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03/04/2022

Well we've been away for a while but we're back to see if the performance at Anfield might, just might, give us a chance of making a fight of it. We look at the positives and the negatives

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Well it's been a while since we had a game on a Saturday so we're back to look at the positives and negatives of good display away at Anfield.The Reds are, w...

20/02/2022

Watford away at Aston Villa was an entirely more convincing display than we might have expected. It looks like Roy's plan is coming together but the proof, as ever, is in the eating and so after this we will be hoping two games this coming week see us offer the same determination and drive as evidenced at Villa Park.

You 'Orns TVs The Boot Room look at the change in shape, attitude and hunger that saw a result when we needed it most and a determination that we hope is the "new normal" and not just a flash in the pan.

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Watford away at Aston Villa was an entirely more convincing display than we might have expected. It looks like Roy's plan is coming together but the proof, a...

13/02/2022

We take a mercifully short look at the home defeat to Brighton to see where the damage was done. What could have been a triumphant unveiling of our new manager instead turned out to be the least impressive performance and result since Roy Hodgson became manager and Ray Lewington re-joined the club as his assistant.

Some will be looking at the job that the likes of Graham Potter has done on the south coast and will be asking if the Pozzo model might need to adapt as the seagulls looked more coherent and threatening under Potters longer term stewardship.

With the clock starting to run out the Hornets season we will be hoping that Roy and Ray can start to get a tune out of the team soon before we start to run out of games and the teams above us start to pick up too many points and leave us cut adrift!

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We take a mercifully short look at the home defeat to Brighton to see where the damage was done. What could have been a triumphant unveiling of our new manag...

06/02/2022

Some are disappointed after a goalless draw at Turf Moor, after all both teams could have certainly dome with the three points. Others will look at the performance and the first Watford clean sheet this season that accompanied it as a very positive start.

We look at the game and the differences in organisation that Roy and Ray have bought to the Hornets training ground and look for what might be the next stages of Ovaltine revolution.

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Some are disappointed after a goalless draw at Turf Moor, after all both teams could have certainly dome with the three points. Others will look at the perfo...

03/02/2022

You 'Orns TV launch a new series that has been long in the planning - "The Taylor/Bassett Scale".

The idea is a simple one - Peter and a different guest discuss a former manager (other Head Coach titles are available) – their stats, their games, their highs and lows and finally decide where they might sit on the Taylor/Bassett Scale – a subjective order of greatness between GT – the father of the modern club and Dave Bassett who undid so much of his work in the late 80’s during a calamitous 6 month tenure.

We took so long getting round to this that when we were finally filming this with my first guest – Justin from Do Not Scratch Your Eyes Podcast - The Group – our first subject Ray Lewington re-joined the club! We pour over Rays time, the financial situation, the cup runs and much more. Out of respect we chose not to include a prolonged discussion on the tragic loss of Jimmy Davies but as ever during this time Ray acted with the dignity and decency that became his hallmark.

If you would like to be a guest on future episodes then please drop us a line and let us know which manager you might prefer to discuss or leave any memories of Ray’s time in the comments below.

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Watford have had a lot of managers, then head coaches and now back to managers again (at time of writing). We're going to look back at some of them and try t...

18/01/2022

We thought we'd take a different approach to the Boot Room in this episode and instead have a look at the individual errors that have plagued Watford's season so far.

Will the new signings help reduce these moments and what can the team do collectively to finally give us a clean sheet? We venture an opinion and welcome yours too - it is a game of opinions after all - so if you agree or completely disagree have your say.

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We thought we'd take a different approach to the Boot Room in this episode and instead have a look at the individual errors that have plagued Watford's seaso...

09/01/2022

As we look forward to three must win games (Newcastle, Burnley and Norwich), we take the opportunity to look back to 1999 to a team that looked like it was running out of steam and somehow, from somewhere find the resolved, determination and intensity to pull itself up once again and to go on and make history.

April '99 and with the season threatening to fall away Graham Taylor finds what it takes to get a group of players to push again and again and again.

The current team could do a lot worse than look for inspiration from GT, Tommy Mooney and the rest who could dig deep when it mattered most.

Fingers crossed! COYH!

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As we look forward to three must win games (Newcastle, Burnley and Norwich), we take the opportunity to look back to 1999 to a team that looked like it was r...

