Watford away match thread

[Numero Uno]

Just now, chinapig said:

I was shocked at how bad Watford's defending was especially down their right side.

This seemed to be a weakness Manning spotted as we overloaded our left side. Nice work if so.

Obvious tactic from the get go. Asprilla doesn’t track back and Manning played on that.

[Redrascal2]

Fantastic result. Well done Liam and the boys.

[cotswoldred2]

1 hour ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

Let it go mate. You're obsessed.  

But yes at times we did. 

He's obsessed...

The irony.

[Nogbad the Bad]

12 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

I think everyone understands the TGH ‘deal’.  Ian Gay says it’s done. He wasn’t talking about Murphy.  I disagree it’s done. I still reckon it needs to get done. 

Not sure there's anything to stop the TGH deal being completed apart from City suddenly deciding they don't want to.

Nothing is impossible but that would be a massive surprise and surely extremely unlikely.

[MarcusX]

20 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

I don't know how anyone else saw it but I saw it as he came in and didn't really know what he had here or who we were. I think his perception of us was maybe skewed by our two games against Oxford this season. 

There was also a bad feeling around the club following the previous events. 

But he came in and immediately changed our style to one that didn't suit our players. His style was control possession, control the game etc etc. 

He realised that wasn't working so he took us back to a more familiar style which plays to our strengths. Today we had 41% possession for example. 

I've always said he needed to enhance upon how we were playing, not rip it up and start again and I'm glad he quickly learned from that mistake. 

 

 

 

This is my feelings too.

What we’ve seen last couple of games is slightly different to what he tried to do straight away and I said that after Fridays game.

He also made some odd player selections, TGH, Sykes out of position etc

Theres a clear style and patterns of play forming (little triangles, off the ball movement, the same inside pass we saw a few times today - one I remember for Sykes’ narrow miss at 3-1).

It’s not perfect, we were sloppy and lost it in risky places at times but that’ll come.

He’s adapted well to a slow (and some will say poor) start, that’s a positive for me.

 

[Bodiesaffer]

Good game well played today lads. 

[One Team]

In the post match scenes it sounds like Manning says “I’m not going to ******* bounce”!

[Midlands Robin]

I didn't see the score until about ten past five.

Bloody marvelous.

Been a while since we've had three wins on the spin. Let's make it four 

[Kid in the Riot]

10 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

To be fair, he showed no sign of it in any of those games. And it was the first six.

We’re not playing the style that LM tried to enforce on the side. If we were, I’ve no doubt we wouldn’t have won the last three. He dropped a ball by doing what he did to start with and it’s why teams figured us out mid game and he couldn’t change it. There was much excitement in some quarters that we were moving up the possession charts but it’s always been - and always will be - about playing to your squads strengths. In fact, I’m sure I started a thread titled that post Boro!

He may go back to the heavy possession game. But I think he himself would admit he tried to change too much far too quickly. This is really going back to what plan A should always have been.

With respect (and I do rate you as a poster) this sounds like arse-covering on your part. 

If we take your explanation on face value then what is the reason for Manning producing our best non-possession-dominant performance in years then?

What was Nige doing so wrong, tactically or otherwise, that he could not achieve similar heights in 2.5 years?

FWIW I don't accept your explanation and find it rather arrogant that you think you identified problems with Mannings first three games, coincidentally he identified the same issues. You suggested the solutions (don't change things too fast) Manning agreed, and magically we are better. 

Maybe @Harry who saw the positive signs early doors, was right all along!

[And Its Smith]

5 minutes ago, Nogbad the Bad said:

Not sure there's anything to stop the TGH deal being completed apart from City suddenly deciding they don't want to.

Nothing is impossible but that would be a massive surprise and surely extremely unlikely.

Yes very unlikely as my original post on it implied. I said “imagine we didn’t sign him”.  Hopefully it gets done soon 

[Davefevs]

1 hour ago, View from the Dolman said:

Lovely finish from Weimann.

