Match Day Thread Watford v Blackpool

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Great write up by Matt Rowson:

https://bhappy.wordpress.com/2023/01/15/watford-2-blackpool-0-14-01-2023/

The impetus for the goal comes from Sarr, of all people, snapping into a gritty midfield challenge to win possession before releasing Asprilla. The Colombian teenager has been playing like a character in a computer game with a special move, repeatedly pressing the “angled through ball” button in his own four-minute build up. But as at Norwich he executes a perfect pass to unpeel the defence. Matheus Martins had started well, his bleached blonde hair making him stand out in the drizzly gloom. He had looked quick, direct and clever but had had a quiet ten minutes or so building up to this. He explodes onto Asprilla’s pass as if released from a cage and slams a shot at Maxwell that lacks in precision but almost beats the keeper through sheer violence. Maxwell blocks and the ball spins past Adeyemo… any young striker would welcome an open goal minutes into their debut but this isn’t a tap in, there’s admirable and surprising composure in how the youngster alters his body position and allows the ball to bounce in defiance of approaching attention before hooking it fiercely back inside the post.

His celebration is magnificent, and mirrors the response in the stands – pure joy to start with, he has the armspan of an albatross. Then giddy disbelief as he clutches his fingers to his scalp before being mobbed, youth team colleague Jack Grieves first on the scene from his touchline warm-up. The youngster’s popularity is evident from the reaction of his teammates, who make a bee-line for the mob in the corner

Worth a read of the whole article
 
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andytoprankin said:
Bayo was booed off. <yikes>
Not a fan of booing our own players, but I’ve always been a fan of industry over talent, and while Bayo lacked both, it is his lack of industry that is most galling. To be dramatically outshone in terms of workrate and skill by a 17 year-old debutant says everything.
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Hamza sprinted off, Bayo sloped off as slowly as possible. That's why he was booed, If he'd followed Hamzas lead then no problem. I didn't boo, btw.
 
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Hornet-Fez said:
Hamza sprinted off, Bayo sloped off as slowly as possible. That's why he was booed, If he'd followed Hamzas lead then no problem. I didn't boo, btw.
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That’s right, but there was a cheer at his name being called out to be subbed, too, Fez, before the booing, do you agree? But, as you say, his manner of departure was what really upset the fans.
 
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Hornet-Fez said:
Certainly audible. No credit to anyone!
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I don't think the cheer was for Bayo coming off but an Academy player coming on. Boos only happened when Bayo slouched off. Tbh I noticed his head go down about a minute before the substitution when he saw he was coming off, probably made worse by the fact he was being replaced by a 17 year old academy player.
 
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Sad to see a well meaning tweet about his moment of glory turn into a negative spate of comments about how he looks older than 17.

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