itemprop=description content=There was a long and thoughtful pause after the question ‘what one thing would you have done differently in your time at Watford’ had been…
There was a long and thoughtful pause after the question ‘what one thing would you have done differently in your time at Watford’ had been absorbed.
Of the 18 players named in the matchday squad for his final game against Preston on March 4, half have now left the club. “But it was too many people involved in the January window, and the changes that happened also affected the feeling around the place.“We were in a good place before the World Cup, and the changes behind the scenes didn’t have to happen right then. They could have happened six months later, after the end of the season and into pre-season.
However, for Bilic, it led to a situation where he felt the table around which decisions were made became unnecessarily overcrowded. “I remember after the last game before the break at Bristol City I said to the guys ‘go home, have time with your family, rest up, and then we come back and work hard again’. I felt there was a buzz. We were in a good place.
“So we had our list of players and we were ready. With Cristiano we had players, mostly Premier League, who were ready to sign for us or join us on loan. But it didn’t happen. “But what confused everything was we had too many people involved in recruitment, too many people all trying to decide on the vital things.
“The injuries didn’t last for a couple of weeks, we had about eight weeks where we had lots of players out. “It’s a good club with a really good fan base and being close to London can help you attract players. “And I’m thinking ‘but we won 4-0 in the last game, why are they thinking like?’ But very soon I realised the fans had been frustrated for the last few seasons. From the start of 2022 it had not been good.
“We had to bring them back by playing 20 minutes or half an hour in a period where we had to play Blackburn, Burnley, West Brom and Sheffield United in four games.However, the next game after that four-match sequence was at home to Preston, and following the 0-0 draw Bilic was sacked. Looking back, both on his time and what came after, Bilic, feels he could have guided Watford to the top six.
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