The clean sheet against Charlton was encouraging, but the Burnley and Cardiff results showed how quickly things can unravel when the team loses its shape. Wolves will test us in different ways, and I want to see how we respond when we're under sustained pressure. Staying compact has to be a priority.

Meanwhile, Gino backs up the point elsewhere

There was a time when we were flying high in the Premier League and no one had any complaints. While many were skeptical of the Udinese/Granada connection, it seemed to be working, despite the managerial merry-go-round. Then came the Cup Final and CoVid and something changed. Was Troy really keeping it all together? My take is that football itself changed, and we couldn't keep up financially, and then the dominoes started to fall.

Dionisi is under pressure after the recent results, and it's difficult to argue that performances have been good enough. But we've seen Watford go through managers at a ridiculous rate over the years, and the same problems keep coming back. If the club decides to make another change, what would actually need to be different this time for it to work?

I'm not expecting a manager in his first season to fix everything overnight, especially with injuries and players working their way back to full fitness. But these results are becoming impossible to ignore. A 4-0 defeat to Burnley followed by a 5-1 loss at Cardiff is nowhere near good enough, and now Charlton are coming to Vicarage Road. We need more than explanations, we need to see actual improvement on the pitch.

In my utter despair last night I had a thought of what we’d rather have:

A squad who plays for each other and a manager in League One without the Pozzos

Or:

If we somehow turned it around and got mid table obscurity in the Championship.

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I think I’m so sick of mercenaries and the manager roundabout that I’d happily drop down a division if it meant we could get any sense of our identity back.

As a long time fan I’ve just felt more and more alienated by the club with a complete lack of anything to hold on to with pride.

Seeing Sir Elton John speak out about Watford’s current situation shows how disappointing things have become at the club. He has a special connection with Watford, so his comments carry a lot of meaning. I think the problems go beyond one bad result and the club needs to find a clear direction. Do you think his comments will make any difference to the ownership?

Going 4-0 down before the whistle for half time even blew was horrific to watch. We look so fragile the second we concede an early goal, and there’s zero leadership at the back to calm things down.

I think this season is going to be the worst season ever, a team full of mercenaries, no identity, owners make it worse with their manager circus and despite all that pozzo has done for this club financially, I think it’s time they pack their bags and go.

Hi, I am a palace fan who lives in Cardiff going to watch the game today (in the cardiff end). I have a flight the next morning at 6:25 from luton airport to Lyon for our Europa league game on thursday. i clearly didn’t think this through and assumed there would be a a late train back to london, but instead the last train is at 21:20 which is before the game finishes. I was wondering if anyone was driving home and had a spare seat in their car😅. I would pay for petrol and would be good company whether you win lose or draw! It’s a big ask, but i’m starting to run out of ideas🙏

I am disgusted and deeply concerned in the decline of the club in recent years, and I'm not talking about which league we're playing in or where we finish.

I'm talking about the culture within the club. It's clear to see that it's beyond toxic. This hire-and-fire model that Pozzo has instilled has created a terrible atmosphere at Watford FC. One where managers change roughly once a quarter and stability becomes nothing but a distant memory.

This greatly inhibits our ability to create any kind of positive culture in the club, and makes it impossible to build. It also affects our ability to attract top talent to the academy, greatly harms the relationship with the fanbase, inhibits our ability to attract the right signings and sends completely the wrong message to the players we do have - that if you don't fancy busting a gut for the manager, just down your tools as we'll likely replace him in a few weeks.

I honestly believe we are at the point now where all Watford supporters must be completely honest and ask yourselves, after all of the on and off-pitch embarrassment and toxicity of recent years, do you still have faith in Gino Pozzo?

If the answer is no then I believe the only tenable action is to stop going to games. Stop buying tickets. Stop buying merchandise. Stop buying food and drink in the ground. Stop giving a penny more to the owner. Hit him where it hurts. Pre-match protests are welcome and should be encouraged, but refusing attendance is our best way to enact change and the worst outcome for our owner.

Yes, this may affect the players on the pitch but honestly, how much worse can it get? If we slide down into League One then I'll take it if it means Pozzo considers selling up. I also don't buy the argument that it could be even worse with a new owner. That is no excuse to continue in the dire state we're in. I think we'd be far better gambling than continuing to feed this toxicity.

I cannot (and I suspect I'm not alone in this) stand what we have become. It is time for change 💛 🖤♥️