Zola excited about Watford's future (From Watford Observer)

"you can afford to make changes and not lose too much quality" wow, that feels good. It is SO good to have strength in depth at last. Loving the footie we're playing. Looking forward to climbing the table

hopefully his best team does not include NEUTON,he's a liability

buckshornet wrote:
hopefully his best team does not include NEUTON,he's a liability

Neuton has not been so exposed since we've gone 3 at the back. Hopefully Nosworthy will be fit again after the break. However, the shirt numbering would suggest that Neuton and Hall are first choice.

Neuton is a class act, he's taking time getting a grip of defensive nuances but is getting there. His vision and ball skills are there to see.
Agree with Bush, and would much prefer to home in on the many positives coming to the fore than pick out individuals for negative asides.
I love this man Zola and his philosophy, and I hope that for this very decent man and us he gets to realise his ambitions.
Jeez did I say I loved another man? It's only since I painted my walls pink.....

Some of the new squad are still finding their feet, as is Zola. How though Zola can say he has his best XI when some are not yet fit is debatable.Then there are managemnt mistaks partculary as to why Zola took off Deeney to be replaced by someone who was far from ready is beyond me. If we had been in the lead with XI men then yes give a player a run out but I remain of the view that it was a tactical mistake. That said, we are making great progress following poor start at home..

lutondown wrote:
Neuton is a class act, he's taking time getting a grip of defensive nuances but is getting there. His vision and ball skills are there to see.
Agree with Bush, and would much prefer to home in on the many positives coming to the fore than pick out individuals for negative asides.
I love this man Zola and his philosophy, and I hope that for this very decent man and us he gets to realise his ambitions.
Jeez did I say I loved another man? It's only since I painted my walls pink.....

.......and opened that 5th Bud !

SAHornet wrote:

lutondown wrote:
Neuton is a class act, he's taking time getting a grip of defensive nuances but is getting there. His vision and ball skills are there to see.
Agree with Bush, and would much prefer to home in on the many positives coming to the fore than pick out individuals for negative asides.
I love this man Zola and his philosophy, and I hope that for this very decent man and us he gets to realise his ambitions.
Jeez did I say I loved another man? It's only since I painted my walls pink.....

.......and opened that 5th Bud !

Lol! Hope your well buddy!

lutondown wrote:

SAHornet wrote:

lutondown wrote:
Neuton is a class act, he's taking time getting a grip of defensive nuances but is getting there. His vision and ball skills are there to see.
Agree with Bush, and would much prefer to home in on the many positives coming to the fore than pick out individuals for negative asides.
I love this man Zola and his philosophy, and I hope that for this very decent man and us he gets to realise his ambitions.
Jeez did I say I loved another man? It's only since I painted my walls pink.....

.......and opened that 5th Bud !

Lol! Hope your well buddy!

Never better pal and reet backatcha

I like Neuton! We need a centre half that's good on the ball. If anybody looked suspect against Boro it was Hall, but I expect him to grow into the position in the next few games. Chalobah looked fantasticand showed how versatile he can be for us. Was really concerned about Cassetti though. His lack of pace left him exposed on numerous occasions, which is why i'm looking forward to the return of Buaben who fitted in nicely at right-mid last year. Exciting stuff!

I see young Britt Assombalonga scored another couple today in League 2, think we need to secure him a long term contract.

He has now done this regularly at non league, league 2, now need to put him on loan to a league 1 club after January. A smiley Ian Wright in the making.

D.unstable wrote:
I see young Britt Assombalonga scored another couple today in League 2, think we need to secure him a long term contract.

He has now done this regularly at non league, league 2, now need to put him on loan to a league 1 club after January. A smiley Ian Wright in the making.

I think Britt is quality so hopefully we can keep hold of him

Bush Hornet wrote:

D.unstable wrote:
I see young Britt Assombalonga scored another couple today in League 2, think we need to secure him a long term contract.

