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Facing the music: Alessio Dionisi struggles to turn the tide at Norwich (Photo: Alan Cozzi)

BY FAR THE WORST PART OF THIS TURBULENT AUTUMN AT WATFORD IS FANS TURNING ON EACH OTHER

It had been 41 years since Watford led 2-0 away from home at half time in the League and lost, which is why the collapse at Norwich felt so vivid - but Alessio Dionisi's response, when the tide was turning, was poor game management

01.11.26, 11:03 Updated 01.11.26, 11:04 6 Minute Read

It’s not the wait for an inevitable corner flag on the club website.

It’s not the trauma of looking at the league table and wondering how on earth there are three teams worse than us, one of whom trounced us 4-0 at home and another who outplayed us for an hour.

And it’s not the pain of another schizophrenic performance which calls into question the squad’s depth of quality, if not their moral fibre.

By far the worst part of this turbulent autumn at Watford is the fans turning on each other.

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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.

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