"F**k knows! he smiles when asked by FourFourTwo how he ended up as Hornets skipper. For the first game of the season, the armband was on my seat, no-one had said, You're going to be captain', it was just there. I thought, Oh, OK'. I bluffed it for two years, remembering what Tommy Mooney, Michael Ricketts and Michael Dobson did for me when I was at Walsall, and John Eustace at Watford. I thought OK, let's try to blag it'."
"I knew the whole thing about work hard, be in first', but never really believed in that. I was like, You get in when you get in, but you leave when the job's done'. I've always outworked people. After winning top-flight promotion, Deeney would be rewarded with his first Premier League goal, even if it required 10 games to find the net."
"That meant everything to me, he says. It was at Stoke away I'd been playing really well but hadn't scored yet. Thierry Henry was working as a pundit for Sky and against Newcastle, I'd brought the ball down on my chest, turned and played a pass for Odion Ighalo to score. Henry was saying, If any of the big players did that, we'd be talking about it all the"
Troy Deeney enjoyed a 20-year playing career with more than 700 appearances and 217 goals, largely achieved during an 11-year spell at Watford. He served three months in prison after pleading guilty to affray in 2012, then was appointed Watford captain within two years at the start of their promotion season. Deeney initially found the captaincy unexpected, adopted a bluffed leadership approach, and cited influences from former teammates. He prided himself on outworking opponents and scored his first Premier League goal after ten games, recalling a notable Stoke match and a pass for Odion Ighalo. He later transitioned into management at Forest Green Rovers.
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