He has now done this regularly at non league, league 2, now need to put him on loan to a league 1 club after January. A smiley Ian Wright in the making.

I think Britt is quality so hopefully we can keep hold of him

Don't think our talent will be robbed so easily now mate. Agree though sign him up, the boys got goals in him.

lutondown wrote:

Bush Hornet wrote:

D.unstable wrote:
I see young Britt Assombalonga scored another couple today in League 2, think we need to secure him a long term contract.

He has now done this regularly at non league, league 2, now need to put him on loan to a league 1 club after January. A smiley Ian Wright in the making.

I think Britt is quality so hopefully we can keep hold of him

Don't think our talent will be robbed so easily now mate. Agree though sign him up, the boys got goals in him.

Yep, sign him on a long term contract and put him out to League 1 in the new year

Watford supporters need to relax and enjoy the ride, says the club's new owner Gino Pozzo
Watford’s new owners, the Pozzo family, have had tough accusations levelled at them since they acquired the Championship club: that they are creating some kind of football factory; a conveyor belt of young talent to be sold on; a finishing school flooded with transient loan players; that Watford will lose their soul; their academy will wither and die; they are a feeder club.

Welcome party: Czech international Matej Vydra is one of several new faces at Watford Photo: GETTY IMAGES
By Jason Burt9:00PM BST 13 Oct 20121 Comment
So here is a ‘cut-out-and-keep pledge’ from Gino Pozzo, the son of Giampaolo, who paid £15 million to buy Watford, adding them to Italian side Udinese and the Spanish club Granada.
“If you look at the recent history of Watford the project was: we need to sell all our best players as soon as an offer comes because there weren’t the financial resources to hold on to them,” Gino Pozzo explains. “That meant all the clubs in the Premier League and a lot of clubs in the Championship looked appealing to the player as a better place to go.
“Now the idea is to move the club to a different level where the player himself feels there are very few choices that are better. We want those choices to come down to Barcelona, Real Madrid and so on. The players who leave Udinese are moving to AC Milan, Inter, Juventus or a couple of clubs in Spain and a few clubs in England.”
The notion that, in the future, Watford will be able to resist all-comers apart from Barcelona or Manchester City may raise a few guffaws in Hertfordshire.
But the Pozzos can point to Udinese as indisputable evidence that they are serious, having turned an unstable club yo-yoing between the lower divisions into one challenging for Champions League qualification – and beating Liverpool in the Europa League two Thursdays ago with Gino Pozzo and his father in the Anfield directors’ box.
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They are masters of the transfer market and punch above their weight. Now Udinese do only sell their star assets – players such as Alexis Sanchez – to Barcelona.
All well and good. But with 11 loan signings arriving at Vicarage Road from Udinese, what of the local players, the effect it will have on the academy? As pleased as Pozzo is to bring Czech international Matej Vydra and Swiss midfielder Almen Abdi to England he is even happier that Connor Smith, Sean Murray and Tommie Hoban, all academy graduates, have recently signed long-term deals.
“We were surprised that a club that works with young players is not committed to young players,” Pozzo says. “They had one, two-year contracts. Why? It was a mixed message. By changing that idea – to say that the players are here to fully develop to a top, top level – then they will sign longer contracts for the next three or four years. Everyone is starting to understand that.
“Watford fans need to relax and can enjoy this process. There is no cosmic mix to enable us to win. But we understand what works and what we have to do and if we are not performing at the top level it’s because we need more time and there's more work to do.”
So what is the ‘project’? It is a simple formula built on a thorough scouting network, a willingness to buy young talent early – when leading clubs are not always interested – and give it time to develop, which leading clubs can’t always do.
“Fifty per cent is good scouting, 50 per cent is good management,” Pozzo says. “And Watford is the right size because it’s a club which will enable you to develop young players and compete at the highest level without putting too much pressure on them.” Why start with young players? “Because knowing that our financial resources are limited we will have to go another way around to be able to challenge.”
Pozzo accepts that the pace of change, so far, at Watford has been faster than he would have ideally wanted – leading to scepticism that he is simply stockpiling players from Udinese to then sell them on. It is an accusation he refutes. “Maybe we have sent too many, too soon but it’s a case of wanting to move forward quickly.
“I wanted to give a chance to the manager to have the right quality, the resources he needed to make the team competitive.
"We are aware it’s confusing at the beginning but since we are looking at the long term we will have to go through some tough times now to get this together.”
The influx is a one-off. Watford will not have such a large number of loanees arrive again, Pozzo promises - while insisting that most of the players will stay for much longer than their one-year loan period.
“The ideal way to sign a player is a loan with an option to purchase. We have some good young, promising players in the academy and have a strong base to work on - and the fact that we are able to go out of England and sign some top young players is a unique opportunity which will make us much more competitive.”
It is not a three or five-year project - Pozzo will not put a timescale on it - but clearly the aim is to be in the top half of the Premier League.
“We want to be there one day but I’m not going to say ‘we have to be in the Premier League otherwise’. Otherwise nothing. We will just do the best we can do to get there as quickly as possible but without forgetting where we have come from.”

