We weren't lucky to go two goals up at all. What did Watford create before we took the lead? They had a lot of the ball but did absolutely nothing with it, in fact we defended that part of the game perfectly well.
The ball by Krychowiak was a good pass, but that's what you expect from good players and is what we pay our money to see. I read your argument the other week saying our goal against Burnley was "lucky" because it was a punt forward, you can't class this goal in the same bracket.
So what if we score another goal from a corner, they scored from a set-piece too, it's part of the game. How badly did they defend that corner by the way? Evans and Hegazi were fighting over it to score without a Watford player anywhere near.
But for a last ditch challenge just before their equaliser to deny McClean we would have had three goals ourselves. That challenge ultimately kept them in it and they took their chance with the last throw of the dice.
To say they could have beaten us 3-0 is laughable.
I think it is the first time we have let slip a two goal lead under Pulis, it was very common before he arrived (Spurs, West Ham, Cardiff, Villa) to name a few. We're normally very good at seeing games out now but that doesn't fit your agenda.
Apologies, only just noticed this.
In pattern of play we had barely touched the ball before we scored, whilst they had yet to score or create a clear cut chance they were building continuous pressure and Richarlson was getting in behind Dawson time and time again. We seriously sucker punched them with those two goals, but even with those two goals you could certainly see Watford at least getting a draw because they were all over us throughout. They deserved to win on Saturday, certainly couldn't begrudge them the point, they were by far the better side and I was nothing but impressed by them and their manager.
If watching us fail to string five consecutive passes together in the attacking third in any game floats your boat then fair play, but it doesn't do it for me sadly. I do sometimes look at myself and wonder if I am moaning for the sake of moaning, then I remember the game that has just gone and realise that I am right, even if others don't agree because they are happy just to see us do enough to stay in the league. I want to see more from my side, I want to see us have the ball, play with the ball, create chances through brilliant pieces of skill, wingers flying past people, great movement off the ball to create the space, but under Pulis it will just never happen. We will get the ball, launch it long at Rondon, try and pick up the scraps, work our way into the corners and play the ball off someone for a set piece to give us our best chance of scoring. It just isn't for me, sorry.
I didn't class the goal against Watford in the same bracket at all chap. If you read my post, I said it was something along the lines of a touch of class (not verbatim as I can't remember my wording) from Krychowiak and a brilliant finish by Rondon who I continue to support even though the majority appear to have given up on him and look for a reason to moan about him whenever the ball goes near him. The goal against Burnley was a long punt upfield, the ball from Krychowiak was sublime and perfectly waited for anyone willing to gamble.
I have no agenda my friend, I am calling it as I see it. I am not one for stats, but how many games have we won in the last, say, 20 now? We have had perhaps the easiest start to the season we could have possibly hoped for, Bournemouth, Burnley, West Ham, Stoke, Brighton, Watford with Arsenal sandwiched in there and we have managed to pick up 9 points from them. It's a poor return considering the opposition and who we have coming up next. Not only are we now not playing with any quality, we are also failing to pick up the requisite points which is the only reason I can see for supporting the way we are playing currently. Of course Jacko will say that if you pick up more points than games, which we have by 2, you will stay up, but I think you have to look at the fact we still have all of the big boys, save for Arsenal, left to play in the first half of fixtures as a factor when assessing our current points per game.
If you disagree with the points of myself, or the likes of Standaman etc then fine, that's what we are here for, it's a discussion board. But if you cannot see that we have a point and even those who have previously been pro Pulis have started to be turned off because of what we are watching week in week out, then I struggle to see how I can discuss it with you. I can appreciate what Pulis brings to a club, the nigh on guarantee that you will stay up, it's just that that alone isn't enough for me, I want to be entertained by my team as well.
