Grauniad: 7) Durable Jurado helps Hornets to timely win José Manuel Jurado has been fit and available for 18 league games this season and has started 17 of those, playing 1,349 minutes in total so far, all of them in attacking positions. In that time he has failed to either score a goal or create one, his highlights reel only featuring a fine free-kick against Crystal Palace that hit the meat of the bar and bounced to safety. As Watford struggled to four successive defeats before the visit of Newcastle, and particularly after a hopeless team performance at Southampton and a dismal first half at Swansea, mutterings about his place in the side grew louder. Having played under Quique Sánchez Flores at Atlético Madrid, and as the only Spaniard in a multinational squad, it was suggested that nationality rather than rationality guaranteed his place in the side. But the 29-year-old had played only once in his favoured position behind a striker, and that was away from home, at Everton on the opening day, with the rest of the season spent on the wing. This did not play to the strengths of a footballer who shines brightest in tight spaces and whose approach to crosses borders on the vampiric. On Saturday, however, Watford’s tactical reshuffle allowed him to return to the centre, and the result was a vastly improved display. The wait for a goal continues – and Jurado actually had several more shots at Swansea than he did against Newcastle – but surely his potential is no longer in dispute. Simon Burnton
"potential" ..At 29, he's certainly one for the future ... only 6 more days to go and I can turn the calendar .
With him playing in the middle in a 4312 there is a plan B of 433 i worry that we dont have wide pace and cant get behind teams
That pace may come from the new signing / signings . There is always talk about a plan B. I'm sure Flores being a top coach will have plans C and D if required .
So you get attacked on here for asking him to be dropped for the next game to see how we do (and with stats like that it's quite justified) yet you're all free to slate Arlauskis after 1 bad game? Makes sense...
