He was still f**king awful, so it needs mentioning, nearly every challenge we made was a foul (head injury), and virtually none of their challenges were fouls, but I agree its not the reason we lost, it just f*cks me off, and its pretty well every time we have Mariner.
Well let's see then . Lose 2 of the next three and the top 4 spot is in serious doubt . That's pressure . MP is paid well enough to weather this storm so lets hope he brings it off . Tonight was better and there's still hopeStupid comment, he's not 'gone' at all, unless you can find some patsy who will agree to stay till May, before our new manager takes over.
That says more about Watford than us, and well done them.We're closer to Watford than top of the league, after almost half the season. Staggering
It's become a hallmark of this team. Who have we got upfront. A half-fit striker, or Bony who is going to be back in the cold nowAgree. I've seen us play much worse than tonight.
ATM we are too easy to play against and don't seem to be closing down the most important areas on the football pitch and that suggests to me that one or two are not working hard enough.
The stats are pretty incredible in respect of how teams have a such a high percentage rate of shots that become goals. I believe it's in the high 80s and over the last few games has seemed even higher. This doesn't include the missed sitters tonight that may bring it down slightly.
We concede space to easily and as a consequence teams are playing right through us without applying a great deal of effort. It's quite staggering.
The emphasis is clearly to attack but I've never seen us look so defensively unstable since the take over. We look like conceding every game and if it's a couple then the confidence in us disappears. Our attacking players are null and void when we are a couple of goals down and without confidence.
ATM we just don't attack and defend as a unit and I'm finding it difficult to explain why that is. I'm scratching my head wondering what we actually do on the training field in terms of a defensive discipline because on a match day ATM there doesn't appear to be one.
It's OK being territorially better than the other team, but for parts of that game tonight, whilst far from playing poorly, I don't think we ever really looked like scoring. That is so uncharacteristic of this city team over the last 6 years.
More worrying is that we're only 3pts ahead of the worst rag team in 20-odd years.That says more about Watford than us, and well done them.