Watford fan Joe Whitbread gives his verdict on the season so far and looks ahead to Saturday's game.
Watford are currently exceeding everyone’s expectations and are sitting a very pretty eighth in the league, a position that would be very welcome at the end of the season.
Our squad is a blend of high wage earners that we can’t shift, loans, deadwood and average players playing beyond their ability. Defensively we have been a bit terrible so far, mainly due to Manchester United loan signing Craig Cathcart (Carthorse as he is affectionately known) and Lloyd Doyley who is something of a legend around the club having played 234 games and scoring no goals. Doyley is a bit useless but we love his clumsy workmanlike style of football, probably because it provides us fans with some amusement.
We’ve had to shift a lot of players over the past couple of years, notably Marlon King (remember him guys?), Darius Henderson, Tommy Smith and Tamas Priskin. Like you, we are in a bit of a financial state but at least we have an ex chairman who happens to be a global superstar singer and will be hosting a concert next year to raise some much needed cash.
We have a highly rated goalkeeper in Scott Loach who is prone to the odd error and might be off to Tottenham in January. The players to watch out for are Tom Cleverley and Henri Lansbury who are on loan from Manchester United and Arsenal respectively. Cleverley is destined for bigger things and many Watford fans reckon he could be pushing for a spot in Manchester United first team next year. These two make our midfield tick and are a real handful with their movement and passing, a lot of opposition teams have struggled to cope this term.
Up front we have Danny Graham who ended his goal drought on Saturday and a familiar face in Heidar Helguson who joined us on loan from QPR till January. Helguson originally signed for the club in 1999 and left in 2005 but has rejoined as a last hurrah. Despite being fairly old and injury prone, he is still a real threat in the air and could cause some problems. A modern Watford legend.
I’m expecting a difficult game but with our away form being good and having a decent record at Selhurst over the past few meetings I’m confident we can nick a win. Good luck for the game and for the season.
Oh, and cheers for McAnuff, he was a pile of shit.
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