Something happened to Watson early this season regarding his confidence.
Always had skill and is a better than average shot stopper.
He made no attempt in previous seasons to control his area and whilst he is not yet in the Joe Murphy class at doing this he is now competent.
He used to have a problem when he couldn’t hold a shot to push it in front of him. He very rarely does this now.
His distribution is still probably his weakest area but even that has improved this season. He is not helped in this by the fact we have never had a forward that can challenge for, win and retain a long clearance in the whole of his time here. This means he is often trying to hit a 2 yard gap inside either touchline. The Man City keeper can do this pretty consistently but not many others.
Now a quality lower league keeper and at 25 could get better still if he works hard. Don’t let the fact that he has always had a shite team playing in front since he got here cloud your judgement. Player of the season by a mile.