He is one of the best 1v1 finishers we’ve had at this club in a number of years.  Invariably lifts it into a keeoer’s weak spot.

[Bristol Rob]

6 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

 

Maybe @Harry who saw the positive signs early doors, was right all along!

If you want proof he knows nothing about football, ask him about Cole Skuse.

A more wrong opinion you will struggle to find!

[Markthehorn]

16 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

Don’t be fooled by that. We gubbed a very decent side today. This was a game where OUR performance forced them to be poor.

Yes agree .

And you took your chances not allowing us back in the game .

Our defence can be suspect tbh particularly when playing out from the back.

 

 

 

Edited December 26, 2023 by Markthehorn

[Lew-T]

4 hours ago, Lew-T said:

I’ve gone against City today.

Sorry.

Hahahahahaha.

[Davefevs]

1 hour ago, Silvio Dante said:

I’m going to say again - less possession (42%) and less passes than the opposition but doing a lot more with it. Playing with pace and winning the ball high up the pitch. It’s a different team stylistically from the Boro, QPR, Norwich, Hudds games. That Blackburn game was the rubicon - senior players moaning on Robins TV and when we played more assertive second half, we looked like something.

Its to LMs huge credit that he’s realised plan A wasn’t working and wasn’t likely to work so played to the strengths of the squad. That really gives confidence that a key question over him has been answered. Fantastic stuff today.

The press was good / very good today.

Started off with Knight sitting on Livermore (4231), meaning they couldn’t play off of him, then once we realised he wasn’t offering anything we went back 442 and made life so uncomfortable for them.  Hoedt and Sierralta gave up countless passes.

How many balls did Williams intercept second half?  Seemed like hundreds!!!

There was very little passing for passing’s sake today and Friday.  Lots of purpose.

Very enjoyable.  I’m actually a tad disappointed we didn’t pump them 6 or 7.  That’s not a very common feeling.

Let’s hope Stoke ruin any crumb of confidence Brum have (2-0 down) ahead of Friday.

Well done LM and the rest of them tonight.

[petehinton]

Point scoring to the left, point scoring to the right, point scoring all around 

Please just enjoy the win, it’s Boxing Day too ffs

[REDOXO]

Three successive wins for the first time in three years. We have all got to be happy tonight. 

[Silvio Dante]

2 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

With respect (and I do rate you as a poster) this sounds like arse-covering on your part. 

If we take your explanation on face value then what is the reason for Manning producing our best non-possession-dominant performance in years then?

What was Nige doing so wrong, tactically or otherwise, that he could not achieve similar heights in 2.5 years?

FWIW I don't accept your explanation and find it rather arrogant that you think you identified problems with Mannings first three games, coincidentally he identified the same issues. You suggested the solutions (don't change things too fast) Manning agreed, and magically we are better. 

Maybe @Harry who saw the positive signs early doors, was right all along!

Tbf mate we all need to have a degree of arrogance to post on here and put our opinions out there!

I’m happy that LM has identified the reasons why things weren’t right in the first six, and it’s not arse covering to state that a lot of us identified the issue early. To be fair, even though Liams a self confessed football anorak, he hasn’t had the benefit of watching the side for years and knowing - as I think yourself, Harry, Fevs and me amongst others stated - we didn’t have the players for that. And I maintain that in the first games because he wanted to implement that style we got combatted too easily - it’s not revisionism, just what happened.

As for why he has (definitely) produced our best performance of that type for a number of years then I do think it’s minor tweaks. The overloading of the Watford right hand side today, the showing great courage by having the guts to play in their half (both today and Hull where it was nobody even within our half), the making Conway hold position more. All coming together well and doubtless some I haven’t seen.

It’s definitely a reign of two halves to date as the pathway (Swansea-ish) we were going down wasn’t working. As I said earlier, immense credit for seeing it but those signs definitely weren’t there at the start as it was a fundamentally different style!

