An opposition view without any opposition so we do the normal and talk about Paul Ince, Milk Shakes, Rivals merging or not, Robert Maxwell, Pornographic club owners, Bristol Rovers nicknames, old grounds, Only Fools and Horses, Roy Hodgson, Nigel Pearson, the difference between estuaries and channels, Pete’s friend Tim, Predictions, Steve Bruce and a lack of enthusiasm for the World Cup and Pete has a rant about FIFA (instead of the FA this time), England and then London Transport Museum sock pr...
Nov 10, 2022•43 min
This is good! Part 2 of the post-match Reading reactions see Charlie/Sean lament that KFC isn't open but then reveals that Blue Cheese Brett is a stadium neighbour!!! We catch up with Jason Rose as he makes his way back to Wallingford and then Adam Leventhal once of Sky and now of the Athletic but always of Watford joins us to chat about Technical Directors, World Cup breaks and coverage and we take the opportunity to have a gratuitous discussion about beating Luton plus Pete tries to co-opt Ada...
Nov 09, 2022•45 min
The first half of the Twitter Spaces post Reading. A strange game which never really burst into life and Pete seems to feel a bit odd about it, but we discover how good the burgers are at the top of Occupation Road and people point out to Pete, the good bits that went on today. Two lurkers - Woody and Steve jump the fence and we discover that Bretts wife wasn't all that impressed with drunken cheesy Brett on Saturday. Part 2 out soon includes some great callers and an excellent last minute subst...
Nov 09, 2022•44 min
We originally recorded a Reading preview on the day of the Queens passing, so the game was postponed. However, if we have one rule (that we don't ignore-ish) - we have to take a contestant's first answer!! We have to have some standards. So here is a sort of preview show that descends very quickly into one disaster after another involving Blue Cheese and Coventry but finally ends with a crescendo - before Pete forgets that Stilton is a blue cheese, and it all goes wrong again!! Thanks to Mike Sm...
Nov 06, 2022•27 min
Genuinely one of the most surreal Twitter Spaces we’ve had – and don’t forget that includes one where Carl was bitten by a horse – so that’s saying something!!!! Mrs Wendover Horn makes a first appearance, Rich cuts a frustrated figure or half a figure, and then Carl and Brett who have been enjoying the delights of hospitality all day come on with a blue cheese fixation and one set of head phones between them, Uncle Ron quotes the “Smiths” and then starts talking about Oil Tankers before request...
Nov 06, 2022•1 hr 20 min
"What's the craic?" podcast lads Dave and Neil join us for the opposition view as Coventry City come to Vicarage Road. The lads bring us up to speed on their ownership issues and we mutually agree that the word "murky" is very well used when it comes to ownership in the Championship. We also look back to some of the players that the sky blues have enjoyed over the years and Pete explains why he and other Hornets may have been responsible for a Coventry manager ultimately getting the boot. On the...
Nov 03, 2022•23 min
3 wins on the spin and Justin and Carl are in charge of tonight's Spaces - people seem impressed and content with the direction things are moving under Bilic despite an injury list that reads like a phone directory! How many points do we think the injury depleted squad might be able to get before we have a chance to get players fit during the World Cup break. Greg is in a car park in CArdiff but cant remember his supermarket advert themes but fortunately Justin is here to correct him. Coventry o...
Nov 03, 2022•45 min
The Opposition View returns but Cardiff City podcast were unable to make Sunday to record in the end so we do it without them. The lads look back and discuss which was the better of the Luton 4-0 beatings 1997 or 2022 and then discuss the win at Wigan. We review a list of 50 Pozzo signings since Andre Gray and decide if they helped on the pitch for us or not (inspired by a tweet this week- credit anon). We finally reluctantly move onto the preview by choosing which of Cardiffs many left wingers ...
Oct 31, 2022•57 min
So, with some fearing an "after the Lord Mayors Show" style result we saw different qualities in a less enthralling game and performance than last week as we faced a home team who were prepared to match any work rate we might apply. In truth, this was a classic away smash and grab of a performance, but we saw character and determination which we hope will be a hallmark under Slaven Bilic. In other news the podcast is two years old, we got some contrasting reviews of the Wigan Kebab and Peter's a...
