Hi everyone.

I have just got back from a few days in Spain. It was good to get some rest and feel the sun on my face. The manager was fine with it. A lot of it is down to Terry Evans, our fitness coach. Players who play a lot of games are allowed a rest every now and again. I'm looking forward to kicking a ball again though.

Getting away was a good chance to put Saturday's 3-2 defeat to Mansfield behind me. It was so disappointing. Even if the game had finished 2-2, we would have felt like we had dropped two points. We were the better team.

In the end, Jamie Young's mistake three minutes from time cost us. He would have caught that 99 times out of 100. No-one is going to hang him out to dry though. He's kept us in the last couple of games. As a goalkeeper, if you make a mistake, everyone sees it. It's a bit like being a forward, if you miss a good chance it can be very costly.

There were a couple of positives though.

The first was Scott McGleish's performance. He got two goals - the first one was an excellent finish. I then set him up for the second.

That's three goals in two games now since he joined from Northampton. From a team point of view, it's good when all three strikers are playing well. Jermaine Easter has been scoring freely this season and while I have been pleased with my performances, I hope there are some more goals just around the corner.

The second was Lionel Ainsworth, who has signed for us for the rest of the season from Derby. He will be available for the play-off finals if we make it there.

He was fantastic for us, putting crosses into the box. Both of the goals came from his work. He's a young lad, just 19, but has quite a lot of experience and has played for England Under-19s.

He had his defender on toast on Saturday. I said that to him during the game. I told him not to look for the pass but to take his defender on, and he did very well.

We are at home to Macclesfield on Saturday - that's going to be a difficult game. They will be a different side from the one we met earlier in the season. Looking at the table though, it's a game we need to win. We have some tough games coming up at home - Hartlepool, MK Dons and Walsall being three of them - so Macclesfield is a game we need to win.

Paul Ince has done really well since he's been there. When a new manager comes in, the players get a clean slate. With someone like Paul, who the supporters and players have heard of, he commands respect. That would give him a head start. He's made a fantastic start to life as a manager. He could not have joined at a worst time. They were rock bottom, so there was only one way he could take them.

He was an exceptional player. He would be the first name down on the teamsheet, week in, week out. He would have been a massive presence in the dressing room.

I only managed to see the second half of the Carling Cup Final on Sunday. From our point of view, it was nice to have lost to the eventual winners.

Chelsea were always likely to be the more clinical team. Drogba has been exceptional this season. He's got 28 goals already and it's only March. He can't seem to miss at the moment, which is such a difference from last season. With strikers, it's all about confidence.

I was really impressed with him when we played Chelsea. One thing you don't see on the TV is a player's movement, and both he and Shevchenko were outstanding. With a midfield of Lampard, Makelele and so on, they are always going to get the ball.

I'm a Watford fan and you were my hero when you played for us, but my question is how do you think we will do in The FA Cup? Also, can we stay in the Premier League?
Tom King
With all due respect to Plymouth, I think Watford have got a good draw. They are the Premiership side. You want to stay away from the big boys until as late as possible. As for staying in the Premiership, I think it would be a massive achievement if they avoided relegation. I really hope they stay up, but I think it will be very difficult. I went back to the club for an end of season dinner with Adrian Boothroyd. There are some nice people there.

When you retire from playing football, are you hoping to still be involved in the game as a manager or coach?
Ryan Kader
Yes. I have played for 18 years, I might even make that 19 or 20 years depending on how long I play. I have worked with some very good managers and some poor ones too, but you learn as much from the negatives as you do the positives. The experience I have I think I can pass on in a coaching capacity, or several years down the line as a manager.
I think I have played under 23 or 24 managers now. The most successful ones were Graham Taylor at Watford, and Steve Bruce at Birmingham. They were totally different people but both got the best from their players. Another good manager was Andy King at Swindon. Although it was further down the leagues, with the financial constraints he was under, he did very well. He had an excellent knowledge of players and of young players at big clubs. My current manager Paul Lambert took us on an excellent cup run and that raised his profile. If he could get us promotion too that would be a wonderful achievement. He's an old school manager - I like that - but he's good at bringing new ideas. He makes sure everyone knows who the boss is. When he speaks everyone listens. He varies training too, which is good. A lot of his coaching ideas came from Germany, where he played. It's certainly paying off for me, and I'm 35!

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