POST MATCH PHONE IN | CARDIFF CITY 5-1 WATFORD

A 5-1 defeat at Cardiff, a performance that barely warrants the description, and reports emerging during the game that Watford might be preparing to dispense with yet another head coach. Justin, battling a dreadful cold, and Carl take the reins for a post-match phone-in that rapidly becomes about something far bigger than ninety minutes of football. Supporters are furious, but the anger as has been the case for a long time is not directed simply at the dugout. The questions being asked about Gino Pozzo, Scott Duxbury and the direction of Watford Football Club are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. Callers from the away end, across the country and around the world try to make sense of a club many say they barely recognize. There's frustration at recruitment, disbelief at the players' performance and a growing fear that YET AGAIN changing the manager will simply restart a cycle everybody knows way, way, way too well. But amongst the anger there's also something rather different: a sense of unity, renewed purpose and cautious hope. Elton John's intervention, Roy Moore's forthcoming meeting with Gino Pozzo and the increasingly vocal supporter movements suggest that, whatever happens next, the conversation around Watford has fundamentally changed. Peter joins later as the discussion turns towards the club's identity, its academy, the supporters who continue to travel extraordinary distances and what being a community club actually means. There are moments of genuine sadness, some gallows humour, and even the suggestion that Roy Moore might emerge from Friday's meeting as Watford's next manager — which, given recent history, probably shouldn't be dismissed entirely. Ultimately, though, this is a phone-in about something more enduring than owners, managers or league positions: what Watford means to the people who support it, and why they're determined not to lose it. COYH!! This Podcast has been created and uploaded by Do Not Scratch Your Eyes. 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 Cremen, The Big Le – Bofski, Greg Theaker, Malcolm Williams, Peter Ryan, John Thekanady - Ambassador of Dubai!! Jack Foster, Jason Rose, Michael Abrahams, Ian Bacon, Ken Green, Nick Nieuwland, Colin Smith Ant!!!!! Westlie Wheeler, Stephen Atkinson, John Myers, Ryan D! Dave Mullins, James McNamara, Jim Cuthbert, Peter Birch, John Myers, Richard Pyne, Vydra Deeney!!! &PDF!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices