Do Not Scratch Your Eyes

Justin and Pete talk with Colin Payne and Geoff Wicken, the men behind The Treasury and YBR. The duo discuss Colin’s latest book, 'Golden Shots and Visions of Blue', which brings Watford history to life through the colourization of black & white photographs from the 1950s and 60s, a crucial yet underappreciated era for the football club and discuss the journey of the club through blue to gold. Top...

We talk with Matt from @rufc_pod about how the Millers are getting on and how they’re their manager is having a hard time of it at the moment, how their record signing is getting and which World Cup winning captain namesake will be lining up in the Millers midfield! The prediction league sees Jarvis in a sleepy mood, but Ben finds an excellent song! John bringing memories of Camberwick Green and a...

PART TWO - Terry joins us and tells us a tale of looking for entertainment by going to Rugby and causing Northampton Saints to then lose! Pete asks if our own identity is too closely connected to the high water mark of the clubs history, John joins having fired his dice and making an interim appointment of new yellow dice but also has good news about Elton John and Taylor Swift which lead to the r...

PART ONE - As the Hornets fail to mount a performance of acceptable standards against a poor and highly depleted Huddersfield side supporters are torn between the obvious short comings in the performance, the style of play, the continued lack of discipline of the squad and the lack of attacking options or threat going forward - yet a clean sheet and unbeaten in five. Rich feels enough is enough, E...

In the first (sort of) inter podcast match Carl takes on Mike Duffy from the “Voices of the Vic” who is running for a great charity cause at the weekend. After not doing this for a while, things go wrong in the way that they always have, Justin forgets the score (again), Pete forgets who is or isn’t a league club and Mike forgets why we volunteered to come on this nonsense in the first place. Carl...

We chat with Kosi (completing his hattrick of appearances on DNSYE) from the “And he takes that chance” podcast about all things Huddersfield. From the Neil Warnock inspired survival last season we hear a cautionary tale of ownership and football management misalignment, Donld Trump style ownership and a new manager already under pressure from a disenfranchised fanbase which saw around 1,000 fans...

Wendover joins us from the West Herts car park and reviews the games since the last international break and looks forward to the two remaining games before the next – Huddersfield Town away and Rotherham United at home. We chat further about how to get the best from Rajovic and how the substitutions helped and hurt with that. Plus are we better off without Louza currently, who it must be remembere...

Charlie joins us with a balance of pleased but frustrated that out inability to defend cost us control of a game that we looked set to dominate, Bachmann not coming for the cross into the 6 yard box for Millwalls second goal, RichWFC2 echoes the points and agrees about concerns about the zonal marking for the corner which lead to the second goal. Mike Duffy joins us and calls out the subs as the t...

As the podcast turn 3 years old the boys come together to ask if the original mission statement (or anything whatsoever!) has been achieved. We listen to Justin’s opening words from the very first podcast and realise that we have achieved zero personal growth in the intervening period, even if Justin no longer sounds like Mickey Mouse!! We discuss the ever-decreasing size of modern shin pads and t...

Neal joins in the aftermath of Bretts “Grinding on a Tuesday Night” call and after a period of recovery points out that the return of senior players to the side has perhaps had a positive influence on the performances and results plus gives his understanding of TDB’s omission from the squad who travelled to Swansea. Neal also supports the stance of the manager supported by the club. Alan joins and...

POST MATCH PHONE IN - SWANSEA, PART ONE Ian joins us to enthuse over Sierralta’s performance and the team spirit displayed against the Swans, Justin is pleased to go joint top of the Prediction league, Wendover is rightly pleased with the shows of unity tonight and wants Jake Livermore wrapped in cotton wool after the veteran has started putting in calm and assured performances, we discuss the pub...

We talk to Dan from “That Millwall Podcast” about the sad passing of their much respected owner in the summer, the recent departure of Gary Rowett and what we might expect as the Lions visit the Vic having done the double over us last season. Pete fails to pronounce several players names accurately. We discuss how well or not John Eustace did at Birmingham, we discover the difference between flash...

