16th September 2014- Championship, Blackpool 0 Watford 1

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WFC.Net goal commentary: 1

BBC: Watford climbed up to second in the Championship as Matej Vydra’s second-half penalty secured a 1-0 win at struggling Blackpool.

BHappy: Impatience in the away end was beginning to rear its graceless head, Matej Vydra too often on the receiving end. This was inappropriate on any number of levels, the two most glaring being that barracking a striker low on confidence really isn’t likely to achieve the desired outcome and that, actually, this was a performance more assertive than many of those since his return. For starters there was no shortage of effort and, yes yes, “showing you’re bothered” as a meter of quality has its limitations but in Vydra’s energetic closing down there was at least evidence of something. The pivotal change in the game was the introduction of Dyer for McGugan, which gave the side far better balance. Within a minute Anya was screaming down the right, his clever ball inside to Vydra lashed hungrily into the side netting. Then we got the goal and it was a far more elegant thing than a 68th minute penalty might sound, the sort of quality that can win a good side a game as the Premier League taught us all too well. Pudil, a rival for Ekstrand as man of the match, sent an evil pass through for Dyer borne of the winger’s movement and Pudil’s awareness and leaving Tony McMahon with no option but to make a challenge that he was never going to execute successfully. Deeney, one assumes, delegated penalty-taking responsibility to his strike partner and kudos to him for doing so as the Czech finished expertly… he needed a goal and acknowledged the travelling Hornets with a grin.

Evening Standard, 17 Sep 2014

Independent, 17 Sep 2014