The Watford skipper was booked for winding up Villa fans by celebrating his goal in front of the Holte End.
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He was followed by Tim Sherwood with only six months experience and now Remi Garde has taken the helm having never managed an English club before. He was not offered terms. The attitude on the pitch is an example for other players. He kept in touch with his friends, however, City fans and, of the football variety, Villans.
He had already been one of the few impressive Villa players, producing one driving run forward and making up for many of his colleagues shortcomings at the back. Troy Deeney is always considered a threat and it won’t be long before he gets himself on the score sheet more and more often.
“Everyone knows I’m from Birmingham and that’s why they were giving me a lovely reception”, he said. I want us all to do well and hopefully they can pick up. We have created a lot of expectation for Watford. “But they’ve bought on potential rather than Premier League-ready. They will probably all buy me a beer, to be fair”.
Villa have now equalled the Premier League record for the lowest number of points after fourteen games.
Watford are likely to still be without midfielder Valon Behrami, but otherwise have no new injury concerns to contend with.
Jack Grealish has been dropped from the Aston Villa squad ahead of the home game against Watford. The Watford manager also praised Deeney’s character.
“I’m professional, because I’ve got a group of players who at the moment are very unfortunate”, he defiantly stated.
The former United academy player has impressed in his short time at Burnley and has earned several England under-21 call ups.
“We can easily lose three or four games very quickly”.
They are bottom of the table with five points from 13 games, a position from which no team has survived in the Premier League era.
Villa got their reward before half time though when Richards powered a header past Gomes to pull his side back into the game.
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The Hornets had otherwise made a good start to their season under Quique Sanchez Flores but their seven-point lead over the relegation zone could be cut with defeat at Villa Park.
