Gianfranco Zola 'furious' with referee after Watford's defeat to Blackpool

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Gianfranco Zola was “furious” and “very upset” with referee Andrew Madley following Watford’s 2-1 defeat to Blackpool.

The Hornets were leading 1-0 until the final 15 minutes when Tom Ince equalised and then Jonathan Bond fumbled a corner with two minutes remaining, which allowed Gary MacKenzie to scramble the ball over the line.

Watford had three very strong penalty appeals turned down during the match, with the final claim coming in injury time when the score 2-1 was.

Zola believes his team should have been awarded three spot kicks after Daniel Pudil was bundled over at a corner, Troy Deeney was pulled back when set to shoot and Lloyd Doyley was brought down.

“It was frustrating and upsetting,” Zola said.

“It was a day made like this because of one man on the pitch today and he was not wearing a yellow or orange shirt.

“It is very upsetting. I would love to spend more of my time talking about somebody else because I don’t like talking about referees but today he made a difference and I feel so upset, not because of him, but for my players because they worked very hard in difficult conditions and deserved more.

“They didn’t get anything because of him. He had a very poor day, like we all have, and he had two opportunities towards the end to at least make up for his bad day and he didn’t.

“I am furious about it. There was a penalty in the first half which he saw because he was in a good position but he didn’t want to give it.

“The only reason he probably didn’t give it was because Troy Deeney didn’t go down on the floor when he was pushed. If he went down, then he is accused of cheating like he booked Fernando Forestieri for cheating when he got kicked in the left leg. Another player kicked one of my players from behind and didn’t even get cautioned.

“Excuse me for my change of voice – apologies because it isn’t my way - but I feel bad for the players.”

He continued: “There were at least two penalties. The one at the end, I wasn’t going to talk about but I went to see the video and it is clear that he caught his foot.

“I saw straight away it was a penalty because I know the dynamics of those things and I knew he had caught his foot. I went to see it again before I spoke to you and it is clear that he was caught and he took his foot.

“The referee saw it and didn’t want to give it. But that is it.

“So allow me to be like this now because I needed to be like this and then I could carry on,” he said with a smile.

When someone highlighted Pudil being pulled to the ground in the first half, Zola joked: “O thank you very much. That one I didn’t see it but you are right and you have given me an opportunity. That was another one.

“Three weeks ago against Derby County, we were winning 2-0 and there was a penalty that, well, if that was a penalty then there should have been two penalties for that one.”

Watford’s players also believed Blackpool’s winning goal should have been ruled out for a foul on Bond, who subsequently dropped Ince’s corner.

Zola explained: “The goalkeeper told me that Nathan Delfouneso kept hold of his arm but honestly I can tell you I am not sure about it as I couldn’t see it.

“Not only the goalkeeper, but the players around him told me that he pulled his arm but I can’t be sure.

“But the others? I am 100 per cent.”

Watford made four changes this afternoon but it wasn’t simply down to rotation; Almen Abdi pulled out 15 minutes before kick-off after “feeling his groin”, Nathaniel Chalobah had a “twitch” in his hamstring on Thursday, Joel Ekstrand had a tight hamstring and Marco Cassetti was not feature enough to feature.

The Hornets controlled possession in the first half, with replacements Mark Yeates and Jonathan Hogg impressing, but that changed following the restart as Blackpool started to take control.

Zola said: “I think the point is that we started to get tired. Cristian Battocchio worked a lot, also Troy Deeney got tired and I had to change Fernando Forestieri. Then you start to lose Mark Yeates, who had played a fantastic game but he felt the fact he hadn’t played for a while.

“There were a few players who hadn’t played for a while. There were a few players losing it and on top of that, Blackpool got better and you have to admit that this is a team that was in the play-offs last year. They are not going well at the moment but they are a decent team and you have to accept that.

“But until the second goal, they didn’t really cause any problems to us apart from set-plays. I didn’t see it coming.”

