Nyom In Team Of The Week

Watford are represented in the latest Premier League team of the week that has been selected by BBC pundit Garth Crooks.

Actually Garth is now down as a ‘Football Analyst’ these days, a posh term for a pundit then!

The performance by Allan Nyom in the Watford win against Sunderland at the weekend at the Stadium of Light was enough to earn a place in defence alongside the other, in the opinion of the former Spurs striker anyway, most impressive performers in the topflight over the latest weekend.

I think we’ll already know ourselves, and not just based on the latest performance, why Crooks, we’ll also not argue with it, selected Nyom as part of his team but explaining his choice he told the BBC.

‘The game against Sunderland was only four minutes old when Cameroon defender Nyom raced down Watford’s right-hand side on to a lovely through-ball to set up Odion Ighalo’s 10th goal of the season.

‘In addition to this assist, there was a wonderful moment in the match when Jermain Defoe enticed Nyom to stick a leg out in the penalty area. But the full-back, a summer signing from Udinese, cleverly resisted the bait and stood up.

‘Defoe continued his run and forced a save out of Heurelho Gomes but, most importantly for Watford, did not win a penalty. A clean sheet by Watford but that was a match-winning decision by Nyom if ever I saw one.’

It’s always good to see us represented in this way, and well played to Nyom for his recognition, which came after his ninth successive Premier League goal, but the most important thing about the weekend was of course the three-points!