'Deeney is priceless and Vydra is a more complete player now' (From Watford Observer)

Deeney has put the past behind him and thank you WFC for not turning your back on him. I'd like to think that people are given a second chance. His comittment and hard work is paying off. Too often in clubs etc if your face doesn't fit the image they stab you in the back. Just look at Newcastle now after they sacked Hughton I hope they sink.

Not forgetting GFZ - the Hammers peroid will be buried next season when you thrash them. Well done to all the players who have self belief and don't allow others to define you. You are rewriting WFC history books in more ways than one.

I was sat in the Lower Rous on Saturday about 5 rows back from the pitch.

When you are that close you notice an awful lot. Abdi is always in space. He does not panic when he is being closed down and Gets straight up when he is kicked. A real class player.

Matej Vydra does not stop running, hasselting, chasing and working hard. Again gets up when kicked and get straight on with it. Another very classy player.

The thing that struck me that from being that close was Troy. He does not stop talking, giving directions, instructions etc. He talked Forsyth through the 1st half and never stopped g-ing people up and nencouraging!

We have not only got a squad of real quality and class but of team players and hard works!

The perfect balance!

Mr Pozzo - Thank You!

Win Saturday and win Wednesday and we are second and two points clear of third!
This is the stuff dreams are made of!
I hope we can get Troy tied down to at least a two year extension and if we can push the boat out and get Vydra and Abdi on permenant deals of at least three years that will be great!
Hopefully if we go straight up we can then tie down Pudil, Geijo and Ekstrand!

I am sure watford fc are working on all these deals as we sleep..i too think abdi is the main man we need to sign as he makes us tick. To see today Birmingham are trying to sign up Paul Robinson till the end of the season...now he is a watford legend no doubt...but last year we would have tried this and we all would be happy however now he wouldnt get a sniff at our first team. How times change as 2-3 years ago Birmingham were beating Arsenal at Wembley. I cant see any of these players not signing with what is happening at the vic....the grass may look greener but not many have left here and gone onto greater things.....Marlon...
Shittu.. etc.

The calibre of the new guys is beyond belief, I have been to more games this year than in the last three put together and will be going again on the 2nd and maybe even the palace game despite it being on sky. Supporters like me making the effort to get to games is all thanks to Zola and the pozzos, I've seen a massive improvement since September but we must remain level headed regarding promotion. There is a long way to go and so many good teams in the division. I'm not holding out any hope of us making any loans permanent till the end of season as I think it would have happened already. I hope I'm wrong though! As for the east stand, if we go up it will be built. Never mind all this 15000 average gate nonsense. Looking forward (cautiosly) to Saturday!

mattymashup wrote:
The calibre of the new guys is beyond belief, I have been to more games this year than in the last three put together and will be going again on the 2nd and maybe even the palace game despite it being on sky. Supporters like me making the effort to get to games is all thanks to Zola and the pozzos, I've seen a massive improvement since September but we must remain level headed regarding promotion. There is a long way to go and so many good teams in the division. I'm not holding out any hope of us making any loans permanent till the end of season as I think it would have happened already. I hope I'm wrong though! As for the east stand, if we go up it will be built. Never mind all this 15000 average gate nonsense. Looking forward (cautiosly) to Saturday!

We need more loan signings to sign as there is a restriction on the number of loanees who can be on the pitch. Why we bring on Yeates & Forsythe - to make the numbers up.

Abdi is the main man for sure. Let's not let Geijo slip through our fingers as he is a great striker and is vying with Deeney for the forward slot.

totally agree pete50

I would suggest that Zola knows Abdi, Deeney and Vydra are all going to sign, which is why he is putting this out now - bigging up the players publically. Pudil, Ekstrand and Battocchio will be next, maybe Geijo, but it wouldn't surprise me if Neuton also signed permenantly as although he has his critics I think Zola sees big things for him in the future.

Whether we go up or not will depend on any points deduction from the FL due to the Bassini nightmare. My prediction is we will finish 2nd in the league, but get a points deduction that knocks us down to 7th.

gloryhornet4 wrote:

mattymashup wrote:
The calibre of the new guys is beyond belief, I have been to more games this year than in the last three put together and will be going again on the 2nd and maybe even the palace game despite it being on sky. Supporters like me making the effort to get to games is all thanks to Zola and the pozzos, I've seen a massive improvement since September but we must remain level headed regarding promotion. There is a long way to go and so many good teams in the division. I'm not holding out any hope of us making any loans permanent till the end of season as I think it would have happened already. I hope I'm wrong though! As for the east stand, if we go up it will be built. Never mind all this 15000 average gate nonsense. Looking forward (cautiosly) to Saturday!

