Do Not Scratch Your Eyes

All the fan reaction to everything that the Millwall and Swansea performances were not, without a recognised first team midfielder in the squad the much maligned Gaspar and Bacuna worked really hard in the centre and Gaspar especially was a revelation. 3 at the back worked much better and a breakaway goal caps off a truly professional, hard working away performance and takes 3 points. However the...

A tired and emotional trio of hosts try to pick out the highlights of 2022 (and fail miserably). How bad was the past year anyway - brace yourselves it was actually terrible! 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about...

PART TWO of the bumper Post Match Phone In on Twitter Spaces - The Andrew French section is available as a separate pod as it failed to record - however here we see more fans reactions questioning the ownership and the players but also questioning the management/coaching as the team seem to offer no visible pattern of play. Sorry it took a couple of days to get up online for you all. Thank you so...

After the 4-0 defeat to Swansea, Andrew French rang us on the Post Match Phone on Twitter Spaces. He had been to the press conference, was staying in a Swansea hotel overnight and wanted to share and emote with other Watford fans. Unfortunately Twitter Spaces made it very difficult for some people to hear him and even the recording did nt work - so we did the next best thing - we called him this m...

Part One of the post Swansea City 4-0 away defeat. This felt like "the straw that broke the camels back". Lot's of calls and lots of frustration from fans far and wide! We have a number of regulars building on themes of culture and ownership as we see a team bereft of midfielders as it was of effort, commitment and resilience. We also hear from Darren calling all the way from Australia who even fr...

We discussed this with the Pink'Un just before Xmas but we're going to release it early as due to losing at Mordor Dean Smith got the boot, but it sounds like a lot of things are going wrong behind the scenes at Carrow Road and similar vibes to ourselves - so it makes quite interesting reading now This Podcast has been created and uploaded by Do Not Scratch Your Eyes. The views in this Podcast are...

Justin, Carl and Peter talk to Luke from Swanscast about the last game of the year as travel to the Liberty stadium. We discuss the opposition form and our own Rob Page and Wales performance in the World Cup and the difficulties that FIFA rankings present in terms of seedings. We discuss the joys of beating your local rivals, Pete gets confused about geography, Justin gets his bookies pencil out a...

Watford on Boxing Day is always rubbish and if this match is anything to go by - he is right!!! All the fan reaction as Watford fail to land a glove on Millwall who complete a league double over us, Kamara is sent off, Bacuna doesn't do very much an we ask the question what former player would you give as a Christmas present to help out the current squad. The trend here is that people don't doubt...

Alex from "That Millwall Podcast" returns to discuss the Lions trip to Vicarage Road on Boxing Day plus memories of poor trip to the Den. Alex tries his best not to gloat until Carl (who we suspect was hiding) appears and then the gloves are off and a wager is made dependent on the result of the game on the 26th! We discover how well the scorer of their hattrick has done since facing the Hornets b...

Series 2 Episode 6. Dave Messenger issued a challenge to former "Look at the Stars" fanzine colleague Colin Payne - in a previous episode! Having squabbled about who knew the most about Watford for decades we finally settle that argument whilst Carl tries to hang on to the coat tails of all involved in our Christmas Special!!! Pete and Justin do their best to cock up proceedings per normal includi...

The lads are joined by Neil Dunham and Tom Brodrick who not only co-curated the 100 years exhibition (with the lovely Sarah Priestley) but also contribute to the Watford Treasury and YBR but here we concentrate on the online repository of all things Watford - "Watford Gold". A treasure trove of wonders from our history sees Pete get all misty eyed over Bricks again, Carl remembers derelict playgro...

Snow, train strikes and firing blanks in our last two games didn't stop some very hardy souls (with cars or on coaches) getting to Huddersfield to see a Sarr masterclass, TDB put in a fine performance in midfield and others contribute to a 2-0 win that with better finishing and officiating and less good keeping could have been 4-0 or 5-0. All the fan reaction on Ngakia's performance, Bacuna's firs...