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Comments(47)

grahamwfc says...
9:14pm Sat 9 Mar 13

Lets get mad then & produce 9 winning games - yup the referee was biased at best but we have not been "at it" of late. Hopefully this will get us playing with vengence

CARDIFFHORN says...
9:27pm Sat 9 Mar 13

Agree with Zola about the ref and penalties at least one was defo. Also FF was booked for diving even though there player was concerned about his injury also Derbyshire should of been booked for asking for physio and then jumping up straight away and also the other Blackpool player who threw the ball away at the award of a free kick. However why is it only our players who can't hack three games in a week or last a whole one because they haven't played for a while, it seems to be a GFZ excuse. In GFZ we trust.

There was only one Scully says...
9:34pm Sat 9 Mar 13

Total disgrace by another bias ref who seemed to have another agenda against us. Needs to be reported for his display today which was not in the spirit of the game. I hope its been noted and seen. Get rid of these Sunday officials!

CARDIFFHORN says...
9:34pm Sat 9 Mar 13

Agree with Zola about the ref and penalties at least one was defo. Also FF was booked for diving even though there player was concerned about his injury also Derbyshire should of been booked for asking for physio and then jumping up straight away and also the other Blackpool player who threw the ball away at the award of a free kick. However why is it only our players who can't hack three games in a week or last a whole one because they haven't played for a while, it seems to be a GFZ excuse. In GFZ we trust.

JohnnyHornet says...
9:50pm Sat 9 Mar 13

There was only one Scully wrote:
Total disgrace by another bias ref who seemed to have another agenda against us. Needs to be reported for his display today which was not in the spirit of the game. I hope its been noted and seen. Get rid of these Sunday officials!
Behave...Watford games are the Football League's trialling ground for cr4p officials and matches their agenda of thwarting WFC's promotion by all subversive means...........well you would think so wouldn't you.

1982WFC says...
9:59pm Sat 9 Mar 13

The one on Troy was so blatant it's untrue, it was a stonewal penalty. Pudil being wrestled to the floor, for some reason in that situation the defender who does all the holding always seem to get the decision & the one on Lloyd late on looked a pen but I was too far away to say for sure. I have a real issue with the referees "assistants" they can see an awful lot more than the referee can at times but seem incapable of giving a decision of any significance. Even for balls in & out of play they wait for the referee to signal which way to give it before they raise their flag to merely agree. They are no more than Sunday morning standard.

The BestTrip2011 says...
10:02pm Sat 9 Mar 13

As poor as this official was, I wish GFZ would leave the referee bashing to the likes of Ian Holloway, Dave Jones or Colin W*nker.
For me, there were plenty of other reasons to analyse why we lost today.

1982WFC says...
10:09pm Sat 9 Mar 13

The BestTrip2011 wrote:
As poor as this official was, I wish GFZ would leave the referee bashing to the likes of Ian Holloway, Dave Jones or Colin W*nker.
For me, there were plenty of other reasons to analyse why we lost today.
Agreed to a certain extent, but an unfamiliar line up was doing enough to win the match. Everyone makes mistakes but to miss two if not three penalties is verging on criminal. If the one on Troy is given on the stroke of HT there's a strong possibility we go in 2-0 up. That makes it a completely different game. If the referee cannot see what happened the linesman on that side certainly can, he was looking right at it.

Only 2 Ross Jenkins says...
11:36pm Sat 9 Mar 13

We are clutching at straws if we are blaming the ref and the officials. We have to take responsibility for the defeat. It was a tight match and we were not good enough. It's possible we should have had a couple of penalties, but did we really do enough to win?? A very disappointing day all round...our performance, the ref's performance, the Ince's performance, and I have to say, the fans performance (2nd half especially). Time to rise up to the next level...

Holly68 says...
12:14am Sun 10 Mar 13

just watched FL show, defo penalties on Pudil, Deeney and Doyley, but Bond was not fouled for winner, poor keeping !!