Saw excerpts of this on Watford vital football. This is an excellent summary of the Pozzos and their intent.
Thanks for taking the time to put this up Dusty!
Onus on the whiners to pick the bones out if this one!

Good article, good to hear from Gino

SAHornet wrote:

lutondown wrote:

Bush Hornet wrote:

D.unstable wrote:
I see young Britt Assombalonga scored another couple today in League 2, think we need to secure him a long term contract.

He has now done this regularly at non league, league 2, now need to put him on loan to a league 1 club after January. A smiley Ian Wright in the making.

I think Britt is quality so hopefully we can keep hold of him

Don't think our talent will be robbed so easily now mate. Agree though sign him up, the boys got goals in him.

Yep, sign him on a long term contract and put him out to League 1 in the new year

Yes I agree LD nice strong position to be in. Let's sign him up and if anyone wants to prise him off us they need to show us good money. Best talent will want to stay these days. Not like a few years ago when we were anticipating the likes of Young leaving for a good season or 2 before it happens

lutondown wrote:
Neuton is a class act, he's taking time getting a grip of defensive nuances but is getting there. His vision and ball skills are there to see.
Agree with Bush, and would much prefer to home in on the many positives coming to the fore than pick out individuals for negative asides.
I love this man Zola and his philosophy, and I hope that for this very decent man and us he gets to realise his ambitions.
Jeez did I say I loved another man? It's only since I painted my walls pink.....

Right im not sitting next to you antmore lol!

@ChrisBottom16 wrote:

lutondown wrote:
Neuton is a class act, he's taking time getting a grip of defensive nuances but is getting there. His vision and ball skills are there to see.
Agree with Bush, and would much prefer to home in on the many positives coming to the fore than pick out individuals for negative asides.
I love this man Zola and his philosophy, and I hope that for this very decent man and us he gets to realise his ambitions.
Jeez did I say I loved another man? It's only since I painted my walls pink.....

Right im not sitting next to you antmore lol!

Ouch, that hurts! Wont bring the handbag. Sorry that's your job, the way you throw them handbags about at dissenters!

lutondown wrote:
Neuton is a class act, he's taking time getting a grip of defensive nuances but is getting there. His vision and ball skills are there to see.
Agree with Bush, and would much prefer to home in on the many positives coming to the fore than pick out individuals for negative asides.
I love this man Zola and his philosophy, and I hope that for this very decent man and us he gets to realise his ambitions.
Jeez did I say I loved another man? It's only since I painted my walls pink.....

It's nothing to be ashamed of. There are many past players and managers I loved and wanted to man-hug. And I'm quite open with my wife about how I feel. But sometimes my love is wasted, for example on rats like Brenda and the heinous Mackay. But I too love Zola. I may well love him more than all the others that have been before. He's a lucky man.

