Watford were shyte because we played so well. In the first half we were Europe material. Build on that and we will be top 10

Not surprising given that Pards was the manager until three days ago and one of those days was Christmas Day. Talk about unrealistic expectations.

And it was still a point that IMHO Pards would have squandered somehow.

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Same as every week. 45 mins of great play then 45 mins of crap.

Also could'a won it in the 1st half but missed a pen <again>.

Even going all out for the win with Campbell at the end - I didn't see much change TBH.

I think we'll survive, but its small margins....

Youre right. I reckon a lot of us saw some light at Watford and are hopeful again.
Looking at the table, better than 14 will be a good achievement in reality. In my case that will do nicely.

I personally think we played a bit better in that first half yesterday IMO, however, the rest of the post is spot on. Big Sam made virtually the same changes Pards made recently, that a few people moaned about, however, what other options did he have to change it? He brought on Campbell for Flamini which in my eyes is an attacking sub like Pards did in an attempt to nick the points. Townsend got his way today and played on the right, and indeed played well. But, I don't know how long Wilf will swallow that, and may want to move on. I know who I would be trying to keep happy, hence Townsend being on the bench recently. Still, if we can keep up the improvement shown in the last three matches, I'm in no doubt with the next three months fixtures, we should be able to haul ourselves away from the trap door. Fingers crossed!

Edited by Flightsequence (27 Dec 2016 10.32am)

From what Trevor Brooking was saying on five live we were excellent, suppose there are always some who look for the negative, I for one though did not want BS but believe that he will make us combative, and according to West Hamm mate he thought they played some impopressive football under his tenure