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DON’T VOTE FOR SAVAGE
Some of you might have read our blog post from a few months back about how Robbie Savage doesn’t like Watford fans. Why? Well he says it’s because we laughed when he broke his league at Vicarage Road in 2006 whilst playing for Blackburn. However we to know it was a broken leg. He was just another opposition player who got injured. And being a man with a reputation for being an idiot he left himself open for abuse when he gets injured.
Musical Statues
As you can see in above picture it is terrible and it becomes quite clear why the new Harrods owners didn’t want it. Firstly, I didn’t expect it to be in colour. I thought it would be made of brass. And I thought he might be in an iconic pose from one of his groundbreaking music videos – he’s not.
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
This merry band meet twice a year, presumably just down the corridor from the dubious goals panel, and are the only body in the world with the power to change the laws and rules of football. These are powerful people indeed. It’s therefore no surprise that there is great interest in their meetings and discussions, after all, there is much to debate at the moment; Does the offside rule need further clarification? Is the experiment with five officials working? Should goal-line technology be introduced? It is up to the IFAB to decide. Well, decide they did. They decided to focus on more pressing issues…
Troy Deeney – The Stats
He works hard, but compared to Danny Graham and Marvin Sordell and all their goals, it’s easy for fans to diss him. Add to that the fact we actually spent money on him, I think fans expect more of a return. Anyway, I noticed his return coincided with the Millwall win and his absence seemed to coincide with our resent bad run. So I did some digging (thanks soccerbase for making this slightly easier) and this is what I found.
We Can See You Sneaking Out
It’s not a new phenomenon. The Emirates and Old Trafford begin visibly emptying at the 75 minute mark, supporters of such successful teams clearly being more concerned with being stuck in traffic than they are with getting value for their expensive match ticket. Wembley is always far from full come the 90 minute mark and the the Vicarage Road end exits, clearly visible form my position in the Rookery, are always open early to allow deflated away supporters to leave the scene of their teams demise quickly.
INTERNATIONAL BRIGHT YOUNG THING
At the risk of sounding like just another boring Dad in a long line of soppy parents, I’m proud of my daughter. At two years old, she is a constant source of delight and amusement. Seeing her walking, talking and giggling is a joy to behold and watching her screw her face up in mock disgust when anyone says ‘Luton’ is a sight I shall never tire of.
Ghosts of Watford FC Past
The first one that comes to mind is a modern day Watford legend. He ruined what was almost a memorable night for the Hornets back in 2006. Thankfully he has been back since, so what follows here isn’t our last memory of Heidar Helguson. On Monday 2nd October 2006, Watford were still looking for their first win of the Premier League season. And with the Hornets 2-0 up with 20 minutes remaining, that win looked to be in the bank. But we know football. And after Brian McBride pulled one back, our man Heidar popped up with a headed equaliser (what else) with seven minutes to go to break Watford hearts. Now of course that wasn’t the end of the drama, with late, late goals for either team and a final score of three apiece. But the post match focus as far as the Rookery End faithful were concerned was double H. If you read the forums after the game, a lot was made of his fist pumping celebration. A surprisingly large amount of vitriol was chucked in Heidar’s direction for daring to celebrate in front of the fans that had worshipped him for so long. However, when you look at the facts, he had been under pressure himself – this was his first Premier League goal of the season. And when that goal is an equaliser in the last 10 minutes in a game where you were 2-0 down to a team without a win to their name, then you’d be forgiven a modest celebration.
BOOOOOOO!!!!
Panto isn’t the only place where you hear booing. We’ve started to hear it in the last week at Vicarage Road. Why? Well it’s probably due to our drop in form and a particularly poor first half performance against Preston. The Watford Observer reported that Malky understood. We ‘pay our money’ to watch the game and we’ve been very supported of the big man and the team.
Missing In Action
You may not have admitted it to yourself yet, but we aren’t like normal folk. We’ll do what they do – we’ll go on holidays, visit friends and relatives, go to the cinema and spend an unfeasible amount of time in the pub, but as football fans, for us, there is always a caveat. Before people like us commit to anything we will always utter the supporter’s stock sentence. “Sounds good, but I’ll have to check if Watford are playing…”