you've been mentioned so much today without any comment.

I have no hard feelings about anyone here although being called a Div did test me. And LD, I did not say that you are always after a brawl - I said that you "pick fights.....in good humour". And I didn't accuse you of discrimination. I merely asked you what you meant. You explained that fine. "End of".

The thing about football compared to other sports is that it appeals to everyone - and "everyone" takes part in these posts. That's good isn't it?

Let's move on. 3-1 Sat?
OK!
It is funny really what we get hung up on, when we are having the best ride of our lives.
Be good if the passion showed here and the Vic last night was sustained, I'm sure the players all grew a few inches when we upped the ante!
I think even GFZ looked about 5'4 or was it the heels!?
And if we all knew each other outside of this impersonal web thing, whilst we'd all still have a go at each other, it would be a lot friendlier.

This ride is nothing like I have experienced since the season I got hooked in 1969. Even when we went to the Prem last time, it was by the skin of our teeth and it was clear that we were were woefully ill equipped. The tin lid was put on it when Marlon King got injured. So consequently, we got our a***s whipped every week.

This time, it doesn't seem like that. We might be only scraping wins at the moment becasue teams are changing their tactic to neutralise us (disrupting the play, targetting Vydra, playing defensively to counter the counter attacks and so on) but the class of football is premiership and would be a match for most bottom half Prem teams. The real achievement is not getting relegated in the first season. That is a real possibility now.
Have to question this... The year we last went up we finished third, 14 points above the mahusive Wolves in seventh. We blew Palace off the pitch in the first leg, eased into the final, and then produced one of the most psychologically charged performances I've ever witnessed from a Watford team. We'd one the game in the tunnel! That season we played some great stuff, in addition to the long stuff. However, losing King for most of the season was a disaster, and flogging Young to Villa summed up the struggle. Despite that, I remember one pundit observing that if games ended at 80 minutes Watford would have finished 17th. It showed how much we tired, and how we just didn't have the quality to carry us through games.

Next time will be different.

Harry's Bar says...
10:16am Thu 7 Mar 13

The last time we got to the play offs was by the skin of our teeth, on goals scored I think. Ridiculous as we'd been 9 points clear at one stage. Then we played Hull and I remember the referee dis-allowed a perfectly good Shittu goal.

Bush Hornet says...
10:49am Thu 7 Mar 13

Ooooohh FORESTIERI
Ooooohh FORESTIERI

Eastsussexhornet says...
1:22pm Thu 7 Mar 13

mellow yellow wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Harry's Bar wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word.

I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line.

I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.
Ok time for my slant on this.
ESH says I come looking for a row? Look through the posts, I think it's the other way around.
Harry come lately, yes ESH did insinuate that and you and he kept the referral going, and as a result, the other tools that stalk my every move and word, slithered out of the woodwork.
You are also correct I can fight my own battles, and like Chris, am pretty visible.
I really don't care what people think, or that people disagree, this is the whole idea of debate is it not.
But tell you what, I'm not bigoted or any of the things insinuated on here, and I walk that walk unlike the PC brigade who infest our nation, and use accusation as way of silencing debate they don't like.
Now 75% of this forum is banter and anyone who don't like that, please don't play. There's Always stamp collecting or stalking.
Let's PLEASE leave it at that, although I appreciate LD that you had to say something since you've been mentioned so much today without any comment.

I have no hard feelings about anyone here although being called a Div did test me. And LD, I did not say that you are always after a brawl - I said that you "pick fights.....in good humour". And I didn't accuse you of discrimination. I merely asked you what you meant. You explained that fine. "End of".

The thing about football compared to other sports is that it appeals to everyone - and "everyone" takes part in these posts. That's good isn't it?

Let's move on. 3-1 Sat?
OK!
It is funny really what we get hung up on, when we are having the best ride of our lives.
Be good if the passion showed here and the Vic last night was sustained, I'm sure the players all grew a few inches when we upped the ante!
I think even GFZ looked about 5'4 or was it the heels!?
And if we all knew each other outside of this impersonal web thing, whilst we'd all still have a go at each other, it would be a lot friendlier.

This ride is nothing like I have experienced since the season I got hooked in 1969. Even when we went to the Prem last time, it was by the skin of our teeth and it was clear that we were were woefully ill equipped. The tin lid was put on it when Marlon King got injured. So consequently, we got our a***s whipped every week.