 

[PhilC]

Such a shame OTIB in fighting has made its way in to the match day thread...

[W-S-M Seagull]

1 hour ago, Silvio Dante said:

I’m going to say again - less possession (42%) and less passes than the opposition but doing a lot more with it. Playing with pace and winning the ball high up the pitch. It’s a different team stylistically from the Boro, QPR, Norwich, Hudds games. That Blackburn game was the rubicon - senior players moaning on Robins TV and when we played more assertive second half, we looked like something.

Its to LMs huge credit that he’s realised plan A wasn’t working and wasn’t likely to work so played to the strengths of the squad. That really gives confidence that a key question over him has been answered. Fantastic stuff today.

No one can say with a straight face that our past 3 performances were the same as the games against QPR etc. 

He said after the Blackburn I think it was that he felt he had overloaded them with information. That was almost an admission that he had got his approach slightly wrong. 

What we are seeing now should always have been the plan A. Hopefully later on in the season his plan A doesn't cost us. But huge credit for changing his approach. Not many managers would do that out of pride. 

 

[Davefevs]

36 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

I think everyone understands the TGH ‘deal’.  Ian Gay says it’s done. He wasn’t talking about Murphy.  I disagree it’s done. I still reckon it needs to get done. 

When / where did he say that?  On twitter or BBCRB (post-match) today?

[And Its Smith]

Just now, Davefevs said:

When / where did he say that?  On twitter or BBCRB (post-match) today?

The last podcast

[2015]

Anyone else think today Joe Williams was absolutely fantastic. My MOTM today although there were plenty of contenders.

Fair play to Liam. These last 2 games I think we've looked very good.

[REDOXO]

26 minutes ago, One Team said:

In the post match scenes it sounds like Manning says “I’m not going to ******* bounce”!

Got a link?

[littlered]

26 minutes ago, One Team said:

In the post match scenes it sounds like Manning says “I’m not going to ******* bounce”!

Bit of disagreement on X on whether he's saying 'You don't fxxxing bounce when we're losing' or 'I'll fxxxing bounce when we do something'. Either way they've taken the video down and reposted an edited version - but not before someone saved a clip of it of course! 

[Numero Uno]

2 minutes ago, CardiffRed said:

What? Very strange post.

Brilliant from Manning, 3 wins from 3, when was the last time we did that anyone? 

The important part for me isn’t 3 from 3, it’s the fact that we went from a win against Sunderland where we were second best for most of the game to a win against Hull where they were still the better side overall to a win at a strong side where we controlled the game from start to finish. The upturn in performance is what we need and what he has delivered over the three games.

Points scoring on here is daft. Enjoying the improvement and the results going hand in hand isn’t.

[littlered]

3 minutes ago, REDOXO said:

Got a link?

Original video was deleted but someone has the clip saved

 

 

[REDOXO]

13 minutes ago, PhilC said:

Such a shame OTIB in fighting has made its way in to the match day thread...

It is. Everyone can have a nice evening and look forwArd to a drive up to Birmingham. But nope some have to be miserable! 

Edited December 26, 2023 by REDOXO

[REDOXO]

2 minutes ago, littlered said:

Original video was deleted but someone has the clip saved

 

 

Rockstar!

[Northern Red]

Who let the Dog out....

[Davefevs]

23 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

With respect (and I do rate you as a poster) this sounds like arse-covering on your part. 

If we take your explanation on face value then what is the reason for Manning producing our best non-possession-dominant performance in years then?

What was Nige doing so wrong, tactically or otherwise, that he could not achieve similar heights in 2.5 years?

FWIW I don't accept your explanation and find it rather arrogant that you think you identified problems with Mannings first three games, coincidentally he identified the same issues. You suggested the solutions (don't change things too fast) Manning agreed, and magically we are better. 

Maybe @Harry who saw the positive signs early doors, was right all along!