SAHornet says...
5:42am Sun 10 Mar 13

Only 2 Ross Jenkins wrote:
We are clutching at straws if we are blaming the ref and the officials. We have to take responsibility for the defeat. It was a tight match and we were not good enough. It's possible we should have had a couple of penalties, but did we really do enough to win?? A very disappointing day all round...our performance, the ref's performance, the Ince's performance, and I have to say, the fans performance (2nd half especially). Time to rise up to the next level...
Regarding the fans, all I could hear was Blackpool fans. Listened on Hornets Player and Jon Marks & Derek Payne commented time and time again how quiet it was all afternoon. Pity cos everybody knows that a noisy, partisan home crowd really can roar their team on to better things. Come on guys, the team needs you to help them get across that line. COYH's

mattymashup says...
8:13am Sun 10 Mar 13

Why we made so many changes was beyond me, one defender, two midfielders and a striker! Zola himself has said he should only make one change in each position, we really needed Abdi and chalobah today. Also on another note I hope someone will complain about Paul ince raising his middle finger to the rookery again and again and again after the game, makes me happy I cut up the Blackpool team coach on the one way system!

Ronny oh Ronny Ronny says...
8:24am Sun 10 Mar 13

mattymashup wrote:
Why we made so many changes was beyond me, one defender, two midfielders and a striker! Zola himself has said he should only make one change in each position, we really needed Abdi and chalobah today. Also on another note I hope someone will complain about Paul ince raising his middle finger to the rookery again and again and again after the game, makes me happy I cut up the Blackpool team coach on the one way system!
Beyond you but not anyone else. 4 enforced changes as Chalobah and Abdi were injured, Ekstrand and Cassetti had knocks. Forrestieri deserved his start.
We will come back from this and I agree Ince is a disgrace.

midtable says...
8:25am Sun 10 Mar 13

The referees performance was poor but as has been mentioned we were not at our best. We did not play at a pace that would have put an average team under pressure. For all the media reports about the nice style we play I can not get excited by watch Nyron pass the ball to his international team mate Lloydinho who passes it back to Bond. Especially if we are behind and chasing the game. I don't want to go back to Aidy's game plan but pace and movement please.

watford1881 says...
8:41am Sun 10 Mar 13

What's happened to Vydra?? When he came on he looked uninterested & slow.. Maybe Championship centre backs have found him out.. Not been the same since flying home in pozzos private jet after playing in Turkey.. We are still in with a chance of second.. Although now it's Hulls to lose.. Barnsley will be hard.. Our record there is poor as of late..

exeterhornet says...
8:47am Sun 10 Mar 13

Didnt go up for this one so can only go by what I have seen/heard on various tv channels. Seems we should have been comfortable by half time and that, once again, poor ref decisions have proved critical.
However, compare GFZ's reasoned debate about the ref to the rantings of that idiot at Palace. Did anybody else lip read his tirade of abuse at the final whistle when he pointed to the ref and screamed "you cheating f****** c***"? and then twice followed up with "f****** tw**". When are the FA gonna come down on this bloke?

KeithMercer says...
9:36am Sun 10 Mar 13

exeterhornet wrote:
Didnt go up for this one so can only go by what I have seen/heard on various tv channels. Seems we should have been comfortable by half time and that, once again, poor ref decisions have proved critical.
However, compare GFZ's reasoned debate about the ref to the rantings of that idiot at Palace. Did anybody else lip read his tirade of abuse at the final whistle when he pointed to the ref and screamed "you cheating f****** c***"? and then twice followed up with "f****** tw**". When are the FA gonna come down on this bloke?
Oh Exerterhornet please give Hollowhead a break , after all the Stripey Nigels didnt get a single penalty yesterday as they have only had 14 yes thats right 14 so far this season.So when they dont get their usual helping hand he has every right to be outraged.
Throw the book at the **** !
As for our game I couldnt get there either due to work, but after seeing the highlights I am incensed by that referee and the Ince sisters !!
We must buck the trend now and get three points at Barnsley. Gutted

HornetJJ says...
9:37am Sun 10 Mar 13

Why do people come out rubbish like "we have to take responsibility and not blame the ref"!. Sorry but the chances are we go 2-0 just before half time with the penalty and the way the game was going it probably would have been game over. So Zola is well and truly within his rights to blame the referee as are the fans. It wasn't just 1 mistake either, the Doyley one was so blatantly obvious even from the Rookery. That referee without doubt cost us 3 points.