This time, it doesn't seem like that. We might be only scraping wins at the moment becasue teams are changing their tactic to neutralise us (disrupting the play, targetting Vydra, playing defensively to counter the counter attacks and so on) but the class of football is premiership and would be a match for most bottom half Prem teams. The real achievement is not getting relegated in the first season. That is a real possibility now.
Have to question this... The year we last went up we finished third, 14 points above the mahusive Wolves in seventh. We blew Palace off the pitch in the first leg, eased into the final, and then produced one of the most psychologically charged performances I've ever witnessed from a Watford team. We'd one the game in the tunnel! That season we played some great stuff, in addition to the long stuff. However, losing King for most of the season was a disaster, and flogging Young to Villa summed up the struggle. Despite that, I remember one pundit observing that if games ended at 80 minutes Watford would have finished 17th. It showed how much we tired, and how we just didn't have the quality to carry us through games.

Next time will be different.
Yes, point taken. But when teams go from the Championship to the PL, they usually HAVE to reshape their team. I remember when Bradford went up, their manager at the time said that he had no intention of buying any players and I remember thinking "well, you'll go straight down again, won't you?". And they did.

I don't want to be too partizan about this and I am trying to keep a level head but I think we are currently a lower PL team playing in the Championship. So, much of the work is done, assuming that we can keep most of them. That's why I think we are much better equipped this time than last.

Stoney77 says...
2:03pm Thu 7 Mar 13

Eastsussexhornet wrote:
mellow yellow wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Harry's Bar wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word.

I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line.

I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.
Ok time for my slant on this.
ESH says I come looking for a row? Look through the posts, I think it's the other way around.
Harry come lately, yes ESH did insinuate that and you and he kept the referral going, and as a result, the other tools that stalk my every move and word, slithered out of the woodwork.
You are also correct I can fight my own battles, and like Chris, am pretty visible.
I really don't care what people think, or that people disagree, this is the whole idea of debate is it not.
But tell you what, I'm not bigoted or any of the things insinuated on here, and I walk that walk unlike the PC brigade who infest our nation, and use accusation as way of silencing debate they don't like.
Now 75% of this forum is banter and anyone who don't like that, please don't play. There's Always stamp collecting or stalking.
Let's PLEASE leave it at that, although I appreciate LD that you had to say something since you've been mentioned so much today without any comment.

I have no hard feelings about anyone here although being called a Div did test me. And LD, I did not say that you are always after a brawl - I said that you "pick fights.....in good humour". And I didn't accuse you of discrimination. I merely asked you what you meant. You explained that fine. "End of".

The thing about football compared to other sports is that it appeals to everyone - and "everyone" takes part in these posts. That's good isn't it?

Let's move on. 3-1 Sat?
OK!
It is funny really what we get hung up on, when we are having the best ride of our lives.
Be good if the passion showed here and the Vic last night was sustained, I'm sure the players all grew a few inches when we upped the ante!
I think even GFZ looked about 5'4 or was it the heels!?
And if we all knew each other outside of this impersonal web thing, whilst we'd all still have a go at each other, it would be a lot friendlier.

This ride is nothing like I have experienced since the season I got hooked in 1969. Even when we went to the Prem last time, it was by the skin of our teeth and it was clear that we were were woefully ill equipped. The tin lid was put on it when Marlon King got injured. So consequently, we got our a***s whipped every week.

This time, it doesn't seem like that. We might be only scraping wins at the moment becasue teams are changing their tactic to neutralise us (disrupting the play, targetting Vydra, playing defensively to counter the counter attacks and so on) but the class of football is premiership and would be a match for most bottom half Prem teams. The real achievement is not getting relegated in the first season. That is a real possibility now.
Have to question this... The year we last went up we finished third, 14 points above the mahusive Wolves in seventh. We blew Palace off the pitch in the first leg, eased into the final, and then produced one of the most psychologically charged performances I've ever witnessed from a Watford team. We'd one the game in the tunnel! That season we played some great stuff, in addition to the long stuff. However, losing King for most of the season was a disaster, and flogging Young to Villa summed up the struggle. Despite that, I remember one pundit observing that if games ended at 80 minutes Watford would have finished 17th. It showed how much we tired, and how we just didn't have the quality to carry us through games.

Next time will be different.
Yes, point taken. But when teams go from the Championship to the PL, they usually HAVE to reshape their team. I remember when Bradford went up, their manager at the time said that he had no intention of buying any players and I remember thinking "well, you'll go straight down again, won't you?". And they did.

I don't want to be too partizan about this and I am trying to keep a level head but I think we are currently a lower PL team playing in the Championship. So, much of the work is done, assuming that we can keep most of them. That's why I think we are much better equipped this time than last.
Bradford actually stayed up in their 1st season by beating Liverpool on the last day of the season........ I'd like to think we would survive if we did go up but who knows!

