Watford Observer

Interestingly enough, Watford classed him as a reserve, and I think were surprised that the ti- like the reigning league champions suddenly have come in for this reserve player who barely anybody's heard about.

The Watford Observer later on in the season had a clipping about him.

Uh, "Sunderland consider that they have secured a great capture in J.

Lane, who formerly played for Watford Reserves.

If Swansea perhaps hadn't taken a foot off the pest, you know, who knows what would have happened there.

But to Dionysus' credit, his key keeping going but he must be absolutely exasperated and to again you just have to look at the owner the chairman and the recruitment team and just say just why surely that is a valid question for any of the media the Watford media out there to ask right at the top of the tree to ask that question why has this decent manager been given such a threadbare unfit squad you have not done your jobs to give him the ability to do his and to the great sadness and I feel you know I feel so much for the Watford fans they're not turning they probably never will that there are just the apathy is there but the question that the Adam Drewies of the Watford Observer, the Jeffs of the BBC Three Cows, et cetera, should have the right to be able to ask the chairman, the recruitment team, and even the owner, who we know will never speak to anybody, do you believe you have given a decent manager the tools to do his job? And that is a fair question, because when you look at what we've got today, and again, before I say goodbye, I'll leave it with you again.

The substitutions benched today, you were allowed nine players.

We had eight...

happening here? And we get told on this, going back to the famous podcast of the week, is that They basically have set it up to the fans that our season now starts on around October the 6th, which is the end of the international break.

Everything now has been set, and I even see Mr Durie's just mentioned it on his Watford Observer column, that it's all about getting to the international break and suddenly everybody will be fit and we'll all be raring to go and God help the league.

It's a spin that is trying to come out.

But what you have to remember in the meantime is is that all these new players that are coming in, and we've already seen it with the young Georgian from Udinese, Malachi, you know, Malachi.

How are you? Yeah, tremendous, thank you, my friend.

And last, but absolutely by no means least, is the Watford Observer's Watford FC correspondent, your friend and mine, it's Mr Adam Drury.

How are you feeling? You're, I think, the only one among us who did the trip to and from Swansea, and you're definitely the only one among us that did the trip to and from Swansea while having to keep the Watford fan base up to date with what was going on on transfer deadline day via the Watford Observer.

It was the busiest day I've ever had in the job, by far.

And I'm knackered, to be honest.

We're going to let you go.

You can go and get some sleep.

Incredible shift yesterday on Watford Observer.

And the picture, David, are we seeing anything clearer? We are, what, less than 72 hours before that window slams shut.

Well, Adam Drury has just posted a story in a Watford Observer with a bit of a chunky update on our situation.

Jamal Lascelles... was in the training ground on Friday for testing, as Adam puts it.

So I don't know exactly what that means, whether that's sort of a medical or whether that's sort of training or a bit of both or something.

Tam, recently [laughing] I love that you can tell which one's Dane's written.

Recently, the Watford Gazette exposed Dane's true age.

[gasps]

What is it? 45.

🎵 🎵 Hello and welcome to our post-posh pummeling podcast in your ears on From the Rookery End and of course in your eyes, like the game last night unfortunately via YouTube on WD18.

Joining me for the unenviable task of picking through the debris of last night's demolition is the Watford Observer's Adam Drury.

Adam, the morning after the night before, how are you feeling?

Yeah, it was probably a game which should have been one of the most innocuous of the season and has actually prompted maybe the biggest fallout of any game so far.

Hello.

And Adam from the Watford Observer.

Hello.

First podcast of the season for Geordie and Kieran.