Croozey
Vital 1st Team Regular
i really enjoyed that book. He said when he arrived at Watford, the club was being run terribly. The club scout was 96 and had been there since before the war.They are also smart enough to realise that they have almost complete control of every aspect of the playing side of the club, the higher up the ladder they go the more of that they will probably have to relinquish. It's a theme in Graham Taylor's autobiography that nothing in his career gave him as much pleasure as his achievements at Watford when he could do pretty much what he wanted with Elton John's backing
First game of the season GT is sat on the bench- no dugout. (The stand behind where he sat had no roof, so he said he could hardly sit in a dry dugout while the supporters behind him were open to all elements). Anyway the game is about to kick off and he looked down the touchline to see Elton John walking towards him waving at the crowd. Elton plonks himself on the other end of the bench alongside the sub and backroom team. GT was thinking "what the f... do you think you're doing". He had to teach him how to be a chairman, to liaise and greet with the opposition board of directors etc.