Watford Preseason - Instant Reaction

Wonderful sound!

Great audio and volume balance!

Audio on Clive was better imho. Great pod. Absolutely love Clive shutting down the drama

I agree he needs minutes, I just think he could still get them with us this season. If Auba or Laca get injured then we still need an option from the bench - which would be Balogun. I think he’s 3rd choice as if there is any life in Nketiah then it should be preserved enough for the sale!

We're not in Europe this year so that's a large chunk of games that he can't play in. Unlikely that Auba and Laca will miss so many again this time around, and Martinelli could indeed step up in that position. Balogun would really benefit from a top-flight year in a club where he can play 20+ games rather than be 4th choice striker for us and get frustrated on the bench. Side note, thought Eddie looked awesome yesterday, maybe there's life in him yet? If not, performances like that won't hurt his value.

Love the pod as always but why is everyone of the view that Balogun has to go on loan? Last year both Auba and Laca were out of the team for spells through injury, illness and personal reasons. Martinelli is unproven up front (though I think he can probably do it). So unless you want to see ESR as false 9, or Nketiah (*shudders*), we need Balogun to stay as he’s the only other natural player in this position. He will get minutes..

Good pod as usual, Clive says 6 points behind chelsea would have been easily closed if we didn’t make the dumb mistake to bring Partey back too soon from injury. Who do we blame for not having him at the start of the season? Why wait until deadline day to sign him? He has a buy out clause! Get it done early, give the man some time to adjust and play from day 1! I hope we learnt our lesson and whoever we buy to replace Granit turns up quickly!!!!!

Is there anybody on this planet that describes football better than Clive? I doubt it! P.s I love Paul too, he doesn't get enough recognition but he is a top guy too ❤

Maddison is a miss, Matheus is more affordable keeps ESR in the starting line up and we can sell him in 2 years time.

Do not sign Maddison, I repeat, do not sign Maddison! We can’t make the Martinez mistake all over again. Odegaard has established relationships with our players already, and has been an important cog in the team. Dont pass that on and bring In a guy with injury problems and no acclimatising period for double odegaards price. When something works on the pitch don’t take it for granted

Yeah it's about what we expected. One look at his highlights video and you could see he has a lot to work on defensively.

Anthony H

Audible Clive ftw!

Sagar Patel

The Tavares chat is really surprising. I’m 100% with Clive, Tavares seemed fine apart from a few defensive flaws that can be coached. But he looks incredibly promising as a Tierney backup.

Holy shit I can hear Clive clearly now! Props to the audio engineer 😉

"Instant" 🤔

Instant.....? Not so much :)