Considering Watford's significant turnover of players and the club's revolving door policy to recruitment, a series of talents have passed through Vicarage Road in recent seasons without making much of an impact.
Abdoulaye Doucoure, signed from Stade Rennais in February 2016, but immediately sent out on loan to Granada, had looked destined to be yet another anonymous player to come and go at the Hertfordshire outfit without really demonstrating his qualities.
However, when handed his opportunity by new coach Marco Silva against Liverpool on Saturday, the powerful Franco-Malian midfielder grabbed his chance and delivered the kind of performance that will ensure that he stands out amidst the many foreign imports to have turned out for the Hornets under the Pozzo regime.