Oct 30, 2022•1 hr 9 min
There's lots in this one! This is literally your survival guide for Wigan Athletic away as Barry from "Progress with Unity podcast joins us to gently meander through the history of Wigan. Carlos tries to break his own land speed record for upsetting people in the North but Barry has none of it, Pete does manage to irk Barry with a common misconception about Wigan and Justin has his normal flap about going last in the prediction league. The 10 year anniversary of Wigan's triumphant FA Cup win is ...
Oct 26, 2022•31 min
What a game, what a performance and what a return for the M1 Derby - if you were a Watford fan. All the reaction from the supporters, Ellie has six points to make, Pete gets confused as there are simply too many Sam's in the world and Paul Turner conducts an entire call when no one can hear him - but frankly all of this is second to the team finally standing up and being counted and putting in the performance of the season!!!! COYH! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ...
Oct 23, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Billy from the "Oak Road Hatter" and we discuss their season, a short-lived Play off semi-final hangover from last season, their recruitment and their playing style. We discuss the move from Kenilworth Road to Power Court that will come in a few years' time and the excitement but fear of losing what their current ground gives them. Billy was a lovely guy - so much so that his selection upset Justin in the prediction league that no one is talking about (thank God!). Finally, we cover off the advi...
Oct 21, 2022•30 min
With the big M1 Derby looming Andy Collins and Justin Dealey join the lads to discuss their derby game experiences, hopes and expectations from either side of the great divide. We play the Derby forecast game featuring players who played for both the Hornets and the Hatters, we find out who has a relative that got run over by a glider, and Andy decides that someone should take charge and forms a panel!!! Justin (Dealey) explains his preferred colour Luton kit and does what Justin (Beattie) alway...
Oct 20, 2022•49 min
Part Two of all the fan reaction after the 3-0 defeat at the Den and a lot of eyes turn warily to the M1 Derby on Sunday with a squad crippled by injuries and a number of transfer windows coming home to roost. Fingers crossed! COYH! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 20, 2022•56 min
A humiliation at the Den sees Millwall fully worthy of the 3 points. The fan calls look at our inability to put two results together and question the desire of the squad. This is the first hour of calls from shellshocked Watford fans as we worry about the upcoming Derby at the weekend! Part Two will be out later in the morning. COYH! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 20, 2022•59 min
The lads chat with Alex from "That Millwall Podcast". Starting a season playing 5 at the back but not recruiting properly sees the team move to a 4-2-3-1 formation and that's just Millwall!!!! Yes again, we stick our heads out of the Watford bubble to see what the forthcoming opposition's season is looking like, but we still manage to complain about Saturday evening kick offs!!! COYH! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...
Oct 17, 2022•20 min
All the fan reaction from the home victory over 2nd placed Norwich City. In the week before this the vibe had been negative following the pitiful performance at Blackpool. A week on the training ground sees Sema and Sarr swapping flanks and the midfield find energy, intensity and seemingly a better balance plus at the back we have a relatively calm assurance. The usual nonsense ensues where we find out if Ellie's mum really is that sweary and people discuss a protest experiment that really looke...
Oct 16, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Justin and Pete talk to Adam from Norwich City Podcast "Pink Uns". The whereabouts of Todd Cantwell, the perceived lack of performances from a Norwich side that sit second, a drunk celebrity chef and other nonsense is discussed before we head over to the score predictions. COYH Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 13, 2022•22 min
For the first time in a long time the boys sit down and discuss what's going on at the club. Justin asks, "are we entitled?", Pete bangs on in the usual way and seems rather keen on handerchiefs and finances and Carlos takes us through the many adventures from the Blackpool trip that was only interrupted by an excruciating Watford performance. We learn the safety precautions that should take place when diving into a skip and why going to watch the Women's team may be an affordable and enjoyable ...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Part Two of the Twitter Space reaction and fans discuss what format a fan protest could take to express the strong dissatisfaction with the club trajectory and to let the upper hierarchy know that many are feeling this way. As ever there are differences in opinion as to if or how this might be done but in the main there seems a consensus that carrying on as we are, is becoming less and less viable. Thanks as ever to all those who listen, lurk or contribute. COYH! Learn more about your ad choices...
