I am not sure what to make of this performance. The first half looked as though we were set up badly and underperformed, and rightly got punished by a good side. In the second half we were better balanced, thanks to the subs, and no goals shipped. So, did GA get it wrong with the Starting XI? He apparently had no choice with using Gubbins, who struggled; but what did Kelman and Dozzell offer? Both Kelman & Dozzell were far too casual - Kelman very much so. Dozzell only stayed on in my opinion because we needed another player in DM, so poor Smyth was sacrificed. I thought Duke-McKenna showed what he can do and deserves a start instead of Dozzell (who must have been standing in for Colback anyway)! This has shown just how poor our squad is in terms of depth. Before I thought Willock would not sign because he was awaiting the call from a PL side, but now it will be because he just does not want to play in this squad!
Yes the second half will be used as a positive which is a joke. Plus it was more to do with Watford putting the cue on the rack than us improving. And I'd argue Begovic made more saves in the second half than the first half!!
We had better hope that one of the 3 matches tomorrow has someone lose 5-0! From top to bottom in 10 months....
What doesn't help is that the result wasn't totally unexpected. We had one of the worst defences in the league last season and Ainsworth has made it worse. Any decent manager would have watched the calamitous defending against Blackpool at the end of last season and his top priority would have been a whole new back line that was experienced at Championship level. Kakay is at best League 1 level, Fox is a left back playing out of position and Paal is no more than adequate. As for Gubbins he'd struggle in non league.
Whether Ainsworth hair was getting in his eyes last week against Oxford I don't know because Gubbins was awful in that game and his decision to start him today was IMO the sign of a manager who is out of his depth.
Watford we’re literally walking the ball in the net My mate who was there said half the rangers fans peed off at half time and feared the worst in the second half It was shocking to watch and seeing those smug Watford fans I can’t believe we’ve just carried on from where we’ve left off from last season and we’ve had a pre season to sort things out We’ve actually got a worse team to take this season on Boy do I feel low tonight one of the lowest I’ve felt in a long time
