Watford post match thread

[paulsimpson]

He was poor today however you look at it, but the guy to his left was worse, and Mangala was caught many times trying to defend the space behind Kolarov, who at one point stood there and pointed at the space. I'm not a Kolarov hater, but that was one of his worst games for us, even ignoring the OG, even Sterling was more use defensively.

Point taken

 

[Champions2012!]

The arses have the dippers, stoke, chavs, southampton (again hahaha), bournemouth and leicester away next.
If there ever was a time to start blowing teams away, it's now.

 

[oneclubfrommanchester]

Still not seen a title winning style performance but grateful for the 3 points really important we got them today. With all his obvious talent KDB is a homer. He doesnt produce the goods away from home. I would choose Navas before him when playing away.

 

[Claytop]

Point taken

Ultimately I don't think both are good enough to be playing for us going forward, really hope Mangala proves me wrong but I'm not seeing it unfortunately.

 

[homerdog]

We can't rely on moments of brilliance to win matches / the league.

That's exactly what you have to rely on!

 

[Vienna_70]

Great result today. As the song goes, "We Fight to the End!"

Two brilliant goals from two brilliant players.

Bacary Sagna was outstanding today, though I thought both KdB and Merlin were well off their best; their passing was very poor.

But a win's a win and this result will give all concerned great confidence for the coming weeks.

 

[Len Rum]

As a previous poster said in away games we will have to go three at the back- Mick d, Otamendi and Mangala and sacrifice one of the top four - KDB or Sterling.

 

[Paul Lake's Left Knee]

That's exactly what you have to rely on!

No you dont, you rely on a solid back 4 that doesnt concede and excellent team play.

 

[Gabriel]

Three times in quick succession Sagna was set free in the first half and was best placed to cross, yet each time he turned back and, eventually, de Bruyne ended up curling the ball in from beyond the eighteen, which drifted harmlessly over Aguero and out of play. We need to be more direct and kess precise, as we'd do better feeding off the scraps than trying to create the perfect goal.

 

[Mancity1980]

I was shocked to discover that that was Mangala's 50th game for us. £42 million and he still looks like he is struggling to settle in, it just is not good enough. It looks like he has all the abilities to do be a good cb except for one: decision making - the most important!