In the aftermath of the home defeat to Coventry City we all pondered how long it might be before the Management at the club took steps to prevent the slide in form being replicated on the league table. We spun up an X/Twitter Spaces and took the temperature of what people were thinking late on Saturday night. The Coventry Post Match Phone In pods will be up on Sunday COYH!!! This Podcast has been created and uploaded by Do Not Scratch Your Eyes. The views in this Podcast are not necessarily the ...
Mar 10, 2024•56 min
Part 2 We hear the rest of the calls form the midweek draw with the Swans with a couple of great debut calls asking for us to consider how we talk to each other online, provide support and also rueing elements of the season. 5 word reviews, long forms, haikus and limericks are not all about honey!!! COYH!! This Podcast has been created and uploaded by Do Not Scratch Your Eyes. The views in this Podcast are not necessarily the views of talkSPORT. Huge thanks to all our Patreons: Chris Giannone, R...
Mar 07, 2024•43 min
The reaction to the 1-1 home draw with Swansea also saw a rather disturbing and contentious week thus far of social media commentary. Carlos makes a come back having got out of hospital(thank you everyone for your thoughts and comments) and then we get into half football half social media contention and hopefully put it to bed for a period......oh who are we kidding this is Watford FC!!! As ever a massive thank you to all contributors. COYH!! This Podcast has been created and uploaded by Do Not ...
Mar 07, 2024•1 hr 1 min
We chat to our friend David from Coventry who once again dons a quality garment for the occasion. We find out how Coventry have bounced back from play off disappointment but how things aren't too great at the minute, we talk about Sheffield Wednesday and "that" Kasey Palmer incident and agree that one idiot does not define a club, we get onto the Coventry Manager "1 in 10" which is going swimmingly with David doing all the right things, like ignoring the rules, until we get to Boothroyd and then...
Mar 06, 2024•29 min
Luke from Swanscast tolerates Justin swooning over his voice again in order to let us know how their season has gone and how the new manager is coming along. We find out if a former Home Secretary ever did play and manage the Swans plus we discover why Brendan Rogers is 10/10 and Elvis int he Principality during "1 in 10"! The prediction league sees John Jarvis turn in contrasting style videos and the Hornets hopes are pessimistic! COYH!! This Podcast has been created and uploaded by Do Not Scra...
Mar 04, 2024•33 min
PART TWO is long but eventful We pick up with Ambassador to Dubai John, and he discusses draining boards, Troy and Millwall TV commentators and asks is there any point changing Head Coach before getting Pete rambling on about takeover discussions and the new deal for the distribution of Premier League money to the Championship, League 1 and League 2 clubs. Sean joins us and ask “what is happening with Andrews” and asks has he perhaps been sold already? (This is later demonstrated not to be the c...
Mar 03, 2024•1 hr 43 min
Pete gets all carried away first with a button that plays the “Duff Duff’s” from Eastenders and secondly, he starts talking about Washing up and draining boards. Callers insist that he pull himself back to concentrating on the football. Terry asks why we seem to be getting worse in terms of results and performances since Boxing Day. Alan joins us and wants to talk abo ut the washing up as a preference to the game but eventually get back to looking down the league table and asking where the next ...
Mar 03, 2024•1 hr 5 min
PART 4 By this time we had been talking so long with Troy that his family were probably worried about his safety! We discuss relegation, what that meant for players, the managerial appointments in a season played almost entirely behind closed doors, coping with injuries but trying to contribute before turning to Watford strikers currently and Troy's thoughts - which will possibly surprise a few. Finally we come to the "Do Not Scratch Your Eyes" goal and what it is like being in the middle of a m...
Feb 29, 2024•47 min
PART 3 We progress through Troy's Watford career by managers chronologically and discuss how he got in with some of the big personalities in the squad, the game shifting to a single striker up front, the pandemic impact and a whole lot more in between! Plus what did or didn't happen in that West Ham United dressing room? Troy sets the record straight in a way that only he can. COYH!! This Podcast has been created and uploaded by Do Not Scratch Your Eyes. The views in this Podcast are not necessa...
Feb 29, 2024•41 min
Chris from "That Millwall Podcast" joins us to tell us about a season with 3 managers and what will be the home coming of Millwall talisman Neil Harris!! We hear about the one game under Harris so far - a very creditable away win at Southampton, as well as the season story thus far. The prediction league is its weekly triumph as always with Jarvis predicting a win and Johns Backgammon involving a recycling bin and a sinister alleyway in Rickmansworth with solar lighting and climbing plants!! Jus...