Oct 09, 2022•52 min
PART ONE of the fan reaction following a second consecutive defeat under Slaven Bilic who is realising the poison chalice he has been handed. The verdict for many is in that the time to make voices heard beyond the online environment and inside or outside the stadium in terms of the treatment of the managerial model overall, the transfer situation over several windows, the Technical Director and "Super-Agent positions, the level of debt leveraged on the club, in part to the owner and of course t...
Oct 08, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Here's the preview of the Blackpool game where Pete momentarily thinks the opposition forecast is a solid locked down affair - but Justin bursts that bubble!! Carl is stuck on the underground so everything is even more dishevelled than normal (it really is!). Pete and Justin try to remember who we're playing and agree that some managers definitely begin with "C"!!! Always we discuss what was possibly the most mulleted forward line the club have ever had. COYH Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...
Oct 07, 2022•28 min
What a strange night!! After the euphoria of Sunday away at Stoke, the Swans under Russell Martin present a very different challenge. Superbly skippered by Matt Grimes who was previously linked with us a couple of seasons ago (in fairness who HASN'T been linked with us at some stage) the Swans were everything that we weren't in the second half - imaginative, hardworking but also quick and simple and free of the stress and anxiety that seemed to the plague the Hornets. Bilic now knows the task at...
Oct 06, 2022•1 hr 33 min
Carl is in a car park, Justin is in the Canaries and Peter is in a flap. The lads try to podcast and video record at the same time, but Pete staunchly refuses to be able to multitask. Add to this Swansea are a no-show but instead we have another "Potted Unofficial History" of our opponents to endure!! Carl tells us about Stoke, bed sheets and the long road to the potteries. Justin, sun tanned and wearing his third shirt resembles a badger but thinks he'll be able to make it to the game because h...
Oct 03, 2022•16 min
So in Slaven Bilic's (soon to be known as Slavic according to Ellie) first game in charge we discuss a 4-0 away win at the potteries and all are quite stunned at how well, especially in the second half, we play. Some think Gaspar wasn't great in the first half, some say he was, but all agree that by the final whistle - it didn't really matter. The departure of Rob Edwards and the ownership issue is very raw with people and we will see if it remains so moving forward if Slaven's team can take thi...
Oct 02, 2022•46 min
Justin and Pete talk to David from Stoke City Podcast "Wizards of Drivel" where we compare amongst other things, who has signed the best son of a famous player, how and who to play out of position when you have no wing backs and, very pleasingly, we compare which club is the most cursed! Plus, all the usual nonsense, Justin being grumpy that he has to predict last and never gets to select 1-1 and Peter recalling the Watford career of Jack Bonham! COYH Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...
Sep 28, 2022•27 min
So, with Justin off on his holidays, Carl and Pete call in the podcasts own "Red Adair" in BBC 3CR Radio Host, entertainer and all-round good guy Andy Collins to pick over the pieces of Rob Edwards firing. We try to understand the politics of the WFC boardroom, who supported Rob and who didn't, if there is a boardroom split, why we have so many left footed players, we ask again about the culture in the dressing room, we look ahead to Belgian court proceedings and ask just who is Mr G and where a...
Sep 27, 2022•34 min
Fresh from putting on the "100 Years at the Vic" exhibition an intimidating tag team of Neil Dunham and Sarah Priestley take on Carl! Does Carl have a chance, how much power does the fateful question set B really hold and does anyone really care!?! Surely a Watford memorabilia collector and co-creator of "Watford Gold" alongside Watford Museum curator will make mincemeat of Carl! Carl once again refuses to understand the term "multiple choice", Sarah and Neil disagree and one of them disappears ...
Sep 26, 2022•17 min
All the fan reaction from 10 minutes after Rob Edwards firing was confirmed. There is swearing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 26, 2022•1 hr 25 min
We don't like international breaks - we get bored and start doing silly things - thus season 2 of "The World vs Carl" is back to be concluded during the World Cup!!! The quiz that absolutely no one wanted to continue - continues, and we start with Watford Observer legendary reporter Andrew French!!! Subjects include Mickey Quinn, Gary Penrice and a generally begrudging level of involvement from Carl who despite having had a full preseason appears to not have signed the necessary Right Wing Back ...
Sep 25, 2022•12 min
