Thursday, September 03, 2009

Aidy One More Time

Like Mike Williamson many seem to wish Aidy much ill will, but I don't fall into that category at all.

People seem to have very short memories and forget the wonderful time when Aidy was new. It was the fact he was a bit wet under the ears that seemed to make him a good manager and we all got an enormous amount of enjoyment out of finishing third in the Championship and going on to thrash Palace and Leeds. It was only when he started getting comfortable and believing the hype that things started to go badly wrong. He'll be looked back on as the Britney Spears of Watford managers.

I hope he's learnt from the experience of what happened in the second half of his reign and does well at Colchester. It'll be tough I reckon as, following their good start, he's on a bit of a hiding to nothing unless they keep winning. In fact it's probably harder than taking over a struggling team and comes with shorter career prospects if it goes wrong.

But whatever happens we should all remember he's no Judas or MW. I bet all those who are critical remember Cardiff and so should think twice before painting him as a Watford bad guy. Good luck Aidy. If you are in the opposing dug out at the Vic I, for one, will stand and applaud you.