Saturday, July 15, 2017

The Watford Hornets looking forward to higher aspirations



The Marco Silva era is about to begin in Vicarage Road at the helm of the Hornets, after last campaign see saw and saving themselves of the infamous relegation, the Orns are back in business.

After a seventeenth place finish, these club directives made the decision to make a change in its helm.

However, Marco Silva does not come with the best credentials and references after managing Hull City in its end and seeing it going down to the ranks of Championship.

The heat will be on for the Portuguese looking forward to put this squad in Premiership primetime. 

With a transfers market were the Orns front office has made important moves but not to spectacular, for Silva these new faces in Hertfordshire are seen as a possible pump in its game and who knows a jump to the top ten spots.

So far, the arrival of Tom Cleverley from Everton has given a new dimension to the Orns midfield attack, along with Nathaniel Chalobah- Chelsea, Will Hughes- Derby County, Daniel Bachmann- Stoke, and Kiko Femenia- Alaves.

These players will complement the current roster of starters that Watford will front in what many odds makers have dubbed this upcoming 2017-18 edition as the most contested.

Still there are many question marks surrounding in the Orns backfield, midfield and frontal attack, if they would like to make a run in the campaign and not be worrying all about the relegation fight in the end.

As the likes of Liverpool coming to Vicarage Road, then going to Vitality Stadium and face off a renewed AFC Bournemouth and coming home to welcome the recently promoted Brighton, Hove and Albion.

One thing this club label is that it is a true fighter and can be lethal to those so-called league giants as last campaign did some notable performances and scored important wins.

Unfortunately for Walter Mazzari who by sheer luck he and his Hornets barely were spared of going down, its why the arrival of Silva as he almost performed the miracle at Hull City but fell short.

As the preseason tune up for the Golden Boys- with stints against Woking, AFC Wimbledon, Viktoria Pizen, SD Eibar, Aston Villa (Graham Taylor memorial game) and closing against La Liga Real Sociedad.

Despite the exodus of players moving on to other leagues and clubs, manager Marco Silva expects many positives for his squad and looking forward to a notable and improved campaign in his first year at the helm of the Hornets.

With a club of the class and fighting spirit it has shown with his current squad and the new ones that incorporates it lately, this group can develop this campaign into an interesting one and one filled with an array of headlines.

Realistically speaking if this club sees an all-around improvement, with a finish, around 11 to 15 place if lucky, but do not discard this group out, as they can make a decent run in the end of the campaign.

Nothing is written and clubs can make their own history in the campaign, and this club for sure can make that and silenced many of its doubters solidly, can Watford do it, it’s up to Silva and company.
 
 
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