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Match Thread: Leicester City v Watford

Discussion in 'Watford' started by geitungur akureyrar, Apr 20, 2011.

  1. oldfrenchhorn

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    Bad result for us, but great entertainment seemingly.

    Tiny has to go off spoiling his record. Not been a good day. Very dour second half for us.
     
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  2. Norwayhornet

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    Warnock and co were about to start there party and then Norwich scored a late winner , lots of bemused folk at loftus rd , Very funny really!
     
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  3. oldfrenchhorn

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    Danny shoots just wide.

    Lots of interesting scores.

    That's it. We were just not good enough today. :(
     
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  4. Norwayhornet

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    15(9) Shots (on Goal) 6(4)
    5 Fouls 7
    13 Corner Kicks 2
    2 Offsides 4
    53% Time of Possession 47%
    1 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Saves 6

    Cant argue with that!
     
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    Sorry guys. We hardly had a look in in the second half, couldn't get the ball, let alone keep it. A couple of half chances but we gave them the game. A real shame, we just looked tired :(
     
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    what happened? It was all looking good when I got on the plane!!!!! Aggghhhhh
     
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  7. Norwayhornet

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    Nothing and that was the problem didnt come out in the second half!
    the above stats table will give you a clue!:(
     
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  8. oldfrenchhorn

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    It was mentioned during the commentary that Leicester are paying players £2M a year in wages whereas Watford could not afford to even buy a player for that amount.

    For the money that Leicester are paying they are grossly under achieving, but they do have the quality when they decide to turn up. Unfortunately for us they turned up second half. :(
     
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  9. Norwayhornet

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    Yep spoilsports! those sort of wages will hurt them if they dont go up soon !
     
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  10. BirstallBlue

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    This is the long and short of it. We have played some of the best football, and scored some of the best goals, that I have seen from a City side since the O'Neill years, but with our squad, finishing outside the playoffs is a massive underachievement. Today was typical. Look like scoring in most games, but still too many teams with less high profile players have come out and controlled large parts of the game.

    See you all next year.
     
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    You have to remember Sven didnt come in till October and the window was shut. He had to learn the players we had, the teams and the divison. So we was playing catch up from the start. Next season if we finish outside the top 2 then we will have under achieved with resources that Sven has got
     
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  12. oldfrenchhorn

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    BirstallBlue, glad that my comment did not upset you. <ok>

    At Watford we have the reverse. Our selection of lower division players and kids still in the academy have over achieved.

    I suppose that quite often it shows that money cannot guarantee success.
     
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    I'd be grateful to have 1/10th of the finances Leicester have.
     
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  14. Leo

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  15. Norwayhornet

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    Leo a bit late mate;)
     
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  16. Leo

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    Sorry - I forgot this would bring the thread forward and I wanted to practice doing that so I could beat Ak to it next time :)
     
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