mattymashup says...
10:43am Sun 10 Mar 13

Ronny oh Ronny Ronny wrote:
mattymashup wrote:
Why we made so many changes was beyond me, one defender, two midfielders and a striker! Zola himself has said he should only make one change in each position, we really needed Abdi and chalobah today. Also on another note I hope someone will complain about Paul ince raising his middle finger to the rookery again and again and again after the game, makes me happy I cut up the Blackpool team coach on the one way system!
Beyond you but not anyone else. 4 enforced changes as Chalobah and Abdi were injured, Ekstrand and Cassetti had knocks. Forrestieri deserved his start.
We will come back from this and I agree Ince is a disgrace.
Ahh right ok, enforced changes, it happens we missed some sitters yesterday, Hogg and Briggs both had great headed chances. I'm gonna complain to the football league about Paul ince and his middle finger, if anyone else saw it please complain too. Family atmosphere at the Vic and the man was inciting a pretty hostile crowd. Media and match reports both seemed to miss it, I didn't tho and am disgusted

Holly68 says...
10:47am Sun 10 Mar 13

2nd Half's v Palace, Ipswich, Wolves, Derby, Blackpool all poor

1st Half v Wednesday poor

Only game we played well full 90 was Birmingham, one in last 7, so we deserved a slap

On the bright side we are still second, top spot is maybe too far a challenge given yesterday's result, but I expect Burnley v Hull to be a draw so we will remain 2nd, albeit 3 way race to finish

At the start of season, if someone offered 2nd place with 9 games to go, we all say YES PLEASE

If everyone Fit, team next week :

Alumina
Ekstrand
Nosworthy (MoM yesterday)
Hall
Abdi
Chalobah
Battochio or new player
Briggs
Cassetti
Vydra
Deeney

Bench : Bond, Geijo, Fessi, Anya, Battochio or new player, Doyley, Pudil


Then god help us for Burnley as 2/3 days after internationals, as will be relying on Hogg, Murray, Yeates etc again !!!!

Chris the Vic says...
10:54am Sun 10 Mar 13

Paul Ince behaves like a hooligan and always has, his son despite having Ince as a father has risen above such blatantly stupid behaviour.

The ref did us no favours, nor did the crowd nor did our final ball nor our finishing and at times we were static.

What was good was the effort the lads put in and that Bond save was unbelievable...what a prospect.

Keep calm, keep playing and the fans have to build the atmosphere.

Feff says...
11:49am Sun 10 Mar 13

Please think about it. The likelihood of a referee awarding three penalties to one team, is virtually nil. So, let's say he awarded two. Chances are that one of them would have been missed, so we would have ended up with a draw. Of course one point is better than none but should we have been in the situation we were in, at home, against a team from the lower half of the table? Frankly, we have not been playing well in recent games and Vydra, our phenomenal scorer, has not been scoring. Till he links up with Deeney again, and the two of them play as they did in mid season, we will certainly not have an automatic play-off spot. Also, we must hope and pray that Abdi and Chalobah get fit again because, without them, we have no midfield. Lastly, please play Cassetti and Ekstrand. They're better by far in their positions than any of the others. Keep Deeney as Captain. He'll tell them what's what! I am sad GFZ took on the mantle of other managers by blaming the referee for yesterday's loss. We just weren't good enough and some of his team selection and tactics were sadly wrong.

Holly68 says...
11:50am Sun 10 Mar 13

Monday : Burnley v Hull Home Win
Tuesday : Cardiff v Leicester Draw
Sat : Barnsley v Watford Away Win
Sat : Hull v Forest Draw
Sun: Brighton v Palace Home Win

Table in a weeks time

Cardiff 72 (2 games in hand)
Watford 69
Hull 66
Palace 65

8 games to go

WessexLad says...
12:04pm Sun 10 Mar 13

Zola is a gentleman, so when he loses his cool, you know it's for real.

Consensus on FLS was that all three were penalties and, having booked FF for diving then ignored a feigned injury and two dangerous tackles.

Managers are expected to give media interviews; there should be some latitude when they speak their mind. Evereyone makes mistakes, so why should it be a sin to suggest that the ref did?

Colin West's mullet says...
12:23pm Sun 10 Mar 13

not going to mention the pens because they've been done to death.

but - does it concern anyone else that GZ talks about players getting tired every week? They do this for a living, and it's not like every other team only has to play 60 minutes.

