Valentines Day 2023 - a special evening for a £15 meal from Morrisons and an early night with your partner. Or in Frank Bough’s case, many partners. But no, we have to head north to be bent over backwards and royally buggered by Vincent Kompany’s Burnley. Firstly congrats to Burnley: two losses from thirty, 17 points clear of third. They spent their summer signing the likes of: We spent our summer signing the likes of: Some pics of Burnley: Our last meeting back in August, on what was apparently Tom Cleverley’s birthday - this being his last performance before an injury that would see him ‘out for a few weeks’: Form: Burnley - WWWWWW Watford - WWDLDD Prediction: I am tempted to say ‘this is the Championship, anything could happen!’ but I’m going 2-0. I am confident though that Mooney will congratulate the fans on making the long trip and make a few Valentine-related puns during his excellent, insightful commentary.
Maybe it’ll be the Watfordy thing of doing the double over the runaway Champions and then failing to make the play-offs.
In all honesty, if we have the players mentalily on it, and playing as a unit we can get a least a draw here, which would still be a great result. But then I remembered how long it takes us to "click" in games. By the time that happens, Burnley could/will be at least two ahead and the game is gone by our standards. We are going into this off the back of a loss and two draws. Middlesbrough was god awful, Reading felt like a loss and yesterday we played much better (second half) and should of won. But our problem is that shoulda woulda coulda will not get us a top six finish. Down time is very short after yesterday, so Bilic has his work cut out to make us any kind of threat. Burnley are going up, that is obvious to anyone, but if we can make even a slight wobble on their perfect march back to promise lands, let's take it. Realistically, we will probably sit back most of the game and invite pressure from minute one. If we somehow score the first goal it could get interesting. I have to go with my head not my heart though. It's not quite Man City levels of dread, but any team that goes to Burnley right now gets demolished. They have a habit of finishing above us in every season for a while now, this one will be no different. Burnley 3 Watford 1
This is a meaningless game really, even if we win it we’ll drop points to plenty of no hopers in our other remaining games rendering it pointless.
I went to the Boxing Day Massacre (0-5 at Fulham on a very cold day!) Very pleased I’m not going to this one. Valentine’s Day with my lovely wife has come around on a perfect fixture. (Will record the game and still watch with ridiculous optimism at earliest opportunity)
So was I, and what a delightful post-xmas present that was from the team from London. Oddly for a long time that season it looked a bit like Burnley and Sheff Utd do this season, two teams getting ahead. When we beat Grimsby 4-0 at the Vic, I was very confident of promotion, even though it was mid November. Then Sheffield Wednesday came to town and ended our unbeaten run with a convincing win. Even when Tommy Smith equalised I wasn't too confident. Saying that, we got demolished by Man Utd reserves in the Worthington Cup before that, so maybe going up that season would of been a bad idea.
Haven't got anyone in theirs, bit short on Championship this year. Lost two to clubs outside the Championship in last few months. I'll await your gossip about how you homework was perceived tomorrow evening, you've had all weekend as I'm sure you've been reminded already.
The term keyboard warrior is often bandied about but people like you take the p-iss. I don't know you, never met you but for some reason in your petty world this format gives you the platform to call me a liar. I have a cancer charity, that is very very very close to me, the Blackburn player I mentioned is very personal to my family, he did something for someone very close to me and him when they were extremely ill, ( and the chairman of the club he was at aswell) it's real, it made the mainstream media, most papers and talksport interviews, what they did, it still gives me a lump in my throat thinking about it. So I will put up £5,000 of my money to £1,000 of yours that he is real. He will I'm sure confirm he spoke to our family Saturday, that Blackburn stayed in the Hilton, the name of the friend who his cut their hair on Friday Evening at the hotel and any other banal "fact" or whatever you need to pay up. You have a big mouth, time to put your money where it is. He's a good lad and I.m sure he will be more than happy to speak to you on the phone to raise a grand for Sarcoma Uk. He occasionally will be found in the Feathers in Ricky if a phone call won't suffice, you can come down and pay the money direct to him and he will donate it. It's for a good cause for a **** cancer that effected my life and his, so your money will be going to a very good use. Let me know, how you wanna play the bet out. Don't sh-it out big mouth. Either way a worthwhile charity will get a nice chunk of wonga. I'm quite happy to let someone on here (maybe one of Admin) hold both our money and pay your £1000 to the charity. Second thoughts, if you wanna double the bet with your side kick on here who stalks me aswell, I am more than happy to extend the offer and go £5000 to a grand ( or less if you can't afford that) too both of you.
Just for balance, here's a picture of Watford. And that's not of a street demolished 20 years ago, either! Enjoy the game. Don't worry unduly about early goals. Preston on Saturday was only the fourth time this season we've been leading at half time in a home game. Second half is where the real action comes, usually.
The guy just said Blackburn said we were big and strong or something, it’s not unfathomable he may know a Blackburn player, what’s the big deal. Even if he was lying, so what? Move on after you’ve made your initial joke, it’s boring and not very funny.
Honestly I wouldn’t bother rising to it. As you can see from responses most posters appreciate the insight. I wouldn’t add any more detail to this forum in case you do compromise him. Everyone already believes you ….including those that are suggesting they don’t !
Tbf that is an area that has been massively redeveloped. I think there's a protection order of some kind on that clock tower which is why it's not been demolished yet. Plenty of ghastly buildings in Watford though. The ring road is like a tour of all the forgotten architectural mistakes of different decades of the 20th century.
Speaking of Blackburn, Tim Sherwood had to borrow my brother's boots once for a youth team game. This was some time before he was a premier league winning captain, terrible manager and awful pundit.
At Burnley on Valentine’s Day on a Tuesday night? Don’t believe it. Were we selling the tickets at a discount? Might be a cheap way of meeting away day group requirements.
I felt harsh dismissing your post as you clearly put a lot of effort into it... All of that over a light hearted comment? Really?? I will apologise for implying that you don't know footballers but I'm not going to be guilt tripped into paying money to cancer charities which I do more than enough for, believe me. Unfortunately you're not the only one who has been affected by cancer and I'm happy with the support I give, thanks.
I was once beaten up in Burnley for having the cheek to be Southern and cocky. Wasn't even football related and I still to this day hate them for this. Smash em Slav please
Just realised this is on the telly tomorrow. Her Ladyship will have the raging hump if I haven't bothered to book somewhere for dinner, so does anyone know any nice romantic restaurants where they show Sky TV?
Hungry Horse. You'll probably be able to palm her off with some heart shaped onion rings or something.
