Watford loan update (From Watford Observer)
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Update on Watford players out on loan
1:01pm Tuesday 20th March 2012 in Watford FC Academy By Joe Whitbread
Picture: Action Images
It was a productive few days for a couple of Watford’s young players out on loan.
Forward Connor Smith played 90 minutes as Wealdstone’s extraordinary FA Trophy journey finally came to an end on Saturday in the second leg of the semi final against Newport County.
Having lost the first leg 3-1, the Stones battled to a brave 0-0 draw against their Blue Square Premier opponents and missed out on a trip to Wembley.
Smith and defender Tommie Hoban were also involved on Monday night as Wealdstone continued their promotion push with a 1-0 win at home to the Met Police.
Elsewhere, Gavin Massey managed 22 minutes for Colchester United in the League One side’s 1-1 draw against Huddersfield Town.
Massey rejoined the U’s last week on a one-month loan after the Hornets recalled the 19-year-old from a previous spell in the middle of last month.
As for the older professionals, Josh Walker and David Mirfin both managed 90 minutes for Scunthorpe United as they drew 1-1 at home to leaders Charlton Athletic.
Adam Thompson was an unused substitute for Brentford as the Bees lost 2-0 at Leyton Orient while Rene Gilmartin also watched on from the bench as Crawley Town beat Port Vale 3-2.
Jonathan Bond did not feature for Dagenham and Redbridge as they pulled off a vital 2-0 win at home to Macclesfield, while Chez Isaac was not part of the Tamworth squad that secured a 0-0 draw at Grimsby Town in the Blue Square Premier.
Comments(11)
Dr,Oftaw
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1:22pm Tue 20 Mar 12
Mickey Quinn, not so thin wrote:1.they will be paying part of their wages saving us money
and the benefit of having 2 goalkeepers sitting on someone else's bench is.....?
2.we are possibly discovering they are not good enough to get into conference teams let alone ours
mooneysmagic
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1:35pm Tue 20 Mar 12
babyhornet
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2:04pm Tue 20 Mar 12
Mickey Quinn, not so thin wrote:They will be gaining valuable first team experience. Whereas if they stayed with us they would likely be training with the reserves and the youth team. Having them involved with a match day team allows them to gain experience and continue their learning.
and the benefit of having 2 goalkeepers sitting on someone else's bench is.....?
Stoney77
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2:27pm Tue 20 Mar 12
babyhornet wrote:The fact that Gilmartin can not hold down a first team spot at Crawley, means, I would have thought, that his days at WFC are very numbered
Mickey Quinn, not so thin wrote: and the benefit of having 2 goalkeepers sitting on someone else's bench is.....?They will be gaining valuable first team experience. Whereas if they stayed with us they would likely be training with the reserves and the youth team. Having them involved with a match day team allows them to gain experience and continue their learning.
and for Bond yes it is valuable experience but we would rather he be playing
Its a shame Thompson is not getting in the starting line up for the Bees. He seemed to have a great spell there the first time around. Would like to see him given a few games for us before the season is out.
LE PARK
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2:54pm Tue 20 Mar 12
SAHornet
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3:02pm Tue 20 Mar 12
WFC4ever
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4:00pm Tue 20 Mar 12
I;d have Tommo on our bench!
harrowhornet
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5:30pm Tue 20 Mar 12
So that means with this Coach Hughes in charge for about 20 games he has only won 3 games.....this is a team that won a pre-season tournament in Holland and started so well. Whats happening??. Somethings not right. This is the last 10 games L L L L L L L L L L ....omg
cliff46
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5:38pm Tue 20 Mar 12
I agree with mooneysmagic that Thompson is far too good to be sitting on the bench at somewhere like Brentford so I would bring him back and get him on for us in the last 30 minutes in any games we are
winning.
Somehow we need to afford to sign the Man Utd goalkeeper and
I would get Bond back and let Loach go out to start getting his confidence back away from the Vic.
WFC4ever
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7:27pm Tue 20 Mar 12
harrowhornet wrote:I have heard the young players aren't so keen on the Hughes chap but that might just be a made up story to explain the lack of form...and performances which are actually more important at Youth team level.
What's happening with the academy??? Have just heard u18's lost yet again, to Reading this afternoon....Is this true?
So that means with this Coach Hughes in charge for about 20 games he has only won 3 games.....this is a team that won a pre-season tournament in Holland and started so well. Whats happening??. Somethings not right. This is the last 10 games L L L L L L L L L L ....omg
Ofcourse most of the decent Under 18s guys are out on loan and ofcourse the top one is busy in our 1st team!
Mickey Quinn, not so thin says...
1:12pm Tue 20 Mar 12