The Watford Courier
Squad15 Mar 2027
Rodrigo Muniz is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.77 with 37 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Player ratings15 Mar 2027
Both of them Rodrigo Muniz's — 9.35
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.35, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Watford
Rodrigo Muniz was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Jonathan Macaulay is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad15 Mar 2027
A row about effort at Watford
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Giorgi Chakvetadze was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market15 Mar 2027
Daniel Taylor steps up from the Watford academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Taylor has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market15 Mar 2027
Steven Howard steps up from the Watford academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Steven Howard has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market15 Mar 2027
One of our own: Liam Hamilton joins the Watford first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Liam Hamilton is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market15 Mar 2027
Watford promote David King from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. David King has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Match Watford refuse to lose to Norwich City
- Match Watford and Norwich City take a point apiece
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Vivaldo Semedo