S25/26 | The Official Match Thread | Watford FC 0 Swansea City 2 | Att: 18,691 | 31.01.26 | The EFL Championship | Vicarage Road, Watford

[Menston4128]

I personally think we can go on a run for the play offs, I think we will be one of the fitter teams come the end of the season with our squad depth. The Championship is a very poor league this season.

This is certainley a possibility but we need a run of 4 or 5 wins sooner rather than later, much like Wrexham after we beat them.

Feb fixtures look favourable with Sheff Wed, Preston & Bristol teams than haven't got great form at the moment, if we can win those and get a result at Derby or Ipswich we could be right in the mix.

 

[Smurph]

I blocked him some time ago.

He seems like an absolute weapon.

 

[jackharris]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2017679426968756569

 

[Gors Buster]

The Championship is a poor league most seasons. This one stands out because the relegated teams aren't clear at the top. The key is consistency. If we put a couple of runs of results together, and we're certainly capable of it, there's no reason why we can't be contenders for a top six spot.

Hull are third and we could, probably should have taken at least a point up there. Same at Coventry. Wrexham are sixth and tactically they looked very limited down here.

As stupid as this will sound, goals are the difference.
Hull’s front 3 are smashing them in.
Our numbers don’t deserve a play off spot at the moment.
They haven’t for a while.

 

[cmajack]

As stupid as this will sound, goals are the difference.
Hull’s front 3 are smashing them in.
Our numbers don’t deserve a play off spot at the moment.
They haven’t for a while.

Our form on the road has to improve dramatically as well. 2 wins away in 11 matches is not form that is going to get you in the top 6. It's an unrealistic target in my opinion.

 

[Dr. Winston]

As stupid as this will sound, goals are the difference.
Hull’s front 3 are smashing them in.
Our numbers don’t deserve a play off spot at the moment.
They haven’t for a while.

I don't disagree. Eom should probably have four or five by now (although I maintain that he would be a better #10 than a winger). Ronald has underperformed. We need more goals from midfield in general, which hopefully Walta will contribute towards.

 

[Cinio Dydd Sul]

Great result and second half performance. Haven't seen anything mention it, but Viggy made 2 great at 0-0. Sliding doors moments in games with small margins.

 

[lidojack]

Love the optimism but no. This isn’t a play off squad by any stretch.

You could probably say the same about 7ish of the squads in the top 10 to be fair.

 

[Magic_Michu]

Win next week and I’d imagine we’ll be within 6 pts of the play offs with a win next week

Our form on the road has to improve dramatically as well. 2 wins away in 11 matches is not form that is going to get you in the top 6. It's an unrealistic target in my opinion.

Although I think we’ve been hard done by in the last few away games. We definitely deserved more against Hull and Coventry… I had been saying that results away from home would soon follow the performances - Watford had only lost 2 games since November before today.

I think a lot will hinge on Walta… if he can add a little bit more creativity to the side then we could be the real deal.

 

[Bluenile]

Put it this way, if that is an adult I can’t quite believe it.

Lisa, when I told him it was a disgusting word, he merely found an excuse to repeat it. One of my long term friends has a grown up downs syndrome son. He's been treated the same as the other child in the family, and now works and adds to society as a decent human being. My friend and his wife devoted their life to caring for him, and making sure that he can live and thrive after they've gone. Then along comes this total waste of oxygen, and makes my blood boil. It shows that you can't legislate for ignorance and sheer stupidity. Don't know why he's not banned completely already.

 

[cmajack]

Win next week and I’d imagine we’ll be within 6 pts of the play offs with a win next week

Although I think we’ve been hard done by in the last few away games. We definitely deserved more against Hull and Coventry… I had been saying that results away from home would soon follow the performances - Watford had only lost 2 games since November before today.

I think a lot will hinge on Walta… if he can add a little bit more creativity to the side then we could be the real deal.

I've said it for weeks that we are a right back , a creative goal scoring midfielder and a couple of decent wide men away from being a very very good side. Unfortunately we haven't got them, though Galbraith is a decent right back. It's at the top end of the pitch we lack real quality. Just think it's too late now for this season, even if we sign them.

 

[Magic_Michu]

I've said it for weeks that we are a right back , a creative goal scoring midfielder and a couple of decent wide men away from being a very very good side. Unfortunately we haven't got them, though Galbraith is a decent right back. It's at the top end of the pitch we lack real quality. Just think it's too late now for this season, even if we sign them.

I’m hoping Walta will fix the goal scoring midfielder problem and in Nunes we look like we have a winger of real quality.

 

[Treehuggerjack]

Lisa, when I told him it was a disgusting word, he merely found an excuse to repeat it. One of my long term friends has a grown up downs syndrome son. He's been treated the same as the other child in the family, and now works and adds to society as a decent human being. My friend and his wife devoted their life to caring for him, and making sure that he can live and thrive after they've gone. Then along comes this total waste of oxygen, and makes my blood boil. It shows that you can't legislate for ignorance and sheer stupidity. Don't know why he's not banned completely already.

I think I may have seen the sentence in question. And while I agree that people may find this offensive, it is a word that is/has been used around the country for years. I am not saying that this is ok or acceptable, but growing up in Swansea, I heard it a lot. (Not heard it ever since leaving 20 plus years ago).
I think Banning the person in question may be a bit harsh. He may not know the effect it has had yourself or Lisa or some others posters.
He may apologise to those, he may not?
He may learn not to post it, or not?
I do not know the history of this persons posts, but I guess if it is always upsetting people then a ban may be in order.
If it’s a one off or mistake to learn from then that can be a good thing as one grows.

 

[monmouth]

Our form on the road has to improve dramatically as well. 2 wins away in 11 matches is not form that is going to get you in the top 6. It's an unrealistic target in my opinion.

Aye, just relax and enjoy the games. We’ll finish where we finish. I’m not a frothing wreck howling at the moon watching us these days. Looking forward to each game, game by game, will do for me.

 

[J_B]

I think I may have seen the sentence in question. And while I agree that people may find this offensive, it is a word that is/has been used around the country for years. I am not saying that this is ok or acceptable, but growing up in Swansea, I heard it a lot. (Not heard it ever since leaving 20 plus years ago).
I think Banning the person in question may be a bit harsh. He may not know the effect it has had yourself or Lisa or some others posters.
He may apologise to those, he may not?
He may learn not to post it, or not?
I do not know the history of this persons posts, but I guess if it is always upsetting people then a ban may be in order.
If it’s a one off or mistake to learn from then that can be a good thing as one grows.

It was used freely a long time ago but hasn’t been considered acceptable for very many years.
Bluenile told him it was offensive and he ignored that and repeated it almost immediately. I’d like to think that he doesn’t understand the offence caused but when you’re told it’s offensive you would expect someone to stop and think and educate themselves before repeating it.