Paddy Davitt delivers his Watford verdict after Norwich City’s Championship collapse at Vicarage Road.
Too much as it turned out for Norwich City after a drab, if effective, Championship win mined in gruelling circumstances against QPR.
The perfect start to this follow up at Vicarage Road with Danny Batth’s header and Hwang Ui-Jo’s fearsome hit putting David Wagner’s side two goals up with 12 minutes gone.
But the defensive frailty they had apparently eradicated with tough talking and hard yards at Colney resurfaced.
Two cheap concessions inside three minutes pegged then back, and then with the game for the taking Yaser Asprilla rifled home from close range to inflict an eighth league defeat in the last 12 for the Canaries.
Those who stayed behind at the final whistle vented their frustration towards the players, who attempted to show their appreciation for the backing.
Wagner wisely did not subject himself to that audience.
[Francisco] Sierralta will be back in the squad – he was already in training last week but it was too close to the game.
Mattie Pollock will be back in the squad as well, as he was sick last weekend.
The only player who will be out for a long period of time is Jeremy Ngakia, due to his injury and surgery.
Ben Hamer is ready to go. He played against Rotherham and towards the international break we had a friendly game and he played 90 minutes again, so now we are looking forward to his game and his chance again.
We will take on the games one by one. This is the Championship, it is the beauty of this league that anyone can beat anyone.
We know that when we are at home we are stronger, we have more certainty in our game, more confidence, and we are more ready to compete.
