Watford FC 3-1 Leicester City - Play Off Second Leg. 12/5/2013

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Malteser, I think you're in the wrong forum - this is football, not fantasies!

Although yesterday, for a few minutes, the lines were blurred.

Still get goosebumps thinking about it. Am on a tube train heading in to London so might get weird looks smiling like a simpleton.

If ever there was a tonic for exorcising the demons lurking from the Leeds game then yesterday was it.

When Deeney scored that winner every single bit of residue lingering from that painful day was washed away forever.

Now one more date with destiny awaits and if I were the opposition I would be very nervous...

 

Did you never wonder why the penalty taker took at least a 20 second run up to take said penalty?

 

Apologies if this has already been posted but ...

http://www1.skysports.com/watch/vid...s/watford/8708759/late-drama-at-vicarage-road

 

And guess which station the tube I'm on is now approaching?

CLUE: "Alight here for Wembley Stadium"

Happy Days!!!

 

Erm......What?! Watford are going to Wembley? Are you sure?

HOLY *****!!!!

What a day! Brilliant game all round but those last 5 minutes were something else. To be honest, I didn't even know we were on a break until Anya passed the ball to Forestieri. Sat down for the penalty and didn't watch. Watching the videos back, Almunia looked like he was in slow motion for the rebound. Incredible. I still think that he isn't going to get to it each time I see it. I still can't believe it.

 

I Could not go to the game yesterday because I had to go to work. I was working in Rugby which is not to far away from Leicester for those that don't know I decided to go to a boozer to watch the game, the pub was full of Leicester fans so I sat in a corner on my own and tried to keep out their way. When they got the penalty I walked out of the pub and watched it through the pub window and when we scored I was jumping up and down in the middle or Rugby town centre I must have looked a bit mad I am usualy a placid person but for some reason in the heat of the moment I decided to bang on the pub window where all of the Leicester fans were sitting and unzip my jacket revealing my Watford shirt and jump up and down celebrating, A few of them come storming out giving it loads fortunately I never got a kick in. I think this sort of thing goes to show what sort of moment it was yesterday.

 

Yes, I heard this and thought the same thing. Not quite as "offensive" as the chants directed to Leicester in the past concerning the ethnicity of some of the town's inhabitants but there you go.

 

wow. just wow. Im still buzzing today. When Deeney's goal went in i almost went arse over *** the poor guy in front of me. Whatever happens at wembley, that penalty/goal will always be a special moment i will never forget. It was just amazing - and what a celebration inside the ground!!, I really dont think ive ever experienced anything like that before. The last three games have been such a roller coaster of emotions that i'm not sure i could take wembley as well. Really buzzing today and for all those who have spent the season slagging off our 'foreign mercenaries' should just watch their reaction when the ball goes in - that goal certainly meant something to them.

And Mr Holloway - vydra's first goal yesterday - the skill & ability needed to score like that - that is why Vydra and not glen murray was championship player of the season!!

 

Did that happen? Really?

Got an exam now but just buzzing over this still.

 

I cant add anything else to what has been said already. except for one point. We have recently had some very bad family news, yesterday put a smile on everyones face. Even people who have no real interest in Football. Such is the power of football. So thanks to all the players, staff etc, just for a day or so putting a smile on everyones face.

When things get a bit tough I will draw upon the memory of Deeney smashing in the winner.

Lets enjoy the moment, but then we move on and focus on one more massive game.

 

Deeney will be on SSN within the hour, talking about yesterday apparently

 

Not sure if anyone else has mentioned this, but... Had the referee decided to book Marco for his outrageously cynical assault on No-heart (which, if he thought it was a deliberate and cynical tug back, he probably should have), it would have been his second yellow. Subsequent red card would have meant he wasn't there to play his exquisite 40 yard pass to Ikechi and we would have been into extra time with only 10 men or, god forbid, a Leicester player would have got it third time around. Makes it even sweeter somehow...

 

Silver 10, I'm sorry to hear you've had bad news.

I spent last night Skyping with a Maltese friend who had a 21 year old friend killed on Saturday night in a motorbike accident. I felt guilty even mentioning our match but she wanted to hear about my day so I sent her the Sky Sports clip and it raised a smile, at least.

 

Very sorry to hear you've had bad news Silver 10 - I hope things get better soon mate, I really do.

Does anyone know where I can watch all the goals/highlights from the match yesterday?

Also, Deeney scored earlier in the game yet it was ruled out for offside, though he looked onside to me (though I was watching the dodgiest little river in the world..)

I'd be much obliged if someone can provide a link.

 

The Deeney offside is on the extended highlights on Watford Player if you have access to that.

 

Sorry to hear about those of you with bad news. I hope that the good feelings of yesterday raised your spirits for a bit, not to forget those you've lost, but to smile about the future whilst remembering them.

 

Nope, sorry, I don't. Was he actually offside? Was Wood onside as well as some of the Leicester fans are claiming?

 

Troy was marginally offside. It was a ludicrously late call, but the right one.

The Wood one, he probably wasn't. But the cameras at the Vic are at an angle for those replays so you can't really judge the 'lean' of the forward.

 

Both were tight but ultimately were the correct decision IMO. As Going Down says the Deeney flag was really late.

 

I don't have much to add to what's already been said apart from that's why we go to football. That's why we've stuck with the club through the tough times, daft owners, crap managers, even crapper players, embarrassing defeats. It's those 20 seconds that make years of disappointment disappear. A sheer lose your **** mental moment that we'll talk about forever. Thanks to modern technology if you ever feel down in the future you can comeback and relive those final moments to make you smile again. Epic.

 

Vydra's first goal has almost got lost because of what came much later!

 

Deeney made such a massive difference for you yesterday. I had it in my mind that he is just a battering ram, one of those slightly unfashionable strikers that isn't a massive goal threat but brings others into play. Whilst he does that, his movement is excellent and was precisely what you were missing in the first leg.

Judging by how Holt and Lambert have moved up through the leagues, like Deeney, and adapted to the Prem, I think he'll do very well for you should you be up there next season.

 

Libero, wingbacks, a regista pulling the strings. Living the dream.

 

Yeah that was hilarious as was doing the same when you were getting on your coaches.

I've never seen so many ugly, angry, tearful men in such a concentrated area in all my life.

 

I slated Deeney back in Aug and couldn't believe he would ever adapt to a passing game. I am over the moon to have been proved utterly and completely wrong.