We need more loan signings to sign as there is a restriction on the number of loanees who can be on the pitch. Why we bring on Yeates & Forsythe - to make the numbers up.

Only Chalobah is considered to be a loan player, the rest of the loanees are seen as normal signings as they are from foreign clubs.

Sorry, but you are talking rubbish there.

I've not been disappointed with any of the new boys. They've all shown real quality and desire. And that goes for Anya and Neuton and any others who've not fully convinced everyone. The Pozzos haven't given us rubbish that's for sure. We have a very strong squad and most of them deserve Prem football next season.

gloryhornet4 wrote:

mattymashup wrote:
The calibre of the new guys is beyond belief, I have been to more games this year than in the last three put together and will be going again on the 2nd and maybe even the palace game despite it being on sky. Supporters like me making the effort to get to games is all thanks to Zola and the pozzos, I've seen a massive improvement since September but we must remain level headed regarding promotion. There is a long way to go and so many good teams in the division. I'm not holding out any hope of us making any loans permanent till the end of season as I think it would have happened already. I hope I'm wrong though! As for the east stand, if we go up it will be built. Never mind all this 15000 average gate nonsense. Looking forward (cautiosly) to Saturday!

We need more loan signings to sign as there is a restriction on the number of loanees who can be on the pitch. Why we bring on Yeates & Forsythe - to make the numbers up.

All the Udinese & Granada players are treated as permanent signings as from foreign clubs so we are only down as having one loan player (Chalobah) therefore the reason why Zola brings on Yeates and Forsythe is because he believes that they can do the job.

stevyweavy wrote:

gloryhornet4 wrote:

mattymashup wrote:
The calibre of the new guys is beyond belief, I have been to more games this year than in the last three put together and will be going again on the 2nd and maybe even the palace game despite it being on sky. Supporters like me making the effort to get to games is all thanks to Zola and the pozzos, I've seen a massive improvement since September but we must remain level headed regarding promotion. There is a long way to go and so many good teams in the division. I'm not holding out any hope of us making any loans permanent till the end of season as I think it would have happened already. I hope I'm wrong though! As for the east stand, if we go up it will be built. Never mind all this 15000 average gate nonsense. Looking forward (cautiosly) to Saturday!

We need more loan signings to sign as there is a restriction on the number of loanees who can be on the pitch. Why we bring on Yeates & Forsythe - to make the numbers up.

All the Udinese & Granada players are treated as permanent signings as from foreign clubs so we are only down as having one loan player (Chalobah) therefore the reason why Zola brings on Yeates and Forsythe is because he believes that they can do the job.

Not true. The reason why Yeayes and Forsyth are in the squad is because we must have a minimum number of home grown players in our matchday squad.

If we had a number of "loans" then this would also come into the mix, but we do not, as you rightly say, we have Chalobah and that is it.

SIGN THEM UP !!!!!!!!!!!

petsoundsnick wrote:

stevyweavy wrote:

gloryhornet4 wrote:

mattymashup wrote:
The calibre of the new guys is beyond belief, I have been to more games this year than in the last three put together and will be going again on the 2nd and maybe even the palace game despite it being on sky. Supporters like me making the effort to get to games is all thanks to Zola and the pozzos, I've seen a massive improvement since September but we must remain level headed regarding promotion. There is a long way to go and so many good teams in the division. I'm not holding out any hope of us making any loans permanent till the end of season as I think it would have happened already. I hope I'm wrong though! As for the east stand, if we go up it will be built. Never mind all this 15000 average gate nonsense. Looking forward (cautiosly) to Saturday!

We need more loan signings to sign as there is a restriction on the number of loanees who can be on the pitch. Why we bring on Yeates & Forsythe - to make the numbers up.

All the Udinese & Granada players are treated as permanent signings as from foreign clubs so we are only down as having one loan player (Chalobah) therefore the reason why Zola brings on Yeates and Forsythe is because he believes that they can do the job.

Not true. The reason why Yeayes and Forsyth are in the squad is because we must have a minimum number of home grown players in our matchday squad.

If we had a number of "loans" then this would also come into the mix, but we do not, as you rightly say, we have Chalobah and that is it.

Yes 6 British players per match day squad and we don't need to worry about loans as people have said - year long foreign loans are counted as signings. Yeates though us from ROI so doesn't count as a home grown British player I believe? Not that it matters anyway as we have plenty and the Pozzos have stated they want to sign young talented players from England

petsoundsnick wrote:
I would suggest that Zola knows Abdi, Deeney and Vydra are all going to sign, which is why he is putting this out now - bigging up the players publically. Pudil, Ekstrand and Battocchio will be next, maybe Geijo, but it wouldn't surprise me if Neuton also signed permenantly as although he has his critics I think Zola sees big things for him in the future.

