At the start of the season many thought Watford to be the best team in the division and their flying start seemed to confirm that. The wheels came off and Zola departed leaving them in mid-table through the season but now, as all those going for sixth place stumble and fall over each other, Watford are suddenly back in the picture with a game in hand and by far the best goal difference of the challengers. They'll certainly have something to play for now and with our lack of any form going into this game I can see us coming unstuck, as we did in our last promotion season. After that Millwall and Barnsley will be battling for their lives so we aren't making it easy for ourselves, it's a good job we got the points in the bag early as we're stuttering into the play-offs now. I hope Harry has an idea of his best side because very few of us do...
Watford will be tough. I'd be amazed if Harry doesn't put out his strongest (or near to) team tomorrow, and for Millwall and Barnsley
It's Harry's cunning plan: if we lose all our remaining fixtures and finish 6th we avoid Wigan in the play-offs. And we rest our better players, what other reason was there for Maiga yesterday. Have to hand it to Harry, the man's a genius.
I agree with Queens, any team for us is a challenge. We have consistently lacked any cohesion throughout the year. Every time we start to click, a player gets injured or something else happens. I hate to sound negative but we seem to struggle thru most games ................ or am I seeing / hearing it all wrong?
Morrison to start. Austen, Barton, Hoilett. I don't know where Traore and Hill are on the injury front
Exactly - as I said in another post, he effectively sacrificed the Leicester game, for the next three
We'll see tomorrow, won't we. I hope the touching faith in Redknapp's master plan is repaid with 3 wins, a comprehensible team selection, and a good charge into the play offs. You'll forgive me if I don't share the faith. If the plan was to 'sacrifice' the Leicester game and rest players why play Morrison (carrying a long term injury) or Zamora (qualifies for disability benefit) at all? Could have easily just let Niko and Maiga see it out.
I thought Harry was just trying to nick a point and otherwise, keep his powder dry. Maiga was clearly the weak link, hence Zamora. Morrison was only on for what,10 minutes, to try and get that point
When we were down to 10 men? Hmmmm. Look at Redknapp, Bond, and Jordan on the bench (not sure what WALLY DOWNES looks like so not sure if he turns up). Do they look like men with a plan and the ability to execute that plan to you?
Lovely fella's, think you may be seeing them with jaundiced eyes, Stan! Harry's a canny basket. If he gets Austen and Morrison up front, we can still give a good account of ourselves in the play offs. I ask myself whether I would have accepted play-offs at the end of last season. The answer is yes.
I don't think Jane Austen is the answer to our goal drought Goldie, but one of the Bronte's on the wing might help. Would you have accepted losing in the play offs? Seems to me the question is promotion (any route) or not. And if you had been satisfied with not being promoted, then why not have spent this season doing some longer term squad rebuilding rather than short term contract/ loan business? Seems to me as soon as we went down this route, anything other than promotion would be a failure, because we haven't built anything this year.
