Ftre/leventhal

Discussion in 'The Hornets' Nest - Watford Chat' started by Burnsy, Oct 21, 2021.

  1. Cthulhu

    Cthulhu Keyboard Warrior Staff Member

    FTRE
    I actually enjoy it, it's well produced at least and seems well informed. It is hugely, hugely biased towards the positive compared to here, but there seems to be an attempt at balance
    I think if it was as miserable and negative as here after a defeat it wouldn't make a good listen.
    After we lose I wouldn't want to immediately make a podcast I just want to ignore all things Watford for at least 3-4 days so perhaps you have to be positive to have the energy to produce a weekly podcast.

    I do find it odd they seem to feel Mike is negative though he seems neutral.
     
  2. RS2

    RS2 Squad Player

    Play Cathcart as a holding midfielder. Job done.
     
  3. WillisWasTheWorst

    WillisWasTheWorst Its making less grammar mistake's thats important

    At the time Etebo seemed to be the least exciting of the midfield signings but it's starting to look as though he might have been the most important.
     
  4. Clive_ofthe_Kremlin

    Clive_ofthe_Kremlin Squad Player

    I like it less and less. It has lost much of its amateur enthusiastic charm since Levanthal's tanks rolled in and turned it into a supine puppet of the Athletic empire.

    The increasing adverts are very annoying - loud American voice woman selling something or other, devices for public hair topiary (!), betting 'n' beer. Just tell 'em Adam sent you....

    The times when it is a 'diary' of going to a match is extremely boring - now I'm leaving home, now I'm waiting for the train, now I'm on the train, now I'm arriving at the ground and so on and so on presumably, but I've usually switched off by then.
     
  5. Burnsy

    Burnsy First Team

    To be honest, having listened to the whole episode now - I will give the other presenters credit this week. They were more objectively critical than they have been previously about recruitment and the general running of the club. They seemed to get the right tone regarding Foster too.

    But Leventhal is just so wide of the mark on a lot of things - and doesn’t do the suggestion that he’s too far in the clubs pocket (or hopes to be) any harm at all. I don’t understand the line that you can’t judge or criticise recruitment, or indeed anything the club do, until the end of the season. We could survive and Cathcart could still be crap - but he suggests that if we stay up, then it’s objective obtained and Cathcart or anyone else is fit for purpose. And he forever pumps the line that anyone criticising must surely not be aware of mitigating factors - rather than accepting that we know all about the conditions the club operate in.

    He also came out with the immortal line that it’s his belief that Foster deserves the benefit of the doubt because he probably didn’t know the UFC fighter from Liverpool supported Liverpool.
     
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  6. Chumlax

    Chumlax Squad Player

    No fuccking way, he didn't actually do that, did he?!?
     
  7. Burnsy

    Burnsy First Team

    His exacts words were ‘it might simply have been an oversight’ and Foster should be given ‘a little bit of credit’ when it comes to whether he was a Liverpool fan or not.
     
  8. Chumlax

    Chumlax Squad Player

    Jesus christ; I'm not sure, in this dreamworld where it's a possibility, that the idea of him failing to realise Pimblett's status leaves Foster worthy of a great deal of credit itself.

    Particularly not when he has appeared on both BT Sport and the MOTD spinoff talking about how much he loves Liverpool, and drapes himself in the club flag during promotional work for the UFC!

    Why on earth does he feel the need to go to these ludicrous rhetorical lengths to gaslight and make up stories to defend something that is generally clear as day to everyone else involved?!
     
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  9. RS2

    RS2 Squad Player

    I just listened to the one after the Liverpool game. One of them was very grumpy and absolutely demolished Masina and Kiko. I like him, I hope he's on here.
     
  10. Cthulhu

    Cthulhu Keyboard Warrior Staff Member

    Play him left back, left back in the changing room
     
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  11. Dr. Roland

    Dr. Roland Academy Graduate

    I think the Athletic will probably make him traverse a fine line on criticism because their whole model relies on their journalists having good relationships with their individual clubs.

    Obviously in our case, Adam doesn’t really hear anything you can’t more often than not find on this forum. So I think he’s stuck pulling the psychophantic athletic party line but doesn’t get any of the benefits because the Pozzo’s never really chuck him a bone.

    I don’t really rate the podcast in general but it is the best we have as Watford fans. (Never listen before bed though, simply too stresssfull). It could seriously do with an injection of diversity of hosts and opinions in there but at least it’s something and like the WD18 boys, I respect their effort despite it not being my thing.
     
  12. Keighley

    Keighley Squad Player

    Not sure whether that was deliberate, but it's genius.
     
  13. Burnsy

    Burnsy First Team

    It isn't. It's just the most well-known.
     
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  14. Dr. Roland

    Dr. Roland Academy Graduate

    Can you send any recommendations my way?
     
  15. Burnsy

    Burnsy First Team

    I only know of the Watford Buzz one. But it's far superior. Just a shame they don't release episodes with much regularity. For instance, their Liverpool review episode is only just out today, 24hrs before our next game!
     
