Dionisi played a great hand - so just think what he could do with a full deck of cards, Mr Pozzo
16.08.26, 20:22 Updated 16.08.26, 20:22 5 Minute Read
Mike Walters
Were you paying attention up in the posh seats, Mr Pozzo?
As an opening statement of willpower, application and sheer guts, Watford’s first home win against Southampton since 2007 was a perfect start.
Head coach Alessio Dionisi and the players who put in an immense shift deserve only credit for rattling one of the Championship promotion favourites with their energy and bravado for 45 minutes and then clinging on doggedly, under intense pressure, when Saints backed them into a corner.
For getting stuck in, there were shades of Tom Cleverley’s first home game as interim manager against Leeds on Good Friday two years ago - even if then Hornets only banked a point from that one.
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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.