Do Not Scratch Your Eyes

We catch up again with Rich (Kosi) from "And he takes that chance" podcast to talk about Huddersfield Towns season and the galvanising effect a manager can have on a club (!!!!). A Harry Potter character gets a mention, Justin has flashbacks of being on a coach in Bedfordshire, we discuss a goal that a certain Huddersfield Town player grabbed an assist in, Justin has flashbacks of the derby defeat...

The second half of the Derby day aftermath sees a couple of reports from Non league grounds, a fabulous call from Paul Holly asking about the owners exit strategy or lack of it and we have some really rather sweary reviews. Finally Justin finishes off by telling us about seeing his favourite TV series filing locations! Massive thanks to all our listeners, lurkers and contributors as always. Huge t...

Please note there is very strong language and quite a bit of it...... The first half of the no-show at Kenilworth Road. Supposedly superior individuals were shown up to be an inferior team unit against a side that has been put together on a fraction of the cost and with a Manager who was discarded by our club's hierarchy after 10 league games this season. Of course losing in a derby is supposed to...

So it's that Derby tine of the year - whether you call it the the M1 or Herts/Beds Derby - its the match you just don't want to lose. We speak to Billy again from the Oak Road Hatter podcast about last Octobers game and everything that has happened since from Rob Edwards joining them and Slaven Bilic leaving us and how they are very content with the way things have gone since Nathan Jones departur...

With the Luton v Watford game at the end of the week all eyes will be on Kenilworth Road! We look ahead with the gruesome twosome Andy Collins (Watford) and Justin Dealey (Luton Town) to discuss the last derby match, events and managers since, the Dalai Lama gets a number of mentions and Andy makes it to the second half of the show before using the word "Bachmann". Other surprises include the "Com...

We catch up with media tart Carlos, play a game Peter has invented called "Frustrating Or Irritating" talk through your suggestions for the worst thing that has happened under the Pozzo ownership and give a brief update on work being done on the supporters committee DNSYE is part of the TalkSPORT fan network. This Podcast has been created and uploaded by Do Not Scratch Your Eyes. The views in this...

Following on from Part One (as Part Two's tend to do) Pete goes off on one to try to let everyone know where we are at this moment in time on trying to properly organise the fan/club interaction alluded to in Scott Duxbury's programme notes - this is now with the supporters and that must mean ALL supporters. Give it a listen and see if you help or support but of course if you disagree let us know...

So a frustrating game as we see the play offs become a less distinct possibility as every game slips past us we ask - would you take missing out on the play offs if it meant winning the double over "them up the road"? And then we look back at Wilders first three games and ask would you be happy if we appointed him as a two year head coach role? Pete parks the "ParlaciGino" stuff (untilt he start o...

In this episode we discuss #ParlaciGino and why we think it's important for the owners of the club to talk to the fans, a new sponsorship initiative that we are implementing, recent form and of course, pickled onions. DNSYE is part of the TalkSPORT fan network. This Podcast has been created and uploaded by Do Not Scratch Your Eyes. The views in this Podcast are not necessarily the views of talkSPO...

The wonderful Barry from the Progress with Unity podcast returns as we cover Wigans financial situation, their season, a management appointment so bad that ever Watford wouldn't make it, Nathan Ellington is remembered fondly (not by DNSYE) and we all like Sir Ben Watson and remember his FA Cup winning goal for the Latics which is coming up to its 10th anniversary. No Wigan kebabs were harmed in th...

PART TWO. We carry on with the calls after the win over Birmingham, we get corrections on our bad Italian pronunciation from Jimmy Pesto (Chris) around the #Parlaci Gino and we promptly promoted him to head of swearing for DNSYE (how we had survived without this appointment up til now astonishes me!), Alan gave us a damning critique of Sky's Red Button commentary including anger inducing commentar...

72 hours on from a disastrous performance Chris Wilder made some changes which were in part forced but the performance we saw was one to warm the cockles! Not perfect but a seismic leap from the weekend. That being said we are determined to yes enjoy the result and the performance but also to acknowledge the troubles that the club still has. So we discuss the "Parlaci, Gino" campaign as well as ba...

As we look to welcome back two former Hornets captains in legendary talisman Troy Deeney and inspirational John Eustace with Birmingham City we speak to Zac from Blues Focus Podcast about how they are getting on at St Andrews. We also discuss big haired players, blood oranges, stadium issues and Blues faltering form and wishes for the future. We also note that Zac looks a bit like WD18 Sam Ucko in...

