Good summary as ever. Much has been made of RDM`s demeanor after the game. Nobody likes criticism and on the whole I feel he is doing a good job. But like all managers he must be flexible and open to advice, look what happened last season when the world and his wife were telling Mowbray we needed someone in midfield who could tackle. Would he play Dorrans???? Would he hell? Many of us have been calling for Cox and Tex for weeks in a 4-4-2 formation. What happens? 5 goals. Compare that with 4-5-1 at Preston, Coventry and Swansea second half, no goals.

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It was a cracking performance, but I hope that we don’t get carried away with this result as a lot of us did after the result against Middlesbrough when it was assumed that we had already won the league.

I have said it before and I will no doubt say it again, this team is good, but it’s still a work in progress and I think we will only really see the best out of this team towards the end of the season when RDM has put his stamp on things, we have important players back from injury and the strength in depth of our squad (in comparison to others around us) comes to the fore.

Very happy with Saturday’s result and performance, but will be much happier if we’re walking away from Leicester with 3 points safely secured on Saturday.

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Good blog but do not get carried away – one 5-0 win does not take away the disappointment of some of the recent results before this.
I must admit however to feeling very guilty when RDM said he was upset about some of the recent criticism – as I was one of the strongest critics of the team and the manager in particular. I just overreacted from the deep, deep disappointment I was feeling after Swansea and Coventry – but I apologise as this is a tough division, there will be ups and downs all the way and it is important we all stay together and back RDM and the team. I commit to stay more level headed and fair in future and the key is not to overreact, to either disappointmnet or victory!!!

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Now Twoclate Diyestive Bistiks (as my grandaughter used to call them) are very nice because of the chocolate coating, but there’s still a lot of rather ordinary biscuit to get through. And the dry bits can stick in the throat. So although five 1-0 wins fills you up better, a bit of choc in a 5-0 win is just what the doctor ordered for me anyway. Roberto may well feel he’s had a bad season if we have to do it via the playoffs, but I shall remember the thrill of Middlesbrough and Watford for ages. Surely the reason we go to the match is because we love the uncertainty. How dull to win all the time. How thrilling to knock one over when we don’t expect to. That’s what SPORT is and should be. Hands up everybody who is ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN we shall beat Leicester? Then you must be nuts! That little worm that eats into Jarrod eats into me too. Great Blog mate.

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4 – SuperMaths, I just wanted to pick up on one word that you wrote in your post.

Since Meite got back in the team he has been superb. I can only remember him giving the ball away once and making one mistake, when he was knocked off the ball too easily on Saturday in the corner by the Smethwick and East stands and Watford put that chance wide of the post.

For me, a fully fit and determined Abou Meite is a definite asset to our club and his partnership with Olsson could well be the solid foundation in front of Carson we’ve missed for the last 12 months……unless it’s just a good phase and he gets himself injured or hits poor form again all of a sudden?! :-)

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Will be interesting to see whether Thomas/Tex keep their places at Leicester, or whether Brunt comes back in.
It may just have been that we were already 5-0 up, but I noticed a distinct lack of urgency about our play once Brunt replaced Thomas on Saturday. If we stick with the Moore/Cox partnership for the timebeing then maybe Brunt will have to stay on the bench, but with Bednar in the side (still my first choice forward) then I think Brunt should play to supply the ammunition.

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12 – I know you weren’t having a go, I was just picking up on the point you made about him.

I think he’s been brilliant since he got back in the team and Martis / Barnett are really gonna struggle to get back in the team with the way that he, Olsson and Jara have been performing.

It’s good to have questions like this though, as opposed to: where are the goals coming from? Who’s gonna play left back etc.

The better the form of the players and the more options we have the better it is for everyone.

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I agree with virtually all your blog bomber – most crucial factor for me was the early goal. It meant Watford had to try and come at us and not just sit back and it also calmed all the players and fans down.

The one issue that I don’t agree with and I believe I’m very much in the minority here (apart from the WM match reporter) but I didn’t think Tex played that well. I thought we were up against a truely awful watford team on the day and for me Tex wasn’t involved anywhere near enough. For me he still is missing that half a yard of pace since his injury lay off and is too light weight. I’d still have him on the bench as is different to anything else we have – a player that maybe able to unlock a defence late on in a game but certainly not a starter. For me Morrison is the natural Right midfielder once fit – he gives us that bit of zip and urgency that we’ve been lacking in recent weeks (bar saturday)

great win and a better performance however I agree with almost all the posts on here today – we have to kick on from here

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Jarrold I think you failed to notice that Watford came and tried themselves to play an expansive game. This gave our guys the space and time to show their paces and boy did they revel in it. Realistically we are still ill equipped to handle teams like Palace and Swansea and I think RdM’s demeanor after the game reflected this.

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I laughed so hard, a valid point, and i love the name Jarrold!!

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