We carry on with PJ making him Ismael against Swansea and what two changes would he make. Ant joins us with his own intro music again but this time his choice was a surprise! Asprilla Black! Pete remembers trying to role play as Glen Hoddle, Danny joins us observing that two poor teams coming together the best you can hope for, on occasions, is that it is your teams moment of quality that wins it....

RichWFC2 joins us relieved but deeply concerned that the only goal of the game barely papered over the cracks in the performance. Justin brings us up to date on stewarding umbrellas but not pumpkins and echoes the concern. Wendover (Indian takeaway if you were interested) also deeply concerned at the lack of cohesive progress on the pitch, we bring in Vinnie from Dallas who came to the game today...

We chat with Luke from podcast who completes his hattrick of appearances on the Opposition View. Pete complains/swears about the FA before Luke takes us through their season so far, a new manager after Russell Martin (who we have decided we don’t like) decamped for Southampton. A manager with a slightly more direct game plan and players taking time to adjust but now having won four games straight...

We talk to James from “Wednesday til I die” and look back at a turbulent six months for the owls, a Wembley triumph, promotion and then a self-combusting ownership, Xisco and a new manager that no one really knows a lot about when in the hot seat. Plus we discuss Ashley Fletcher! We talk about Watford players who moved on to Hillsborough which were hits, which were misses and find out the average...

Firstly, we discuss the Vlog and what things we might be able to ask Taylor to jump into next having so far leapt into both a skip and a hedge. We then turn our thoughts to Ben Manga’s reported departure and ask what this means behind the scenes and how does yet another strategic 180 degree turn mean for the management of the club, Justin comes out finally, Pete wobbles on about journey’s and dest...

Here is a short eclectic mix of some of the utter nonsense we get up to on what we loosely call a podcast. We occasionally talk about football but are never afraid to chaotically sprint down a cul-de-sac marked "Do not enter!". We hope some of it makes you smile or or stops you gnashing your teeth about the latest club issues - if only for a few minutes. Clips include Justin laughing, Carl swearin...

Carlos joins us from Cardiff (with very expensive audio background sound effects perfectly replicating a Wetherspoons pub – it’s a service we offer) and talks about the Welsh, the Pozzo’s, whats next and says what he feels is and is not acceptable in what is now, he confirms, a relegation battle. Pete Fincham disparages suggestions that Elton would come to the rescue of the club, observes that the...

RichWFC2 rues the misses, and many of the under performances especially Rajovic in open play. Also we discuss that Cardiff were not displeased with the draw and looked exhausted. We look forward to what is already a six pointer after the international break. Wendover joins us outside the ground and tries to get himself set upon with a series of Welsh puns, he is made Ambassador to Georgia for gett...

All the rest of the chat from the marathon Post Match Phone In plus all the many 5 word and long form comments from people who were there and others who weren’t! 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, Ian Ball, Paul...

Alan bemoans the level of squad we have, Ron does what Ron does and points out the captain can come off his line but only to get a yellow card and calls out the owner and says talk of players and tactics are pointless until there is a regime change, Jason talks through the first goal and how the very basics of defending are killing in games. Wendover comes on feeling rock bottom and seems to think...

Carl and Pete are left hanging without the opposition for the first time this season, Justin is still on holiday but electronic Justin is still here and we have to apologise for a mix up on the Fantasy League. We discuss Valerien's new contract extension, where Scott Duxbury gets his coffee and why this is just the same madness manifesting itself in new and unpredictable ways!! The prediction leag...

We discuss last season and a certain Play off semi-final and how good it is that them up the road are experiencing the potential misery that is the jackpot prize after promotion for all the promoted teams’ last season! We discuss Sunderland’s sad Premier League seasons and our nightmare opponents until we finally convince ourselves that we’re glad we didn’t get promoted. Pete starts off on another...

John supports the manager but asks if Ismael is overreacting to poor performances by individuals, Pete asks why we are not pressing upfront or playing at a high tempo as had been expected from an “Ismael side” where has the intensity gone? The full back role and performance is reviewed. Rio comes on and regrets the respect we gave them and the gaps in midfield and, despite being the better of the...