I tend to agree with Silvio on how we’ve played.  It’s not revisionism.  I don’t know the reasons, the issues identified, the solutions found.  That’s one for LM.

We have played differently though (in each game pretty much).  We get sucked into reflecting on results not how we played.  Have we forgotten Sunderland?  Yes, because we just see a “W” in the result column.

in every game so far, I’ve seen pros  and cons - @Harry tended to focus on the +’s..  Today was really minimal cons, a kinda complete performance, probably as complete as we are gonna get away from home.  My cons today were not being clinical and really putting Watford to the sword.  That’s a con I can live with it.

I thought Hull was very good too, more longer spells of dominance.  We didn’t deserve to be 2-1 down.

The pros and cons in other games have meant mixed performances and results.

If those two performances are the culmination of tweaks over the previous 7 games then I’m delighted.

FWIW, there are obvious outstanding individual performances today, but today was a game where Vyner did exactly what I wanted him to do…stay switched on all game, especially in a game where we were on the front foot so much.  Well done Zak.

[Silvio Dante]

5 minutes ago, littlered said:

Original video was deleted but someone has the clip saved

 

 

They should have kept that up! 
 

It’s an easy criticism of Manning to do the “Chat GPT” stuff so a clip like that showing personality is golddust!

[Ska Junkie]

Big question, is this just excellent form and confidence or are we becoming the real deal?

Obviously, we all hope it's the latter, especially with January on the horizon.

U REDS

[Davefevs]

15 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

The last podcast

Ta, I’m sure it’ll get mentioned tomorrow…I’m on FBC.

[One Team]

9 minutes ago, littlered said:

Bit of disagreement on X on whether he's saying 'You don't fxxxing bounce when we're losing' or 'I'll fxxxing bounce when we do something'. Either way they've taken the video down and reposted an edited version - but not before someone saved a clip of it of course! 

Interesting! I thought he said he wasn’t ******* bouncing. And fair play if he doesn’t TBH, that was the GJ era. The fist pumping is Manning’s early trade mark.

2 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

They should have kept that up! 
 

It’s an easy criticism of Manning to do the “Chat GPT” stuff so a clip like that showing personality is golddust!

Yep I agree Silvio. I’ve been very critical of his robotic style, it’s good to see him show some passion and personality. 

[Davefevs]

10 minutes ago, littlered said:

Bit of disagreement on X on whether he's saying 'You don't fxxxing bounce when we're losing' or 'I'll fxxxing bounce when we do something'. Either way they've taken the video down and reposted an edited version - but not before someone saved a clip of it of course! 

Good, because I effing hate “bounce around”.  It’s cringe imho.

Rather we had something new / original for LM himself.

[bexhill reds]

11 minutes ago, 2015 said:

Anyone else think today Joe Williams was absolutely fantastic. My MOTM today although there were plenty of contenders.

Fair play to Liam. These last 2 games I think we've looked very good.

He's had his detractors in the past and he's had fits and starts, but I would say that that was his best 90 minute performance for the club. Always in and amongst it, be it intercepting, tackling or generally disrupting Watford's flow. 

[Mr Popodopolous]

Just now, One Team said:

Interesting! I thought he said he wasn’t ******* bouncing. And fair play if he doesn’t TBH, that was the GJ era. The fist pumping is Manning’s early trade mark.

GJ did the fist pump too tbh.

When we won, the single rather than several but GJ certainly did the fist pump.

[The Dolman Pragmatist]

I thoroughly enjoyed the stream today, not least because I didn’t have to listen to that joker near the middle of the Dolman shouting “Get into ‘em!”, “Move!” and “Forward!” In strict rotation.

[SecretSam]

[One Team]

3 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

GJ did the fist pump too tbh.

When we won, the single rather than several but GJ certainly did the fist pump.

Fair play mate I don’t recall that. 

