Robert Hill

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Marked for Robert Hill

430 Edition

The Watford Courier

23 Oct 2034
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings23 Oct 2034

Nobody could get near Nestory Irankunda

Successful dribbles: 46. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad23 Oct 2034

A fracture rules Fraser Harper out for 93 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Watford will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Match21 Oct 2034

11 unbeaten for Watford

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 11 matches without defeat is a foundation Watford did not have in the autumn.

Market23 Oct 2034

Only the photograph left for Robert Hill

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Robert Hill will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Watford the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad23 Oct 2034

Words at Watford training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Anton Stach is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad23 Oct 2034

Daniel Bachmann in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Watford this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings23 Oct 2034

The afternoon belonged to Vivaldo Semedo

A mark of 7.97, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

Match21 Oct 2034

Watford share the spoils with Gillingham

A 1‑1 draw with Gillingham leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad23 Oct 2034

The manager makes an example of Jacob Parker

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

Back issues
426 Edition

The Watford Courier

25 Sep 2034
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings25 Sep 2034

Nobody could get near Kwadwo Baah

Successful dribbles: 45. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market25 Sep 2034

Tylon Smith asks to leave Watford

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Player ratings25 Sep 2034

A defender's goal wins it for Watford — 7.98

1 for Edoardo Bove, marked 7.98, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Market25 Sep 2034

Robert Hill has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Watford they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Match23 Sep 2034

Whatever happens, Watford do not lose

7 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Squad25 Sep 2034

Words at Watford training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Anton Stach is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Match23 Sep 2034

Edoardo Bove the difference as Watford beat Plymouth Argyle

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Edoardo Bove. 2‑0 against Plymouth Argyle, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings25 Sep 2034

Nestory Irankunda in the eights

A performance of 8.08 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad25 Sep 2034

Tempers go at Watford

Lorenzo Passarelli 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.

In brief

416 Edition

The Watford Courier

17 Jul 2034
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom17 Jul 2034

The interim tag comes off Interim Coach

Watford interviewed the field and appointed the corridor: Interim Coach keeps the job he had been doing in all but title. Sometimes the safest pair of hands is the one already holding the wheel.

Squad17 Jul 2034

Hector Kyprianou: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Watford have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad17 Jul 2034

Watford lose Kwadwo Baah

42 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Market17 Jul 2034

Watford turn down Bristol Rovers for Adam Bennett

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Boardroom17 Jul 2034

Lennox Wyes Pejl signs for Ipswich Town while still at Watford

The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Lennox Wyes Pejl has agreed terms with Ipswich Town for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.

Squad17 Jul 2034

Tempers go at Watford

Nathan Baxter 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.

In brief

412 Edition

The Watford Courier

19 Jun 2034
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market19 Jun 2034

Watford turn down Barrow AFC for Adam Bennett

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Match17 Jun 2034

No end in sight to Watford's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Watford has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad19 Jun 2034

Nestory Irankunda falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match17 Jun 2034

No clean sheets in sight for Watford

4 games now with at least two against. The back line has been rearranged, the goalkeeper has been backed publicly, and the goals keep going in anyway.

Match17 Jun 2034

A bad afternoon for Watford against Huddersfield Town

0‑2 to Huddersfield Town, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Market19 Jun 2034

Eyes on Robert Hill again

The phone has started ringing about Robert Hill again, and this time the name on the line is Exeter City. Watford are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad19 Jun 2034

The manager makes an example of Yves Bissouma

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings19 Jun 2034

Nobody could get near Vivaldo Semedo

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad19 Jun 2034

Tempers go at Watford

Lorenzo Passarelli 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.

In brief