Be Hoedt I suspect for Player of the season . Been consistently good rather than having spells then being dropped (Hamer/Livermore ) or injured. GOTS too or Asprilla v Norwich ?
Here's my list: POTS: Hoedt GOTS: Asprilla vs Norwich Performance of the Season: Kayembe vs Preston NE Team performance of the season: QPR opening day Manager of the season: Cleverley Most Improved Player: Kayembe Most Regressed Player: Ince (cannot think of anyone else) Flop of the Season: Lewis Crock of the Season: Ngakia Funniest moment: Bachmann walking off the pitch at Southampton in the FA Cup Replay Best Moment of the season: Beating Blackburn and thinking we might make the playoffs
Aside from Hoedt, I'd also consider Kayembe for PotS - our most consistent midfielder and has chipped in with some good goals.
Kayembe has generally been good, he'd probably come second in our list, but he has also thrown some stinkers, Hoedt's general level has been pretty high all season
GoTS to Hoedt, although speculative it was well taken and a slight deviation in the angle or power and it wouldn't have been a goal. Also, unlike Asprilla's goal at Norwich, it was the match winner.
You get the odd 30-yard screamer each season, but goals from the sort of range Hoedt did against Hull are rare indeed (although Sarr did also score one last season for us!). It was a beautiful finish too, far from a hit and hope
Double Hoedt for me - player and goal of the season. Given some of our more recent goal of the season candidates, I've never known such an array of long range goals. Shame we couldn't shank a few off Bayovic's shins/backsides from inches out as well to supplement those rockets!
If you compare Sarr's goal at WBA with Hoedt's: Sarr's was further, however with the keeper well off of his line and the ball bouncing once, Sarr's shot had a lot of margin of error. But rightly won GoTS. Hoedt's had practically no room of error, it only just made it over the keeper who was scrambling back from a better position than WBA's and it went into the top corner.
"Hit and hope". I much prefer a proper team goal like Raj's first goal at home to Rotherham. Or his second. Yes I'm joking, Hoedt's goal should be the winner by a mile (ie roughly where he took the shot from).
Surely we need some recognition at CEO this year. While other clubs would have cut their cloth, Gino said “no, that’s not how we do business”. As a result we retain the services of a mid premier league CEO rather than a far lower calibre individual. We must tip our hat to both Scott’s loyalty who would had his pick of any club outside top 6 and Gino Pozzo’s foresight in retaining Duxbury and all those benefits that go with it. Scott stands on a wall. Nothing’s going to hurt our club tonight. Not on his watch.
Regardless of how crap he is at his job (or seems to be) nobody living in the time we do right now would turn down almost £1M a year. Heck, even if he took a pay cut next season (he may have to due to no parachute payments) he's still going to be on probably over 500K a year. Almost as much as the players earn in the lower leagues. Yes he deserves to be paid for what he does of course, but for what we could save by reducing in at sticking that in the Windows we might be able to shop around at Aldi or Lidl for players rather than the dumpster diving Bayat does.
Thing is, everyone's expectations are managed down so effectively at this point that they'll try to find a bit of glitter in every turd.
Dumpster. That’s outrageous! That was going to be my second award - Pozzo having the foresight to maintain the 4th highest agent budget in the league. Top top ambition again. With our CEO and agent power budgets the club is truly poised to take its seat back at the big table. It’s simply good husbandry.
Where is the solo effort scored by Dennis a couple weeks back on the GOS short list? Surely that should be goal of the season, or aren't his goals eligible because he is a loan player and not our actual player?
I am voting Hoedt for player of the season. 41 starts must mean he has contributed most to to the team over the season. Undecided on GOTS. I think technically Livermores was better than most on the list.
Was a nice goal but can't help thinking that a lot of keepers would have saved it. Ok it went in off the post but it wasn't in the top corner, wasn't hit very hard and Begovic stuttered before making his dive.
I notice that of the 10 goals: 3 were scored at home (probability 11.7%) none were scored at the Rookery end (5.6%) 2 were scored directly in front of noisy Watford fans (ie not including the family section at the Vicarage road end) (4.2%)
Hoedt GOTS by a mile. Asprilla's was a great strike but seen so many of them over the years. Hoedt was absolutely out of nowhere and won us the game, plus I was there and it's difficult to beat that split second when the ball is in the air and the whole ground goes silent as you can seen the trajectory of the ball heading into the top corner. Controversial, but Kayembe for POTS due to his massively positive influence every time he has played. The season went to s**t when he was injured at Plymouth and was away at the African Cup of Nations.
Not many of the players go for Hoedt. A mixed bag really . Asprilla seems to be a popular one for GoS https://twitter.com/WatfordFC/statu...781325724739072148¤tTweetUser=WatfordFC
I think Dennis's individual solo goal a couple of weeks ago should be GOS and it has not even been listed, WHY???
POTS: Hoedt GOTS: Asprilla vs Norwich Performance of the Season: Kone at Plymouth Team performance of the season: Leeds at Home Manager of the season: Cleverley Most Improved Player: Kayembe or TDB Most Regressed Player: Sierralta Flop of the Season: Lewis Crock of the Season: Ngakia Funniest moment: Bachmann walking off the pitch at Southampton in the FA Cup Replay Best Moment of the season: Ken’s winner at Swansea or when we sacked Val