  16. Clive_ofthe_Kremlin

    Clive_ofthe_Kremlin Squad Player

    That WTE interview in full:

    Leventhal: People were really beastly to me on social media and they were beastly to you too weren't they William?

    WTE: Yes they were and so I left.

    AL: They called me a di*khĕad you know! Me! And I'm not.

    WTE: Neither am I. I give loads to charity you know.

    AL: A dicķhead! I'm about as far away from a dìckhead as you can imagine! I mean, why say something like that?

    WTE: They called me that and worse. That's why I left.

    AL: And was it worse after the erm...err...little....erm, what shall we say erm...slip ups...erm...faux pas? at Brentford and then against Leicester?

    WTE: Yes, that's why I left. I didn't need that. I didn't do it on purpose! I want Watford to win! Not like half of them in the dressing room. I get hell off the in-laws every time we lose. The misses spent two weeks sleeping face down after that Leicester game.

    AL: I mean a di*khead! It's so unjust! They don't realise there's people and feelings behind our massive salaries, mansions and luxury cars. By the way, what DID happen at that Leicester game when you single-handedly destroyed the season by suddenly ducking under the ball like that?

    WTE: I was sure I heard a shout. It was Odion shouting that Man Utd had inexplicably given me a short term contract like his....

    AL: You didn't bother saying anything at the time or since about this shout?

    WTE: No, that's on account of how the last four months or so has all passed so rapidly.

    AL: Thanks for coming in Willum and before we sign off, let's hope today's podcast has perhaps made people think a little bit. Let's hope that when people want to let off a little bit of steam on social media, they don't go around calling people who don't deserve it and who definitely are NOT, dičkheads!

    Like and subscribe you guys. Buy some clippers for your pubes etc. Closing music.
     
  17. wfcwarehouse

    wfcwarehouse First Team Captain

    Making themselves look like t1ts tonight with our very own @WatfordTalk
     
  18. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    I also see Bananaman the super fan says he’d only go to a Watford v Scum game if it was ‘heavily policed’ and he wouldn’t go to the away game. What a baby.
     
  19. NathWFC

    NathWFC First Team

    Hahahaha. ******* hell.
     
  20. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    He’s deleted the Tweet now. I imagine Stone Island got on the blower and threatened to withdraw their sponsorship.
     
  21. IRB

    IRB THe artist formally know as ImRonBurgundy?

    Listened to the latest episode today whilst cleaning the house, general theme seemed to be:

    “Let’s go down with a smile on our face, look at the great things the club have done for the junior hornets, the NHS and Ukraine!”

    Just absolute facile drivel, clutching at any non footballing straw to excuse yet another disastrous season from, Gino, Duxbury (or ‘Scott’ as they call him) and the squad

    Watford buzz podcast is decent by the way for those looking for an alternative
     
    Last edited: Mar 19, 2022
  22. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

    What happened? I’ve got WatfordStalk on ignore because he’s a proper weirdo.
     
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  23. RS2

    RS2 Squad Player

    This might shock people but I normally wouldn't mind people churning out the fact that we're a small club, punching above our weight, have no funds blah blah blah, mainly because they'd be right. But the teams around us have been so god awfully bad this season if the club had spent money more wisely and had any clue what to do regarding the head coach then we'd be up there with Newcastle and Brentford.

    So no, the people running the club don't get a free ride just because they let the NHS use the stadium. They've done some great stuff but this season in particular has topped off a few years of braindead footballing decisions.

    I don't know why some people are so scared of criticising Pozzo, he's had long enough to make this club his own and we seem completely aimless. What's the plan and more importantly why doesn't he respect the fans enough to come out and tell us?
     
  24. LouOrns

    LouOrns First Year Pro

    Best Watford pod by far imo
     
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  25. Chumlax

    Chumlax Squad Player

  26. Chumlax

    Chumlax Squad Player

    A little disappointed in @WatfordTalk that he got the emoji line at the end a bit wrong, tbh :oops:
     
  27. RS2

    RS2 Squad Player

  28. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

    Oh dear god.
     
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  29. Chumlax

    Chumlax Squad Player

    In fairness to this, I no longer believe he was attempting to ape their original emoji line.
     
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  30. GoingDown

    GoingDown "The Stability"

    We’re out of your league!!
     
  31. WatfordTalk

    WatfordTalk First Team

    Can see why she left you mate
     
  32. WatfordTalk

    WatfordTalk First Team

    I just couldn't be arsed to scroll to the second page of my emojis, tbf
     
  33. Chumlax

    Chumlax Squad Player

    :eek:
     
  34. WatfordTalk

    WatfordTalk First Team

    :rolleyes:
     
  35. Jumbolina

    Jumbolina First Team

    I chuckled that on Twitter they had a dig at Luton as being a club “that had a long way to go to having strong foundations”. Do they think our owners have delivered strong foundations for us with their player trading model. Vast amounts of debt and an old squad with about 7 assets that have more than minimal transfer value?
     
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