Bush Hornet wrote:

lutondown wrote:
Neuton is a class act, he's taking time getting a grip of defensive nuances but is getting there. His vision and ball skills are there to see.
Agree with Bush, and would much prefer to home in on the many positives coming to the fore than pick out individuals for negative asides.
I love this man Zola and his philosophy, and I hope that for this very decent man and us he gets to realise his ambitions.
Jeez did I say I loved another man? It's only since I painted my walls pink.....

It's nothing to be ashamed of. There are many past players and managers I loved and wanted to man-hug. And I'm quite open with my wife about how I feel. But sometimes my love is wasted, for example on rats like Brenda and the heinous Mackay. But I too love Zola. I may well love him more than all the others that have been before. He's a lucky man.

Wonder if Cornet can translate this into a powerful work of art? Being the great wordsmith he is, should be no challenge.
Alas dear Brenda, I knew him so well.
Or MacPie ( better ring than MacBeth)
He could supersede the great Baird.
Cornet, we await.....

He's working on it...an ode to Zola. It'll be worth the wait

lutondown wrote:

@ChrisBottom16 wrote:

lutondown wrote:
Neuton is a class act, he's taking time getting a grip of defensive nuances but is getting there. His vision and ball skills are there to see.
Agree with Bush, and would much prefer to home in on the many positives coming to the fore than pick out individuals for negative asides.
I love this man Zola and his philosophy, and I hope that for this very decent man and us he gets to realise his ambitions.
Jeez did I say I loved another man? It's only since I painted my walls pink.....

Right im not sitting next to you antmore lol!

Ouch, that hurts! Wont bring the handbag. Sorry that's your job, the way you throw them handbags about at dissenters!

Ssssh dont give my secrets away!!!! I'm only teasin, its a pleasure to sit next an honest man who shares my visions and thoughts and who can have a sensible and propper chat with!

@ChrisBottom16 wrote:

lutondown wrote:

@ChrisBottom16 wrote:

lutondown wrote:
Neuton is a class act, he's taking time getting a grip of defensive nuances but is getting there. His vision and ball skills are there to see.
Agree with Bush, and would much prefer to home in on the many positives coming to the fore than pick out individuals for negative asides.
I love this man Zola and his philosophy, and I hope that for this very decent man and us he gets to realise his ambitions.
Jeez did I say I loved another man? It's only since I painted my walls pink.....

Right im not sitting next to you antmore lol!

Ouch, that hurts! Wont bring the handbag. Sorry that's your job, the way you throw them handbags about at dissenters!

Ssssh dont give my secrets away!!!! I'm only teasin, its a pleasure to sit next an honest man who shares my visions and thoughts and who can have a sensible and propper chat with!

Think we have discovered 2 of Elton's finest sitting hand in hand in the Rookery, we're lovin it!!!

As we are all coming out, let's do this together. I love the Pozzo family, I want them to adopt me, maybe they have a sister Pozzo who would consider marrying me....they make my heart flutter in a way that only the good lady D.Unstable has ever done before.

D.unstable wrote:

@ChrisBottom16 wrote:

lutondown wrote:

@ChrisBottom16 wrote:

lutondown wrote:
Neuton is a class act, he's taking time getting a grip of defensive nuances but is getting there. His vision and ball skills are there to see.
Agree with Bush, and would much prefer to home in on the many positives coming to the fore than pick out individuals for negative asides.
I love this man Zola and his philosophy, and I hope that for this very decent man and us he gets to realise his ambitions.
Jeez did I say I loved another man? It's only since I painted my walls pink.....

Right im not sitting next to you antmore lol!

Ouch, that hurts! Wont bring the handbag. Sorry that's your job, the way you throw them handbags about at dissenters!