Part Two and as ever some great callers talking about the culture at the club and the fact that many feel disenfranchised so much that they have made the decision to walk away - then Terry came on and started talking about going down a Tiger Slide and we all thought it was a metaphor but no - he really went down a Tiger Slide!!! All the 5 words and Long form reviews and comments. Than you to all c...

So we capitulate to a QPR side that is devoid of its best most creative players, who have one once since the end of October - how Watfordy is that! The answer is very but that doesn't go far enough to describe the abject and disparate nature of this performance which was as far removed from a "new manger bounce" as you could get! Everyone is upset, Carl dislikes Pete and Justin's sofa's for being...

The mics are open and the opinions are flowing in this bonus episode. The new manager is discussed, we appear on the BBC, we kick around some unpopular opinions about Watford FC (yellow shirts, the 'cult' of GT, would Silva have become our best ever manager?) and then we are entertained by a song! Huge thanks to our Patreons: Chris Giannone RichWFC2 Steve Holliman Ian Ball Paul Fiander Turner Lee...

This Saturday sees Watford make the short journey up the A40 to QPR. We chat to R's fan Richard Honey about form, injuries and how we sees the match going. He's not confident, put it that way! Link to the charity t-shirts here: https://www.thehornetsshop.co.uk/partners/official-licencees/dnsye The Opposition View XXL will be up soon on YouTube! DNSYE is part of the TalkSPORT fan network. This Podc...

Raw and unedited - As the news was breaking we fired up the Twitter Spaces to judge peoples reaction to releasing Bilic and as the Phone In continued to the appointment of Chris Wilder. Whilst people understand this replacement there is a deep concern at the issues remaining at the heart of the running of Watford FC. COYH! A huge thank you to our Patreons who help us to much of this daft nonsense:...

PART TWO of the fan reaction pod where the "must win game" was not won! We pick up the pieces and here callers thought and feeling - plus as ever the 5 word reviews and long form thoughts. Thanks to everyone who contributed as always! COYH!!!!! A huge thank you to our Patreons who help us to much of this daft nonsense: Chris Giannone RichWFC2 Steve Holliman Ian Ball Paul Fiander Turner Lee Anselmo...

Well we really wanted this to be an upbeat and hopeful post match phone in, but the game and performance were so low on quality, coherence, game plan or anything to really get us on the edge of our seat, that it ended up as a post mortem of the game and potentially Slaven Bilic's tenure at Watford. After 26 league games and a further transfer window are we in any better shape? This was the game wh...

Preston are visiting Vicarage Road this Saturday so Peter and Justin sit down with Oli from The Butter Pie Podcast to preview the match. Listen out for which mutual player may have turned up for training on a penny fathing bike! Link to the charity t-shirts here: https://www.thehornetsshop.co.uk/partners/official-licencees/dnsye/ The Opposition View XXL will be up soon on YouTube! DNSYE is part of...

PART TWO - a great debut call from Finley who makes an impassioned plea for the reconsideration of Xisco Munoz, Boyd joins us and is happy with the defensive recruitment but questions the existing and recently recruited forward line lack of productivity and we go through the twitter 5 word and long form reviews. Huge thanks to our Patreons: Nipper Harrison John Parslow Boyd Mayover Colin Payne Gar...

A strange game an exciting end to end first hour and then the substitution of recently returned Imran Louza see's us lose our rhythm and balance. Throughout we look ok at the back and in midfield with Hamza working furiously throughout but we seemed to lack spark or creativity in the final third. What chances we create fall to Keinan Davis who fails to work the Blades keeper. With the Moroccan int...

We are joined by Chad (our transatlantic Blades colleague) from "The Red Half Of Sheffield" podcast. Oooh, you should hear what he has to say about Wrexham! COYH Huge thanks to our Patreons: Nipper Harrison John Parslow Boyd Mayover Colin Payne Gary Wood John Parslow Karl Campion Uncle Ron Kevin Cremen John Thekanady (The Big Le) Boffski Greg Theaker Malcolm WIlliams Ian Ball Jason Rose Lee Anselm...

A migraine delayed part two of another post match phone in fan reaction after the chaotic 3-2 win over the baggies and looking forward to the weekend visit to the Blades of Sheffield! COYH Huge thanks to our Patreons: Nipper Harrison John Parslow Boyd Mayover Colin Payne Gary Wood John Parslow Karl Campion Uncle Ron Kevin Cremen John Thekanady (The Big Le) Boffski Greg Theaker Malcolm WIlliams Ian...