Agreed. Watford froze on the big stage against Palace. To be fair, their dramatic semi final win against Leicester made the final almost an unwelcome extention to their season in a strange way.
Our former leader is 3-1 up at home in his first game as manager of Bordeaux. Lyon are a decent team too. His first game for us was away at St Marys in 2009. He won that as well. Always had the measure of smarmy Pardew.