Bush Hornet says...
12:55pm Sun 10 Mar 13

KeithMercer wrote:
exeterhornet wrote:
Didnt go up for this one so can only go by what I have seen/heard on various tv channels. Seems we should have been comfortable by half time and that, once again, poor ref decisions have proved critical.
However, compare GFZ's reasoned debate about the ref to the rantings of that idiot at Palace. Did anybody else lip read his tirade of abuse at the final whistle when he pointed to the ref and screamed "you cheating f****** c***"? and then twice followed up with "f****** tw**". When are the FA gonna come down on this bloke?
Oh Exerterhornet please give Hollowhead a break , after all the Stripey Nigels didnt get a single penalty yesterday as they have only had 14 yes thats right 14 so far this season.So when they dont get their usual helping hand he has every right to be outraged.
Throw the book at the **** !
As for our game I couldnt get there either due to work, but after seeing the highlights I am incensed by that referee and the Ince sisters !!
We must buck the trend now and get three points at Barnsley. Gutted
Keith, EH is right. If there is any justice then Hollowhead should be disciplined for his tirade. The abuse was easy to lip read. Not acceptable. He's a very childish, ranting air-head, whereas GFZ is a dignified gent with a justified complaint.

As for Neil Warnock, he has bald eyebrows.

Bush Hornet says...
1:01pm Sun 10 Mar 13

Colin West's mullet wrote:
not going to mention the pens because they've been done to death.

but - does it concern anyone else that GZ talks about players getting tired every week? They do this for a living, and it's not like every other team only has to play 60 minutes.
There's not a single manager of a pro football team who doesn't talk about his players getting tired. Esp at this time of the season.

Bush Hornet says...
1:04pm Sun 10 Mar 13

Feff wrote:
Please think about it. The likelihood of a referee awarding three penalties to one team, is virtually nil. So, let's say he awarded two. Chances are that one of them would have been missed, so we would have ended up with a draw. Of course one point is better than none but should we have been in the situation we were in, at home, against a team from the lower half of the table? Frankly, we have not been playing well in recent games and Vydra, our phenomenal scorer, has not been scoring. Till he links up with Deeney again, and the two of them play as they did in mid season, we will certainly not have an automatic play-off spot. Also, we must hope and pray that Abdi and Chalobah get fit again because, without them, we have no midfield. Lastly, please play Cassetti and Ekstrand. They're better by far in their positions than any of the others. Keep Deeney as Captain. He'll tell them what's what! I am sad GFZ took on the mantle of other managers by blaming the referee for yesterday's loss. We just weren't good enough and some of his team selection and tactics were sadly wrong.
Typically myopic post from you

Stoney77 says...
2:24pm Sun 10 Mar 13

Feff wrote:
Please think about it. The likelihood of a referee awarding three penalties to one team, is virtually nil. So, let's say he awarded two. Chances are that one of them would have been missed, so we would have ended up with a draw. Of course one point is better than none but should we have been in the situation we were in, at home, against a team from the lower half of the table? Frankly, we have not been playing well in recent games and Vydra, our phenomenal scorer, has not been scoring. Till he links up with Deeney again, and the two of them play as they did in mid season, we will certainly not have an automatic play-off spot. Also, we must hope and pray that Abdi and Chalobah get fit again because, without them, we have no midfield. Lastly, please play Cassetti and Ekstrand. They're better by far in their positions than any of the others. Keep Deeney as Captain. He'll tell them what's what! I am sad GFZ took on the mantle of other managers by blaming the referee for yesterday's loss. We just weren't good enough and some of his team selection and tactics were sadly wrong.
The first 4 lines of your post are utter nonsense. The rest, well, I don't know, as I didn't bother reading.

a1derek says...
2:33pm Sun 10 Mar 13

On the whole the officiating this season has been very poor indeed and I think yesterday's referee was probably the worst of the lot. Up until now (as far as I can remember) GFZ has not complained about officiating since MV got sent off against 'Boro. After yesterday's abject display I think he has a definite right to have a moan (especially if the FLS came down on our side!). I would like to think the FL would look at Zola's reasoned response, watch the video and do something about it, but they will probably sit there with their heads up the a******es and do nothing as usual.

