Watford boss Gianfranco Zola says their previous win over Sheffield Wednesday will have no impact on tonight's game

2:41pm Tuesday 5th March 2013 in Latest Sport

Picture: Holly Cant Picture: Holly Cant

Gianfranco Zola insisted Watford's comfortable victory over Sheffield Wednesday earlier this season will have no influence on tonight's contest.

"The past has gone now and we have to make sure we maintain a good level of performance and keep winning games," Zola said.

Watford beat Wednesday 4-1 at the end of November but the Hornets are set to welcome a very different team at Vicarage Road.

The Owls had lost their previous four matches prior to the November defeat but before Saturday's 1-0 loss against Nottingham Forest, Wednesday were unbeaten in eight league matches.

Dave Jones' men also have a good recent record on the road; they have won four of their last six away matches, drawing the other two, and their last defeat away from Hillsborough came on December 2 against league-leaders Cardiff City.

Watford conceded a late goal to draw 1-1 with struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers on Friday night and dropped out of the automatic places following Hull City's emphatic win the following day.

When asked if dropping out of the top two provided additional motivation, Zola replied: "I believe we need to keep seeking good performances all the time; try to get better and better and then the results should follow."

He continued: "Were the players down after Friday? No. Disappointed? Yes because we should have won the game.

"We played a good game and should have won but we didn't. We did everything we had to do, it was only the finishes that weren't as good as they should have been."

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Comments(9)

francowatford says...
3:09pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Let's give Fernando terrific support tonight and show him that we fully support him. If he is on the bench lets chant his name as much as possible and if he starts lets not get on his back when he makes a poor touch and cheer every touch he makes

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hornet88 says...
3:26pm Tue 5 Mar 13

francowatford wrote:
Let's give Fernando terrific support tonight and show him that we fully support him. If he is on the bench lets chant his name as much as possible and if he starts lets not get on his back when he makes a poor touch and cheer every touch he makes
Cheer every touch? It might start to sound sarcastic? I agree we should support him I couldn't believe the abuse he got on Friday night, but I think we need to cheer the whole team on. Just a really loud and proud atmosphere will probably do the trick

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Bush Hornet says...
3:27pm Tue 5 Mar 13

francowatford wrote:
Let's give Fernando terrific support tonight and show him that we fully support him. If he is on the bench lets chant his name as much as possible and if he starts lets not get on his back when he makes a poor touch and cheer every touch he makes
Good call

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Harry's Bar says...
3:28pm Tue 5 Mar 13

If you look at the top strikers they normally side foot the ball into the net. On Friday Fess was scything at the ball, like he was trying to break the net, a sign of anxiety. Just relax, easier said than done of course.

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francowatford says...
3:45pm Tue 5 Mar 13

Harry's Bar wrote:
If you look at the top strikers they normally side foot the ball into the net. On Friday Fess was scything at the ball, like he was trying to break the net, a sign of anxiety. Just relax, easier said than done of course.
it's because he is rushing to score to ensure he gets in the starting line up

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francowatford says...
4:19pm Tue 5 Mar 13

hornet88 wrote:
francowatford wrote: Let's give Fernando terrific support tonight and show him that we fully support him. If he is on the bench lets chant his name as much as possible and if he starts lets not get on his back when he makes a poor touch and cheer every touch he makes
Cheer every touch? It might start to sound sarcastic? I agree we should support him I couldn't believe the abuse he got on Friday night, but I think we need to cheer the whole team on. Just a really loud and proud atmosphere will probably do the trick
that does seem sarcastic but you get what I mean...

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hornet88 says...
5:07pm Tue 5 Mar 13

francowatford wrote:
hornet88 wrote:
francowatford wrote: Let's give Fernando terrific support tonight and show him that we fully support him. If he is on the bench lets chant his name as much as possible and if he starts lets not get on his back when he makes a poor touch and cheer every touch he makes
Cheer every touch? It might start to sound sarcastic? I agree we should support him I couldn't believe the abuse he got on Friday night, but I think we need to cheer the whole team on. Just a really loud and proud atmosphere will probably do the trick
that does seem sarcastic but you get what I mean...
Yeah I get what you mean....I was just bored at work so I posted anything.... I hate waiting for kick off

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matthewp says...
5:28pm Tue 5 Mar 13

I agree that we should support all the players. Fernando is the sole player to sign for us permanently and if we give him stick then it may deter the other players on loan making the same commitment.

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lockerbiehornet says...
5:29pm Tue 5 Mar 13

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She's proper sausage!!!

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