Sorry outcome for Malky Mackay

Watford boss Malky Mackay has received five apologies or recognitions from League referees' supremo Dave Allison that his team have been wrongly treated this season.

He'll probably be getting another soon as Watford were robbed of a vital point in the 2-1 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday, where a foul on Tom Cleverley went unpunished, play was waved on and Luke Varney struck the 89th-minute winner.

"Dave's a good man for having the decency to apologise or agree with me when I've sent him a DVD," said Mackay. "It's five times we should have had a penalty or a goal's been disallowed."

Watford hope to sign 17‑year-old Ryan Noble as a back-up striker on a six‑week loan from Sunderland.