The first Saturday of the Premier League provided much for the Soccer Saturday panel to get their teeth in to.
Impressed
My colleague Dickie Davis was at the Madejski Stadium on Saturday to report on what was undoubtedly the game of the day in the Championship and when I spoke to him afterwards he was also impressed, not only by the manner in which Watford were so comfortable in possession of the ball, but also the never-say-die spirit in the team. In short, they don't appear to know when they are beaten.
Again it appeared they were slow to start and it will have taken some stern words from Zola at half time to change things around. But this is a team of players still to get on familiar terms with each other.
Other sides in the division may look on enviously at the manner in which the team has been assembled, but it is as exciting a squad as any at this level.
It's incredibly early to start making rash predictions about how this league will pan out but Watford, on the evidence of the opening three fixtures, will take some stopping.
