10 Things We Learned From The English Premier League Football Weekend (23-25 Sept 2017)

4. This Season's Surprise Success Story

How do Watford do it?

They are a humble - and easily the least fashionable - London club, and are thus incapable of attracting superstars. They go through managers like kits, breaking all rules (or conventional wisdom) of consistency. And yet, they are a cemented Premier League presence set to enjoy their most successful season yet. They also provided one of few thrilling moments, in a weekend otherwise one-sided and or drab, through Richarlison's last minute winner. In truth, they should have won far more convincingly; Swansea were a shadow of the side who defended so well against Spurs last time out. Their defending was comically bad at times. That might even be generous. The error leading to the winner was suicidal.

Watford showed enough belief and persistence to earn all three points - but perhaps it's not all doom and gloom for Swansea; on-loan starlet Tammy Abraham is a natural who gets into at least one great goalscoring position each game, and much like West Ham, he might yet earn his temporary new home another year in the world's most lucrative market.