As others have said, we haven't been totally at the races in recent weeks, and perhaps this result, with the sense of injustice, will spur us on for the run in. However, depsite the officiating issues, I still don't think we really looked able to take the game by the scruff of the neck and win it with the team we had on the pitch yesterday. I think if we'd had our "first 11" out there that might have been different and we could have overcome the "adversity".

SAHornet says...
5:28pm Sun 10 Mar 13

Holly68 wrote:
Monday : Burnley v Hull Home Win
Tuesday : Cardiff v Leicester Draw
Sat : Barnsley v Watford Away Win
Sat : Hull v Forest Draw
Sun: Brighton v Palace Home Win

Table in a weeks time

Cardiff 72 (2 games in hand)
Watford 69
Hull 66
Palace 65

8 games to go
IF, IF IF, IF, IF, IF, the Queen had testicles she would be King

femalehornet122 says...
6:19pm Sun 10 Mar 13

Once again we have a ref that does not give us what we should have had. I feel for Zola as he is such a good man and still has a belief that you get what you deserve. WE seem to have had a run of poor refs who don't give us what we should have. The lads though do need ot stay firm when this happens and in spite of this should score goals. I dont believe F should start games. he plays better when he replaces Vidra in second half. Vira plays better when he and deeney have got going and unfortunately it was too late for that to happen yesterday. Not to late though we just must make sure we finifh about Crystal Palace. Hollaway started all this nonsense about our team and Ince picked up on it. Belfore long we will have any more doing it as excuses.
Keep the faith.

1234566789 says...
6:28pm Sun 10 Mar 13

Chris the Vic wrote:
Paul Ince behaves like a hooligan and always has, his son despite having Ince as a father has risen above such blatantly stupid behaviour.

The ref did us no favours, nor did the crowd nor did our final ball nor our finishing and at times we were static.

What was good was the effort the lads put in and that Bond save was unbelievable...what a prospect.

Keep calm, keep playing and the fans have to build the atmosphere.
Are you mad? Did you not see Tom Ince's celebration when he scored? Terrible. No need for it in the slightest. Bond looks like a good prospect but thrice dropped/missed crosses- one resulted in us losing the game. If Scott Loach had done that, everyone would be kicking off!

1234566789 says...
6:32pm Sun 10 Mar 13

SAHornet wrote:
Only 2 Ross Jenkins wrote:
We are clutching at straws if we are blaming the ref and the officials. We have to take responsibility for the defeat. It was a tight match and we were not good enough. It's possible we should have had a couple of penalties, but did we really do enough to win?? A very disappointing day all round...our performance, the ref's performance, the Ince's performance, and I have to say, the fans performance (2nd half especially). Time to rise up to the next level...
Regarding the fans, all I could hear was Blackpool fans. Listened on Hornets Player and Jon Marks & Derek Payne commented time and time again how quiet it was all afternoon. Pity cos everybody knows that a noisy, partisan home crowd really can roar their team on to better things. Come on guys, the team needs you to help them get across that line. COYH's
Do you think that has anything to do with the microphone being right next to the away end?

Henry VIII says...
9:04pm Sun 10 Mar 13

I still think that there is an issue with stamina in our team. I fully agree that the quality of football has been superb on many occasions, however it seems that the players lose their way for at least 30 minutes each game and we are certainly no where near as fit as were under Dyche. As I mentioned on another post,we could very well end up finishing the season with a possible three extra games to be played. Muscle injuries and fatigue are something that need addressing...

KeithMercer says...
10:55pm Sun 10 Mar 13

SA hornet you used to seem such an affable chap last season and the beginning of this season. But recently as the Hornets stock has risen and risen and we have witnessed some of the best football to be played in a yellow shirt you seem to have become increasingly bitter and never have anything positive to say, just snide remarks about other posters with an air of superiority. You keep banging on about all you can hear on your hornet player is the opposition fans, do you know how insulting that is to us fans who go and shout and sing ourselves hoarse and wake up in the morning with a sore throat ?
Go and have another Castle my friend and when you actually see a game in the flesh you might be able to give a more reasoned opinion on all things Watford , Sermon over.

midtable says...
9:37am Mon 11 Mar 13

Do the fans make any difference in how the team perform?

