Rob Edwards Sacked

We've got all the depth

Edwards has started well. Just need his bosses to not totally mess things up in the next couple of weeks.

 

Fair point. Well made!

 

Hodgson probably saw Preston win the league back in the day.

 

He has gone from a division 2 club (albeit now in div 1) to a relegated P.L. team with high asperations to get promoted, he is probably on multiple times more salary that at Forest Green and I would expect both himself and at least one other of the coaching staff to see our opposition in action wherever possible before we play them.

Should he remain successful this season he future rewards will be huge, if not with us with other clubs, therefore nothing but 100% effort now is to his personal advantage as well as our beloved WFC!

 

Apparently as a child Hodgson had posters on his bedroom wall of The Royal Engineers title winning side.

 

They were etchings back then not posters.

 

Unbeaten league matches at the start of their reign as manager in the Pozzo era...


Zola 1
Sanino 3
Garcia 0
McKinley 2 (and out)
Joka 5
QSF 3
Mazarri 1
Silva 4
Gracia 2
QSF (2) 1
Pearson 0
Ivic 3
Xisco 1
Ranieri 0
Hodgson 1

Edwards 5 and counting!

So if we avoid defeat this weekend, he will have gone the longest without a first defeat

 

We’ll only count the MK Dons result if we don’t lose

 

Not sure Joka is right. I thought he lost a few at the start

 

Joka had a team ready made for him , steeled over 2.5 years of championship football.

Andrew’s has been dealing with all the ups and downs of early season .

 

Yes me too. Thought he lost several in a row and that win at Fulham pretty much saved him.

 

Yes. He was unbeaten in five then lost four in a row. (2 wins and 3 draws)

 

There's no way Edwards lasts the season. He's going to be left with a terrible squad and he'll be the one that pays the price, it's so predictable.

 

“We loaned him a £16m Defender and bought him a £5m forward, what more does he want?”

 

If Sarr remains I still think there's a squad capable of finishing top 6.

I think Edwards undoing might be his formation.

 

You mean his formation that the club haven't recruited for?

 

I’m sure he’d gladly play the formation that got him hired in the first place if the club gave him the players.

 

Yep.

 

Oh the irony, Ivic wanted to play a 4-2-3-1 but we left him with zero fit left backs so was forced to play three at the back. Now Edwards is staring down the same choice but in reverse - play the formation you favour (and have practised all pre season) without the players to do it, or throw all that preparation out the window and accept the club have forced you into playing a different way and try to muddle through.

I think he'll go the opposite way from Ivic but result will be the same - sacked when deemed to be underperforming.

 

Come on. Duxbury said he was going to back Rob come hell or high water. Surely he wasn’t being economical with the truth??

 

Hard to believe, Scott is a top bloke.

 

It’s becoming clearer by the day that RE is way out of his depth at a club of this size. He doesn’t seem to know what day of the week it is and just generally comes across as confused and disinterested.

Pozzo should move quickly to remove him and get a more experienced head in. Fergie is available.

 

Duxbury will say they have. They signed Bayo, Gaspar, Manaj, Davis, Choudhury and Hause. All of whom Edwards “wanted.”

 

I'm pretty sure Watford's scouting system goes no further than Football Manager and Wyscout, but only the bronze membership. Bayo is straight out of the Bayat bucket, Manaj played for Inter Milan and Barcelona so therefore must be good and Gaspar came about after chatting to Villarreal over the Kiko deal. The captain of Villarreal must be good so we'll have him too.

The last three seem to have a bit more intelligence about them. It doesn't surprise me RE had no involvement in the first three signings as they happened quite early on. The last three he wouldn't have a problem with I suspect. But the annoyance probably comes from trusting the recruitment's expertise as to what was required and they've badly let him down. Now he has two unserviceable strikers who he probably has to fit it. Can we carry these two without having to give game time? Can we move them out of the club on loan? Probably not. Can we make use of Gaspar? Maybe, but not as a wingback. If we eradicated the first three signings, we'd be in a decent position. £5m better off with a clear picture of what's needed. Marry in haste, repent in leisure springs to mind. We've signed three players who are going to be of little use and are going to be a burden. We must replace them. I'd certainly move on Manaj. Maybe Bayo and Gaspar could be used from the bench at certain times, but as a promotion chasing club, we need far better through the door.

 

TalkSport journalist and Watford fan Toby Gilles with some insight into how things are going:

I got told by a former team mate of Edwards' yesterday that he's only had a say in one incoming since he arrived - Kourtney Hause - and he's not happy about it.

https://twitter.com/tobygilles/status/1562409351113068546?s=20&t=UOZ4dozRuHi9TcGTNt5EMQ

 

It is mad, but three at the back isn’t a great formation (it requires all players to do their job and a bit of someone else’s). Without excellent wingbacks he would be best to abandon it now or we’ll score about 30 goals this season

 

Haha look at “Woof” go steaming in. Why do Twitter randoms think they need to be Pozzo attack dogs at the slightest bit of negative sentiment. Very strange.

 

Well, he says he doesn't know what Edwards thinks about the signings. I don't believe for one second that Edwards wanted Bayo or Manaj and is happy with what they've done so far. I imagine he's happy with Hause, Choudhury and Davis though, even if he wasn't consulted about two of them.

 

Didn't he sign a two year deal? I doubt he'd throw away 18 months worth of pay by resigning. Probably better to be sacked, take the money and then blame the club for not supporting him sufficiently.

 

The idea that Edwards had any interest or say in the signings of Bayo, Manaj, Gaspar etc. is laughable

The only people who would be surprised by this are the same people who will just ignore it or call it a ‘conspiracy’ anyway

 

I believe Hodgson has a lot of experience and is currently out of work. That should fix things.

 

Well, with this drought, there's been no 'high water' so what more can he do?