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6:46am Thursday 15th May 2008
Aidy Boothroyd declared himself "gutted" by last night's play-off semi-final defeat but said he had no qualms about the result.
"I thought we played very well," said the manager. "We stuck to the gameplan, played some terrific football but we conceded a poor goal just before half-time.
"We were unfortunate in the end but you reap what you sow. We didn't take our chances and didn't deserve a place in the final or in the Premiership. We are where we are for a reason but I'm gutted for everyone at the club who has worked so hard."
Added Boothroyd: "I'm proud of my players and but for mistakes it could have been a different story.
"Four-one was harsh on us but that happens when you get caught out chasing the game. Credit to Hull, they deserve to go through."
To rate the performances of the players against Hull, click here
chris, the vic says...
8:01am Thu 15 May 08
Metal Mickey, Iver Bucks says...
8:19am Thu 15 May 08
Winston wrote:We win together and take the accolades together, therefore when we lose Winston we lose together. The players have not beeb good enough at times, the manager has admitted he made mistakes, I will admit I have not been the best at supporting this season, I could have given more. So we are all at fault, but are you and the other whingers on here prepared to put your hands up and say " I could have done better"...I doubt it
Understatement of the year - Hornets boss Aidy Boothroyd later conceded his side were not good enough over the two legs and looks set for a major overhaul of the squad in the summer. I trust he includes himself?
peter parker, the big apple says...
9:02am Thu 15 May 08
pete, Guildford says...
9:15am Thu 15 May 08
pete, Guildford says...
9:17am Thu 15 May 08
Professor Plum, The Billiard Room says...
9:27am Thu 15 May 08
stevemag, Windsor says...
9:33am Thu 15 May 08
realist, MK says...
9:42am Thu 15 May 08
yellowarmy2008, says...
9:51am Thu 15 May 08
yellowarmy2008, says...
9:51am Thu 15 May 08
Berks Horn, London says...
10:33am Thu 15 May 08
nb, surrey says...
10:34am Thu 15 May 08
Winston, watford says...
11:33am Thu 15 May 08
Metal Mickey, Iver Bucks says...
11:56am Thu 15 May 08
Berks Horn wrote:Agree accept that if we are going evolve our style of play I would keepPriskin, Hoskins as in a footballing side they would be completely different players. Hoskins has the potential to be that clever forward we need. Priskin is a very good player, just needs a few people to believe in him. Aloi was always going to be a player for the future, that was never a secret so we should keep him. I believe that Darius has another side to him as well, we played well last night with him dropping off and holding the ball, he is to good let go and would be a great squad player.
A good performance on the whole last night bar the obvious glaring errors and proof that we can play football when we want to (which does beg the question why haven't we been?!). I predict Aidy will still be with us next season. Simpson won't let him go. A new owner might have done but who's going to invest in us at the moment? Aidy won't resign as he has a clear career path and resigning on the back of what he'll see as a failure would do him no good. I think it would be a mistake to lose him anyway. Time to regroup though. For my money we need a bit of a cull. Retain Eustace, McAnuff, Williamson, Ellington, Bromby, Shittu, Smith and Williams as first teamers. Get rid of Jackson, Poom, Demerit (as much as it pains me to say it), Francis, Henderson, Doyley, Kabba, Priskin, Bangura, Hoskins, Mariappa, Rinaldi (no point if you ain't gonna play him), Ashikodi, Avinel, Aloi (see Rinaldi). Keep Loach, Lee, Robinson, Parkes, O'Toole, Clarke, Forbes, Campana, Ainsworth and Osborne in reserve. Move Liam Henderson up too. We need to buy a quality goalkeeper and right back, cover for Bromby and Shittu (assuming he doesn't leave as the rumour mill would suggest), at least two decent midfielders, and a brand new set of strikers. Aidy also needs a decent scout and assistant manager. Next season is going to be harder than this. If we don't sort the wheat from the chaff now we'll be nowhere near the play-offs this time next year. No holiday for you yet Aidy!
Peter Phillips, Loudwater says...
