Match Thread Watford v Everton - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[ford_uk]

That was a very tired performance. It just happens sometimes.

Given that our away results this season have been poor, getting a draw is ok.

I’m sure they will be up for the next game at home and a win will probably mean safety.

They looked knackered tonight.

 

[atypicalusername]

Plus side the fans were class again.

 

[matty1878]

Burnley could go there and win. They’d be a point ahead with two games remaining. But, can we see both teams getting three more points than us?

if we play like tonight

you just don’t know mate

 

[Kylito]

even if we stay up after tonights performance saying well be fine...i dont know man. I think were pretty far from fine. We need a lot of new players.

oh yeah of course, massive overhaul needed over the summer. Short term goal is making sure we don't go down!

 

[irishtony1878]

Look at it from the point of view that it's 7 out of the last 10 points.
We would have snatched their hands off a couple of weeks ago for that.
Feels like a loss though.

 

[Rich1878]

With Leeds losing that is a good point. Disappointing that we did not win but we are a struggling team not high flyers so a point away is OK. I think one more point from the last three games will be enough

Knew we'd struggle tonight, so not too deflated. Again, im pretty confident we will be fine. Tonight has to be a wake up call that it ain't over yet. Whatever you do , just stay away from the relegation thread ?it will make your head fall off

 

[Ray Purchase]

Hate to criticize Gordon, but we need to bin him for corners and free kicks.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

One win is enough

A win tonight would have virtually been enough. Against a team many, many times weaker than the two we have to play at home.

 

[bluejohn66]

Forget all this bollox bout 2 points ahead a game in hand and Leeds/Burnley have got to this and that, this cowardly result has put us right back in the brown stuff, Palace/Brentford ain't no mugs !!!

 

[Eggs]

so if burnley lose to tottenham we need a win still?

you know what burnley could go they’re and win

this is crippling me this

it’s the not knowing

…even if Burnley get beat, I still think we need 4 points from our next two games to be safe from them & Leeds going into the last game.

 

[MACCA75]

Away at Burnley was the time for a dour 0-0

 

[the golden visionary]

We've seen that performance on multiple occasions over the last 4-5 seasons. This squad is comfortable with being the underdog when nothing is expected of them, but the minute that they go into a match as favorites they shrink away and produce toothless performances.

Mental midgets

 

[PhilM]

Based on what we’ve just witnessed? Quite possibly

We’ve been dreadful away, so let’s not get carried away by Leicester although on paper yes we should have won today and it’s a missed opportunity.

However, and it’s a big however, we now have two home games in a row where we’re strong. Leeds are in disarray and Burnley have a strong Spurs.

 

[Curtis]

i like gordon overall he has produced some memorable performances and made strides as a player but he's still so raw. he doesn't have to play every game

 

[Preki]

Well, a reminder - if one was needed - that we're just not very good. Quite toothless and lacking ideas. Fine when we're under siege against one of the top dogs, but when we have to take the game to a "lesser" team we just don't know where to start. That said, I'd almost always be happy with 4 pts from any 2 away games, but hard to feel very positive after that. On to Sunday, then.

No one looked like they had the bottle to miss tonight. Richie stopped a couple of times when in a decent position and very few decent balls played in. I sat with their fans and they had zero expectation and couldn't believe we didn't get at them.

Take a point but....