Caught cold by conceding early but then handed an immediate lifeline, Watford have looked bright and attack-minded, if a bit too easily stretched at the back. Kayembe looks happy as a No.10 and the Sissoko/Dele-Bashiru midfield pairing is working well. Andrew French
55 - Superb turn and run from Chakvedatze allowed him to free Bayo on the left of the box, and the striker's shot was pushed round the post by replacement keeper Cox.
The more the game has gone on, the more we've seen Chakvetadze getting the ball in between the lines, spinning and running at Brentford.
What a save, Dan! [66] Wissa bursts into our defensive third and drills a low shot across goal, but Bachmann is equal to it
Watford 1 Brentford 1 A decent and at times quite heartening run-out which was a big step up on the performance at Wycombe in the week.
I haven't seen the Brentford line up - not that I'd recognise any names anyway - was it their first team or their B side?
It was the strongest team which Brentford could put out (according to Sky Sports News). Igor Tiago (their new Brazilian striker) suffered a meniscus injury in a pre-season game against AFC Wimbledon and will not be available until the end of this year. Ivan Toney has only just returned from international duty with England.
We sat in the Sir Elton John Stand for the first time today, stand is somewhat steeper than the GT stand but we were a few rows behind the dugout so had a good view, we were joined by my niece from Essex with her husband and two little ones who were both in Watford shirts today The first goal was very strange, no apparent danger and a hopeful cross which everyone left to each other to defend with Bachman watching the ball hit the back of the net saying What happened there, soon equalised and we matched them for most of the game, we dropped a gear when Georgi went off but I feel much more hopeful now than at the end of last season Playing three at the back and setting up as we are there is no real place for Asprilla to play sadly so if we can get £20 - 30m for him then that could be a good bit of business Our defence looked reasonably solid and our ket payers were Sissoko and Georgi, a top striker would be good to finish of the good work but out of our price range these days and some of the final passes need to be quicker and more accurate but overall an enjoyable afternoon
Well we will have to prove these people wrong .. https://x.com/Sam_ucko/status/1820113145731420477 As has happened before .
Do we think this is legit from our diving French friend ? https://x.com/DNSYE_podcast/status/1820334998139920859
Better, but ...... https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/24498405.better-watford-equally-key-didnt-happen/