[IAmNick]

1 minute ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said:

I thoroughly enjoyed the stream today, not least because I didn’t have to listen to that joker near the middle of the Dolman shouting “Get into ‘em!”, “Move!” and “Forward!” In strict rotation.

One of these came and sat behind me in the Lansdown for the first half on Friday, fortunately he then wasn't there for the second. It honestly ruined the half for me, added bonus he joined in with every song but got all the words wrong.

[Mr Popodopolous]

3 minutes ago, One Team said:

Fair play mate I don’t recall that. 

Yeah, when coming down the tunnel when we won by the Atyeo end there was always a build up of cheers then GJ would punch the air.

Granted I maybe used a slightly incorrect terminology with the term fist pump.

[Burt_]

17 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

The important part for me isn’t 3 from 3, it’s the fact that we went from a win against Sunderland where we were second best for most of the game to a win against Hull where they were still the better side overall to a win at a strong side where we controlled the game from start to finish. The upturn in performance is what we need and what he has delivered over the three games.

Points scoring on here is daft. Enjoying the improvement and the results going hand in hand isn’t.

Couldn't agree more.  Am glad to see that there are people who are able to appreciate a result whilst accepting that we didn't necessarily play well. 

As you say, the fact that performances have begun to improve game on game is really encouraging.  Let's hope it continues!!

[WessexPest]

Well that were bloody lovely. While the kids were all tearing into their presents (We do it a day late in my house) the only gift I wanted was three points. Nice to see Watford were in a festive mood giving us an own goal.

That’s the best all-round performance I’ve see from us since at least WBA in the cup last year. Funny how things change, when I looked at our festive fixture list after that frustrating night at Ewood, I didn’t see us picking up a point in our next three games.

OTIB

[Red Ferret]

Quite enjoyed how strong we were down the left hand side today. Mehmeti and Pring often overlapping each other created quite a bit of confusion for their right back. Mehmeti/Pring seem to have a good understanding 

[Porto Red]

The clip is still up on the official Facebook page. He says, "No, I'll start f*cking bouncing when we do something".

https://fb.watch/paS4f0dPvr/

[clunes]

1 point away from the playoffs, however Boro in 14th are just 3 points off the playoffs.
Crazily tight as per usual and I think the top 4 are so far ahead that all the chasing pack are competing for 5th and 6th. Will be an interesting 2nd half of the season 

[SecretSam]

1 minute ago, Red Ferret said:

Quite enjoyed how strong we were down the left hand side today. Mehmeti and Pring often overlapping each other created quite a bit of confusion for their right back. Mehmeti/Pring seem to have a good understanding 

Yeah, it was noticeable how Watford changed thongs at half time, leading to their goal. 

Cracking result and performance, at times the lads tore Watford apart. Some lovely stuff.

[Davefevs]

18 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said:

I thoroughly enjoyed the stream today, not least because I didn’t have to listen to that joker near the middle of the Dolman shouting “Get into ‘em!”, “Move!” and “Forward!” In strict rotation.

I have RTV sub, but watched the first 44 mins on soccer 10 stream - as I like to hear what the opposition commentators make of us.  They were good today (co-comm was Tommy Smith, their old winger), pretty complimentary.  Was refreshing.

Yep, that bloke who sits too near to the comms at home, needs moving on,

[SomeRandomBristolian]

Brilliant performance today. 3 wins in 3 and just outside the playoffs. Liam has really got going now. Onto Birmingham. You Reds!! 

[cityal]

4 minutes ago, SecretSam said:

Yeah, it was noticeable how Watford changed thongs at half time, leading to their goal. 

Cracking result and performance, at times the lads tore Watford apart. Some lovely stuff.

Might explain their poor performance if they were wearing a poor choice of undergarment for championship football.

Also spellcheck has betrayed your usual conversations there @SecretSam

[Kid in the Riot]

7 minutes ago, SecretSam said:

Yeah, it was noticeable how Watford changed thongs at half time

Must admit that didn't come across when I was watching Robins TV. 

