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    cliff46 wrote:
    Having attended Vicarage Road for 56 years I am generally something of a clapper.
    Throughout most of those years Watford have mostly struggled financially and I guess I have become comfortable with that fragile condition.
    The fact that we are now supposedly financially secure is alien to me and I am finding it difficult to be as euphoric about the takeover by a group of Italians many on this forum.
    At the moment until I see otherwise I feel we are Watford in name only.
    I can't believe that hard nosed businessmen are being honest when they say they are not seeking a financial return.
    Don't get me wrong of course I am happy that Baz has gone but I am hoping that the next few months will convince me that all is well and that my club is indeed alive and actually prospering and that I am still able to pronounce some players names.
    Hopefully John Eustace can become the new Andrea Pirlo????
    Cleef, well come clap with this born again clapper. You are sir one of the most reasonable posters on here so I would implore that we give the new guys a chance.
    Eustace the new Pirlo! That's funny unless we change our sport to Rugby! With his high hoof he'd make a great fly half! Might even drop us a few goals.
    Remember Cliff, don't hold back with the garlic on the prawns!"
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Pozzo associate Raffaele Riva is Watford's new chairman

Former chairman Graham Taylor left the club at the end of May Former chairman Graham Taylor left the club at the end of May

Graham Taylor's replacement as Watford chairman is a man called Raffaele Riva.

Hornets legend Taylor resigned as chairman at the end of May, with former owner Laurence Bassini taking on the interim position.

But following the Pozzo family's takeover of Watford, business associate Raffaele Riva has been named as the club's new chairman.

Scott Duxbury, who we expect to operate in a chief executive-like role, and Gianluca Nani are both executive directors.

Former Watford chairman Stuart Timperley and Hornets fan David Fransen, who is one of the club's bondholders, are non-executive directors.

It was reported that Sean Dyche was removed as manager on Monday, to be replaced by Gianfranco Zola, but Watford have yet to confirm that is the case.

This morning we reported that former Napoli coach Adolfo Sormani is set to become Zola's assistant at Watford but it is currently unclear what will happen with regards to the rest of the backroom staff.

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