03/01/2022

A sort of new series "Doing the Double" where we look at an opponent that we have beaten home and away in a season.
Thinly veiled excuse to show Watford goals and victories - could be! But what the heck in these days of no clean sheets and VAR - we only need the slightest excuse!

We look at the Double over the Addicks in 2008/9 and watch Priskin delightfully chip current Watford keeper Rob Elliott!

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So a (sort of) series. Most seasons we will do a league double or two over an opponent beating them home and away - there's nothing awarded for it but its re...

29/12/2021

We have a short look at the Hammers defeat (who would want to have a long look at it!?!) and see where and how the errors occurred and how they were exploited and ask how important is the January transfer window going to be? The answer is VERY in capitals, bold and a really serious looking font!
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No one knows how much COVID and the 18 day break affected this performance however the individual errors that keep occurring defensively mean that the Hornet...

14/12/2021

Well we have now reached 400 subscribers on the You 'Orns TV YouTube channel! Thank you for the support and thank you to all the fantastic face book groups!

We have now reached 24 episodes of Big Match of the Day which covers 36 games across our past 50 years so if you feel like you need to have some Hornet hi-lights from yesteryear then you can find them here

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11/12/2021

After an extremely tough run of fixtures, a depleted Brentford side should have seen the Hornets impose an impressive performance on the Bees but this felt like more than a result that simply "got away from us" if Ranieri's face is anything to judge it by.

We look at the overall pattern of play, how we did or did not press the ball, how we sat deep in the second half (a rather odd strategy given our defensive frailties), the odd tactical changes and the moment that made Ranieri decide to make changes. We also ask how fit are the outfield subs when a few of them never get a run and we have two goalkeepers making up the nine on the bench - Fingers crossed for Burnley away!!!

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After an extremely tough run of fixtures, a depleted Brentford side should have seen the Hornets impose an impressive performance on the Bees but this felt l...

05/12/2021

On the face it of a match against City and Star Trek have very little in common - but we make the less than tenuous link! And no, we don't think that Ranieri is wearing red and has just beamed down to the plant surface!

What were the recurring themes in the game against Guardiola's men? Well some will be obvious and some will be finance based but not all of them will be negative!

Are we in a better position now to exploit a less daunting set of fixtures?

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On the face it of a match against City and Star Trek have very little in common - but we make the less than tenuous link! And no, we don't think that Ranieri...

04/12/2021

The "Not so" Covid special. Filming the usual nonsense we do alongside the actual match footage has been impossible this week so we're going to get to the main event quicker. 1982 Watford are in the top three of the second tier and are pushing for promotion but with a fine underdog/giant killing reputation to protect GT sets out his team to get about the Hammers from the top division.

The always under valued Keith Pritchett makes a welcome appearance and again Luther turns out in midfield (why had my brain managed to completely forget how versatile he was - I blame his goal scoring stats for blinding me, but other excuses are available).

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The "Not so" Covid special. Filming the usual nonsense we do alongside the actual match footage has been impossible this week so we're going to get to the ma...

27/11/2021

You 'Orns TVs Big Match of the Day goes back to the week that we won promotion to the top flight for the first time on the Tuesday, Won the FA Youth Cup for the first time on the Thursday and then played Leicester City on the Saturday. Leicester were going for the last promotion spot and we were presumably hungover twice but we still got the better of the foxes!

Gary Lineker features for the foxes but as twitter hadn't been invented we weren't wrong about everything - yet!

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In the week that Watford reached the top tier of English football for the first time (Tuesday vs Wrexham) they had some other games. They won the FA Youth Cu...

21/11/2021

You 'Orns TVs The Boot Room takes a look at how the Hornets set up against the Red Devils (who were strangely dressed like a Poundland Man City!) as the media focus on United and Ole's firing we look at some of the things that Claudio got right.

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The TV and papers will make this story all about United and in a way you can understand why, especially after firing him the morning after the match - they'r...

14/11/2021

Sorry for the lack of videos last week - had to focus on some different things, but normal service is now resumed with a game that many people remember being their first game attending.

Drawing on the Saturday in the FA Cup meant a Tuesday replay and Watford who had built their reputation in the cups as giant killers were now an established top flight team and their to be shot at by the Saddlers - who refuse to simply "make up the numbers".

Seeing Craig Shakespeare play for the opposition long before his stint as Assistant manager and seeing old Hornet Ray Train popping up for the visitors allows you to add to what was a rollercoaster of a cup tie with replay upon replay and goal upon goal!

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Sorry for the lack of videos last week - had to focus on some different things, but normal service is now resumed with a game that many people remember being...

31/10/2021

The Boot Room ask - vs Southampton why Watford supporters will have left Vicarage Road confused as to where the team and team work that so successfully despatched Everton disappeared to against the Saints.

We look at our pressing game - so impressive against Everton and so absent here and we look at how Southampton co-ordinate their movements to good effect and to get their best ball player on the ball in deep positions to start attacks.

We also look at Sarr's crossing and ask, whilst we find his delivery frustrating - why are we not getting more bodies into the box to get onto the end of them?

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Watford supporters will have left Vicarage Road confused as to where the team and team work that so successfully despatched Everton disappeared to against th...

30/10/2021

You 'Orns TV bring you the third in our Big Match of the Day Arsenal trilogy as the Hornets travel to the Emirates under Quique Sanchez Flores.

Arsenal had some top talent in Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil amongst others but Watford turned up with no small measure of talent in their side. A good early start to the season had seen Watford all but safe and a run to the quarter finals of the FA Cup would not be allowed to go by as simply "making up the numbers".

Ighalo and Deeney had transformed their promotion form to the Premier League and so Watford went with some goal power. At the back Prodl in his first season had proved a good partner to Craig Cathcart and on loan Nathan Ake was impressing in his season on loan from Chelsea.

With a midfield including Behrami, Capoue, Watson and Guedioura the Hornets were determined not to be outworked!

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The third in our Arsenal trilogy sees the Hornets travel to the Emirates under Quique Sanchez Flores.Arsenal had some top talent in Alexis Sanchez and Mesut ...

24/10/2021

A first win at Goodison Park! You 'Orns TVs The Boot Room looks at the difference between our games against the two Merseyside giants to see some of the changes that contributed to the Everton groundsman having a breakdown due to the number of knee slides performed in front of the magnificently vocal away crowd!!!

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Villa was great, Norwich was wonderful but this - this was really something else. A first win at Goodison and a genuinely fabulous performance where at last ...

23/10/2021

Second of our promised games v Arsenal sees us back at Highbury in 1987 as we come towards the end of GT's first era at the club.
Now an established first tier side Watford have so much quality running through the side and it is horrible to think of how Dave Bassett dismantled this side so needlessly following his arrival less than six months later.

But never mind lets enjoy Barnes, Blissett and Bardsley et al really winding up the odious Steve Williams of Arsenal! Can you think of any opponents who were more odious and worse losers than Williams!!!

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Our second game v Arsenal and back to Highbury for the quarter final of the FA Cup. This is towards the end of the GT's first era and whilst some faces have ...

17/10/2021

Short review (from a Watford point of view, who wants to sit through a long autopsy?). We look at Liverpool's press, gegenpressing and energy levels that were everything that Watford's were not!

We remind ourselves that Klopp's early performances were not as comprehensive - Ranieri's first game was always going to be difficult but now he knows the size of the task that he has signed up for.

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Short review (from a Watford point of view who wants to sit through a long autopsy). We look at Liverpool's press, gegenpressing and energy levels that were ...

16/10/2021

You 'Orns TVs Big Match of the Day brings you the first of three videos of matches against "our neighbours over the training ground fence" - the Arsenal.

As we head into a run of games against bigger, more resourced teams lets remind ourselves that we have a glorious history of upsetting the status quo!

This first game comes from our first season in the top flight (82/83) where we travelled to the "Marble Halls" of Highbury but showed no fear and no lack of fighting spirit taking on the established order.

As we face Liverpool this weekend it is worth noting that this particular season we came runners up by beating Liverpool at home 2-1 in the last game of the season! Fingers crossed we can cause some more upsets over the coming weeks!

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The first of three BMOTD's against our training neighbours Arsenal.Our first season in the top flight of English football saw the Hornets eventually finish s...

09/10/2021

What is the point of international breaks!!!!! Anyway if you are hankering for a bit of Watford action then travel back in time over 40 years to a very different St James Park, Newcastle in You 'Orns TVs "Big Match of the Day" and enjoy the delights of football footage Tyne Tees TV style as the GT brings his Hornets to Toon!

Ross Jenkins features prominently as does a buccaneering Wilf Rostron anyone would think the Sunderland born former Sunderland player didn't like the Magpies !

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1980 and Graham Taylor is trying to gel together a a team from the squad that achieved back to back promotions with 6 fresh recruits in a bid to stay in the ...

03/10/2021

As we were editing this the news came through that Xisco had been relieved at the helm. Whilst points on the board are not as bad as in previous years the performances and repeated errors at set pieces has been a recurring theme and the showing at Elland Road clearly did nothing to appease the hierarchy.

In just over 5 minutes we look at some of what went wrong in his final game for the popular Spaniard who had done a good job bringing us up from the Championship.

Gracias Xisco

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02/10/2021

You 'Orns TVs Big Match of the Day brings you the game from Blundell Park featuring the likes of Coton, McLelland, Callaghan, Les Taylor, Jackett plus many more including a certain number 8 who had returned from the glamour of Italy for the reality of Grimsby Town!

The pitch is quite absurd as are some of the talent on display including on the Mariners side a young Paul Wilkinson who would don the yellow a couple of times in a long career.

You 'Orns TV is a YouTube channel bringing you Watford related content old and new - we hope you like it.

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Yes I know we joke about the glamour of the likes of Grimsby etc.. but this is a proper hotbed of football and of course the ties to Graham Taylor are strong...

26/09/2021

The Boot Room from You 'Orns TV looks at the game vs Newcastle and the influence of Ozan Tufan in the second half.

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Very much a game of two halves Newcastle dominant in the first and Watford having the better of the second. The introduction of Ozan Tufan saw Watford spring...

24/09/2021

A new, or old depending on how you look at it, Big Match of the Day is now ready and we have gone for something a bit different.

We are celebrating the fabulous magazines and fanzines (such as YBR) by taking part of a magazine and helping it bring to life the Ken Furphy side of the late 60's and early 70's. Especially the QF of the FA Cup v Liverpool but other moments to boot and all through the medium of a magazine page that someone posted on FaceBook (so sorry I copied it and didn't take note of the persons name) celebrating the great Barry Endean.

Anyway we hope you enjoy it and don't forget to support the Watford magazines and fanzines such YBR, Golden Pages and The Watford Treasury!

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One of the ideas around the YOTV channel was to help make the history of the club a little more accessible to everyone. For fans old enough to remember a gam...

19/09/2021

The latest episode of The Boot Room is now available and finally a win to analyse!!! So, what changed from the meek Wolves performance last week or was it, as some have suggested just weaker opposition?

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They say a week is a long time in football - well ain't that true!Yes Norwich are having a hard time of it and are without a point but you've still got to tu...

13/09/2021

You might have got over the Wolves game but if you want another view of the game then the Boot Room takes a look at the game from a tactical perspective.

We look at the set pieces and wonder why we are zonal marking, who keeps missing pivotal headers and why do we refuse to mark that guy at the back post again and again and again and again.....

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From a Watford perspective this a post mortem of an ugly, ineffective performance. The performances of the two incoming fullbacks not withstanding this was a...

11/09/2021

We have been making cartoons of segments of the interviews conducted by the boys at Do Not Scratch Your Eyes Podcast - The Group for a few months now.

Here is a selection of 4 from the brilliant interview with Gifton.
Some will make you smile, some will make you laugh and one or two of them will remind you what a unique and brilliant club we support.

https://youtu.be/favtdct1CuY - Part One: Gifton explains how GT helped him when he first became a young father

https://youtu.be/2zS-NvxX-Jw - Part Two: Gifton talks about how good Ronny "The Rocket" really was and why he didn't mind running for him

https://youtu.be/a66m5K74sk8 - Part Three: Gifton nearly had to stop playing as a teenager - the reason he didn't have to is Sir Elton John - I challenge you to hear this and not swell with pride at our life president

https://youtu.be/F11-t_8r7iE - Part Four: We wouldn't want Carl in our front garden either! But this is a story of trees, fandom and disappointing foliage.

You can here the full interview with many more stories here: https://podfollow.com/do-not-scratch-your-eyes/episode/7c68b520a18338a57ad5f2c694d2fb7704723623/view

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