BRUTAL: But it would be a travesty if this rout was held against Dionisi
26.08.26, 10:22 Updated 26.08.26, 12:03 5 Minute Read
Mike Walters
Well, what did you expect to see - Sydney Opera House? Krakatoa erupting? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
Watford’s crushing 5-1 defeat by League One Peterborough in the Carabao Cup was as brutal as it was predictable.
Let’s not sugar-coat it. Shipping five goals at home against a lower-ranked club was humiliating for the fans, chastening for five youngsters making their full debuts and not a good look for the club.
In 90 minutes of coruscating inadequacy, the paper-thin depth of the Hornets’ squad was laid bare and head coach Alessio Dionisi must now hope his players’ confidence, which had been buoyed by four points from the first two games in the Championship, has not been holed below the water line.
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Mike Walters spent 40 years on Fleet Street as a top sports writer and a regular in the Press box at Vicarage Road. His first game as a wide-eyed Watford fan was a 5-0 FA Cup win against Reading 55 years ago and, coupled with his national newspaper experience, few supporters are better-equipped to cover English football's original family club.