Hornets boss wants to ‘inflict more pain’ on Luton at Kenilworth Road
Derby day clash takes place in Bedfordshire on Saturday
Watford boss Tom Cleverley is out to ‘inflict more pain’ on Luton when the two teams meet for their eagerly anticipated derby clash at Kenilworth Road tomorrow afternoon.
The Hornets will go into the contest having made by far the better start to the Championship campaign, taking 16 points from their opening nine games to sit in the final play-off spot, eight more than the Hatters who are currently languishing down in 21st position. Cleverley, who came through the ranks at Manchester United, a Premier League winner earlier in his career, has had a long association with the Hertfordshire club, joining from Everton in 2017, going on to play almost 150 times, including when current Town chief Rob Edwards was having his brief 11-game spell as manager at Vicarage Road.
It’s clear the ex-England international still has plenty of respect for his opposite number, even though he wants to pile the pressure on to his former manager, who has come in for criticism over the manner of Luton’s start to life in the second tier following their relegation from Premier League, having just won just once on home soil so, beaten five times already. He told BBC Three Counties Radio: “Form goes out the window in derby games, so it will be a unique game and it will be a game that we won’t focus on anyone’s current form.
