Pearson will give his party stars Wat for

NIGEL PEARSON was bob-on to leave three important players out of his match-day squad against Southampton on Sunday.

And his actions showed why he is the right man to rebuild Watford in or out of the Premier League.

The coronavirus is by no means done and a party like the one alleged to have been thrown by Andre Gray and attended by Domingos Quina and Nathaniel Chalobah (all above) could well be the trigger for a devastating spike in football.

Pearson was decisive and that showed the character of the manager.

As for their team-mates, football dressing rooms are funny places — it might be laughed off on the whole, but you’d also be left knowing that what you’d done was bang out of order.

You can never be quite sure where you stand with some people, and I’m absolutely sure Troy Deeney and some of the seniors will be desperately unhappy with it.

They will be saying, ‘You three have potentially cost us a place in the Premier League’, when they see them again.

There are no excuses if the allegation is proved and I’m surprised they did it knowing that if Pearson found out he would come down on them like a ton of bricks.

If Pearson does stay, that trio may find they are surplus to requirements.