Lots of players say they don't hear the crowd and yet there are many who use the "fans are 12th man" mantra.

The collective groan before the game when it was announced that Abdi was being replaced by Hogg would surely have put Hogg off if he had heard it.

KeithMercer says...
10:50am Mon 11 Mar 13

Bush Hornet wrote:
KeithMercer wrote:
exeterhornet wrote:
Didnt go up for this one so can only go by what I have seen/heard on various tv channels. Seems we should have been comfortable by half time and that, once again, poor ref decisions have proved critical.
However, compare GFZ's reasoned debate about the ref to the rantings of that idiot at Palace. Did anybody else lip read his tirade of abuse at the final whistle when he pointed to the ref and screamed "you cheating f****** c***"? and then twice followed up with "f****** tw**". When are the FA gonna come down on this bloke?
Oh Exerterhornet please give Hollowhead a break , after all the Stripey Nigels didnt get a single penalty yesterday as they have only had 14 yes thats right 14 so far this season.So when they dont get their usual helping hand he has every right to be outraged.
Throw the book at the **** !
As for our game I couldnt get there either due to work, but after seeing the highlights I am incensed by that referee and the Ince sisters !!
We must buck the trend now and get three points at Barnsley. Gutted
Keith, EH is right. If there is any justice then Hollowhead should be disciplined for his tirade. The abuse was easy to lip read. Not acceptable. He's a very childish, ranting air-head, whereas GFZ is a dignified gent with a justified complaint.

As for Neil Warnock, he has bald eyebrows.
Believe me Bush Hornet my whole diatribe was written with a tongue firmly inserted in ones cheek . Bush I would be the last man on earth to defend that bell end hollowhead and everything Exeter hornet said was 100% correct and as I said before they should throw the book at the Goblin. And STOP GIVING THE STRIPEY NIGELS PENALTES !!!!!.

Chris the Vic says...
12:03pm Mon 11 Mar 13

Please do not compare Bond with Loach.

A typical match for Loach was to hug all his team mates before the game, then when he had made a mistake blame all his team mates. BTW loach earlier in the season so respectful to WFC????

Bond is good and when he plays with a settled defence in front of him he will add consistency to his spectacular saves the guy is a real prospect.

As for tom Ince celebrating, scoring a goal against the current WFC team...i would do the same otherwise I agree with you 123456789...I know people hide behind aliases but yours takes the biscuit.

1234566789 says...
12:15pm Mon 11 Mar 13

Not intentionally actually comparing the two, just the reactions of people towards the two.

You would celebrate at the home fans rather than with your team mates? Well that just shows that there is no point listening to you.

Alias? Not so much. Lack of care for putting name showing how much I love WFC? Maybe.Tongue-in-chee
k around how other people do hide behind thei keyboard? Definitely.

abbotshornet says...
2:42pm Mon 11 Mar 13

I am sure even Loach must have looked a prospect once, but for his last few years at Watford he was a liability, I don't think you can compare the two other than the costly mistakes, Bond is already a far better keeper.
I agree, I was disappointed by Saturday's line-up but now I can see they were mostly forced it now makes more sense. I thought we started quite brightly and with slightly better finishing and a decent ref we should have been at least 2 up at the interval.
Zola seems a gent and only chooses to criticise the officials when it is thoughly justified, unlike Hollotwat who seemed incensed that an opponant had not been sent off, and then swore at the officials in front of everyone. If the FL let him get away with this there is no justice from them.
Let's hope we can get our most influential players back quickly, steady the ship and move on to automatic promotion. COYGBs

SAHornet says...
2:54pm Mon 11 Mar 13

1234566789 wrote:
SAHornet wrote:
Only 2 Ross Jenkins wrote:
We are clutching at straws if we are blaming the ref and the officials. We have to take responsibility for the defeat. It was a tight match and we were not good enough. It's possible we should have had a couple of penalties, but did we really do enough to win?? A very disappointing day all round...our performance, the ref's performance, the Ince's performance, and I have to say, the fans performance (2nd half especially). Time to rise up to the next level...
Regarding the fans, all I could hear was Blackpool fans. Listened on Hornets Player and Jon Marks & Derek Payne commented time and time again how quiet it was all afternoon. Pity cos everybody knows that a noisy, partisan home crowd really can roar their team on to better things. Come on guys, the team needs you to help them get across that line. COYH's
Do you think that has anything to do with the microphone being right next to the away end?
Question or statement? If you know something tangible then say so outright so that we can all learn something. These rhetorical, snidey questions asked on here are designed only to irritate, which they do. Congratulations.

