When you’ve had a poor run of form and results and if you need to get your season going again, it doesn’t really matter how you win so long as you do and this victory was just what we needed.

This was Sheffield United at their best. It was a professional performance from them and although I wouldn’t call it dirty by any stretch, it shows they leave no stone unturned. They wasted time fairly whenever possible and didn’t retrieve any balls that were not for them, allowing them to get back into position and [...]

This was a good point given the circumstances and despite a brave and committed performance, it was always on the cards when you concede so much possession and try to ride out a result in the way we did here.

I thought Tom Cleverly was very good for them and deserved his goal at the end. It was a limp performance all around and I didn’t think Watford were that fancy either. But what it showed was when there were any moments of quality from them, we couldn’t deal with it.

That’s twice now, that for no apparent reason, we’ve decided to wind up an opposition striker who later had the last laugh. We did it to Andy Cole back when he played for Burnley and despite leading 2-0 in that game, he hit three in a 4-2 win at Loftus Road. This wasn’t quite the [...]