Stoney77 says...
2:03pm Thu 7 Mar 13

Eastsussexhornet wrote:
mellow yellow wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Harry's Bar wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word.

I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line.

I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.
Ok time for my slant on this.
ESH says I come looking for a row? Look through the posts, I think it's the other way around.
Harry come lately, yes ESH did insinuate that and you and he kept the referral going, and as a result, the other tools that stalk my every move and word, slithered out of the woodwork.
You are also correct I can fight my own battles, and like Chris, am pretty visible.
I really don't care what people think, or that people disagree, this is the whole idea of debate is it not.
But tell you what, I'm not bigoted or any of the things insinuated on here, and I walk that walk unlike the PC brigade who infest our nation, and use accusation as way of silencing debate they don't like.
Now 75% of this forum is banter and anyone who don't like that, please don't play. There's Always stamp collecting or stalking.
Let's PLEASE leave it at that, although I appreciate LD that you had to say something since you've been mentioned so much today without any comment.

I have no hard feelings about anyone here although being called a Div did test me. And LD, I did not say that you are always after a brawl - I said that you "pick fights.....in good humour". And I didn't accuse you of discrimination. I merely asked you what you meant. You explained that fine. "End of".

The thing about football compared to other sports is that it appeals to everyone - and "everyone" takes part in these posts. That's good isn't it?

Let's move on. 3-1 Sat?
OK!
It is funny really what we get hung up on, when we are having the best ride of our lives.
Be good if the passion showed here and the Vic last night was sustained, I'm sure the players all grew a few inches when we upped the ante!
I think even GFZ looked about 5'4 or was it the heels!?
And if we all knew each other outside of this impersonal web thing, whilst we'd all still have a go at each other, it would be a lot friendlier.

This ride is nothing like I have experienced since the season I got hooked in 1969. Even when we went to the Prem last time, it was by the skin of our teeth and it was clear that we were were woefully ill equipped. The tin lid was put on it when Marlon King got injured. So consequently, we got our a***s whipped every week.

This time, it doesn't seem like that. We might be only scraping wins at the moment becasue teams are changing their tactic to neutralise us (disrupting the play, targetting Vydra, playing defensively to counter the counter attacks and so on) but the class of football is premiership and would be a match for most bottom half Prem teams. The real achievement is not getting relegated in the first season. That is a real possibility now.
Have to question this... The year we last went up we finished third, 14 points above the mahusive Wolves in seventh. We blew Palace off the pitch in the first leg, eased into the final, and then produced one of the most psychologically charged performances I've ever witnessed from a Watford team. We'd one the game in the tunnel! That season we played some great stuff, in addition to the long stuff. However, losing King for most of the season was a disaster, and flogging Young to Villa summed up the struggle. Despite that, I remember one pundit observing that if games ended at 80 minutes Watford would have finished 17th. It showed how much we tired, and how we just didn't have the quality to carry us through games.

Next time will be different.
Yes, point taken. But when teams go from the Championship to the PL, they usually HAVE to reshape their team. I remember when Bradford went up, their manager at the time said that he had no intention of buying any players and I remember thinking "well, you'll go straight down again, won't you?". And they did.

I don't want to be too partizan about this and I am trying to keep a level head but I think we are currently a lower PL team playing in the Championship. So, much of the work is done, assuming that we can keep most of them. That's why I think we are much better equipped this time than last.
Bradford actually stayed up in their 1st season by beating Liverpool on the last day of the season........ I'd like to think we would survive if we did go up but who knows!

francowatford says...
2:08pm Thu 7 Mar 13

Travelling Hornet wrote:
The morning after the night before! I feel bruised!!! God knows about our players . That was as hard a physical match you'll ever see this side of legal. Can see why Wednesday are on such an such a good run, they will just overpower teams by sheer size a d strength . That's why it was such a great win! We matched them for work rate and tenacity , finally class told. How can I say this, Hogg didn't have his best game for us! For guys that think we need a player like him in a winning side , your right we do,BUT NOT HIM. We play scrappy football with him playing. This is not an observation over 45 mins but over the season. Fessi came good tonight, form is temporary, class is permanent ! He was so proud last night he was actually crying when he walked off. This passion (from aplayer) doesn't come along very often, I was so pleased everyone in the Rookery got behind him from the start, and he repaid us tonight. How good is it to have this kind of rapport with a player , it takes supporting the team and being aWatford fan to another level. I'm welling up....
i've been bang on about how we need to get behind Fessi and encourage him on the pitch.

