Can't think of any positives from yesterday's game except Sessignon came on he looked sharp. If they had not had the sending off so early it could well have been 5 or 6 so to be not too concerned seems to be rather overly optimistic.

I don’t feel too bad about conceding three goals yesterday - if you look at the other results it was goals aplenty. But we were one of only three teams in the division that failed to score and that’s a concern.

If Browne had made no attempt to play / movement towards the ball the goal would possibly have stood...can't blame "striker's instinct" though.

Is Maresca an AI version of Guadiola?

JJ is a better than average L1 manager, imho. He makes mistakes, some blatant, some less so - but so do all managers - how poor was WHU formation and tactics first half at KM in FAC. Manager changed it round at HT, but before they settled we'd made it 3-0 and there way no realistic way back. WC s-f after we went 1-0 up - poor tactics. At least we know JJ's shortcomings - hopefully he does too and is working on them!

Enough, you win.

The Brewers set themselves up to get in the playoffs on the chance that it could be their year and they can win they competition. They are philosophical enough to accept that is unlikely but it is not impossible.

Agreed the Brewers set themselves up to keep the crowds coming to the end of normal season and into the playoffs. Good from a fan and commercial point of view. Zero relevance to us.

Offside law - "clearly attempting to play a ball which is close when this action impacts on an opponent" and it affected the keeper as a touch would have made him move in a different direction.

OI - you are once again missing the point by a country mile. It is not about what the playoff criteria is but how teams set themselves up to succeed as much as they possibly can in the competition they find themselves in. IMO the Brewers set themselves to reach the playoffs which is their limit. With better organisation we could set ourselves up to stay in League One which is achievable if we set ourselves up a little better - will any of that be financial, yes, but there is also some tactical decisions that will help as well. If we want to progress to challenging for the Championship we would need a lot of outside money in the same way the Brewers would need a lot of outside money to challenge for the World Series. If it was that easy to make the MLB playoffs why do some teams consistently fail to make them?

Watford v Southampton the most enjoyable game I've watched for ages. Each side could have had 5 or 6 - goals or players sent off!

If you want to you can see 10 minutes of our lowlights for free on You Tube. With regards to our goal as Browne was not obstructing the keepers vision or movement he can only be deemed offside if actually touched the ball. Being in an offside position or attempting to touch the ball is not enough to make you offside. I cannot say if he touched it or not but presumably the linesman did.

So are we saying that legitimate criticism of JJ is the same as wanting him to be sacked. Strange thought process there.

Getting to the playoffs is entirely different in baseball than in football. For a start League 1 isn't organised into three geographic groups with the top of each automatically progressing. Football isn't a game where winning 6 and losing 4 of each ten games makes you probably the best club. Congratulations to the Brewers, who are doing particularly well this season but will still lose in the playoffs, but they are no more a blueprint for us than Barcelona or the Green Bay Packers. A closer one is the other fan owned clubs in English football.

DO, agree with your 14:03 post but one of our supporters is delusional...

OI - The Brewers has Misiorowksi pitching yesterday who is considered an elite pitcher but they also won on Thursday with Drohan who isn't considered elite. They have played the Dodgers 6 times this season with a 3-3 record - hardly a flash in the pan win. They have also made the playoffs in 7 of the last 8 seasons despite a bottom third budget and after 122 games this season have the best record of all teams. They play every team as well. They do have a problem in the playoffs due to a squad lacking depth but what they do is like us achieving the playoffs most years. They have shown how to consistent on a smaller budget by signing players who fit they style they need to play and good coaching.

Yeah that was bad mistake by Bishop for the first goal their lad couldn’t have hit a more save-able shot. The tone of the game was already set by then and he just seemed to pick up on the general sense of panic and disorganisation, then level it up.

Bishop should have saved first goal

Watford v Southampton is a really good old fashioned game. End to end, horrendous mistakes, and lots of vicious tackles. 5 yellow cards already.

Yep, Browne offside and tried to touch the header on

I'll revisit the highlights as those are valid reasons.

TS - lino gave player in front of keeper (Browne?) offside. Whether he touched ball irrelevant if deemed to have been in keeper's sight line. Whether he was actually offside debatable, but looked so to me.

TS - Browne tried to play it when he was offside, he didn't touch it and didn't foul but surely trying to play the ball counts as interfering in play?

JJ has his faults, but he got us promoted with a cut-price squad and has kept us up. We cannot afford a new manager. We'd have to pay off JJ and new manager would want new players and our squad are contracted, so we'd need to unload first and that could be even more challenging.

One would hope that Stockley and Sessignon (sp?) will be starting games as soon as they are fully match fit. Neither had a full pre-season. Stockley at least looked like he knew how to create himself half a yard of space and was able to get on the end of things.