
Being a football manager is similar to being Prime Minister. It’s one of the few jobs which is public enough everyone takes an interest and feels they could do better. Watford coach Javi Gracia will have felt that way at numerous points throughout his brief Vicarage Road tenure, but never more than last Saturday. Matchday 37, the penultimate weekend of the Premier League season, and the Span...

Watford fan Mike Parkin, of From The Rookery End podcast, discusses the Hornets’ recent plight and his hopes for improvement following a spat at St Mary’s on Saturday… Watford’s FA Cup fixture with Southampton was a largely forgettable affair, with neither side serving up a performance likely to allay relegation fears. Despite the paucity of on-field entertainment, the game was b...

The flirting between Islam Slimani and Watford has been nearly as blatant as Marco Silva‘s fluttering of his eyelashes when Everton‘s interest became clear. Slimani, who is Leicester City‘s record signing at a whopping £29million, is out of favour at the King Power Stadium for the third manager in succession and it seems inevitable he will leave. The Algerian worked under Silva a...