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Hornets unchanged for Eagles
2:49pm Saturday 19th April 2008
Aidy Boothroyd has kept faith with the same starting line-up that drew with West Bromwich Albion last time out for Watford's penultimate home game of the regular season against Crystal Palace at Vicarage Road this afternoon.
This means Jordan Stewart continues in place of Mat Sadler at left-back, while Tamas Priskin again partners Darius Henderson up front.
Palace boss Neil Warnock, meanwhile, has made just the one change to the team that accounted for Scunthorpe United 2-0, with Matt Lawrence coming in for Danny Butterfield at right-back.
On-loan Chelsea player Scott Sinclair again features in midfield, while one of the Eagles' exciting crop of youngsters, Victor Moses, gets the nod alongside Clinton Morrison in attack.
The Hornets know that a win, coupled with other results going their way, could get them right back in the hunt for automatic promotion, but a defeat may leave them looking nervously over their shoulders if the race for the play-offs continues to intensify.
Watford: Lee; Doyley, Bromby, Shittu, Stewart; Smith, O'Toole, Eustace, McAnuff; Priskin, Henderson. Substitutes: Sadler, DeMerit, Williamson, Kabba, Ellington.
Crystal Palace: Speroni; Lawrence, Hudson, Fonte, Hill; Soares, Derry, Watson, Sinclair, Moses, Morrison. Substitutes: Scannell, Fletcher, Hills, Ifill, Butterfield.
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zip, gunning for the **** boothroyd!!!!! says...
4:41pm Sat 19 Apr 08
The Rover, Watford says...
4:57pm Sat 19 Apr 08
The Plinth of Darkneth, Watford says...
5:03pm Sat 19 Apr 08
When is aidy going to give up this ridiculous charade?
Lets wait and see what boofy has to say after this pathetic display shall we?
chitster, woburn says...
5:05pm Sat 19 Apr 08
zip, HATRED!!!!! says...
5:06pm Sat 19 Apr 08
Malky Mackay - OUT!
David Dodds - OUT!
"Aidy" **** Boothroyd - OUT1 OUT! OUT! OUT!
You useless little prat, how many more home defeats do we have to suffer, i am absolutely sick of your niave, talentless approach, you couldn't buy a goal or win.
You are USELESS! Totally USELESS!
Are u reading Simpson and Ashton?
If you keep this total clown in charge then next season will be a relegation battle....by the time you sack him in November IT WILL BE TOO **** LATE!!!!!
he must **** go now!!!!!
We have all had enough, enough, enough.
Forgot the league table, its false, since xmas we have been awful, relegation fodder!
This is the worst team ive seen in ages....the crap he has brought in are rubbish!!! total crap.
And it all comes down to the cretin who picks the team...and his yes men.
All of you....OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT!!!!!
rosh99, hereford says...
5:17pm Sat 19 Apr 08
I agree with the lot of you. Aidy Boothroyd is not good enough, end of. He is not a good manager and why the hell that pathetic excuse of a board has not had the balls to get rid of him is beyond me. I am sick and embarrassed to say I am a Watford supporter. We are the laughing stock of the division and I have had enough of it.
I live in hereford and have DRIVEN over 5000 miles alone for our home games this season, and who knows how much for the away games this season. I will not do this any more. The club needs money, it's not getting anything from me from now on. AB has wasted £millions on total crap, funded by true supporters like myself. I will not do this while this sub-standard youth-team coach is in charge.
Sorry about being negative but Watford are utterly sh*t and the board should DO THEIR JOBS and get rid of him now.
chitster, woburn says...
5:22pm Sat 19 Apr 08
VoR, Watford says...
5:34pm Sat 19 Apr 08
Meetings tonight?
chitster, woburn says...
5:39pm Sat 19 Apr 08
chitster, woburn says...
5:46pm Sat 19 Apr 08
Des, Hatch End says...
5:49pm Sat 19 Apr 08
Hoofroyds teams and tactics always suck the spirit out of the game and leave everyone severely underwhelmed.
He won't go until,at least,the summer.He shouldn't be sacked now though because this is his team and he deserves the chance to play out the whole season.However he doesn't have the ability to get us promoted because he is a one trick pony who has been found out.
I hope he departs in the summer and we get the influx of new blood/spirit that we desperately need.Without it we would be in big trouble next season.
Des
Pete, Ruislip says...
5:56pm Sat 19 Apr 08
I was there and it was daylight robbery - we absolutely battered Palace. Apart from Stewart clearing one off the line 1st half they were not in it at all until their breakaways. No it wasn't perfect and I don't agree with everything Aidy does, but how does one goal change our crowd from supportive and chanting the manager's name to sack him in an instant? Most of the posters here are a good example of why we don't deserve any better.
zip, says...
5:59pm Sat 19 Apr 08
Pete wrote:oh **** off youpredictable clapper moron ****.
Unless you lot live in Vicarage Road then how on earth do you get to the game and post your slaggings before 5.20pm?
I was there and it was daylight robbery - we absolutely battered Palace. Apart from Stewart clearing one off the line 1st half they were not in it at all until their breakaways. No it wasn't perfect and I don't agree with everything Aidy does, but how does one goal change our crowd from supportive and chanting the manager's name to sack him in an instant? Most of the posters here are a good example of why we don't deserve any better.
zip, says...
6:00pm Sat 19 Apr 08
Pete wrote:oh **** off youpredictable clapper moron ****.
Unless you lot live in Vicarage Road then how on earth do you get to the game and post your slaggings before 5.20pm?
I was there and it was daylight robbery - we absolutely battered Palace. Apart from Stewart clearing one off the line 1st half they were not in it at all until their breakaways. No it wasn't perfect and I don't agree with everything Aidy does, but how does one goal change our crowd from supportive and chanting the manager's name to sack him in an instant? Most of the posters here are a good example of why we don't deserve any better.
