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BLIND, STUPID AND DESPERATE
 
05/06: Preview: Watford
Census
The results of a survey of 397 Watford fans

Where will you finish?
Straight up:10
Playoffs:23
Top half:61
Middle:98
Bottom half:113
Going dahn:92

Mean prediction:
16th (21st Most Confident Supporters)
(Last Season's Mean Prediction : 13th)

What would the perfect Division One table look like?
(Last season's position in brackets)

	
			UP	DOWN	SCORE
1  (1)	Watford     	- 	-  	-
2  (3)	Ipswich 	117 	6 	111 
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3  (2)	Crewe 		93 	11 	82 
4  (-)	Norwich 	86 	9 	77 
5  (-)	Southampton 	87 	15 	72 
6  (-)	Hull 		50 	9 	41 
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7  (10)	Preston 	39 	2 	37 
8  (4)	Plymouth 	28 	7 	21 
9  (5)	Brighton 	43 	26 	17 
10 (17)	Derby 		19 	6 	13 
11 (-)	Sheff Wed 	22 	11 	11 
12 (14)	Reading 	18 	14 	4 
13 (13)	Coventry 	6 	7 	-1 
14 (16)	Leicester 	6 	14 	-8 
15 (-)	Crystal Palace 	38 	48 	-10 
16 (12)	Stoke 		4 	16 	-12 
17 (18)	QPR 		28 	52 	-24 
18 (15)	Sheff Utd 	13 	38 	-25 
19 (22)	Leeds 		25 	57 	-32 
20 (24)	Burnley 	9 	49 	-40 
21 (23)	Wolves 		18 	86 	-68 
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22 (20)	Cardiff 	5 	117 	-112 
23 (21)	Millwall 	1 	135 	-134 
24 (-)	Luton 		1 	449 	-448 

Which player in this Division would you most like to sign?
Dean Ashton (18% votes)
(Last Season: Lee Cook)

Who is the club's weakest link?
Chairman Graham Simpson (23% votes)
(Last Season: Neal Ardley)

What team should line up on August 6th?

Richard
Lee
James
Chambers
Lloyd
Doyley
Jay
DeMerit
Sietes
Paul
Devlin
Brynjar
Gunnarsson
Gavin
Mahon
Anthony
McNamee
  Marlon
King
Junior  

Devlin, Mahon and (kinda) Gunnarsson survive from last season's selection.
Al Bangura the most popular replacement for the departed Brynjar Gunnarsson. Number of spellings of Brynjar Gunnarsson: 47 - can't wait until Toumani is a regular vote (not)

World Cup or Promotion?:
44% say World Cup (2nd most patriotic supporters)

Who'd play your manager in a Hollywood Blockbuster:
An Unknown

Other insightful nominations:
Hayley Joel Osment, Ashley from Coronation Street, Barry Chuckle, Chris Barrie, Christopher Ecclestone, Daniel Radcliffe, Graham Taylor, Gwynneth Paltrow, Hugh Grant, Nigel Gibbs, Jim Carrey, Johnny Depp, Josh Hartnett, Keanu Reeves, Kevin Spacey, Lee Evans, Macaulay Culkin, Mel Brookes, Mickey Mouse, Orlando Bloom, PeeWee Hermann, Perry Digweed, Ray Lewington, Ricky Gervais, Rowan Atkinson, Sean Bean, Steven Seagal, the Iraqi Information Minister, Woody Allen

In general, what's your opinion of beards?:

Can be grown under licence101
Ban 'em98
Not a subject for government intervention82
Should be encouraged where appropriate73
Ought to be compulsory31

What is the capital of Ecuador? :
43% answer correctly (3rd most knowledgable supporters)

28% confess to cheating (5th biggest cheats) of whom 27 still answered incorrectly

Other original suggestions: I can't be bothered to Google this as the answer isn't Robbo-related, Papa New Guinea, Montevideo, Scarborough, Millmoor, near Purley?, Ulan Bator, when do we play them and is the club putting on a coach, Boacharga, Dunno but do they have any decent players?

If your players were given the task of making gravy as some kind of team-building exercise, how would it turn out?

Strangely Lumpy179
Cold Water58
Just Right53
Custard50
Dry Paste47

Watford deemed third most likely squad to concoct Dry Paste, third most likely to produce Cold Water

Which is best, mud or dust?:
80% say Mud (10th most pro-mud)

Is there really any need?:
56% say Yes (9th most enthusiastic)