12:19pm Thu 15 May 08
Berks Horn wrote:You've forgotten Sadler! I know he is easy to forget but would you deal or not deal? Personally, I would not retain Ellington if we could get a decent price for him. Also, I would keep Henderson as a battering ram in the Championship, and I would also keep Demerit who, however bad he was yesterday, has had a raw deal from AB this season. I cannot comment on Hoskins nor Rinaldi because I have not seen enough of them. Priskin, oddly, might have been good in the Premiership but I agree he is surplus in a league where brawn is more important than brain. Otherwise, I am in complete agreement with you, even about Mariappa. Yes, on balance, he should go but, ideally, only on loan to gain experience.
A good performance on the whole last night bar the obvious glaring errors and proof that we can play football when we want to (which does beg the question why haven't we been?!). I predict Aidy will still be with us next season. Simpson won't let him go. A new owner might have done but who's going to invest in us at the moment? Aidy won't resign as he has a clear career path and resigning on the back of what he'll see as a failure would do him no good. I think it would be a mistake to lose him anyway. Time to regroup though. For my money we need a bit of a cull. Retain Eustace, McAnuff, Williamson, Ellington, Bromby, Shittu, Smith and Williams as first teamers. Get rid of Jackson, Poom, Demerit (as much as it pains me to say it), Francis, Henderson, Doyley, Kabba, Priskin, Bangura, Hoskins, Mariappa, Rinaldi (no point if you ain't gonna play him), Ashikodi, Avinel, Aloi (see Rinaldi). Keep Loach, Lee, Robinson, Parkes, O'Toole, Clarke, Forbes, Campana, Ainsworth and Osborne in reserve. Move Liam Henderson up too. We need to buy a quality goalkeeper and right back, cover for Bromby and Shittu (assuming he doesn't leave as the rumour mill would suggest), at least two decent midfielders, and a brand new set of strikers. Aidy also needs a decent scout and assistant manager. Next season is going to be harder than this. If we don't sort the wheat from the chaff now we'll be nowhere near the play-offs this time next year. No holiday for you yet Aidy!
WFC & Proud, Watford says...
12:26pm Thu 15 May 08
Berks Horn, London says...
1:02pm Thu 15 May 08
Professor Plum, The Billiard Room says...
1:10pm Thu 15 May 08
As for Dave Bassett & what he's doing now, I suspect you've probably got a head start on me there, too & see him whenever you look in a mirror......
triggerhorn, ICKENHAM says...
1:16pm Thu 15 May 08
yellowarmy2008, says...
1:56pm Thu 15 May 08
luther67, watford says...
2:20pm Thu 15 May 08
mike.keith, St Albans says...
2:30pm Thu 15 May 08
goatswilly, In a field says...
2:32pm Thu 15 May 08
Berks Horn wrote:Campana has not been retained.
A good performance on the whole last night bar the obvious glaring errors and proof that we can play football when we want to (which does beg the question why haven't we been?!). I predict Aidy will still be with us next season. Simpson won't let him go. A new owner might have done but who's going to invest in us at the moment? Aidy won't resign as he has a clear career path and resigning on the back of what he'll see as a failure would do him no good. I think it would be a mistake to lose him anyway. Time to regroup though. For my money we need a bit of a cull. Retain Eustace, McAnuff, Williamson, Ellington, Bromby, Shittu, Smith and Williams as first teamers. Get rid of Jackson, Poom, Demerit (as much as it pains me to say it), Francis, Henderson, Doyley, Kabba, Priskin, Bangura, Hoskins, Mariappa, Rinaldi (no point if you ain't gonna play him), Ashikodi, Avinel, Aloi (see Rinaldi). Keep Loach, Lee, Robinson, Parkes, O'Toole, Clarke, Forbes, Campana, Ainsworth and Osborne in reserve. Move Liam Henderson up too. We need to buy a quality goalkeeper and right back, cover for Bromby and Shittu (assuming he doesn't leave as the rumour mill would suggest), at least two decent midfielders, and a brand new set of strikers. Aidy also needs a decent scout and assistant manager. Next season is going to be harder than this. If we don't sort the wheat from the chaff now we'll be nowhere near the play-offs this time next year. No holiday for you yet Aidy!