Pete, Ruislip says...
6:03pm Sat 19 Apr 08
Des, Hatch End says...
6:07pm Sat 19 Apr 08
However they still have a right to comment.
We certainly weren't battering Palace today.We were slightly unfortunate to fall behind(it was a very good goal)but after that we were utterly clueless.
The team doesn't deserve any better because we "play" crap football.Hoofers has wasted millions on players who he won't even play.
Des
VoR, Watford says...
6:08pm Sat 19 Apr 08
Pete wrote:Agree with u re performance..
Unless you lot live in Vicarage Road then how on earth do you get to the game and post your slaggings before 5.20pm?
I was there and it was daylight robbery - we absolutely battered Palace. Apart from Stewart clearing one off the line 1st half they were not in it at all until their breakaways. No it wasn't perfect and I don't agree with everything Aidy does, but how does one goal change our crowd from supportive and chanting the manager's name to sack him in an instant? Most of the posters here are a good example of why we don't deserve any better.
Walking is quicker than driving..
strikers not scoring...
one dimentional, trying CB to score and leaving striker on bench......
He's lost the plot as well as the dressing room, not a good recipe and the board aren't silly, they recognise that this team will not be promoted this season with Aidy at the helm, they've got to be brave enough to act.
There are rumblings afoot!!!
Pete, Ruislip says...
6:12pm Sat 19 Apr 08
hornetcarp, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE says...
6:26pm Sat 19 Apr 08
to be honest i'd rather we didn't have to play the play-off games as we're SO out of form it will be inevitable what will happen.
lets just start a fresh next season and clear out all the dead wood and get a few decent players in...
john, greece says...
6:30pm Sat 19 Apr 08
True WFC fan i guess.
The Plinth of Darkneth, Watford says...
7:39pm Sat 19 Apr 08
You never know, they might get lucky through the playoffs.
High octane situations such as playing at Wembley can bring the best out of any team,so lets jus wait and see, and if things do go our way, well I think that AB will have learned a major lesson, albeit the hard way.
At the end of the day, you still have to be behind the lads through thick and thin - those players probably feel just as bad, if not worse than you do right now.
VoR, Watford says...
7:52pm Sat 19 Apr 08
Watford are toilet!!!
Alwaysahornet, Bletchley says...
8:00pm Sat 19 Apr 08
scummer, spain says...
8:22pm Sat 19 Apr 08
VoR, Watford says...
9:18pm Sat 19 Apr 08
scummer wrote:Go and have another sangria with your friend, Ted.
The fans at the match today saw the difference between a amateur and a professional manager.Neil Warnock knows his foofball and GOOD players.A.B. has wasted nearly 5 million on duff players whose wages could in the long run send the Hornets into administration.Shame on the board for allowing this possible situation to arise.
Ps...not happy with your name!!
paul jones, the grove says...
10:05pm Sat 19 Apr 08
rosh99, hereford says...
12:08am Sun 20 Apr 08
rosh99, hereford says...
12:14am Sun 20 Apr 08
Pete wrote:There is this thing called wi-fi you donkey. Even you must have heard of this phenomenon.
Unless you lot live in Vicarage Road then how on earth do you get to the game and post your slaggings before 5.20pm? I was there and it was daylight robbery - we absolutely battered Palace. Apart from Stewart clearing one off the line 1st half they were not in it at all until their breakaways. No it wasn't perfect and I don't agree with everything Aidy does, but how does one goal change our crowd from supportive and chanting the manager's name to sack him in an instant? Most of the posters here are a good example of why we don't deserve any better.
Mark, Watford says...
1:30am Sun 20 Apr 08
rosh99 wrote:Maybe you can go at watch Hereford...they might win promotion.
I have had enough if this crap. I really have. After 28 years of goign to the Vic, I am now finally calling it quits. Boothroyd is an idiot. He is not up to scratch and, even if we do go up, we will struggle even more than Derby. Will somoen please sort this bl**y club out,
He was up to scratch in 2006..
What has gone so wrong?
the silent observer, kent says...
2:58pm Sun 20 Apr 08
rosh99, hereford says...
9:42pm Sun 20 Apr 08
Mark wrote:Yep, strangely enough there are a few Watford players at Hereford this season!
rosh99 wrote: I have had enough if this crap. I really have. After 28 years of goign to the Vic, I am now finally calling it quits. Boothroyd is an idiot. He is not up to scratch and, even if we do go up, we will struggle even more than Derby. Will somoen please sort this bl**y club out,Maybe you can go at watch Hereford...they might win promotion. He was up to scratch in 2006.. What has gone so wrong?
I take your point about AB being up to scratch in 2006. I really believe he cannot do any more for the club and that both parties need a change. Gerrard Houllier had some tremendous years at Liverpool but stayed on too long and couldn't progress them further. I reckon that AB doesn't know what to do differently (other than make some strange substitutions) and that we're suffering as a result.
I may be wrong and we might storm into the Prem and stay up, but the direction the club is going in is a bit concerning.
Cheers. Rosh
Mark, Watford says...
7:43am Mon 21 Apr 08
Are the young guys at Hereford doing well?
Bet they feel cheesed off that Ainsworth never gets a chance!
rosh99, hereford says...
9:28am Mon 21 Apr 08
As for ABs signings, Im not too sure why hes bought who hes bought. Last year McEnuff never did anything for palace yet AB spent a lot of money on him, Ellingtons been poor for 2 years now, and Collins John has never ever done anything.
Youre right about it becoming like Viallis era too.. lots of money being splashed out on players that arent the right ones for Watford.
At least L***n lost again tho .
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hornetcarp, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE says...
3:03pm Sat 19 Apr 08