With morale at all-time low, Watford blame game begins
BBC Radio 3CR's Geoff Doyle explain why he thinks Watford boss Ed Still is on borrowed time.
[Getty Images] It seems Watford are going to be appointing another head coach in the summer. The club have not admitted it yet but Ed Still's time is surely up. The atmosphere at games in the last few weeks is the worst it has been since the Pozzo family took over.
The owner is now taking heavy criticism from a sizeable part of the fanbase and the surprising gamble on appointing Still has backfired badly. His record is six defeats, four draws and three wins. At Watford that is sackable in itself but the toxicity that this run has brought means his position is untenable.
Morale at the club and among the players is at an all-time low and a vicious blame game has begun. Previous head coach Javi Gracia predicted this downfall. He felt lack of leadership and experience was going to be the Hornets' undoing.
Despite a good first half of the season, Gracia felt it couldn't be sustained and he was right. The board made a mistake in not backing him in January and Gracia left so he didn't have to deal with the inevitable mess. The appointment of Still has also proved to have been a mistake.