Tom Cleverley - Head Coach

Joyce then.

 

Joy of Joyce!

 

This one?

 

I asked ChatGPT how Tom might get on next year:

Predicting the performance of a manager or a team in a sports season is always a bit uncertain, but I can offer some general thoughts on what might influence Tom Cleverley's tenure as Watford manager. Firstly, Cleverley's success might depend on his ability to transition from being a player to a manager. While he likely has a good understanding of the game from his playing days, managing a team requires a different skill set, including leadership, tactics, and man-management.

Additionally, Watford's performance will depend on several factors such as player recruitment, tactical decisions, team morale, injuries, and competition in the league. Cleverley's success will also depend on the support he receives from the club's ownership and management, as well as his coaching staff. It's also worth considering Cleverley's knowledge of the club and its culture, which could work in his favor. However, managing a team in a competitive league like the English Championship can be challenging, especially for a relatively inexperienced manager.

Ultimately, Cleverley's success as Watford manager will depend on how well he adapts to the role, his ability to motivate and organize his players, and the resources and support available to him. Only time will tell how he will fare in his new role.

Bit screwed with the bit in bold......

 

First time I've ever seem Sven Goran Eriksson smiling.

 

Disliked for "favor". Otherwise, who could possibly argue?

Chat should be employed by players to script their post-match interviews.

 

Preparing the ground as early as possible for the standard extremely underwhelming/powered summer:

 

Hornets Head Coach Tom Cleverley was comfortable with the decision not to recruit a forward in the summer transfer window, believing that Vakoun Bayo and Mileta Rajovic possess the goalscoring ability to improve Watford's poor record in front of goal from the 23-24 season.

 

'Two loan players', interesting, considering we have 3! Perhaps one of the three is basically as good as signed up again for next season, since neither Lewis and Dennis came from Udinese and are on a fair whack, I would guess we are keeping Martins? He was also the only one of the three who played against Boro

 

Does it actually say this anywhere or is it just made up ? ( I’m hoping the latter !)

 

Or maybe he just didn't count Martins as he's still a player owned by the Pozzos/ inside the Pozzo stable? Clutching at straws a bit here as I'm hoping we can upgrade him next season.

 

A clue: the summer transfer window hasn't happened yet.

 

I don't think Tom Cleverley nor the EFL give one flying **** about 'Pozzo FC', but the fact that he hasn't been named among the 3 loanees suggests he's back next season, a deal would certainly be the easiest to do

 

Martins didn't pull up any trees when he first came here, and to be fair, he was coming fresh from South America, but after a good start, what on earth is his excuse for stinking the joint out in 2024? He's never been the hardest worker, but in recent performances it looks like he'd never seen a football before

 

Made up.

 

He’s a shirker, doesn’t like any sort of physicality and is a passenger in the English league. Thats it.

 

Sunderland I think it was? Slowed down a bit after that, but still came up with some goals and assists, but from January onwards, nothing

 

Not meaning to sound aggressive or accusatory, genuine question: do you have any idea where you heard this? Because I have no memory of anything like that around him at all, and am wondering if I somehow missed it (slash or if it's a little cultural memory attached to JP rattling around in the ether, for one option).

 

Ah wow, well well found then, thanks, and credit to @domthehornet's memory!

Would agree with you, though - seemed to get worse throughout the season on the back of an initially sharp drop. Would be very convenient for all if that was all that was to blame.

 

He likes a small squad and is also worried about the rule of 11.

 

Watford observer understands Mr Pozzo made a £150m war chest available, but Cleverly was satisfied with his £750,000 of purchases and 600% agent fees.

 

Penaranda MkII.
Will be just like a new player next season.

 

Another scenario
We know we agreed the fee form Lewis at the start of the season, as part of a loan to buy deal.

Therefore the fee was agreed and already in our budget

IF the deal was triggered once he had played a number of games, that signing could already be done

It could therefore be Martin's and Dennis that are our two loans.

 

That would lead to a lot of frowns!!!

 

Think we would have heard if there were such a clause (I seem to remember something about the deal being made permanent if we won promotion or something?)

 

No idea if it's true, it's just a scenario

On the point of Martin's, the reason he performs under par is simply because his a truly atrocious player.

 

4 year deal I’m hearing.