Any chance you could put the date of the game, instead of just “Saturday”? I was thinking of archiving the OP from each match day thread, so that future generations of City fans could have easy reference to all the stats, just saying Saturday at 3.00 could be confusing. Thanks in advance.
Sounds like their manager is yet another one that try’s to play possession football Pep style without Pep quality players, it’s kind of an anti football boring style, we’ve witnessed it ourselves from a few recent managers, for me it’s awful and I’m more than happy to see we’ve now abandoned that awful style of play under a manager that appears to know his onions. Listen to the link below, we’ve been there and done that, Watford are about to get mauled! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0m4gbq3
The first time in a while that I’m actually confident we’ll win, which is always a bad omen. Watford 3 - City 1
Am so glad we don't try to play that possession type football now, especially in our own box. I still have nightmares of our goalies trying to play goal kicks to Greaves inside the 6 yard box as 3 forwards rush at them. I have recently being diagnosed with high blood pressure and I blame our previous managers entirely!
Sounds like Watford have got a manger in who craves possession above all else. Rinse and repeat for this weekend.
If we can stay focused at the back then we should have the ability to get something out of it. We're still seeing a few brain farts in defence. If any opposing team capitalises on those moments then we only give ourselves a mountain to climb. We were better against Southampton but we still made a few silly mistakes. I want to see Hughes have a really dominant 90 minutes on Saturday as he's been a bit shaky.
I have a good feeling about this one. After rubbing my crytsal balls I've decided I'm plunging on a nibble plus and no one's going to stop me. 1-3
I think this is a huge game for us Its a good barometer of where we are and where can potentially finish Not saying its a certainty or anything But a win here and id say playoffs wouldnt be an impossibility Winning back to back games and taking 7 points from 9 post bristol city would be huge and really show what we are capable of doing
Did you start supporting City five minutes ago? Plenty of optimism? Check. Good performance last game? Check. Opposition in poor form? Check. We are going to be awful and lose? Check. #typicalcity.
Match Preview (From SportsMole) Aiming to bounce back from consecutive defeats and move away from the bottom three in the Championship table, Watford will welcome Hull City to Vicarage Road on Saturday. The hosts fell short away at Millwall on Monday, while the visitors managed their second league victory of the season last time out. Watford head into action at Vicarage Road on Saturday aiming to bounce back to winning ways in the Championship, having suffered consecutive losses in what has been a slow start to the season. They turned to new manager Paulo Pezzolano over the summer after a 14th-placed finish last time around and have thus far managed just five points from the first six games of their fourth straight term back in England's second tier. The Hornets' solitary league win thus far came at home to Queens Park Rangers in mid-August, and they would head into the first international break of the season on the back of a pair of draws. Pezzolano's men have failed to put another point on the board in two attempts since their return from the break, firstly falling at home to Blackburn Rovers before visiting Millwall on Monday and leaving empty-handed as Camiel Neghli's early free kick made the only difference. Now sitting 21st and only leading Derby County on goal difference and Sheffield Wednesday by one point, Watford will hope to get up and running for the season with a home win on Saturday. Their visitors, meanwhile, travel south in search of a second straight victory after an impressive result on Saturday. Hull City also began the 2025-26 season under new management following the summer appointment of Sergej Jakirovic, and they headed into the first international break with four points on the board from four games on the back of consecutive losses. The Tigers marked their return with a creditable 2-2 draw away at Swansea City, thanks to John Egan's equaliser deep into injury time, before hosting newly-relegated Southampton last weekend and putting a second notch in their wins column. Kyle Joseph had Jakirovic's side ahead at the interval, and John Lundstram and Oli McBurnie made it 3-0 in the second half before Adam Armstrong netted a 95th-minute consolation for the visitors. With confidence to take from their last two results, albeit with only basement side Sheffield United having conceded more than the 12 goals they have allowed, Hull City will aim to take another scalp on Saturday and add three more points to their tally in a climb towards the top half. Team News Watford will likely remain without Jeremy Ngakia, Pierre Dwomoh and key midfielder Giorgi Chakvetadze on Saturday due to ongoing injuries. Pezzolano may make some changes to the side that lost 1-0 at Millwall on Monday, with goalkeeper Egil Selvik set to miss out after his half-time concussion-related withdrawal, while the Hornets may call back on the experience of Moussa Sissoko in midfield. Nathan Baxter will deputise between the sticks if Selvik is not ready to feature, while Luca Kjerrumgaard, Kwadwo Baah and Rocco Vata will battle for attacking spots after featuring off the bench at The Den. Sergej Jakirovic may have wished to field an unchanged Hull City starting XI from last week's win over Southampton, but Bachir Belloumi is a fresh injury concern after another setback in that game. Attacker Kyle Joseph is another fresh doubt, while Harry Vaughan, Liam Millar, Eliot Matazo, Matt Crooks and Semi Ajayi remain confined to the treatment room. John Egan and Charlie Hughes will continue their partnership at the back, while Oli McBurnie has impressed up front since his summer arrival, notching three goals and four assists in six Championship appearances.
