Discuss the action as Watford travel to Cardiff City

Discuss the action as Watford travel to Cardiff Discuss the action as Watford travel to Cardiff

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Key points

  • Watford lose 2-1 thanks to an injury-time Aron Gunnarsson header and finished the game with nine men after Daniel Pudil and then Nathaniel Chalobah were sent off
  • Tommie Hoban bundled home to put Watford 1-0 up inside the first half.
  • Daniel Pudil was dismissed with the score at 1-0 for an off-the-ball incident
  • Peter Whittingham equalised from the penalty spot after a powerful Noone shot hit the arm of Hogg from point-blank range.
  • A minute later, Chalobah was sent off after he picked up a second yellow card

Cardiff City line-up:

Marshall; Connolly, Turner (Gestede 74), Hudson, Taylor; Noone, Cowie, Whittingham, Smith (Gunnarsson 85); Helguson, Bellamy (Mason HT).

Subs: Lewis, McNaughton, Conway, Kim.

Watford line-up:

Almunia; Doyley, Hall, Hoban; Cassetti (Thompson 71), Chalobah, Hogg, Yeates, Pudil; Vydra (Anya 61), Geijo (Deeney 74).

Subs: Bond, Abdi, Forestieri, Murray.

Referee: Mark Haywood.

Attendance: 20,777.

 

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Comments(11)

buck-stops says...
7:23pm Tue 23 Oct 12

That's a bench to be reckoned with. Squad rotation at wfc who'd have thought. Geijo needs a run out so im pleased he's in.

Bringe says...
7:29pm Tue 23 Oct 12

Sounds like GZ's been reading my posts, Deeney off the bench is the last thing their knackered defenders will want to see.
I think Diff are about to get a lesson.

dal8oy says...
8:38pm Tue 23 Oct 12

Sounds like Geijo is playing well with Vydra. My goodness we have FF and TD on the bench still to come on. God Im excited about the rest of this season!
COYH

Harrydownunder says...
8:54pm Tue 23 Oct 12

Agree with posts here, regardless of result tonight, it is so promising to have such a strong bench. Starting 11 know that a below par game will mean you can lose your place. COYH......

amershamhornet says...
9:12pm Tue 23 Oct 12

great to have such a strong squad. This will be even more important during the Winter months when Jan/Feb has not been very kind to us in recent seasons.
As I type can not believe we have had another player sent off

jasonwatford says...
9:13pm Tue 23 Oct 12

another red card ffs.....

allgood says...
9:53pm Tue 23 Oct 12

All very well having a strong squad if we keep having men sent off. Was looking forward to Malky blaming the ref. He was their man of the match.

Bush Hornet says...
10:12pm Tue 23 Oct 12

I feel sick

kingofpop says...
10:29pm Tue 23 Oct 12

a jand in the face...sounds less than that brighton player did to neuton....cant believe the observer is taking so long for match report.watford website says a shot hit hogg...sounds like ball to hand.

Bush Hornet says...
10:40pm Tue 23 Oct 12

1 inexperienced ref, 2 sendings off, 1 dodgy penalty, 1 last gasp goal. After being distinctly 2nd best when it was an even contest I think Cardiff fans will know they got lucky tonight. I still feel sick though.

KeithMercer says...
10:43pm Tue 23 Oct 12

WTF is Yeates still starting games for ?
come on GFZ surely the penny has dropped by now ! Yeates starts = Watford lose! simple equation just look at the stats .Only Yeates would not cross the ball to Doyley ! would have put us 2-1 up with 9 men and would have completely knocked the stuffing out of fatty Macpie and his very ordinary Sheepmen.
Excuse me for being bitter and twisted but I am really p****ed off now.
By the way well played most of the guys tonight ! keep the faith it will come !!

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