Calamitous first half dashes any hope that Watford are making real progress – The Athletic

After eight embarrassing first-half minutes at Molineux, the game was gone. Watford had conspired to throw away any hope of a competitive encounter.

The slack marking that allowed Raul Jimenez to score Wolves first goal of the evening was repeated for their second, a clumsy Cucho Hernandez own goal, before a goalkeeping omnishambles from Ben Foster put the icing on the cake of calamity. Stick your GoPro up your arse, was one of the chants that a baying and quite frankly laughing Wolves crowd sang at the former West Brom keeper as their team cruised to a 4-0 win.

Put minutes 13 to 20 on YouTube under the title: Explained: How to lose a football match and people would think the examples given were too far-fetched. During the 2019-20 season, the 2-0 defeat to Wolves followed the 8-0 hammering at Manchester City, and at one stage Watford looked equally as shell-shocked. It was an unbridled nightmare.

There had been a hint of progress in Watfords home defeat against Arsenal, but not after Thursdays 4-0 drubbing. No redeeming traits, no positives to take. Perhaps the remarkable fact that the gap to the holy grail of 17th in the table is still only three points offers some solace, albeit

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Calamitous first half dashes any hope that Watford are making real progress - The Athletic