[BrizzleRed]

1 hour ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

I don't know how anyone else saw it but I saw it as he came in and didn't really know what he had here or who we were. I think his perception of us was maybe skewed by our two games against Oxford this season. 

There was also a bad feeling around the club following the previous events. 

But he came in and immediately changed our style to one that didn't suit our players. His style was control possession, control the game etc etc. 

He realised that wasn't working so he took us back to a more familiar style which plays to our strengths. Today we had 41% possession for example. 

I've always said he needed to enhance upon how we were playing, not rip it up and start again and I'm glad he quickly learned from that mistake. 

 

 

 

Don’t see anything wrong with this post at all WSM, though it still managed to land some stupid facepalm emojis, though one was totally unsurprising, considering their posts recently.

Like you and many others, I was incandescent when Nige was sacked, but said the new man deserves a clean slate, as it wasn’t him who did the sacking.  Early on, I had concerns he may be a one trick pony, for the same reason as you commented.  He came in and immediately changed our playing style to something we were completely unsuited to.  

The fact he’s realised the error and has taken us back to more like our game under NP, but with some tweaks to make us more forward thinking and dangerous around the opposition’s box is great and gives me a lot of confidence that he can be flexible and pragmatic, which can only be good for us.

Fair play to LM and today is easily his most impressive result so far, so I’m feeling far more optimistic than when he joined us.  

Today was a massive Christmas bonus for us and it’s a real shame there are still idiots attempting childish points scoring, just like we had under LJ.

[Numero Uno]

1 minute ago, Davefevs said:

I have RTV sub, but watched the first 44 mins on soccer 10 stream - as I like to hear what the opposition commentators make of us.  They were good today (co-comm was Tommy Smith, their old winger), pretty complimentary.  Was refreshing.

Yep, that bloke who sits too near to the comms at home, needs moving on,

Watched the whole thing with Watford commentary. Smith was spot on with everything today. Let’s just say it was an upgrade on most Robins TV output.

[Lordofthebling]

Tbf, we were literally all over them from start to finish.

What I really noticed today, was even out of possession, we had 3/4 players all ahead of the ball.

A great performance and I enjoyed watching that.

[steviestevieneville]

39 minutes ago, littlered said:

Bit of disagreement on X on whether he's saying 'You don't fxxxing bounce when we're losing' or 'I'll fxxxing bounce when we do something'. Either way they've taken the video down and reposted an edited version - but not before someone saved a clip of it of course! 

@One Team is right I think . He said I’m not ******* bouncing . Good on him as well , it’s embarrassing . Let it die with the Johnson era 

[AppyDAZE]

27 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said:

I thoroughly enjoyed the stream today, not least because I didn’t have to listen to that joker near the middle of the Dolman shouting “Get into ‘em!”, “Move!” and “Forward!” In strict rotation.

I've heard him too.

FORward!

Middle, towards the back of Dolman.

Annoying.

Edited December 26, 2023 by AppyDAZE

[BCFC Rich]

59 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

The press was good / very good today.

Started off with Knight sitting on Livermore (4231), meaning they couldn’t play off of him, then once we realised he wasn’t offering anything we went back 442 and made life so uncomfortable for them.  Hoedt and Sierralta gave up countless passes.

How many balls did Williams intercept second half?  Seemed like hundreds!!!

There was very little passing for passing’s sake today and Friday.  Lots of purpose.

Very enjoyable.  I’m actually a tad disappointed we didn’t pump them 6 or 7.  That’s not a very common feeling.

Let’s hope Stoke ruin any crumb of confidence Brum have (2-0 down) ahead of Friday.

Well done LM and the rest of them tonight.

What's going on Fevs!?! First, you reveal you don't have spreadsheets for concerts! And now you're asking questions we rely on you for!

It's Christmas and I rely on you not being as lazy as me and coming up with cool stats! 

