A guy called Roy left and Giaretta came on board I think as Director of Football. Giraldi is his boss.
Already talk about how long will Ivic last on 5live with the short term contract and reports of players unsettled (they believe what is printed I guess) But one of the guests did say we played well v Spurs and the younger players will just want to perform. Did suggest there was too much player power at the club ..
A rebuttal of the report about player unrest in the Watford Observer today. The club seem to be using the local paper to deny the story.
A statement from the club that tells us...............nothing! https://www.watfordfc.com/news/club/duxbury-a-fresh-vibrant-approach
The only approach any fans will care about is one that gets results and the team playing good football And things can change quickly - just ask some of our ex managers!
This is the problem once you get a reputation for chopping and changing the coach. The players know ultimately the board won’t back them so they have power to undermine the head coach if they don’t fancy working with him. I think Chelsea suffered the same problem before Lampard. It makes it very challenging if someone comes in without a strong pedigree who wants to do something different, or even just to work the players hard. If you’re winning games it’s fine, but if not you get no time to turn it around....
Looking at the list of injuries.... major..... As pre-season line-ups have indicated, a number of injuries have prevented Vladimir Ivic from having a good look at all the players potentially at his disposal. Longer-term absentees have included Daryl Janmaat (knee) and Isaac Success (achilles). This did also include Gerard Deulofeu (knee), however now – as supporters may well have seen from social media channels – the Spaniard is expected to be back training with the squad next week, having stepped up his rehab some time ago. Troy Deeney is expected back training with the group very soon as well, having undertaken some intensive rehab work. Andre Gray’s hamstring strain, picked up against Spurs last weekend, will keep him out for a couple of weeks. And that’s the same timescale attributable to the wait before Will Hughes rejoins the squad for training having undergone a medical procedure during pre-season. A week before Gray’s knock, Adam Masina came off injured versus Scunthorpe United and the matter required surgical intervention. The operation went well, although he will be sidelined for several months. Experienced trio Etienne Capoue, Roberto Pereyra and Danny Welbeck haven’t yet been declared fit to join the first-team training group to this point, although all are expected to be available over the next few weeks.
I don't think the club want to sell him but Troy has talked himself into still being good enough for the Premier league so does he want to stay ?
Am not sure, but I think Vlad prefers them all to be at the same fitness level before they join in group training - and he would be a couple of weeks behind the others in that regard.
