Pardew recalled: “That run we had to the cup final, we used to go away for a week. A change of scenery, lighten the load, focus on the Cup. It was a good experience for us and hopefully it will be the same for my players.”
Badly hit by injuries, Pardew hopes to have Yannick Bolasie and Bakary Sako back for the trip to White Hart Lane, while one of the few bright spots on Saturday, Emmanuel Adebayor, will return to his last club with a point to prove. The Togo striker’s Spurs career petered out after a bright start but here he showed all the old panache with a vintage headed equaliser, his first goal in 16 months.
“He hasn’t played in a while and he still looks quite fit,” the Palace defender Scott Dann said. “We need to create more chances for him because as he showed today, it was not an easy chance but he put it in the back of the net.”
While Palace’s struggles continued, this was a welcome return to form for Watford, who had failed to score in four of their previous five league games.
Deeney was at the centre of it all. He won and converted an early penalty after referee Robert Madley correctly spotted a holding offence by Mile Jedinak, then delivered a sweetly-struck winner eight minutes from the end
- Telegraph