Saturday 12th February
Watford 0-2 Brighton
Another frustrating afternoon at Vicarage Road where
Brighton outplayed the disheartened Watford which means that the hornets are
stuck in the relegation zone for another week. It was the home debut of new
manager Roy Hodgson which seemed a positive beginning for the Saturday 3pm kick
off. But the technical play from the likes of Tariq Lamptey and Jakub Moder
made countless opportunities that Brighton failed to capitalise until the edge
of half time where Neal Maupay scored a brilliant driven volley into the top
corner celebrating near the rookery stand where the groans could be heard from the
club shop.
Hodgson’s style seemed to be more defensive and allowing the
opposition team to have more of the ball. However, the defence were more
organised compared to Ranieri’s team.
The 2nd half seemed more promising with the early
introductions of Imran Louza and AFCON winner Ismaila Sarr who made the team
play a more exciting football. But still Brighton rang rings around Watford
which eventually led to an unfortunate goal for Adam Webster from a corner.
This setback continues the poor form from the start of this
calendar year which puts Watford in 19th place only In-front of
Burnley. A tough game against Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa means that a win at
this point of the time seems unlikely but is crucial.
Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa play exciting football with the
likes of England prospect Jacob Ramsay and new starlet signing Philippe
Coutinho with the potential strike force of Ollie Watkins and Danny Ings. Even
though Aston villa have conceded 6 goals in 4 games it will need to be an
amazing fight from Watford to defeat the Brummies’.
