Team news is in - Lloris (c), Trippier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose, Dembele, Dier, Alli, Carroll, Lamela, Kane.

Walker and Erikson on the bench.

I like that line-up actually - probably down to keeping some players fresh having played 48 hours ago, but it's good. Will be keen to see how Trippier fares.

Relieved to see Dembele, wondered if that knock might have done for him today.

Big, big day for Trippy: Watford have a such a lively duo. Also a day for Carroll to properly man up.

It's going to be very interesting indeed....

Big games coming up against Everton and Leicester ( and today!! ) all currently in the top half of the table.

Poch to Real Madrid, excellent.

Kane to Man Utd, not so good but £50m has to be a joke. Levy will set a price and it will be £100m. I think Man Utds era of dominance has ended with Ferguson going their fans and the media are in some sort of dreamland ( bit like Liverpool were ) and when Wenger goes the gooners really will have something to whinge about.

The title is there for the taking this year, we are as short as 10/1, even carrying Poch we must have a chance.

Capoue making a meal of a perfectly good tackle ? What a shocker ...

BOOM! Have that

you beauty cracking goal

That was such a nice finish from Lamela

Trippier's crossing really is something else

ugh..

Got to admire that equaliser.

DREADFUL defending from Dier there. Just allowed Ighalo to bully him.

yeah, i mean it was brute force to get through more than anything - dier just stood there which is suprising. hoping we can nick another one from somewhere, but watford are playing well and certainly making it difficult

I thought it was reaction speed rather than force, poor Dier is on to a hiding - almost any move he makes there the striker goes down. Credit where due, it was very well played.

Think so far we are conspiring to make Watford look a lot better than they are. We seem to be back to making simple things difficult. Our passing so far has been dreadful as has much of our attacking movement. Playing three at the back was a radical move by Poch but Dier is out of sorts, Toby is all over the place and Vertonghen is often too wide. Rose needs to tuck in a bit and make more intelligent runs. Alli after picking up his early booking is a shadow but now Dembele's gone off may step up.

Second half needs to be a lot more dynamic with Eriksen and Carroll moving the ball forward and supporting much quicker. Lamela needs to give Kane closer support. Watford's defence is weak but we need to have the courage to go for it or I see another Newcastle result looming.

It's what you do when you are against two strikers in form who hunt together. We have three competent centre backs, why wouldn't you.

Clear red there .. boot to the groin .. not on

Nobody wants to pass to Trippier then eh?

Spurs need to up their pace.

You cannot tell that we are the side with a man advantage. This is poor.

Go on my Son

Get innnnnn!!!!!!

Haha I'll take that

What a wonderful game of football. Just fantastic!

So against the number one form team in the Premiership and away from home we win - merry christmas - Poch out!

big get out of jail win there. certainly not without problems and some poor performances, but a win is a win is a win, and winning ugly, as "they" say, is fine with me.

Up to 3rd for now. Brilliant

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almost forgot, poch out ! ..