Ssssh dont give my secrets away!!!! I'm only teasin, its a pleasure to sit next an honest man who shares my visions and thoughts and who can have a sensible and propper chat with!

Think we have discovered 2 of Elton's finest sitting hand in hand in the Rookery, we're lovin it!!!

As we are all coming out, let's do this together. I love the Pozzo family, I want them to adopt me, maybe they have a sister Pozzo who would consider marrying me....they make my heart flutter in a way that only the good lady D.Unstable has ever done before.

I know where you eat Dusty old son! So anymore jokes or asides and you'll be pooping haddock bones for six months.
I take it all back, I like Zola, in a strictly platonic manner, you understand? If not I have ways to make you understand, understand?
Now if you don't mind I'm going back to listening to Queen...
I want to break free..

lutondown wrote:

D.unstable wrote:

@ChrisBottom16 wrote:

lutondown wrote:

@ChrisBottom16 wrote:

lutondown wrote:
Neuton is a class act, he's taking time getting a grip of defensive nuances but is getting there. His vision and ball skills are there to see.
Agree with Bush, and would much prefer to home in on the many positives coming to the fore than pick out individuals for negative asides.
I love this man Zola and his philosophy, and I hope that for this very decent man and us he gets to realise his ambitions.
Jeez did I say I loved another man? It's only since I painted my walls pink.....

Right im not sitting next to you antmore lol!

Ouch, that hurts! Wont bring the handbag. Sorry that's your job, the way you throw them handbags about at dissenters!

Ssssh dont give my secrets away!!!! I'm only teasin, its a pleasure to sit next an honest man who shares my visions and thoughts and who can have a sensible and propper chat with!

Think we have discovered 2 of Elton's finest sitting hand in hand in the Rookery, we're lovin it!!!

As we are all coming out, let's do this together. I love the Pozzo family, I want them to adopt me, maybe they have a sister Pozzo who would consider marrying me....they make my heart flutter in a way that only the good lady D.Unstable has ever done before.

I know where you eat Dusty old son! So anymore jokes or asides and you'll be pooping haddock bones for six months.
I take it all back, I like Zola, in a strictly platonic manner, you understand? If not I have ways to make you understand, understand?
Now if you don't mind I'm going back to listening to Queen...
I want to break free..

And I never doubted that for one moment lol. Will you be dining in that fine establishment this coming Saturday?

D.unstable wrote:

lutondown wrote:

D.unstable wrote:

@ChrisBottom16 wrote:

lutondown wrote:

@ChrisBottom16 wrote:

lutondown wrote:
Neuton is a class act, he's taking time getting a grip of defensive nuances but is getting there. His vision and ball skills are there to see.
Agree with Bush, and would much prefer to home in on the many positives coming to the fore than pick out individuals for negative asides.
I love this man Zola and his philosophy, and I hope that for this very decent man and us he gets to realise his ambitions.
Jeez did I say I loved another man? It's only since I painted my walls pink.....

Right im not sitting next to you antmore lol!

Ouch, that hurts! Wont bring the handbag. Sorry that's your job, the way you throw them handbags about at dissenters!

Ssssh dont give my secrets away!!!! I'm only teasin, its a pleasure to sit next an honest man who shares my visions and thoughts and who can have a sensible and propper chat with!

Think we have discovered 2 of Elton's finest sitting hand in hand in the Rookery, we're lovin it!!!

As we are all coming out, let's do this together. I love the Pozzo family, I want them to adopt me, maybe they have a sister Pozzo who would consider marrying me....they make my heart flutter in a way that only the good lady D.Unstable has ever done before.

I know where you eat Dusty old son! So anymore jokes or asides and you'll be pooping haddock bones for six months.
I take it all back, I like Zola, in a strictly platonic manner, you understand? If not I have ways to make you understand, understand?
Now if you don't mind I'm going back to listening to Queen...
I want to break free..

And I never doubted that for one moment lol. Will you be dining in that fine establishment this coming Saturday?

