Rodgers guns for ex-club Watford

Last updated : 26 September 2010 By BBC Sport

Manager Brendan Rodgers plans to end Swansea's dismal away form with a win at his old club Watford on Tuesday.The 3-1 defeat at Nottingham Forest on Saturday was the Welsh club's fourth successive Championship defeat away against four Liberty Stadium wins.

"The good thing is that we don't have to wait long to put things right," said Rodgers, who left Vicarage Road in acrimonious circumstances last June.

"We face another difficult task against Watford... they are a special club."

Rodgers expects to have Scott Sinclair and Stephen Dobbie back on Tuesday after late, niggling injuries ruled them out of the Forest defeat.

It didn't end as either of us would have wanted, but I have got immense respect for the club

Brendan Rodgers on Watford

Northern Irishman Rodgers cut his coaching teeth at Chelsea and Reading before being offered his big chance to manage Watford two years ago.

But after just seven months in charge he left the Hornets to take up the vacant managerial role at Reading in June 2009, a move that left a lasting feeling of bitterness with the Vicarage Road fans.

He managed just five wins before parting with the Royals in December, but has had a good start in the Swansea job he took on last summer.

"Watford are a special club and I'll always be grateful to them," Rodgers told BBC Sport Wales.

"It didn't end as either of us would have wanted, but I have got immense respect for the club.

"It's another game and we need to get our away form up and running."

Rodgers rues Forest defeat

Cedric van der Gun, who scored Swansea's consolation goal at the City Ground, said he is confident that results on the road will come.

"We know that we've got a squad with a lot of quality and we can get it back on track," the Dutchman told BBC Sport Wales.

But former Wales captain Kevin Ratcliffe says he saw worrying signs in the Forest loss.

"Swansea were really snuffed out by a hard working Nottingham Forest side," said the former defender, speaking as an analyst for BBC Radio Wales.

"Man for man they were better than Swansea who couldn't cope or break down Forest."

Source: BBC Sport

Source: BBC Sport