Gianfranco Zola up against Barnsley and Bolton Wanderers' bosses for Manager of the Month

7:37am Thursday 14th March 2013 in Sport Photograph of the Author By Frank Smith, Deputy Group Sports Editor

Picture: Holly Cant Picture: Holly Cant

Watford manager Gianfranco Zola has been nominated for the Championship Manager of the Month award for February.

The Hornets were unbeaten last month; winning four games and drawing against promotion-rivals Crystal Palace.

Zola is up against Saturday's opponent, Barnsley's David Flitcroft, and Bolton Wanderers' Dougie Freedman for the crown.

Bolton won three games last month, drew two and their only defeat came against the Golden Boys. Barnsley won four matches and lost one.

Former Hornet Tomasz Kuszczak, now at Brighton and Hove Albion, is nominated for the Player of the Month award, alongside Cardiff City's Fraizer Campbell and Derby County's Jamie Ward.

The winners will be announced at around 9am tomorrow morning on Sky Sports News and picked by two separate Football League judging panels.

Manager of the Month is decided by former Charlton Athletic boss Alan Curbishley, Football League chief operating officer Andy Williamson, League Managers Association deputy CEO Olaf Dixon and Katy Thomas, npower's partnerships and sponsorships manager.

Comments(13)

MJ1 says...
8:36am Thu 14 Mar 13

Nooooo! Not that he doesn't deserve it but it's the kiss of death to most teams. Expect a drop in form he wins it!

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PeteBogHorrorHornet says...
8:42am Thu 14 Mar 13

I think we are already experiencing a dip in form...just hope we are through the worst of it

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PeteBogHorrorHornet says...
8:43am Thu 14 Mar 13

Hope it goes to the Barnsley boss and he is presented with his award just b4 Saturdays game.

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Eastsussexhornet says...
8:50am Thu 14 Mar 13

PeteBogHorrorHornet wrote:
Hope it goes to the Barnsley boss and he is presented with his award just b4 Saturdays game.
What exactly are the parameters for choosing if the manager of Barnsley is a contender?

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Wembley84 says...
9:16am Thu 14 Mar 13

MJ1 wrote:
Nooooo! Not that he doesn't deserve it but it's the kiss of death to most teams. Expect a drop in form he wins it!
Bet me to it !! - I'll take April's manager of the month, but not when there's games remaining!!!!

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miked2006 says...
9:49am Thu 14 Mar 13

There's no curse in the Manager of the Month award. The reason most teams don't continue to be successful is that the Championship is one of the most difficult leagues in the world, with on average around five games a month. Going on a run for five games is an achievement but ten is a stretch too far for 99% of teams in this division. We are already suffering from a dip in form and hopefully around the time Zola wins this award, we will be back on the up!

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lockerbiehornet says...
10:31am Thu 14 Mar 13

Deserved and Nailed on to win it, and as for the so called 'curse' PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFTTTTTTT

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Stoney77 says...
11:38am Thu 14 Mar 13

Eastsussexhornet wrote:
PeteBogHorrorHornet wrote:
Hope it goes to the Barnsley boss and he is presented with his award just b4 Saturdays game.
What exactly are the parameters for choosing if the manager of Barnsley is a contender?
Well, manager of the month goes to the manager of one of the teams who have had the best results for that month, no?
Barnsley won 4 games out of 5 and hauled themselves back in contention to stay up. Winning 4 out of 5 when you are at the bottom is a bigger feat than doing that when you are at the top.
Seems fairly straight forward to me.

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PeteBogHorrorHornet says...
11:54am Thu 14 Mar 13

Stoney77 wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
PeteBogHorrorHornet wrote:
Hope it goes to the Barnsley boss and he is presented with his award just b4 Saturdays game.
What exactly are the parameters for choosing if the manager of Barnsley is a contender?
Well, manager of the month goes to the manager of one of the teams who have had the best results for that month, no?
Barnsley won 4 games out of 5 and hauled themselves back in contention to stay up. Winning 4 out of 5 when you are at the bottom is a bigger feat than doing that when you are at the top.
Seems fairly straight forward to me.
Which is why Flitcroft will be the most deserving of recipients ;-)

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francowatford says...
12:09pm Thu 14 Mar 13

we beat barnsley and we will get it and visa versa

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lutondown says...
8:17pm Thu 14 Mar 13

PeteBogHorrorHornet wrote:
Stoney77 wrote:
Eastsussexhornet wrote:
PeteBogHorrorHornet wrote:
Hope it goes to the Barnsley boss and he is presented with his award just b4 Saturdays game.
What exactly are the parameters for choosing if the manager of Barnsley is a contender?
Well, manager of the month goes to the manager of one of the teams who have had the best results for that month, no?
Barnsley won 4 games out of 5 and hauled themselves back in contention to stay up. Winning 4 out of 5 when you are at the bottom is a bigger feat than doing that when you are at the top.
Seems fairly straight forward to me.
Which is why Flitcroft will be the most deserving of recipients ;-)
He deserves it and we don't want the jinxing thing!

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KeithMercer says...
9:35pm Thu 14 Mar 13

francowatford wrote:
we beat barnsley and we will get it and visa versa
Its decided tomorrow Franco !
Try and keep up pal :-)

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stevyweavy says...
12:14am Fri 15 Mar 13

Well as Zola does the unexpected all the time expect us to go on a winning run if he wins the award instead of the norm that has beset other Watford managers when they have won this award in the past. COYH!!!!

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