Most defo. 2pm?

Save me a seat then and we can talk formations and Freddie if your bored.

D.unstable wrote:
Save me a seat then and we can talk formations and Freddie if your bored.

Well at least your good wife is safe...you would think!
Yep see you there matey
U horns ( as in Watford)

The sell is a well articulated and researched article in last Saturdays Telegraph by Jason Burt, whereas he has interviewed Gino Pozzo and conveyed the vision of Watford FC for the future. The reality for those of you who read it is a lazy fat journalist in the shape of The Mail's Martin Samuel who wrote a piece several weeks back full of spite and a standard not too dissimilar to a teenagers unwilling homework exercise.

I for one know what side of the fence I sit and have never been so excited about the future of my club.

From my first seasons as a season ticket holder I used to ride 5 miles on a Saturday morning to work on the vans at a bakery at the age of 10 to earn enough to attend, 34 years later I still get that same buzz (excuse the pun).

I have seen the rise from the 4th to Europe, the 84 cup final, the subsequent flirts with the big boys in the Premier League however previously I have always known from the heart that it would not last, that we were punching above our weight, this time it is different, this time we have the backing to achieve something that will put us on the map. The big clubs have not always been big.

Lets get behind them and support our new team. This is going to be a great journey.

From my sickbed....

I'm the same Dunstable, my dad took me when i was knee high when he could afford it. When he was working i used to wait outside the ground for the gates to open 10 minutes from time. I've also watched them from the lower leagues when we had Bert Slater in goal and names like Stewart Scullion, Duncan Welbourne, Barry Endean and countless others.

Never have I been more optimistic than i am now.

D.unstable wrote:
The sell is a well articulated and researched article in last Saturdays Telegraph by Jason Burt, whereas he has interviewed Gino Pozzo and conveyed the vision of Watford FC for the future. The reality for those of you who read it is a lazy fat journalist in the shape of The Mail's Martin Samuel who wrote a piece several weeks back full of spite and a standard not too dissimilar to a teenagers unwilling homework exercise.

I for one know what side of the fence I sit and have never been so excited about the future of my club.

From my first seasons as a season ticket holder I used to ride 5 miles on a Saturday morning to work on the vans at a bakery at the age of 10 to earn enough to attend, 34 years later I still get that same buzz (excuse the pun).

I have seen the rise from the 4th to Europe, the 84 cup final, the subsequent flirts with the big boys in the Premier League however previously I have always known from the heart that it would not last, that we were punching above our weight, this time it is different, this time we have the backing to achieve something that will put us on the map. The big clubs have not always been big.

Lets get behind them and support our new team. This is going to be a great journey.

From my sickbed....

Sick bed? Bloody lightweight Dusty downs!

lutondown wrote:

D.unstable wrote:
The sell is a well articulated and researched article in last Saturdays Telegraph by Jason Burt, whereas he has interviewed Gino Pozzo and conveyed the vision of Watford FC for the future. The reality for those of you who read it is a lazy fat journalist in the shape of The Mail's Martin Samuel who wrote a piece several weeks back full of spite and a standard not too dissimilar to a teenagers unwilling homework exercise.

I for one know what side of the fence I sit and have never been so excited about the future of my club.

From my first seasons as a season ticket holder I used to ride 5 miles on a Saturday morning to work on the vans at a bakery at the age of 10 to earn enough to attend, 34 years later I still get that same buzz (excuse the pun).

I have seen the rise from the 4th to Europe, the 84 cup final, the subsequent flirts with the big boys in the Premier League however previously I have always known from the heart that it would not last, that we were punching above our weight, this time it is different, this time we have the backing to achieve something that will put us on the map. The big clubs have not always been big.

Lets get behind them and support our new team. This is going to be a great journey.

From my sickbed....

Sick bed? Bloody lightweight Dusty downs!

Think I have been infected by non league weekend, too much like Scum Town for my liking