Whether we go up or not will depend on any points deduction from the FL due to the Bassini nightmare. My prediction is we will finish 2nd in the league, but get a points deduction that knocks us down to 7th.

From the Pozzo business aspect, "bigging up" players could also be construed as a tactic to maximise their value in the transfer market. Hopefully this is not the case in this instance, although we need to look at the bigger picture with regard to player transactions. .

Holly68 wrote:
SIGN THEM UP !!!!!!!!!!!

Yes! Succinctly put!

Ronny oh Ronny Ronny wrote:

petsoundsnick wrote:

stevyweavy wrote:

gloryhornet4 wrote:

mattymashup wrote:
The calibre of the new guys is beyond belief, I have been to more games this year than in the last three put together and will be going again on the 2nd and maybe even the palace game despite it being on sky. Supporters like me making the effort to get to games is all thanks to Zola and the pozzos, I've seen a massive improvement since September but we must remain level headed regarding promotion. There is a long way to go and so many good teams in the division. I'm not holding out any hope of us making any loans permanent till the end of season as I think it would have happened already. I hope I'm wrong though! As for the east stand, if we go up it will be built. Never mind all this 15000 average gate nonsense. Looking forward (cautiosly) to Saturday!

We need more loan signings to sign as there is a restriction on the number of loanees who can be on the pitch. Why we bring on Yeates & Forsythe - to make the numbers up.

All the Udinese & Granada players are treated as permanent signings as from foreign clubs so we are only down as having one loan player (Chalobah) therefore the reason why Zola brings on Yeates and Forsythe is because he believes that they can do the job.

Not true. The reason why Yeayes and Forsyth are in the squad is because we must have a minimum number of home grown players in our matchday squad.

If we had a number of "loans" then this would also come into the mix, but we do not, as you rightly say, we have Chalobah and that is it.

Yes 6 British players per match day squad and we don't need to worry about loans as people have said - year long foreign loans are counted as signings. Yeates though us from ROI so doesn't count as a home grown British player I believe? Not that it matters anyway as we have plenty and the Pozzos have stated they want to sign young talented players from England

The rules around if a player is considered home-grown depends on the number of years he has trained by an english club and at what age this happened. So Yeates, although irish, will qualify as a home grown as he came up through the ranks at english clubs. Fabregas, for example, even though Spanish, was considered home-grown at Arsenal as he joined when he was 16 and had three years of training at Arsenal so qualified to be home grown when he became 21. (all under 21s are exempt from the HG rule)

One thing that's not been mentioned that will help us massively and also we won't be going through this January is losing players, Millwall, M'boro, Brighton, Derby and Palace are all set to lose good players to Premiership clubs. This will only assist us along with the injuries these clubs get, I think we must be the only club to have double cover in every department.
Also, if you look at the remaining fixtures, Boro, N/Forest and Palace all have really difficult run-ins
COYGB's be the only team to win a play off final at new/old Wembley and Cardiff

Good point about other clubs losing players to the Prem, although looks like Saha will stay at Palace on loan. Our run-in isn't easy either with the likes of Hull and Leicester away.

Re playoffs - whilst I have loved the last two play off finals, I don't like the idea of leaving it to chance on a one-off occassion - I'd rather go up automatically! Obviously take the play-offs and it would be a unique hattrick if we were to win the final!

a1derek wrote:
Good point about other clubs losing players to the Prem, although looks like Saha will stay at Palace on loan. Our run-in isn't easy either with the likes of Hull and Leicester away.

Re playoffs - whilst I have loved the last two play off finals, I don't like the idea of leaving it to chance on a one-off occassion - I'd rather go up automatically! Obviously take the play-offs and it would be a unique hattrick if we were to win the final!

And if we won at new Wembley, we'd of completed winning at all three grounds! Old Wemb. Cardiff and new Wemb.
But yes I'd rather go automatically. Better for the heart!

He has been at the club for six months, everything has worked fine, he has been coached by a great manager and the people love him. We have no reason to change anything."

Despite the Premier League interest, Chovanec revealed talks to make Vydra's move to Watford permanent are at an advanced stage and the deal could be finalised before the end of the transfer window.

Chovanec is vydra agent

lutondown wrote:

a1derek wrote: Good point about other clubs losing players to the Prem, although looks like Saha will stay at Palace on loan. Our run-in isn't easy either with the likes of Hull and Leicester away. Re playoffs - whilst I have loved the last two play off finals, I don't like the idea of leaving it to chance on a one-off occassion - I'd rather go up automatically! Obviously take the play-offs and it would be a unique hattrick if we were to win the final!