Feb 28, 2024•29 min
Part 2 of 4 We ask Troy for his "one word review" for all his managers and whilst they are telling they lead to more words and stories covering some of his managers, teammates and food related stories from behind the scenes during the first half of his time at the club. No Haribo's were harmed during the making of this podcast! COYH!! This Podcast has been created and uploaded by Do Not Scratch Your Eyes. The views in this Podcast are not necessarily the views of talkSPORT. Huge thanks to all ou...
Feb 28, 2024•55 min
Part 1 of 4. Troy was good enough to give us his evening to discuss his time at Watford and to respond to questions submitted by supporters. In the end he gave us 4 hours as we talked about his football career. Here we discuss the early days, the early influences as he went through non league to Walsall and some interactions with a certain Mr. Tommy Mooney. Part 2 out tomorrow COYH!! This Podcast has been created and uploaded by Do Not Scratch Your Eyes. The views in this Podcast are not necessa...
Feb 27, 2024•46 min
PART TWO The rest of the calls, 5 word and long form reviews, haikus, limericks and Pete girds his loins and goes banging on about the "New Deal for Football" for no apparent reasons! Thank you to everyone who contributes to this utter nonsense per usual!!! COYH!! This Podcast has been created and uploaded by Do Not Scratch Your Eyes. The views in this Podcast are not necessarily the views of talkSPORT. Huge thanks to all our Patreons: Chris Giannone, RichWFC2, Steve Holliman, Paul Fiander Turne...
Feb 25, 2024•57 min
PART ONE The fan reaction after a home defeat where two right backs are on the bench and central midfielder is playing at right back, two central midfielders are substituted on 26 minutes with rumours of disquiet in the dressing room and then a dysfunctional performance - in any other season this would result in the raising of the corner flag, what does everyone think today. Also the delicate subject as to whether national flags are now political and should they be displayed inside the ground. A...
Feb 25, 2024•58 min
We catch up with Kofi from the "And he takes that chance" podcast about Huddersfield's season and why he feels like a Northern Watford at the moment, does anyone want to go up to the Premier League, football fan experiences abroad, manager departures and appointments, the player with the longest name in the Championship, an owner who communicates via twitter videos, Rhys Healey, and why Pete isn't sorry that either the BBC or ITV will miss out on FA Cup coverage. Plus we discuss the iconic Jonny...
Feb 21, 2024•35 min
Andy Collins of 3CR Breakfast Radio, Comedian, Pantomime star and audience warmer upper for the great and the good - joins us to get a seasons worth of frustration off his chest! Who has two left feet, the Val and Dennis quandary for getting match fit, life next to the drummer in the 1881, sharing Ngakia's agent, Why Andy is keen to drive to Newcastle & just why is Scott Fitzgerald constantly coming up!!! "Your Song", Chicken Tikka and Chips and is the Championship any good this season are c...
Feb 19, 2024•35 min
PART TWO The rest of the fan reaction after the 1-0 away win at Rotherham. Tim points out that previous players have been limited who have scored goals for the Hornets and asks that we stick by the team and offer some patience, Ray joins us again and asks that our big Danish forward to really commit himself in challenges and headers and Chris asks if we could see Dennis earlier - perhaps from the start. Pete Ryan then joins us on his way back and makes some great observations about Rajovic and h...
Feb 18, 2024•36 min
PART ONE After four straight defeats an oddly poor game with one shot on target from either side sees the Hornets grab the three points but how does everyone feel about that? Some are not euphoric and ask searching questions about identity, progress and a meagre squad where as the positive side of the debate are also not euphoric but feel a more pragmatic view of the result turning around a poor run of results was the priority and that has been done. Whilst Ismaels in game substitutions have bee...
Feb 18, 2024•50 min
Pete finally gets the new recording microphone working (having spectacularly failed last time) and, before the Leicester game, asks everyone down the Bunker where they think Watford will finish this season! We also find out about a group who have come over from Madrid to the Vic and have manged to find the Bunker!!! The roving mic will be a new feature which roughly means, it won't improve but we'll keep doing it anyway!! We deal with some of the questions left on X/Twitter and Pete bangs for to...
Feb 16, 2024•50 min
PART TWO Rob starts off part two with strong opinions on players and our direction, Danny calls in a gives his opinion on the night having travelled with his dad to Carrow Road, Adam joins us from Florida where he was watching in the office (well done indeed!) and we are able to see what a long range effect “being Watfordy” can have! We speculate what the four year contract for Ngakia might consist of, and ask “is this a rebuild?” Nellie points out being older he is able to have experienced more...
Feb 14, 2024•1 hr 5 min
PART ONE A worldy from Asprilla completes a comeback for Watford, except Norwich didn't read the script and with the Hornets seemingly stopping, came back into the game and grabbed another 2 goals. A frustrating night sees Dylan start us of with the post mortem before Ant asks why the results and performances have dipped so much since Xmas. Alan takes the opportunity to remind us what a prat Stuart Attwell continues to and is scathing about the lack of effort in the final stages of the game! Gre...
Feb 14, 2024•55 min
Matt joins us from @NewYork Talk and describes supporting a club going through an abject season with only 3 wins so far this season (this should fire a klaxon warning for Watford as we all know!), we cover off the 5-0 win at Vicarage Road and the subsequent departure of Matt Taylor and the slow but eventual recruitment of Leam Richardson as a replacement. We find out what the Millers fans might hope for from the season ahead of what looks like an inevitable drop into League 1and we look at what ...
Feb 13, 2024•46 min
PART TWO Danny starts off part two – expanding on the difference in tone of the defeats and looks forward to replicating elements of the performance into the next three games if we are to get the season back on track before Dylan enthuses over enjoying the spectacle and reminds us that we have three points waiting for us at Carrow Road (we hope!!) 5 words, Long forms, Haikus and limericks plus Martyn joins us to cover things such tik Tok and Babycham, all of which Pete fails to understand! COYH!...
Feb 11, 2024•41 min
PART ONE Nellie comes on and thinks that the centre forward problem may have been solved, Wendover joins us frustrated that we didn’t get on the front foot earlier and didn’t enjoy Leicester regularly lying down, Petes phone collapses again before Neal joins us to confirm that the penalty was indeed a penalty and SteveO calls in from the Emerald Isle to offer hope for the rest of the week. All in all a very balanced view focusing on the performance positives and short falls and not just the resu...
Feb 11, 2024•35 min
Adam joins us from the Pink 'un to talk all things Norwich City this season including David Wagner's ups and downs, the transfer windows ins and outs, Carls liking of mustard, Jonathan Lowe Norwich academy product seemingly destined for the top flight one way or another and we get into our "1 in 10" section to quickly rate and characterize the oppositions previous managers. A dreadfully organised prediction league sees Carl and Justin get to predict before the dog or backgammon videos but they'r...
Feb 10, 2024•29 min
Pete provides a stream of consciousness following the release of the accounts and asks what does it all mean for our strategy going forward when early player sales allows us to turn an operating loss of £500,000 per week in to a very tidy profit! We ask can this be repeated if we are not able to attract investment to make the player recruitment/trading model to be sustainable in the long term and will further cost cutting measures be needed? COYH!! This Podcast has been created and uploaded by D...
Feb 09, 2024•39 min
We spun up an X/Twitter Spaces after the 3-0 away defeat in the Cup that no one other than those in the ground were able to see - fortunately (for us) Pete Fincham and Doctor Dickie Sutton were there and phoned in to give us first hand accounts of events and proceeding. Some now think that the last week feels like a straw breaking the camels back with a third game with no efforts on goal and 5.5 games without a goal from open play, but for many this is not a knee jerk reaction but a culmination ...
Feb 07, 2024•57 min
In light of the FA Cup result we thought we'd put something out to, hopefully cheer people up. We perform the transfer post mortem, discuss did we want to win against Southampton, review Watford Managers from the Pozzo era and deal with questions including TV programmes from the 70s and 80's COYH!!! COYH!! This Podcast has been created and uploaded by Do Not Scratch Your Eyes. The views in this Podcast are not necessarily the views of talkSPORT. Huge thanks to all our Patreons: Chris Giannone, R...
Feb 06, 2024•1 hr
Brad from “Leicester City til I die” tells us about their season and the FA Cup Final win of recent years whilst effortlessly giving gentle digs at Spurs, Ben Chilwell, Chelsea, Ben Chill’s big toe & in the “One Word/Mark Out of ten for previous managers” interims Mike Stowell and Adam Sadler are given short shrift!!! This is what we like to hear!!! Brad gives us a run down of how Leicester will play and who to look out for on Saturday before the prediction league where John goes to court an...
Feb 06, 2024•30 min
PART TWO Some less regular callers make some great contributions, Taylor starts us off asking for Dennis (when fit) to play through the middle possibly alongside Bayo as it’s in the final third that we need to improve that final ball, Guy joins us traveling home after a very frustrating afternoon and summarises our position as a club and the day wonderfully, Rob wonders if his ticket for the Leicester game was really a good idea and disagrees that the times we have now can be compared to that un...
Feb 04, 2024•39 min
