Now the season is over Watford face a huge summer to change the direction of travel, as the good times feel further away than ever.
And so another season of mid-table mediocrity ends and, while for many a break from football will be most welcome, for a lot of people connected with Watford the next few weeks are going to be very, very important indeed.The 3-1 defeat to Middlesbrough, while slightly harsh, underlined the size of the task for Tom Cleverley and his staff – and must also nudge the owner in the direction of doing something, anything, that can alter the steady but noticeable decline on the field.
The parachute money is over. The Hornets are no longer a club that was ‘recently’ in the Premier League. They are now a Championship club, and a middling one at that. For once the defence couldn’t rescue the Hornets’ profligate finishing as they shipped a couple of goals that were particularly poor, and so the only real highlight was the drive and flair of the midfield.
That so much of what Watford fans will be thinking about now the season is over will be worrying and negative topics is a realistic and fair indication of where the club now is. Despite all the talk of league games never being meaningless, the first half was about as tame as it gets.
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