A thrilling comeback against Coventry put to rest any fears of the drop and we emerged victorious by three goals to two at the Ricoh Arena.
In many ways the game summed up our season: we were poor in large patches of the game but showed great character and resolve to fight back against the odds and, deservedly in the end, secured our place in the Championship for another season.
The game looked out of reach at two goals down with time running out but goals from Tom, Tamas and Grzegorz meant a very happy coach on the way home. Although since the draw against Barnsley we’ve known it would have taken something quite horrendous to see us drop down a league, it was still a massive relief to end all doubt and to do it in the style we did was quite something.
Once again, with only the one game this week it was a quiet one, although I did have a small section in the local paper stating my intentions for next season.
For those who don’t know my situation, my contract expires at the end of this season. I’m very hopeful of sorting my situation out with Watford in the near future - I have no intention to leave the club that has brought me through the ranks since being a boy of 10 years old. My only issues were that of not playing regular football for the past six months and the length of the contract.
In a perfect world I would be playing and the offer of the contract would be longer but unfortunately football isn’t that simple but hopefully all will be sorted soon and I will still be a Watford player next season. I honestly believe I still have much to offer this club and I haven’t fulfilled all my goals here yet. I will keep you posted on developments.
So to the final week of the season. I can’t imagine training will ease up all that much, we intend to finish the season on a high and if we were to beat Derby next week and finish on 58 points that would be quite some achievement when only a matter of a couple of months ago we were on 30 points after 30 games.
It’s taken a fine run to get us where we are now and a lot of credit has to go to our manager, Brendan Rodgers, who’s not only guided us to safety but done it with a style of football that I can sense pleases the fans.
We are now trying to play attractive, winning football, which some may argue isn’t the best way to get out of this division but I think all those involved with Watford hope we stick to our guns and prove that our style of football can bring success. I’m sure it can.
Bye for now