SAHornet says...
3:01pm Mon 11 Mar 13

KeithMercer wrote:
SA hornet you used to seem such an affable chap last season and the beginning of this season. But recently as the Hornets stock has risen and risen and we have witnessed some of the best football to be played in a yellow shirt you seem to have become increasingly bitter and never have anything positive to say, just snide remarks about other posters with an air of superiority. You keep banging on about all you can hear on your hornet player is the opposition fans, do you know how insulting that is to us fans who go and shout and sing ourselves hoarse and wake up in the morning with a sore throat ?
Go and have another Castle my friend and when you actually see a game in the flesh you might be able to give a more reasoned opinion on all things Watford , Sermon over.
Keith, sorry if I seem that way. The realities are that I do live 10,000kms away, I have supported WFC since I was 7 and am now 57 and I obviously can not attend more than a handful of games per year for those reasons. Hornet Player is therefore my main source of "being there" for games and it is from there that I glean info. I'm just telling it as I HEAR it, Keith and certainly mean no insults to fellow 'orns, including you but when the commentators keep banging on about the quietness of the Vic, don't I have a point?

KeithMercer says...
4:31pm Mon 11 Mar 13

Points taken SA ! dont want to fall out with a chap like you I know where your heart is !!
Just having a bad one mate, still affected by Saturdays disappointments . I know we cant win em all , but just dont like being cheated and then a smug manager winding us up.
Sorry SA have a Castle on me .

SAHornet says...
4:31pm Mon 11 Mar 13

Keith, just one other point. I read a lot of other comments on this very site about just how quiet it is these days at the Vic - inexplicable really considering how well we are doing. Considering that many of these comments are made by fellow mad WFC fans who are extremely vocal on here and doubtless at The Vic too, I'm sure that it's not just me that wonders why. The phrase librarians is used a lot. Anyway, I'm not on here to be argumentative or snide.

SAHornet says...
8:09pm Mon 11 Mar 13

KeithMercer wrote:
Points taken SA ! dont want to fall out with a chap like you I know where your heart is !!
Just having a bad one mate, still affected by Saturdays disappointments . I know we cant win em all , but just dont like being cheated and then a smug manager winding us up.
Sorry SA have a Castle on me .
Just had one on you Keith and I thank you. It was crisp, cool and good for the heart ....just like the lads in yellow. Saturdays result still foremost in my mind right now but at least Burnley are helping us at the moment. Come on you Clarets

1234566789 says...
3:30pm Tue 12 Mar 13

SAHornet wrote:
1234566789 wrote:
SAHornet wrote:
Only 2 Ross Jenkins wrote:
We are clutching at straws if we are blaming the ref and the officials. We have to take responsibility for the defeat. It was a tight match and we were not good enough. It's possible we should have had a couple of penalties, but did we really do enough to win?? A very disappointing day all round...our performance, the ref's performance, the Ince's performance, and I have to say, the fans performance (2nd half especially). Time to rise up to the next level...
Regarding the fans, all I could hear was Blackpool fans. Listened on Hornets Player and Jon Marks & Derek Payne commented time and time again how quiet it was all afternoon. Pity cos everybody knows that a noisy, partisan home crowd really can roar their team on to better things. Come on guys, the team needs you to help them get across that line. COYH's
Do you think that has anything to do with the microphone being right next to the away end?
Question or statement? If you know something tangible then say so outright so that we can all learn something. These rhetorical, snidey questions asked on here are designed only to irritate, which they do. Congratulations.
Hasn't the commentary box been between the Vicarage Road End and East Stand for a long long time?

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