Do Not Scratch Your Eyes

Charlie warns supporters that if you break everything down, next season losing parachute payments and loan players we could see ourselves next year in a similar position to Wednesday!

We have an ongoing fight to get to Alex’s question which we finally get to, but we get to speak to Neil from his 44 tonne truck (being used an aerial to good effect!) and points out the transfer window is very quiet throughout the market, before we chat to Kevin who got all the way down from Scotland to the game and is delighted with Hamer, Pollock and the ref – Rebecca Welsh!

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The Big Le – Bofski,

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Alan chooses to focus on the positives in that Pollock is getting his chance and seems intent on proving his worth and cementing a place in the starting eleven and looking at the away form which is unbeaten in seven! Pete calls out the number of central midfielders is below the “two players for each position” threshold leaving TDB and Kone looking very leggy which whilst still working hard did affect the quality of their use of the ball.

Wendover agrees that the players looked tired and asks why the transfer window has not been used to inject some fresh legs and energy into the squad. Always keen on a transfer window, Wendover fears that the hype over Dennis suggests that he might be the only incoming in the window (with 24 hours to go as we spoke).

Caity joins us and points out that both Sema and Dennis are forced to play because of the lack of depth when they are clearly no where near 100% fit, Paul observes how once again Ben Hamer has won us a point with another outstanding display and asks why top players can play two games in a week and not look as tired. He further asks if our way of playing is further exacerbating the psychological element of “feeling” tired. Not convinced by either Bayo or Rajovic with the window closing asks what have Manga, Giaretta and Nani been doing? Paul is also dismissive of talk of building for next year as parachute money will be gone as loaned against already – might we be forced to sell Asprilla & Andrews and reverting to the Watford style of existence we had prior to the Pozzo takeover? However Paul is convinced that Val is, for all his faults, the right man to lead us next season too.

Uncle Ron joins us and says if Gino has lost interest or if Watford has fallen down his list of priorities that he should sell and compares our situation to Newcastle under Mike Ashley. John joins us and offers “ying” to Ron’s “yang” (or vice versa) and looks on the positive side and looks through the squad and thinks we have enough until Pete points out the midfield numbers are below the level of 2 for each position.

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Steve Brown,

Dave Lavender,

Kasey Brown,

Nipper Harrison,

Boyd Mayover,

Colin Payne,

Paul Riley,

Gary Wood,

Karl Campion,

Kevin Kremen,

The Big Le – Bofski,

Greg Theaker,

Malcolm Williams,

Bryan Edwards,

Peter Ryan,

Luka,

John Thekanady - Ambassador of Dubai!!

Jack Foster,

Jason Rose,

Michael Abrahams,

Ian Bacon,

Ken Green,

Nick Nieuwland,

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We chat to Ben from "View from the Ninian" and discuss all things "Cardiffy" - including current form, past managers, Neil Warnock, Vincent Tan, Red Shirts and badge changes, losing a generation of support, weird games, was Kaba really Sorry? Also we discover why Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is a lettuce!

The prediction videos are strange as we have Tommy Mooney's stunt double and Ben and Jarvis appear to have gone very French Avant Garde cinema style! Fortunately this makes no sense, so very little change there! Carl joins us in his role as Cultural Ambassador to the Principality of Wales!

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Steve Holliman,

Paul Fiander Turner,

Sean Gourley,

Lee Anselmo,

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Steve Brown,

Dave Lavender,

Kasey Brown,

Nipper Harrison,

Boyd Mayover,

Colin Payne,

Paul Riley,

Gary Wood,

Karl Campion,

Kevin Kremen,

The Big Le – Bofski,

Greg Theaker,

Malcolm Williams,

Bryan Edwards,

Peter Ryan,

Luka,

John Thekanady - Ambassador of Dubai!!

Jack Foster,

Jason Rose,

Michael Abrahams,

Ian Bacon,

Ken Green,

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Pete and Justin chat with Ash from The Wednesday Week about all things Sheffield Wednesday and quite a lot of random nonsense as well.

We hear about the new manager they do like and the old one that they didn't plus an owner that makes the Watford regime look calm and reliable!!! We relive the semi-final of their play off triumphs last season and how they are now lining up and playing before we descend into the inevitable confusion that is the prediction league. Carl is completing dry January in the pub (not entirely dry), Jarvis (the Cocker Spaniel) get's all very literary on us all and John seems to be confusing Claudia Winkelman being on TV on a Wednesday with well.......Wednesday! Ash is a calm and sensible influence on proceedings until demanding to know what the difference is between cathedrals when Justin's "Tourist Spots at Away Games" goes horribly wrong but then recovers with a story of Apple Breadcakes that makes Pete go all nostalgic and wistful of an away games against Port Vale in the mid-nineties! Carl phones it in - literally!

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Chris Giannone,

RichWFC2,

Steve Holliman,

Paul Fiander Turner,

Sean Gourley,

Lee Anselmo,

John Parslow,

Mark von Herkomer,

Neil Silverstein,

Steve Brown,

Dave Lavender,

Kasey Brown,

Nipper Harrison,

Boyd Mayover,

Colin Payne,

Paul Riley,

Gary Wood,

Karl Campion,

Kevin Kremen,

The Big Le – Bofski,

Greg Theaker,

Malcolm Williams,

Bryan Edwards,

Peter Ryan,

Luka,

John Thekanady - Ambassador of Dubai!!

Jack Foster,

Jason Rose,

Michael Abrahams,

Ian Bacon,

Ken Green,

Nick Nieuwland,

Colin Smith

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Kevin joins us from Scotland and talks about “that Barry Endean goal” and Pete invents a player called Ron Wigg when he meant Ray Lugg who crossed the ball for that famous goal. Kevin gives us some first-hand reports of how Pollock got on and was very well considered during his time at Aberdeen and we discuss Meils point about having to replace the qualities Mattie does have.

We get an update on St Johnstone and start the debate as to what Scottish team (excluding the Old Firm) the podcast should (sort of) follow! The debate will rage or splutter on!!

Chris joins us and immediately side steps the “which Scottish team should we adopt” debate like Chakvetadze avoids right backs – Chris sees the positives in a performance against that whilst much changed have confidence and a good way of playing in the saints and is balanced in his views that whilst the subs did not work, the performances of Asprilla, Chak and Martins were huge positives against strong opposition.

We speak to Alan who enjoyed both the game and the bunker (make a late timed run to the bar!), despite fitness Alan sees reasons for optimism about Dennis and then asks why we didn’t see more from Pollock before his transfer request? Alans Scottish team suggestion is “Auchinleck Talbot”- eclectic as ever Alan!!!

Dylan joins us asking can Pollock transfer that performance to the league and if so – don’t let him go!! Pete asks if Dennis coming in helped push Yasser, Giorgi, and Mattheus today?

We do the five word reviews before Mal joins us from the “North West Cheese Express” who were gutted as they thought they had a local jaunt to Anfield to look forward to before the Saints equalizer, then we head into the long forms including other suggestions for Scottish teams to adopt, pausing only to hear from Gary and finish with a WFC Limerick!!

Thank you as always to everyone who calls in, leaves reviews, sends messages and updates and of course those who chose to listen to the rambling shambles that we call the post-match phone in! If you think you might like to call in sometime – please do, and if you don’t – no worries – its just lovely that your all here.

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Huge thanks to all our Patreons:

Chris Giannone,

RichWFC2,

Steve Holliman,

Paul Fiander Turner,

Sean Gourley,

Lee Anselmo,

John Parslow,

Mark von Herkomer,

Neil Silverstein,

Steve Brown,

Dave Lavender,

Kasey Brown,

Nipper Harrison,

Boyd Mayover,

Colin Payne,

Paul Riley,

Gary Wood,

Karl Campion,

Kevin Kremen,

The Big Le – Bofski,

Greg Theaker,

Malcolm Williams,

Bryan Edwards,

Peter Ryan,

Luka,

John Thekanady - Ambassador of Dubai!!

Jack Foster,

Jason Rose,

Michael Abrahams,

Ian Bacon,

Ken Green,

Nick Nieuwland,

Colin Smith

Ant!!!!!

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PART ONE

Rich is pleased with the performance but, in what would become a theme – frustrated that we didn’t take our chances when presented. Neal thinks a win at St Mary’s is inevitable and then we’ll be off to Anfield to finish Klpp’s FA Cup ambitions. Chip Shop Terry wonders if the wingers coming off was the wrong move for the match. Brett having sat with Pete during the game and discuss what was so good but where it went wrong with the substitutions and a first sight of Dennis shows us that he is going to need to get up to speed PDQ!

Wendover as always is keen to see us do some business in the transfer window to build on a very solid foundation of a team. Neil joins us and asks the question – what will it cost us to recruit a player who ca play at the level we saw from Pollock today?

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Steve Holliman,

Paul Fiander Turner,

Sean Gourley,

Lee Anselmo,

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Steve Brown,

Dave Lavender,

Kasey Brown,

Nipper Harrison,

Boyd Mayover,

Colin Payne,

Paul Riley,

Gary Wood,

Karl Campion,

Kevin Kremen,

The Big Le – Bofski,

Greg Theaker,

Malcolm Williams,

Bryan Edwards,

Peter Ryan,

Luka,

John Thekanady - Ambassador of Dubai!!

Jack Foster,

Jason Rose,

Michael Abrahams,

Ian Bacon,

Ken Green,

Nick Nieuwland,

Colin Smith

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Yes we're finally finishing!!! Hooray!!! Pete talks about the Spanish Tax charges and we talk about the investors linked via the Athletic, before we finish in the shambolic manner that has become our hallmark (with Carl wanting to eat and go to the toilet - its an odd USP for a podcast we do grant you!).