RobBig, Kings Langley says...
2:37pm Thu 15 May 08
RobBig, Kings Langley says...
2:39pm Thu 15 May 08
goatswilly wrote:Neither has Forbes to my knowledge!!!
Berks Horn wrote: A good performance on the whole last night bar the obvious glaring errors and proof that we can play football when we want to (which does beg the question why haven't we been?!). I predict Aidy will still be with us next season. Simpson won't let him go. A new owner might have done but who's going to invest in us at the moment? Aidy won't resign as he has a clear career path and resigning on the back of what he'll see as a failure would do him no good. I think it would be a mistake to lose him anyway. Time to regroup though. For my money we need a bit of a cull. Retain Eustace, McAnuff, Williamson, Ellington, Bromby, Shittu, Smith and Williams as first teamers. Get rid of Jackson, Poom, Demerit (as much as it pains me to say it), Francis, Henderson, Doyley, Kabba, Priskin, Bangura, Hoskins, Mariappa, Rinaldi (no point if you ain't gonna play him), Ashikodi, Avinel, Aloi (see Rinaldi). Keep Loach, Lee, Robinson, Parkes, O'Toole, Clarke, Forbes, Campana, Ainsworth and Osborne in reserve. Move Liam Henderson up too. We need to buy a quality goalkeeper and right back, cover for Bromby and Shittu (assuming he doesn't leave as the rumour mill would suggest), at least two decent midfielders, and a brand new set of strikers. Aidy also needs a decent scout and assistant manager. Next season is going to be harder than this. If we don't sort the wheat from the chaff now we'll be nowhere near the play-offs this time next year. No holiday for you yet Aidy!Campana has not been retained.
SIMMO, BUCKS says...
3:34pm Thu 15 May 08
Berks Horn, London says...
3:42pm Thu 15 May 08
henry, oxhey says...
3:50pm Thu 15 May 08
Richard, Come On You Golden Boys! says...
4:15pm Thu 15 May 08
Peter Phillips, Loudwater says...
4:20pm Thu 15 May 08
yellowarmy2008 wrote:Sidwell? You're having a laugh! He is probably earning at Chelsea as much as the whole of the Watford team put together! How about getting Matt Spring back? I never knew why AB sold him, unless they fell out. He was the most constructive midfield player during the whole of AB's reign.
I think that Aidy Needs to get rid of some of his more 'lazy' players like DeMerit and bring in Premier League players like Steve Sidwell. We need people at the club who want to get into the Premier League. Going Up As Champions Next Year. Also Whats going on with having Mart Poom on the bench. He's had a big influence at Arsenal and Derby and instead we have Richard Lee in goal. He's another one whos add his time at the club. Think Aidys right. Get out the useless people at the club and bring in new people.
Stewart, Home says...
4:22pm Thu 15 May 08
Berks Horn, London says...
4:26pm Thu 15 May 08
Stewart, Home says...
4:27pm Thu 15 May 08
SIMMO wrote:You do talk a lot of crap. You must know the background behind why the players you listed left, it's not that simple. Who said we're going to sell Shittu and Smith?? S##t post.
Yes BOOTHROYD we are all gutted too ,GUTTED you sold our best player in January got it right though i suppose you will say ,as you said it will cost WFC 60million if King was sold WELL YOU WERE RIGHT !! GUTTED by the football played GUTTED by the tactics GUTTED by the spin Gutted by the way this club is being run Mr Chairman Gutted it took untill last two games of season for you to attempt to play the game on the ground Mr Boothroyd GUTTED you did not listen to the fans earlier GUTTED that NOW we will have to sit an watch as you have to sell the few good players we do have i.e Shittu,Smith as Chairman has no money and will insist on the cost cuttings GUTTED that we will now have plan B east stand if that even happens ! Basically Gutted we threw away a 9 point lead and ended up being thrashed 6-1 in the play-offs that is 9-1 against Hull in last couple of months and FINALLY gutted WE HAVE GONE BACKWARDS selling KING,YOUNG,BOUAZZA,M AHON,SPRING ,failure to hold onto FOSTER,JOHNSON premiership we were havin a laugh ! unfortunatley Mr Chairman we are not laughing ,you must be though as we have forked out for season tickets already ,as we had to or lose them before knowing what we were paying for ,Now after less than one season you want us to buy another NEW kit ,so much for agreement we would only change every two years ,you must think we are mugs ! Enjoy laughing at us TIME FOR CHANGE ALLROUND !
watfordkev, Watford says...
4:28pm Thu 15 May 08
Mark, Watford says...
4:38pm Thu 15 May 08
Professor Plum, The Billiard Room says...
4:45pm Thu 15 May 08
SIMMO, BUCKS says...
5:02pm Thu 15 May 08
Stewart wrote:Wake up and smell the coffee ,THIS club has no money so our ASSETS i.e SHITTU/SMITH will be sold IN fact in Shittu's case it is an absolute cert,you just keep clapping and accepting it ,KING did not need to be sold just because he wanted to go he should have been managed properley told to get on with it especially as we paid his wages when he was injured all season in Premiership told he owed us and wait until end of season ,as soon as the window shut he would have had to knuckle down and he would have scored goals ,goals that we did not score that cost us promotion ,just like Hughes did at Blackburn with Macarthy and Roberts who by the way knuckled down and are now happy again ! THAT is how to manage ,basically if you say you are unhappy Watford would sell you, DISGRACE !
SIMMO wrote: Yes BOOTHROYD we are all gutted too ,GUTTED you sold our best player in January got it right though i suppose you will say ,as you said it will cost WFC 60million if King was sold WELL YOU WERE RIGHT !! GUTTED by the football played GUTTED by the tactics GUTTED by the spin Gutted by the way this club is being run Mr Chairman Gutted it took untill last two games of season for you to attempt to play the game on the ground Mr Boothroyd GUTTED you did not listen to the fans earlier GUTTED that NOW we will have to sit an watch as you have to sell the few good players we do have i.e Shittu,Smith as Chairman has no money and will insist on the cost cuttings GUTTED that we will now have plan B east stand if that even happens ! Basically Gutted we threw away a 9 point lead and ended up being thrashed 6-1 in the play-offs that is 9-1 against Hull in last couple of months and FINALLY gutted WE HAVE GONE BACKWARDS selling KING,YOUNG,BOUAZZA,M AHON,SPRING ,failure to hold onto FOSTER,JOHNSON premiership we were havin a laugh ! unfortunatley Mr Chairman we are not laughing ,you must be though as we have forked out for season tickets already ,as we had to or lose them before knowing what we were paying for ,Now after less than one season you want us to buy another NEW kit ,so much for agreement we would only change every two years ,you must think we are mugs ! Enjoy laughing at us TIME FOR CHANGE ALLROUND !You do talk a lot of crap. You must know the background behind why the players you listed left, it's not that simple. Who said we're going to sell Shittu and Smith?? S##t post.
Stewart, Home says...
5:12pm Thu 15 May 08
hornetchris61, garston says...
5:12pm Thu 15 May 08
Scotshorn, Aberdeen says...
5:14pm Thu 15 May 08
mattymashup, letchworth says...
6:09pm Thu 15 May 08
mohican, sutton says...
6:17pm Thu 15 May 08
rosh99, hereford says...
6:59pm Thu 15 May 08
SF49ers, Broken Arrow says...
7:08pm Thu 15 May 08
rosh99, hereford says...
7:32pm Thu 15 May 08
zip, The real world says...
7:42pm Thu 15 May 08
Scotshorn, Aberdeen says...
7:53pm Thu 15 May 08
SF49ers wrote:Sort of agree with you - only I would prefer to see the play-offs scrapped in their current format. Cant agree that the third team have 'earned' the right to go up, so would have a one-off play-off between them and the third bottom team from the higher division - winner goes up or stays up.
Strange, but the crowd at bristol was not huge either despite leading from the away leg. Too much football ?too much cost for fans? To be honest, I would scrap the playoffs and have the third team go up as they earned it.
Mark, Watford says...
8:05pm Thu 15 May 08
rosh99, hereford says...
8:09pm Thu 15 May 08
Mark wrote:Paul Ince or Billy Davies. Either of them would sort out the crap that we've got there at the moment and also instil some reality into the club. Any other takers?
So who do these Aidy outers what to take over?
ptquinn, Watford says...
8:16pm Thu 15 May 08
andywatford, watford says...
8:17pm Thu 15 May 08
rosh99, hereford says...
8:25pm Thu 15 May 08
Mark, Watford says...
8:25pm Thu 15 May 08
Mark, Watford says...
8:27pm Thu 15 May 08
rosh99, hereford says...
8:37pm Thu 15 May 08
Mark, Watford says...
8:38pm Thu 15 May 08
rosh99, hereford says...
8:56pm Thu 15 May 08
tiger bay boy, mill end says...
9:05pm Thu 15 May 08
zip, The real world says...
9:15pm Thu 15 May 08
tiger bay boy wrote:oh tiger gay boy i'm truly scared. What are you going to do? Growl at me?
Zip, you are still using the word 'we'. You have been warned. And please dont use the word 'friend' again. You are beginning to irritate me. Not wise.
slasherr, londun says...
9:31pm Thu 15 May 08
tiger bay boy, mill end says...
9:46pm Thu 15 May 08
zip wrote:Glad you described yourself as a ****, no arguments there. as for older, well im chuffed! Furphy, Kirby, Keen, i attended all their last games the most memorable being when Mike Keen was sacked on the saturday morning but was man enough to take the team 1 more time that afternoon. Huddersfield led 1-0 at the Vic before Tony Geidmintis and Alan Mayes (Watford players to you Zip) both got sent off. Bam-Bam Mercer hit 2 late goals to give Mike Keen a great send off in a game which ranks as a true great amongst us real fans, not glory hunting wan*ers like you and your kin on here. I would guess this site is for fans to express opinions and is not aimed at a particular generation, but your comments are typical and representative of the pr1ck you continually show yourself to be.
tiger bay boy wrote: Zip, you are still using the word 'we'. You have been warned. And please dont use the word 'friend' again. You are beginning to irritate me. Not wise.oh tiger gay boy i'm truly scared. What are you going to do? Growl at me? This site is for adults and older twats like me. You need to go to bed, you've got a paper round and school in the morning. Oh and by the way his real name is Eugene. C'mon hard man!
tiger bay boy, mill end says...
9:49pm Thu 15 May 08
slasherr wrote:Coz no-one else would bother or listen to you x
not see spiderman today. colni an gay boy fihting again. vOr not post today. sage an onoin is gone. borin mark bak. idoit from scotland. the bloke with the broken arrow. the antichris.the vicar. dont now why i bother
Professor Plum, The Billiard Room says...
9:53pm Thu 15 May 08
Furphy, Kirby, Keen, i attended all their last games
slasherr, londun says...
9:54pm Thu 15 May 08
tiger bay boy wrote:yu put x after comment. how gay is that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
slasherr wrote:Coz no-one else would bother or listen to you x
not see spiderman today. colni an gay boy fihting again. vOr not post today. sage an onoin is gone. borin mark bak. idoit from scotland. the bloke with the broken arrow. the antichris.the vicar. dont now why i bother
VoR, watford says...
9:55pm Thu 15 May 08
tiger bay boy, mill end says...
10:01pm Thu 15 May 08
tiger bay boy, mill end says...
10:09pm Thu 15 May 08
paul jones, the grove says...
10:14pm Thu 15 May 08
SIMMO wrote:SIMMO
Yes BOOTHROYD we are all gutted too ,GUTTED you sold our best player in January got it right though i suppose you will say ,as you said it will cost WFC 60million if King was sold WELL YOU WERE RIGHT !! GUTTED by the football played GUTTED by the tactics GUTTED by the spin Gutted by the way this club is being run Mr Chairman Gutted it took untill last two games of season for you to attempt to play the game on the ground Mr Boothroyd GUTTED you did not listen to the fans earlier GUTTED that NOW we will have to sit an watch as you have to sell the few good players we do have i.e Shittu,Smith as Chairman has no money and will insist on the cost cuttings GUTTED that we will now have plan B east stand if that even happens ! Basically Gutted we threw away a 9 point lead and ended up being thrashed 6-1 in the play-offs that is 9-1 against Hull in last couple of months and FINALLY gutted WE HAVE GONE BACKWARDS selling KING,YOUNG,BOUAZZA,M AHON,SPRING ,failure to hold onto FOSTER,JOHNSON premiership we were havin a laugh ! unfortunatley Mr Chairman we are not laughing ,you must be though as we have forked out for season tickets already ,as we had to or lose them before knowing what we were paying for ,Now after less than one season you want us to buy another NEW kit ,so much for agreement we would only change every two years ,you must think we are mugs ! Enjoy laughing at us TIME FOR CHANGE ALLROUND !
rosh99, hereford says...
10:18pm Thu 15 May 08
Hornetboy84, ricky says...
10:21pm Thu 15 May 08
VoR, watford says...
10:26pm Thu 15 May 08
rosh99, hereford says...
10:29pm Thu 15 May 08
VoR, watford says...
10:35pm Thu 15 May 08
supermikey, rickmansworth says...
10:48pm Thu 15 May 08
Professor Plum, The Billiard Room says...
11:20pm Thu 15 May 08
tizer006, Aylesbury says...
11:26pm Thu 15 May 08
supermikey, rickmansworth says...
11:26pm Thu 15 May 08
tiger bay boy, mill end says...
11:35pm Thu 15 May 08
johnny b, bushey says...
12:53am Fri 16 May 08
Mick the Hatter, Adelaide says...
1:54am Fri 16 May 08
chris wrote:Having watched watford hoof the ball into the stratosphere for the past 30 years I can understand all those empty seats. Entertaining it ain't.
Difficult not to agree with Aidy's comments and in the final analysis I would include the fans. The attendance at the home leg was bad, last years cup semi final with all those empty seats spoke volumes and the Play off final in cardiff with a couple of thousand empty seats a further indication of what we deserve
Mark, Watford says...
6:41am Fri 16 May 08
JohnBoy, Watford says...
8:39am Fri 16 May 08
tiger bay boy wrote:aren't you a bit old for that?
Cant believe you found some Hull boys to row with Vee, we were only 4 handed but none of them had a go despite several strongly worded invites. Nearest we got was when we jumped out the car bout half mile from the ground at a bus stop, their fans were quicker off the blocks than Frazer Campbell!!
Ian Hutchinson, says...
9:26am Fri 16 May 08
Richard, Come On You Golden Boys! says...
10:07am Fri 16 May 08
tiger bay boy, mill end says...
6:02pm Fri 16 May 08
JohnBoy wrote:So your quite happy that our coaches get bricked, our pensioners get assaulted at Ipswich, Blackpool reck the One Bell etc... I will never lie down and take it, they will have to straight-jacket me into my wheelchair when that day comes and even then i will nut anyone that wants a pop. I have never been the aggressor but will not turn the other cheek if i or any other Hornets are under threat. The bus stop thing was actually a joke, we stopped for directions and they really did leg it!!
tiger bay boy wrote: Cant believe you found some Hull boys to row with Vee, we were only 4 handed but none of them had a go despite several strongly worded invites. Nearest we got was when we jumped out the car bout half mile from the ground at a bus stop, their fans were quicker off the blocks than Frazer Campbell!!aren't you a bit old for that?
VoR, watford says...
6:19pm Fri 16 May 08
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Winston, watford says...
7:20am Thu 15 May 08