Match Thread: Watford - Bournemouth

Watford 6:1 Bournemouth
Caution - Harry Arter 2.mín.
Goal - Gabriele Angella 13.mín. 1:0
Goal - Lewis Grabban 30.mín. 1:1
Caution - Davide Faraoni 34.mín.
Goal - Gabriele Angella 53.mín. 2:1
Substitution: Ian Hart for Charlie Daniels 55.mín.
Goal - Troy Deeney 56.mín. 3:1
Substitution: Brett Pitman for Shaun MacDonald 61.mín.
Substitution: Daniel Pudil for Davide Faraoni 65.mín.
Goal - Lewis McGugan 66.mín. 4:1
Substitution: Diego Fabbrini for Fernando Forestieri 68.mín.
Substitution: Eunan O'Kane for Marc Pugh 69.mín.
Substitution: Christian Battochio for Lewis McGugan 75.mín.
Caution - Marco Cassetti 85.mín.
Goal - Troy Deeney 88.mín. 5:1
Goal - Troy Deeney 90.mín. 6:1




Both teams arrive at this game with one league and one cup win, so something will have to give. Bournemouth started their campaign in the Championship with a win against Charlton Athletic.
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Watford

GFZ
"It will be very important that we don’t underestimate them. We are going through a good moment but we need to put a lot of thought into it because having the quality is not enough."

The Team

Manuel Almunia
Gabriele Angella- goals 13.and 53.mín., Lloyd Doyley, Marco Cassetti
Christian Battochio for Lewis McGugan - goal 66.mín. 75 mín., Daniel Pudil for Davide Faraoni - caution 34.mín. 65 mín., Ikechi Anya,Almen Abdi,Santos Iriney
Troy Deeney - goals 56. 88. and 90.mín., Diego Fabbrini for Fenando Forestieri 68.mín.

Substitutes: Jonathan Bond, Joel Ekstrand, Daniel Pudil, Christian Battochio, Javi Acuña, Diego Fabbrini, Connor Smith
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Bournemouth

Eddie Howe
"Watford were excellent last season with some of the football they played, the way that they played and tactically how they played. It’s going to be a really tough examination for us and it’s a really good gauge to see how strong we are going to be."

The Team
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Ryan Allsopp
Simon Francis, Steve Cook, Ian Harte for Charlie Daniels 55.mín., Elliot Ward
Andrew Surman, Harry Arter - caution 3.mín., Brett Pitman for Shaun MacDonald 61.mín.
Eunan O'Kane for Marc Pugh 69.mín., Lewis Grabban - goal 30.mín., Ryan Frase

Substitutes: Daryl Flahaven, Ian Harte, Richard Hughes, Eunan O'Kane, Brett Pitman, Wesley Thomas, Jayden Flockley

The threads
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Gangsta's Paradise is to be played as a tribute to Jimmy Davies.

 

Nice one AK.

I think we'll continue our good early form but find it hard and win 1-0.

Enjoy the game to those who are goin.

 

Nice one AK. Im really looking forward to this match. I cannot wait to get back to Vicarage Road. Although I am nervous about my first performance as the drummer of the 1881. I really hope the group is a resounding success.

 

Looking forward to it but got to get there first. Trying to get back from a holiday in the South West and having to persuade the very uninterested mrsghost to set off rather earlier than she was expecting!

 

Good luck with that - do the obvious thing and leave without her.

 

Will be there today. Hoping for a good performance, and a comfortable result... What I think will happen is a tense affair with one goal winning it... Hopefully to us.

 

This site appears to claim live streaming for the match - http://www.livestream24.co.uk/uk/nik56260819/watford-bournemouth-live-stream - remains to be seen though.

They also appear to be predicting a 22-1 win for Watford.

 

It is good to welcome Bournemouth back into the Championship - they famously were deducted 17 points in League 2 in 2008-9 - but unlike another club whose name I cannot think of they survived despite the points deduction. Well done to them.

 

Good luck Ghost, I failed with my attempt last week. Really looking forward to this. Hoping for a good game and a Watford win. Setting off in 5 mins COYH

 

Nice one AK - 5*'s from me.
Will revert back to my usual 3-1 victory - and no disrespect to Muff intended in my prediction!

 

I cannot find any of the normal streaming sites that I use showing the game. It will be interesting to see if this one does. I will no doubt listen into HP with Jon Marks. I wonder where his tower will go when work starts on that side of the ground?

 

Watfordfc v AFC Bournemouth: Almunia (GK) (c); Doyley, Angella, Cassetti; Faraoni, Abdi, Iriney, McGugan, Anya; Deeney, Forestieri.

 

and subs: Bond, Ekstrand, Pudil, Smith, Battocchio, Fabbrini, Acuna

No surprises then...

 

WatfordFC subs v Bournemouth: Bond, Ekstrand, Pudil, Smith, Battocchio, Fabbrini, Acuna

 

Bournemouth v Watfordfc: Allsop (GK), Francis (c), Cook, Surman, Pugh, Arter, Grabban, Daniels, MacDonald, Fraser, Ward.

Bournemouth subs v Watfordfc: Flahavan (GK), Pitman, Harte, Thomas, Hughes, Stockley, O'Kane.

 

Hornet Player now up and running after someone remembers to put the plug in.

 

The BBC mobile site had us down with a sub named as Caballero. Are they just making up Italian names now ?

 

What does Murray have to do to get a spot on the bench then?

 

That's Acuna's proper last name....