Nobby's Notebook - Watford 📖✍️👍

Nobby_Barnes

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That's it for another season of Nobby's Notebook Sportsfans. We have completed 3 full seasons of match reports and assessments of opposition players, many of which have subsequently moved on for incredible sums of money 🤑

I've been quoted by Neil Warnock on Kieffer Moore and Dana in her Football League World articles. We have signed 2 of my recommendations in McGree and O'Brien and I've really enjoyed being a local celebrity.

Will keep youse all posted over the Summer with any breaking news 🔥 Hopefully Sorba Thomas will be one of those incoming 👍

I was hoping the steward yesterday would let me go round the pitch with the players but he just said I would be arrested when I politely asked him 😕 Disgrace tbh

Anyway onto Watford who looked much like a mid table side. No.15 Boro lad Matty Pollock did quite well despite getting booked on 20 mins.
No.12 Ken Sema looked threatening on the left in the opening exchanges and put in a great cross for Bayo but Luke Ayling had the better of him after that.

The two players that impressed me were on the right hand side No.45 Andrews and No 18 Asprilla.
They had twice number of touches than the left sided players and caused us problems particularly in the second half where they combined well.

No.18 Yaser Asprilla just shaded it and is my Notebook choice. It was his corner that led to the Watford goal and he played some lovely cross field passes and put some decent crosses in. Great close control, a clever and pacey player who will go onto bigger and better things.

Age 20, the Columbian has already played 4 times for the international side scoring 2 goals.

He's in the Notebook 👍

That's it guys, have a great Summer everyone and see you next season 💚


Life's work.....
2023/24
Watford - Yaser Asprilla
Leeds United - Crysencio Summerville
Swansea - Josh Key
Sheffield Wednesday - James Beadle
Blackburn Rovers - Sondre Tronstad
Norwich City - Josh Sargent
Plymouth - Darko Gyabi
Bristol City - Max O'Leary
Sunderland - Jack Clarke
Rotherham - Seb Revan
Coventry City - Tatsuhiro Sakamoto
WBA - Jed Wallace
Hull City - Jacob Greaves
Ipswich -Jack Taylor
Preston - Kian Best
Leicester City - Wout Faes
Stoke City - Daniel Johnson
Birmingham City - Emmanuel Longelo
Cardiff - Mark McGuiness
Southampton - Kyle Walker-Peters
QPR - Paul Smyth
Huddersfield -Sorba Thomas
Millwall - Romain Esse

2022/23
Coventry City - Gustavo Hamer (Now at Sheff Utd)
Hull City - Allahyar Sayyadmanesh(Now at Westerlo, Belgium)
Norwich City - Josh Sargent
Burnley - Anass Zoury (On loan at Hull)
Preston NE - Tom Cannon (Now at Leicester)
Stoke - Will Smallbone (Now at Southampton)
Reading - Cesare Casadei (now at Leicester)
QPR - Illias Chair
Blackpool - Jerry Yates ( Now at Swansea)
Watford - Matty Pollock
Millwall - Romain Esse
Wigan Athletic - Thelo Aasgaard
Luton Town - Elijah Adebeyo
Bristol City -Max O'Leary GK
Huddersfield Town - Sorba Thomas
Blackburn Rovers - Adam Wharton (Now at Palace 18 Million Bar)
Birmingham City - Tahith Chong ( Now at Luton)
Rotherham United - Cohen Bramall
Cardiff City - Jack Simpson (Now at Orient)
Sunderland - Ellis Simms ( Now at Coventry)
Swansea - Joel Piroe (Now at Leeds)
WBA - Dara O'Shea (Now at Burnley)
Sheff United - Anel Ahmedhodzic

2021/22
Bristol City - Alex Scott (Now at B'mouth £25M)
QPR - Chris Willock
Blackburn - Sam Gallagher
Blackpool - Shayne Lavery
Sheff Utd - Morgan Gibbs-White (now at Forest)
Peterborough - Siriki Dembele (now at Birmingham)
Barnsley - Bradley Collins. GK (Now at Coventry)
Birmingham - Riley McGree (now at Boro)
Millwall - Daniel Ballard (now at Sunderland)
Preston - Daniel Johnson (Now at Stoke)
Swansea - Ryan Manning (now at Southampton)
Bournemouth - Mark Travers GK (on loan at Stoke)
Forest - Brennan Johnson (Now at Spurs)
Reading - Andy Rinomata (Now at Rotherham)
Coventry - Viktor Gyokeres (Now at Sporting)
Derby - Festy Ebosele (Now at Udinese)
West Brom - Grady Diangana
Luton Town - Elijah Adebeyo
Fulham - Aleksandar Mitrovic (Now at Al Hilal)
Hull City - Jacob Greaves
Huddersfield Town - Lewis O'Brien (now at Forest) (Now at Boro)
Cardiff City - Rubin Colwill
Stoke City - Nick Powell ( Now at Stockport
 
Kone most impressive for me
Yeah good shout, he saw quite a lot of the ball and passing was good he is only 21 👍
I just liked these 2 down the right...
Watford have some good young players Andrews is 19 they will only get better
 
Yeah good shout, he saw quite a lot of the ball and passing was good he is only 21 👍
I just liked these 2 down the right...
Watford have some good young players Andrews is 19 they will only get better

Yeah Andrews highly rated amongst Watford fans. One to watch for sure.
 
How am I going to fill this hole over the summer, with no Nobby?
You should have gone for it yesterday. Services to MFC over and above normal fan loyalty should come with some form of recognition and thanks. I'm sure the magistrates would recognise that.
Have a great summer Nobby.
 
How am I going to fill this hole over the summer, with no Nobby?
You should have gone for it yesterday. Services to MFC over and above normal fan loyalty should come with some form of recognition and thanks. I'm sure the magistrates would recognise that.
Have a great summer Nobby.
Hey Thanks Gordy....Top man 👍
 
Top work @Nobby_Barnes lad.
You've given us all a good laugh this season (although not for the reasons you'd like to think :ROFLMAO:).
I'm hoping you can do some work on the Euros, I don't know maybe you can identify some top talent from the likes of Albania and Georgia :unsure:
 
Thanks Nobby for all your research and posts this past season, it’s definitely been well received and I’m sure we’re all looking forward to your future posts — keep up the good work and here’s hoping you have a very relaxing summer!
 
Thanks Nobby for all your research and posts this past season, it’s definitely been well received and I’m sure we’re all looking forward to your future posts — keep up the good work and here’s hoping you have a very relaxing summer!
Thanks for your kind words expat 👍
 
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