And if we won at new Wembley, we'd of completed winning at all three grounds! Old Wemb. Cardiff and new Wemb. But yes I'd rather go automatically. Better for the heart!

Isnt it nice to be talking promotion. Previously we would have been talking about that we have almost accrued enough points to ensure safety.

Obvioulsy will take the play offs however I will be a wreck with so much at stake, but also it gives less time off close season and less time to prepare for what lays ahead.

Automatic is now well with reach and in our hands, yes a very difficult April on paper, however we are capable of beating all those around us and means we will not be leaving anything in the hands of others to seal our fate.

If we can take six points from these next two away games there will be no stopping us.

I work with a Forest fan and he said to me this morning, we'll lose against you lot on Saturday, when was the last time people were talking like this before playing little old Watford.

No one likes us........we dont care

lutondown wrote:

a1derek wrote: Good point about other clubs losing players to the Prem, although looks like Saha will stay at Palace on loan. Our run-in isn't easy either with the likes of Hull and Leicester away. Re playoffs - whilst I have loved the last two play off finals, I don't like the idea of leaving it to chance on a one-off occassion - I'd rather go up automatically! Obviously take the play-offs and it would be a unique hattrick if we were to win the final!

And if we won at new Wembley, we'd of completed winning at all three grounds! Old Wemb. Cardiff and new Wemb. But yes I'd rather go automatically. Better for the heart!

Isnt it nice to be talking promotion. Previously we would have been talking about that we have almost accrued enough points to ensure safety.

Obvioulsy will take the play offs however I will be a wreck with so much at stake, but also it gives less time off close season and less time to prepare for what lays ahead.

Automatic is now well with reach and in our hands, yes a very difficult April on paper, however we are capable of beating all those around us and means we will not be leaving anything in the hands of others to seal our fate.

If we can take six points from these next two away games there will be no stopping us.

I work with a Forest fan and he said to me this morning, we'll lose against you lot on Saturday, when was the last time people were talking like this before playing little old Watford.

No one likes us........we dont care

D.unstable wrote:

lutondown wrote:

a1derek wrote: Good point about other clubs losing players to the Prem, although looks like Saha will stay at Palace on loan. Our run-in isn't easy either with the likes of Hull and Leicester away. Re playoffs - whilst I have loved the last two play off finals, I don't like the idea of leaving it to chance on a one-off occassion - I'd rather go up automatically! Obviously take the play-offs and it would be a unique hattrick if we were to win the final!

And if we won at new Wembley, we'd of completed winning at all three grounds! Old Wemb. Cardiff and new Wemb. But yes I'd rather go automatically. Better for the heart!

Isnt it nice to be talking promotion. Previously we would have been talking about that we have almost accrued enough points to ensure safety.

Obvioulsy will take the play offs however I will be a wreck with so much at stake, but also it gives less time off close season and less time to prepare for what lays ahead.

Automatic is now well with reach and in our hands, yes a very difficult April on paper, however we are capable of beating all those around us and means we will not be leaving anything in the hands of others to seal our fate.

If we can take six points from these next two away games there will be no stopping us.

I work with a Forest fan and he said to me this morning, we'll lose against you lot on Saturday, when was the last time people were talking like this before playing little old Watford.

No one likes us........we dont care

Dusty, I'm in on that venture. Sell like hot cakes! Know a man.....

Deeney scored today against Shanghi East, good solid header, Vydra ran his socks off without any luck other goals scored by Messi, (a tap in) and Bia, right at the death. Solid performance.

Lets wait and see the result of the fl hearing before getting ahead of ourselves.

I love my Watford!

Boosey wrote:
I love my Watford!

Me too mate, feel like I did when I first started watching them under Furphy! This is the best trip

mk6 hornet wrote:
Lets wait and see the result of the fl hearing before getting ahead of ourselves.

They have to follow precedents without dragging this up to a full blown discussion, just two other similar cases WHU QPR both got fined. Duxberry is a lawyer who will expect consistency.

sueinspain wrote:
Deeney scored today against Shanghi East, good solid header, Vydra ran his socks off without any luck other goals scored by Messi, (a tap in) and Bia, right at the death. Solid performance.

Thanks Sue !
you are my favorite Spanish football corespondent .
Keep up the good work, take it easy on the Sangria tonight and keep yer eyes off Matej !! hes ours .

Why do I keep hearing all this rubbish about a points deduction ? Slap on the wrist, at most. ,!!!