We demonstrate amongst other things that we dont know how to end a podcast - not once but twice but speak to Richard from the "And he takes that chance!" podcast and remember Iwan Roberts, Jonathan Hogg, Leigh Bromby and the horror that is life in the Premier League! COYH!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. L...

Justin and Pete talk to Benny from the Offside Boys based in Canada about Kone, football in Canada and of course the World Cup. Carl joins a bit later on and as if by magic we spiral into all sorts of other nonsense include Chips (or Fries) with Cheese curd and gravy and whether or not ordering "Beaver Tail" to take away is really something that people should do!! No beavers were harmed in the mak...

So a break of a month for the World Cup but the performance felt as though the Bristol City 0-0 just kept going. Callers ask where the midfield has gone with Louza, Cleverly, Gosling and then Kayembe out for the start of the game closely followed by Hamza Choudhury - leaving us with a midfield duo of Tom Dele Bashiru and a redeployed Joao Pedro - so much for the break allowing us to clear up the i...

The lads talk to Any from the "To Hull and back" podcast about the Tigers season so far, their new Turkish ownership and a new feel good factor and enthusiasm that has accompanied it and once again we find out just who are a Yorkshire clubs rivals (spoiler alert - its usually every other Yorkshire club!). We here about their new Manager (even more recent than our own latest management change) and...

Carl returns to take on .....well Karl - cos sometimes this nonsense just isn't confusing enough already!!! Karl Campion takes on Carlos trying to sneak the world ahead. Subject include Wham and China, Bryan Robson's curly hair, Carlos hobnobbing with club legends and insisting he knows the rules (THERE RE RULES?), Justin doing his best to ruin proceedings per usual, Larry Grayson and the Toilet b...

The Word vs Carl goes international once more as we head off to the US of A to test Uncle Ron's knowledge from his 1000 plus games following Watford home and away! Can Carl compete against the Head of the Florida Massive! Carl starts by trash talking using apple based beverages, Andre Gray gets a mention in despatches, Uncle Ron struggles to chose between Perryman and Roeder eras and Carl reacts s...

In a first for our podcast we commentate on a match LIVE! Here are a few highlights which include the price list from DD's Easy Diner, Carl befriending the assistant referees, a discussion about which areas of the ground to demolish and asking Helen Ward where our brownies are. Oh and Peter makes a decent fist of actually commentating before Carl has a warm down race with Jade Bradley and Peter de...

A month that saw only four matches for Watford means a slightly shorter round up than usual, doesn't it?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thats right we didn't just talk to Dave we forced him to take part in the utter nonsense that is the World vs Carl! Pete tries to flip a coin and cocks it up, Carlos complains a lot and relies on luck, Justin tries coaching Carl again to no good affect and Dave confesses to having made a wallchart in his youth! All agree that Steve Harrison's career is an excellent subject for discussion. Plus how...

 Justin, Carl and Pete talk with Dave Messenger (EDI Lead at the club) about supporting from the early days with his dad, the slow movement to underneath the scoreboard, the fanzines, the memories and to ultimately working at the club. We hear about the role of supporter liaison and more about his current role centred on Equality, Diversity & Inclusion which Dave feels echoes messages from key fig...

Two years in and some of the mentioned news comes out as the lads discuss the launch of their Patreon account, the forthcoming T Shirts which will be raising money for both The Peace Hospice and KitAid. All pods, videos and normal nonsense will continue to be accessed in the usual way and not placed behind any kind of paywall and they discuss something called the "Bumper Book of Nonsense". Once th...

Carl and Justin join Peter at the womens game v Billericay Town. We talk about the game, pork pies, commentary news, ladder and badge induced injuries and Pete explains why he still isn't the most accident prone one in his family. Justin gets excited about Telephone masts and Carl plays with his new voice recorder and gives us his thoughts on the game - in a manner that only Carl can! COYH!!! Lear...

Justin, Carl and Peter have a quick chat on the news that would have been unthinkable before we kicked off against Sheffield Utd at the end of July - Rob Edwards...is now the...Luton manager?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices