Going by the Pozzo’s normal standards, it’s really surprising that Watford manager Alessio Danisi survived Saturday’s 4-0 home loss to previously winless Burnley – I suppose the sacking may come later today, but I have this vague memory of Watford liking a Sunday sacking.
I definitely remember Steve Morison being sacked on a Sunday at about this time of year, so it seems Vincent Tan is all in favour of them. However despite the odd murmuring on social media about BBM being in danger of losing his job following Saturday’s insipid loss at Blackburn, it’s hard to believe that Mr Tan is contemplating a change of manager.
Vincent Tan and the Pozzo’s may well be the winners of any competition for fans of Championship clubs to name the two most erratic ownerships in the division, but, from a distance, I must say that I’d prefer Tan over the Pozzo’s any day of the week!
Watford come here tomorrow one place above us in the table, with one more point, but they’ve lost five out of their last six matches and, like us, have a miserable one point on their travels.
It’s another one of those fixtures you look at and think that we’ve had a fairly gentle reintroduction to the Championship in our first ten matches back. I know the Championship is supposed to be the division where anyone can beat anyone, but the ten matches which follow tomorrow’s look far harder as a bloc than we’ve faced so far.
With just the single win in nine, there is the potential for us to be in danger of being in very serious trouble as we approach the second half of the campaign, so, while no game can realistically be labeled “must win” this early in a season, we could really do with the three points tomorrow.
If what has become the normal Cardiff City for home games turns up tomorrow, I’d be pretty confident of a win, but the lack of points and acceptable performances on the road is going to start having an effect on confidence going into home games – the ending of the seemingly endless disruption to what BBM would probably describe as his first choice spine of the team would be a step in the right direction, but there seems to be no sign of that happening any time soon as our first ten games come to an end.
On to the quiz, the answers to the seven questions below will be posted on here on Wednesday.
60s. With a surname that was very relevant to the times, this London born midfielder began his career in the sixties at Watford and did enough to earn what was a club record move to a team that had been dominant a few years earlier. Although, not the team they once were, he never managed to nail down a regular place for himself and moved further south within the capital to play for a team that were struggling, eventually unsuccessfully, to avoid relegation during his time with them. His full time career ended with a return to Watford and he was in at the start of the Elton John/Graham Taylor revolution which took Watford into the top flight for the first time. Who am I describing?
70s. Born in a place known for its marshes, this forward’s senior debut came in a match I’d either forgotten about or never knew about – a third place play off for the beaten FA Cup Semi Finalists. As he broke into the Watford team, it became clear that he was too good for a side that was headed into the fourth tier and when he moved on, the buying club paid just short of their record fee at the time for him. Over the next four or five seasons, he represented the club at Wembley and made decisive contributions during a pretty successful European campaign. He was also a team mate of Ronnie Moore’s during a loan move to an American club and then moved on to a club that’s one word name gave no clue as to where they were from. His final club would not have made him popular at Watford, but who am I describing?
80s. Nine federal rangers initially morph into goal scoring midfielder. (4,8).
90s. Target for famous assistant?
00s. Stopper wearing white?
10s. You ain’t seen nothing yet from this combination of goalkeeper and the “Queen of Rock and Roll”!
20s. Renaissance man turns up in capital.
