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Match Day Thread Watford v Saints, Tue 23rd March, 7:45pm

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  1. Onionman

    Onionman Well-Known Member

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    On Tuesday, St George's Day, Saints are playing under the floodlights for the last time this season against the might of Watford FC, a team whose honours include:

    League Division four champions 1977-78

    League Division three champions 1968-69

    League Division two champions 1997-98


    We’re coming into this with nine points from the last six games but fresh from a 3-1 defeat at St James’s Park on Saturday

    Possible team line up for Saints is eleven players chosen from the current squad.

    Possible team line-up for Watford is similar. Note that Troy Deeney, whether he looks like he’s eaten another player or not, counts as only one player. Troy was born in Birmingham and is a former bricklayer, for you pub-quizzers out there (you know who you are).

    Match officials:
    Referee: Mike Dean
    Assistants: Ian Hussin, Dan Robathan
    Fourth official: Lee Probert

    With a bit of luck they might come with their glasses on this time and be able to see if anyone punches the ball into the net. Unless it's James Ward-Prowse now that he's gone over to the Dark Side.



    Most of the information below is from the excellent Watfordopedia, the indispensable global repository for Watford facts

    Watford is the home town of:

    Michael Bentine out of the Goons

    Cyril Fletcher, him from That’s Life

    Phil Glenister out of Life on Mars

    Vinnie Jones the footballer/thug turned actor

    Geri Haliwell Dirty Spice out of the Spice Girls

    Simon Le Bon sun-bleached front man of Duran Duran

    Sarah McColl whom I fancied immensely at university but never asked out

    Rotary photogravure was first used in Watford.
     
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    Onionman, Apr 21, 2019
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  2. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    Thanks, Onionman. Nice to move on quickly.

    We could get a win here...or a draw....or a loss.
     
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    fran-MLs little camera, Apr 21, 2019
  3. saintrichie123

    saintrichie123 Well-Known Member

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    Is Deeney still banned? Or did his red card get chalked off?
     
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  4. ----HistoryRepeating----

    ----HistoryRepeating---- Well-Known Member

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    He's banned. Hope he rests the others........
     
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  5. Libby

    Libby 9-0

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    Reckon we'll win this one. 3-1.
     
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    Libby, Apr 21, 2019
  6. Le Saint

    Le Saint Well-Known Member

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    I’m going!!
     
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  7. ChilcoSaint

    ChilcoSaint What a disgrace
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    Interestingly Watford lost the appeal against the 3 game ban but the ban wasn’t increased. Don’t understand that.
     
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  8. Saints_Alive

    Saints_Alive Well-Known Member

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    Sir Elton's home town too...

    Let's hope that we are singing this at full time on Tuesday...

     
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    Saints_Alive, Apr 21, 2019
  9. Archers Road

    Archers Road Urban Spaceman

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    Wait...Vinnie Jones is an actor?
     
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    Archers Road, Apr 21, 2019
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  10. Bill Hill

    Bill Hill Well-Known Member

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    I fancy us to win this.
     
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    Qwerty Well-Known Member

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    Is Jan-Paul Saeijs available?
     
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    Qwerty, Apr 21, 2019
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  12. Libby

    Libby 9-0

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    Loved our 'mean machine' away kit in 10/11.
     
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    Bans only get increased for stupid appeals. For example if Deeney had punched someone in the face or head butted someone.
     
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  14. saint-jenny

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    I rarely make a prediction, but I am sure we will win this - I go for 2-0
     
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    saint-jenny, Apr 21, 2019
  15. Saints_Alive

    Saints_Alive Well-Known Member

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    Well he managed to fool everybody into thinking that he was a Pro Footballer for 13 years.....
     
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  16. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    It only takes one dodgy result to bring me down to Earth :) As I said before I can see any result happening, but I am sure we will get some points out of the remaining games but feel unable to pick which ones.
     
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    fran-MLs little camera, Apr 21, 2019
  17. Saints_Alive

    Saints_Alive Well-Known Member

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    Or Brett Ormerod....

     
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    Saints_Alive, Apr 21, 2019
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  18. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    That was one of my few away games...a lovely day, terrific atmosphere and a good result.
     
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  19. The Ides of March

    The Ides of March Well-Known Member

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    You have missed out one very important person from that list. My father was born in Watford!!
     
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    The Ides of March, Apr 21, 2019
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  20. thereisonlyoneno7

    thereisonlyoneno7 Well-Known Member

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    I always think of Watford as something you would say if your low sports car got waterlogged and stuck whilst going across a stream...
     
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