Quote Originally Posted by SwedishBaggie View Post
I don’t think Watford are/were relegation material. They got off to a bad start (could happen to most teams), and then took the ludicrous decision to sack Gracia after just four (4!) rounds. Gracia took them to their best PL position ever, and to the FA cup final last season. They then appointed Flores, whom they’ve sacked before, and did so again.

So bad decisions by those in charge and injuries to key players (Deeney among others) explain why they were bottom of the league, imo.

That said, I think they perform as you’d expect them to now.
You make some good points there. It's one thing for a new manager to go into dressing room of talented footballers and get more out of them quite another to quite another to sustain it over a full season and continue to get the best out of them (think Solskjær as just one example of many similar.) That said they have made a fantastic start and if it helps relegate our neighbours........