please log in to view this image WATFORD v SUNDERLAND please log in to view this image Vicarage Road Stadium Saturday 27th April 2024 Kick Off : 1500BST please log in to view this image Our final game at the Vic of a lacklustre season. It started well enough with the defeat of QPR, but season ticket holders soon found that games were not enjoyed, but endured. Gino kept his trigger finger quiet longer than expected as the chorus of boos became louder. Eventually, he asked his head coach to depart, and appointed an inexperienced, but ex-player to take charge until the end of the season. The players responded to the change, and people started to enjoy their football again, even if the home wins still didn't arrive. So here we are with the last chance to get that win, and depart for a summer with hope for the coming season. Sunderland are another team that are already thinking about next season after a disappointing campaign under a number of different managers. Mike Dodds has brought some short-term relief at the Stadium of Light with nine points from the last seven games, enough to keep Sunderland around the mid-table positions. The Black Cats also have a recent victory at promotion-chasing West Bromwich Albion under their belt, yet that has since been forgotten on the back of losing at home to Millwall. Team News None available as yet. Our officials Oliver Langford please log in to view this image Hristo Karaivanov and Matthew Jones Sam Purkiss the fourth official.
TC update: Chakvetadze (groin) won’t play tomorrow. Late decision on Dele-Bashiru. Ngakia setback in training, won’t play again this season. Sema available from start. Porteous will be involved tomorrow but not at Mboro with Euros in mind
Classic Ngakia - did wonder how fit he was when coming on with loads of strapping on like you see some rugby players have! Probably not risking Chakvetadze with the Euros in mind too. Hopefully Sema plays.
Watford and Sunderland are the only teams in the bottom half of the table with a positive goal difference - both on 1. Here's hoping we are the only one at full time. Something to play for anyway...
And the ref is strangely picky - let's a lot of physically from both sides go, then pulls them up for seemingly trivial things
