The Opposition View - Reading (sort of here, sort of Blue Cheese)

Watford somehow turn a first half described variously as “dog shit”, “abject” and “turgid” into a 2–1 win over Preston. We discuss a victory apparently retrieved from several feet inside the jaws of d...

8 Sep 1h 10min

Watford welcome Stoke with the season already threatening to turn from a run into a trend and a trend into a crisis — which at Watford traditionally takes about half an hour. We look back at the late-...

8 Sep 37min

Preston at home, so we’re joined once again by Ollie from the Butter Pie Podcast, who arrives “living the dream” while Preston sit pointless at the bottom of the Championship before Saturday win over ...

6 Sep 35min

Part Two begins with Groundhog Day looming and the discovery that Dionisi may be approaching the Rob Edwards Barometer considerably earlier than anybody wanted. Tuesday therefore becomes Huge Day, bef...

6 Sep 57min

Watford lose 1–0 at West Brom, but apparently we’re now a much more likeable team, which is fortunate because we’re becoming increasingly difficult to assemble. Four injured full-backs means Albert Ea...

5 Sep 54min

PART TWO Then the transfer window starts behaving like Supermarket Sweep for footballers. Having had approximately seven weeks to buy some centre-backs, Watford suddenly remember with minutes remai...

2 Sep 37min

PART ONE Swansea 2, Watford 0. The better team won, which inconveniently leaves us without anyone to blame. We discuss the enormous Bove-shaped hole in midfield, Watford’s inability to match Swansea’s...

1 Sep 50min

West Brom away, so we welcome back Kev — a man dragged into the DNSYE universe years ago when another guest failed to turn up and an innocent phone call suddenly required him to predict Leeds v Watfor...

1 Sep 35min