Just back from the game..
No idea why we suddenly decided to go for the long ball today - no passing it around at the back, just constant long balls to the front two. Harper seemed to be determined to put it over the halfway line every time he had the ball. Was this his own doing, or the tactical way we were approaching it today? Didn't work well against a big Watford team. They were stronger than us, and held onto the ball better than we did. When we did have the ball, they were quickly closing us down and harrassing whoever was on the ball.
Their goal was a touch fortunate - fell to one of their forwards 10 yards out who turned and hit it at Harper, who wasn't able to hold onto it due to the pace and angle of the shot. Not sure who the defender was that reacted first (Calderon?) but he arrived at the ball at the same time as 2 Watford players and the deflection just ended up in our net other than going in the other direction.
No idea why we suddenly decided to go for the long ball today - no passing it around at the back, just constant long balls to the front two. Harper seemed to be determined to put it over the halfway line every time he had the ball. Was this his own doing, or the tactical way we were approaching it today? Didn't work well against a big Watford team. They were stronger than us, and held onto the ball better than we did. When we did have the ball, they were quickly closing us down and harrassing whoever was on the ball.
Their goal was a touch fortunate - fell to one of their forwards 10 yards out who turned and hit it at Harper, who wasn't able to hold onto it due to the pace and angle of the shot. Not sure who the defender was that reacted first (Calderon?) but he arrived at the ball at the same time as 2 Watford players and the deflection just ended up in our net other than going in the other direction.
