As someone too young to remember the 1980s era, I've always seen Elton and GT's biggest achievement as being the fact that Watford are now seen as a natural second-tier club. That may seem an unfair assessment of an owner and manager who took us to the cup final, Europe and second in the league, but I'm just being honest here. Those were the highs, but the legacy is where we are now. So let's say the Pozzos do take over, and growing pains notwithstanding their influence is a positive one. I don't think it would be possible for them to surpass the transformation that was made "back in the day", but what would we need to go on to consistently achieve for their reign to be seen as coming anywhere near?
i suppose the answer has to be that when they go, we need to be financially stable and self sufficient...and it would be rather a joy to be a permanent fixture in the Prem...and if i really start to dream, the odd flirtation with the champions league would be a little bit special! lol
As yet we do not know their plans or dreams for little old WFC, I would love to see us as a stable club in the Prem, mid table but happy we are there. Yes everyone dreams of Champions League, but who is to say dreams cannot come true! Especially the dream I was having last night, but that is not for this forum
I think a club that has a nucleus of good players who we dont sell year on year...... and a manager and staff that make the sue of the parts greater than any individual which was GT's great strength..... Most of our teams in that era produced players who excelled themselves in the unit of the team...
Don't worry. You can admit it. You were dreaming about us going one step further in the FA Cup, right?
Yellow specs aside, it's almost 25 years since a non-traditional "big club" won the FA Cup without cheating. Even if it isn't us, someone needs to do it.
Let's hope they can build us up for a new era. When (If) this goes through it will be highly interesting to hear their comments and plans.
For those of us old enough to remember the 1980s, being able to dream comes more easily. What happened to us was only matched (or bettered?) by Wimbledon but looked what happened to them later. Swansea also came close. But as Graham Taylor has said, the football world has changed since then. But, and this is a big but, I think the football world is changing again and I have a sense that the Pozzos are in the vanguard of the change. Finiancial irresponsibility will not be allowed in the near future. (What is going on at Rangers is going to have much broader ramifications.) In addition, the way football is broadcast is going to change. Viewing games on the computer will become commonplace through live streaming. This, I think, could go in one of two ways. It is possible that the major TV companies will maintain their control of broadcasting, subject to increasingly sophisticated copyright breaches. Alternatively, clubs may gain control of their own individual broadcasting, so for a fee the Hornet Player will broadcast games live and recorded. If this second senario occurs then there will be a return to a truer meritocracy in football. The Pozzos appear to believe in financial realism. Teams that practice that in this era will be in a better position to succeed in the next era. The Pozzos also seem to be taking the globalisation of football to its next level, ie having teams in different countries working for a common good and supporting each other. Hopefully, they will believe that this is best achieved by all the teams in their stable being successful, rather than going down the feeder team route. The future is yellow, black, white, red and blue.