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Chris Giannone,

RichWFC2,

Steve Holliman,

Paul Fiander Turner,

Sean Gourley,

Lee Anselmo,

John Parslow,

Mark von Herkomer,

Neil Silverstein,

Steve Brown,

Dave Lavender,

Kasey Brown,

Nipper Harrison,

Boyd Mayover,

Colin Payne,

Paul Riley,

Gary Wood,

Karl Campion,

Kevin Kremen,

The Big Le – Bofski,

Greg Theaker,

Malcolm Williams,

Bryan Edwards,

Peter Ryan,

Luka,

John Thekanady - Ambassador of Dubai!!

Jack Foster,

Jason Rose,

Michael Abrahams,

Ian Bacon,

Ken Green,

Nick Nieuwland,

Colin Smith

Ant!!!!!

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A range of questions were asked, debated and then probably no answer really given!

Subjects include Watford players presenting Homes Under the Hammer, Half men and half goats again (entirely the fault of Barry and Carls 50 mile conversation), Jam & crumpets plus Justin nearly burns down a hotel, defecating inside football grounds, Chocolate Brownies again, whatever happened to "Harry's 50/50, whatever happened to Harry's wife?, Half time entertainment Hunger Games or Gladiators.

A master plan to dress the entire stadium as stewards and watch the puzzlement ensue, Pete's memories of Pans People and then Jamie's amazing list of questions which elicit long walks to games, Players in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Wolly in the Brolly, Hamer's diving when the goal has already been scored and why we like it, Tony Bennett, Mohamed Ali and Bob Hope make the first 11! At the end we almost stray onto talking about football - we're very sorry - it wont happen again!

Thank you so much to all who engage with all this: you know its nonsense, we know it's nonsense - frankly that's the way we like it!

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Chris Giannone,

RichWFC2,

Steve Holliman,

Paul Fiander Turner,

Sean Gourley,

Lee Anselmo,

John Parslow,

Mark von Herkomer,

Neil Silverstein,

Steve Brown,

Dave Lavender,

Kasey Brown,

Nipper Harrison,

Boyd Mayover,

Colin Payne,

Paul Riley,

Gary Wood,

Karl Campion,

Kevin Kremen,

The Big Le – Bofski,

Greg Theaker,

Malcolm Williams,

Bryan Edwards,

Peter Ryan,

Luka,

John Thekanady - Ambassador of Dubai!!

Jack Foster,

Jason Rose,

Michael Abrahams,

Ian Bacon,

Ken Green,

Nick Nieuwland,

Colin Smith

Ant!!!!!

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We explain why we held on to the rumour until it broke elsewhere about the return of the mercurial Emmanuel Dennis. A polarizing figure for sure some will be wary of his reputation others will remember what he did in the first half of the season with us and others will remember the second half of the season he was with us. We also talk about Louza and Healey departing and ask will we be getting better value for money (if the rumours are true that Dennis is dropping his wages by 70% then we sure suspect the answer will be yes. Justin adds a level of healthy scepticism.

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Chris Giannone,

RichWFC2,

Steve Holliman,

Paul Fiander Turner,

Sean Gourley,

Lee Anselmo,

John Parslow,

Mark von Herkomer,

Neil Silverstein,

Steve Brown,

Dave Lavender,

Kasey Brown,

Nipper Harrison,

Boyd Mayover,

Colin Payne,

Paul Riley,

Gary Wood,

Karl Campion,

Kevin Kremen,

The Big Le – Bofski,

Greg Theaker,

Malcolm Williams,

Bryan Edwards,

Peter Ryan,

Luka,

John Thekanady - Ambassador of Dubai!!

Jack Foster,

Jason Rose,

Michael Abrahams,

Ian Bacon,

Ken Green,

Nick Nieuwland,

Colin Smith

Ant!!!!!

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Carl, Justin and Peter ended up chatting about a range of subjects for a long long time, so we thought we would put out a series of mini pods so you get to chose what topics you want to hear about. We start with a an update on the Stewarding and Matchday Experience from nearly two weeks ago and Carl's take (as he was at the meeting but not available for our previous podcast) and our reactions to the experiences that listeners have told us about since that podcast. Pete re-iterates that "there are good people at the club" and we wait and watch for news to come from the club in due course.

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Steve Holliman,

Paul Fiander Turner,

Sean Gourley,

Lee Anselmo,

John Parslow,

Mark von Herkomer,

Neil Silverstein,

Steve Brown,

Dave Lavender,

Kasey Brown,

Nipper Harrison,

Boyd Mayover,

Colin Payne,

Paul Riley,

Gary Wood,

Karl Campion,

Kevin Kremen,

The Big Le – Bofski,

Greg Theaker,

Malcolm Williams,

Bryan Edwards,

Peter Ryan,

Luka,

John Thekanady - Ambassador of Dubai!!

Jack Foster,

Jason Rose,

Michael Abrahams,

Ian Bacon,

Ken Green,

Nick Nieuwland,

Colin Smith

Ant!!!!!

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