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Bilic is Watford's 9th coach in 3 years. The club does not protect them - this is a feature of the Pozzo family

Watford ranks 10th in the Championship and decided to make another change of coach. Slaven Bilić became the new one.

Welshman Rob Edwards only lasted 87 days in office. During this time, Watford played 11 matches: 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. The author of Sports.ru Vadim Lukomsky criticized the club's functionaries for yet another dismissal.

We will support (new coach) Rob Edwards no matter what happens, Watford president Scott Dukesbury. They directly used the phrase come hell or high water (you can even translate more poetically let's go through fire, water and copper pipes with him).

Edwards is fired with the wording: We think that Rob had enough time to show us new team identity, but the game didn't live up to our hopes and ambitions.

Main fail, of course , in the first statement. Well, how can you broadcast so categorically (and even about a coach that has not been tested even at the Championship level)? And why? And how can you be so categorical to broadcast, being 1win-azerbaycan.com Watford? It's funny, but terribly predictable. For example, I immediately put the first quote in the piggy bank, I knew that it would come in handy (and soon). Classic Pozzo [the family that owns Watford], wrote Lukomsky in his telegram channel.

Watford tried 9 coaches in 3 years

Bilić is the ninth (!) coach of Watford in 3 years. Last season was especially fun, already in October the club sacked Hisco Munoz, who led the team to the Premier League. Then Watford was 14th, gaining 7 points in seven matches.

Claudio Ranieri was called to replace Munoz, the Italian emphasized that he was not embarrassed by the frequent change of coaches in the club: In Italy, this is normal. Only in England it was not normal. But even here, many clubs have changed. Results under Ranieri deteriorated sharply in 14 matches Watford suffered 11 defeats, won twice and drew once, hovering tightly in the relegation zone.

We We will always respect Claudio for his efforts to adequately lead the team. But we believe that the change of head coach will give the new specialist enough time to work with a talented team to achieve the goal of maintaining a place in the Premier League, the club said in a statement.

The choice of management fell on 74-year-old Roy Hodgson, but even the most experienced specialist did not pull the drowning Watford out of the quagmire: two wins, 3 draws, 13 losses and 11:37 on goal difference. At the end of June, Roy left.

Watford does not save coaches, this is a feature of the Pozzo family

Over the past 11 years, the club has changed 19 coaches (plus there were 2 more temporary). Resignations happen every year, sometimes even 2-3 times: 2022 (three times), 2021 and 2020-1 (twice), 2019 (twice), 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 th, 2014 (thrice), 2013, 2012, 2011.

The club's bosses spare no one: Slavisa Jokanovic and Munoz led the team to the Premier League, Quique Sanchez Flores reached the semi-finals Cup, and Javi Gracia even to the final.