francowatford says...
2:16pm Thu 7 Mar 13

did anyone see Matty get knocked in the chops by Wednesday's defender as he was running through for the ball, that was a sending off and was missed by the linesman.

lutondown says...
2:51pm Thu 7 Mar 13

Eastsussexhornet wrote:
mellow yellow wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
lutondown wrote:
Harry's Bar wrote:
@ChrisBottom16 wrote:
Goin to far is what ESH and cronies did when they accused LD of discriminatin against a certain group of disabled people on a open forum. In term's of LD needin a minder know he don't but as he is one of my best friend's i think im more than within my right's to stand up for him. Someone used the M word on here and ESH makes no comment, yet when LD does ESH is all over him. Well within my right's to have a pop and as i have said im not a phoney keyboard warrior, im usin my real name, post my location, post what i wear to games and post where im sittin at games. I'm the easiest bloke on here to find and alway's willing to meet up at games as many on here will testify.
For the record ESH didn't accuse LD of discrimination, he merely asked him to clarify in what context he used the word.

I think most people would agree that your "Basically a true man. Something that you cannot even dream of being" quote did cross the line.

I'm not for one minute suggesting that you are a keyboard warrior by the way.
Ok time for my slant on this.
ESH says I come looking for a row? Look through the posts, I think it's the other way around.
Harry come lately, yes ESH did insinuate that and you and he kept the referral going, and as a result, the other tools that stalk my every move and word, slithered out of the woodwork.
You are also correct I can fight my own battles, and like Chris, am pretty visible.
I really don't care what people think, or that people disagree, this is the whole idea of debate is it not.
But tell you what, I'm not bigoted or any of the things insinuated on here, and I walk that walk unlike the PC brigade who infest our nation, and use accusation as way of silencing debate they don't like.
Now 75% of this forum is banter and anyone who don't like that, please don't play. There's Always stamp collecting or stalking.
Let's PLEASE leave it at that, although I appreciate LD that you had to say something since you've been mentioned so much today without any comment.

I have no hard feelings about anyone here although being called a Div did test me. And LD, I did not say that you are always after a brawl - I said that you "pick fights.....in good humour". And I didn't accuse you of discrimination. I merely asked you what you meant. You explained that fine. "End of".

The thing about football compared to other sports is that it appeals to everyone - and "everyone" takes part in these posts. That's good isn't it?

Let's move on. 3-1 Sat?
OK!
It is funny really what we get hung up on, when we are having the best ride of our lives.
Be good if the passion showed here and the Vic last night was sustained, I'm sure the players all grew a few inches when we upped the ante!
I think even GFZ looked about 5'4 or was it the heels!?
And if we all knew each other outside of this impersonal web thing, whilst we'd all still have a go at each other, it would be a lot friendlier.

This ride is nothing like I have experienced since the season I got hooked in 1969. Even when we went to the Prem last time, it was by the skin of our teeth and it was clear that we were were woefully ill equipped. The tin lid was put on it when Marlon King got injured. So consequently, we got our a***s whipped every week.

This time, it doesn't seem like that. We might be only scraping wins at the moment becasue teams are changing their tactic to neutralise us (disrupting the play, targetting Vydra, playing defensively to counter the counter attacks and so on) but the class of football is premiership and would be a match for most bottom half Prem teams. The real achievement is not getting relegated in the first season. That is a real possibility now.
Have to question this... The year we last went up we finished third, 14 points above the mahusive Wolves in seventh. We blew Palace off the pitch in the first leg, eased into the final, and then produced one of the most psychologically charged performances I've ever witnessed from a Watford team. We'd one the game in the tunnel! That season we played some great stuff, in addition to the long stuff. However, losing King for most of the season was a disaster, and flogging Young to Villa summed up the struggle. Despite that, I remember one pundit observing that if games ended at 80 minutes Watford would have finished 17th. It showed how much we tired, and how we just didn't have the quality to carry us through games.

Next time will be different.
Yes, point taken. But when teams go from the Championship to the PL, they usually HAVE to reshape their team. I remember when Bradford went up, their manager at the time said that he had no intention of buying any players and I remember thinking "well, you'll go straight down again, won't you?". And they did.

I don't want to be too partizan about this and I am trying to keep a level head but I think we are currently a lower PL team playing in the Championship. So, much of the work is done, assuming that we can keep most of them. That's why I think we are much better equipped this time than last.
Exactly my thoughts...jeez!

Hampshire hornet says...
3:32pm Thu 7 Mar 13

Ooooh Forestieri!

Harry's Bar says...
3:57pm Thu 7 Mar 13

It's not right that this thread has been pushed off the front page by a lot of nothing much.

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