Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards described Watford as “absolutely awful” and argued that the Hornets lack an easily identifiable style of play.
“What are Watford – what are they trying to do?,” asked Richards.
“You look at Watford and you don’t know what they’re going to do – are they going to press, drop off, play through the lines or keep possession?
“You just don’t know which Watford are going to turn up. Ranieri said he was going to try and make them hard to beat, but they’re awful, absolutely awful.
“Ranieri seems like a nice bloke, but if you only get seven points from 13 games, the writing was always going to be on the wall.”
Mike Parkin, presenter of Watford podcast From the Rookery End, said his club are “flailing about” without a long-term plan.
“You have to look long term when running a football club,” he said.
“There is a feeling among Watford fans we are wasting a golden ticket of a long-term legacy from the Pozzos by lacking long-term planning.
“You have to give the owners credit because we are in the Premier League.”