[pillred]

1 hour ago, lenred said:

Will be interesting what they do as they clearly said they believe we have the squad to compete as it is.  We shall soon find out I guess!  

To be fair to them on the last three games, we have.

[Bazooka Joe]

Brilliant win and performance.

Results like this will bring fans together. 
All for one and 1-4 all !

 

[Final 3 Star]

Checking in from the States. Lots of pre-match activity on the thread, I see. Ready for the kickoff in half an hour. I fancy an upset today...

[Sheltons Army]

56 minutes ago, Northern Red said:

Who let the Dog out....

The returnees are truly weird

Sign up , post with anti NP , gushing praise for anything else ,  , Put Red in your name , and you can join the circle jerk 

PorkpieRed

StarRed

CousinRed

MilkbottleRed

RedRed

Edited December 26, 2023 by Sheltons Army

[Red Cloud]

however much I luvs our Nige, difficult to see how we would have gotten anywhere near 9 points from those 3 games

[REDOXO]

28 minutes ago, BrizzleRed said:

Don’t see anything wrong with this post at all WSM, though it still managed to land some stupid facepalm emojis, though one was totally unsurprising, considering their posts recently.

Like you and many others, I was incandescent when Nige was sacked, but said the new man deserves a clean slate, as it wasn’t him who did the sacking.  Early on, I had concerns he may be a one trick pony, for the same reason as you commented.  He came in and immediately changed our playing style to something we were completely unsuited to.  

The fact he’s realised the error and has taken us back to more like our game under NP, but with some tweaks to make us more forward thinking and dangerous around the opposition’s box is great and gives me a lot of confidence that he can be flexible and pragmatic, which can only be good for us.

Fair play to LM and today is easily his most impressive result so far, so I’m feeling far more optimistic than when he joined us.  

Today was a massive Christmas bonus for us and it’s a real shame there are still idiots attempting childish points scoring, just like we had under LJ.

I agree. That’s certainly what I see. 
 

 

[glynriley]

1 hour ago, littlered said:

Original video was deleted but someone has the clip saved

 

 

Excellent response from Manning. Enjoy winning the battles, celebrate when you win the war. 

[MelksRed]

1 hour ago, bcfcredandwhite said:

What a great set of results against good sides. 

Agree, and we should definitely enjoy this run - the challenge will be when we face teams at the bottom (the ones we should beat) - will we turn up - too often in the past we have dropped points after wins against better teams - Only time will tell. 

Good demonstration of what is possible with this team against an "in form" team - Lets build and be better - looking forward to getting a few injured players back in the running for places. 

[Mr Popodopolous]

I don't want to come back with NP and Manning stuff but the same 9 games last year, we got 14 points.

This 9 games we got..14 points.

Got them from different games but the PPG remains identical.

Slightly a shade ahead of 40% win ratio, 1.4 PPG.

However the turnaround last 3 is excellent to see, and we are back on an even keel now PPG wise, hopefully with some upward momentum.

Credit where due to Manning and the team. Great to see Mehmeti and his revival too.

[BigTone]

5 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

I don't want to come back with NP and Manning stuff but the same 9 games last year, we got 14 points.

This 9 games we got..14 points.

Got them from different games but the PPG remains identical.

Slightly a shade ahead of 40% win ratio, 1.4 PPG.

However the turnaround last 3 is excellent to see, and we are back on an even keel now PPG wise, hopefully with some upward momentum.

Credit where due to Manning and the team. Great to see Mehmeti and his revival too.

Agree that lets give credit where its due and see how we fare in the next few games

[Mr Popodopolous]

Just to point out this isn't a gloat or a dig at Watford or their fans but losing to us can make opposing managers quite sour it seems!

Granted nobody likes losing, I know I don't but losing to us can make opposing managers quite churlish.

Martin was chippy after a victory vs us, Rosenior last week was quite irritable, Dodds was a bit too.