Watford Observer Pre-Match coverage: Southampton team news: Kwadwo Baah, Mattie Pollock and Othmane Maamma updates

Paulo Pezzolano and Valon Behrami discuss why Watford signed Nampalys Mendy

Paulo Pezzolano wants Watford to flex their muscles against Southampton

Watford Observer: RECAP: Watford 2-2 Southampton

Five talking points as Watford draw with Southampton

Match report: Irankunda does it again as Watford draw 2-2 with Southampton

Pezzolano confirms imminent Andrews departure: ‘This is a good opportunity for him’

Paulo Pezzolano: ‘Nestory Irankunda hasn’t accomplished anything yet’

BBC: Southampton and Watford both scored late free-kicks in an entertaining draw at Vicarage Road in the Championship.

Sky: First, Ryan Manning curled his left-footed low set-piece shot into the bottom corner of Egil Selvik’s net to put a rebuilding Southampton side on the verge of a second away win of the season. Then, Watford’s Nestory Irankunda, who had posed a threat all match, used his right foot to take the aerial route past Southampton keeper Gavin Bazunu and into the top corner.

BHappy: It’s “only” a point, and we “only” have five after four games. Nonetheless, you’d need a heart of stone to be unexcited by the direction of travel. Chak, Wiley, Maamma, at least one Mendy still to come in, Louza to return from suspension. A head coach who is bold enough to make decisive moves to win a game, smart enough to bring his team to salute the Rookery before kick-off, decent enough to give Ryan Andrews a brief cameo on his way out of the door despite the very evident heat of the moment. The Switzerland-bound full-back was propelled in front of the Rookery for a final “one of our own” salute as the team returned on the final whistle.

Fran’s Watford Blog: I think we were all expecting Southampton to be tricky opponents and that proved to be the case, but the Hornets matched them and did very well to come from behind on two occasions to win a very creditable point. The goals were, of course, the main talking points. Having watched some painful VAR decisions in the televised games before the match, I was glad that it wasn’t in play for our first goal. It was notable that this was created by two substitutes with Vata’s forward ball met by a powerful strike from Baah. Then Irankunda showed that his free kick last week wasn’t a fluke with another beauty that gave the keeper no chance. Mike had recorded the goal and it was a joy to see it again. Nestory was tremendous all game, and I was pleased to see both Baah and Irankunda on the pitch at the same time. They will cause problems for many teams in this division. The early goal was disappointing, but the Hornets generally defended well from that point on.