Rob Edwards Sacked

Or music. Or DIY. Or stamp collecting. Or, as you suggest (although it seems an oddly niche suggestion), a podcast. Not sure what your point is.

 

You are out of luck, sun is forecast for the last day of the season!

 

And you wonder why people make inferences about your attitude…

 

Yes, he's called Mogi. He clicks his fingers and any number of sub-standard footballers from Belgium will come out of nowhere and unleash an average performance on Gino's enemies.

 

No I don't. I've better things to do. But not podcasting.

 

Don’t put yourself down, I think some people see the pod as useful.

 

None of us need to put ourselves down. We've got the forum to do that for us.

 

Oddballs make the world more interesting.

Give me an oddball over a generic, identikit normie anyday

 

I did not say any of that. I was referring to those supporters who, in the words of the previous poster "...simply turn up, hope to enjoy a game of football, maybe have a little moan at the ref, maybe clap if it's a good result or good effort, pop to the pub, then head home." These were the sort of supporters that others on here had described as "weird". I was observing a reason why they might not be.

That is not a blanket assumption that all those who are more concerned with the day-to-day operation of the club do not also have other interests in life. If I thought that, I would say it.

I do think that a person who thinks supporters not as involved in their club's fortunes as them are "weird" may well not have enough else going on in their life - if they did they should be able to comprehend why others might not be as engaged as them.

I know lots of Watford fans - indeed fans of many clubs - who simply don't feel the inclination to become as engaged with the operation of their club as many on this forum are with Watford. That doesn't make them weird. I mean, many of them are weird, but that is not the reason.

 

Would you say this to your listeners?

 

I would, but as only the cat and the chameleon listen to me, I can't see it making much of an impact.

 

Indeed. Approx 15,000 watford fans turn up to most home games. The number who actively criticise the owners and club on social media, and debate potential signings, can be counted in their dozens, maybe hundreds. For the vast majority of fans, supporting WFC is light entertainment for the weekend only, the same as at any other club. In many ways the few empassioned fans on here and twitter are very very much in the minority and could be described as "weird" whether they (we?) have much else in their life to be passionate about or not.

 

The Cat and Chameleon sounds like a new age shop, selling tie dye, bongs and dreamcatchers.

 

Or a real ale pub.

 

No, no. Real ale pubs must have solid traditional names like The Queen's Head or The Hare and Hounds. The Cat and Chameleon is clearly a craft beer place.

 

I wondered about that. But one of the finest real ale pubs I know is The Fat Cat, in Norwich.

 

I'll try it the next time we play there.

 

Yes, do. @Happy bunny ?

 

That's karma for you. Unless it was in the shadow of the night.

 

When was a supporter who just turned up to a game referred to as weird? You are simply making things up now.

You know full well the supporters being talking about are those at games and on social media who identify themselves by their loyalty irrespective of the actions of the owners and the application of whatever mercenary the owner has brought into the playing squad. The ordinary Joe was not being referred to.

That said I do think we have more of supporters like yourself than the “ordinary Joes” compared to other clubs.

 

WatfordTalk said:

Maybe that will finally cause our moronic, supportive, ******** fans to take a stand, and start a protest that I haven't bothered to start myself.

You said:

They don’t need to protest to make me happy. Just stop being so weird would be a start.

WatfordTalk said:

The vast vast majority of matchday attendees simply turn up, hope to enjoy a game of football, maybe have a little moan at the ref, maybe clap if it's a good result or good effort, pop to the pub, then head home.

I don't think that's particularly weird.

So I don't "know full well" those that you were talking about and, on the face of those posts, I wasn't the first not to understand.

I'm not sure what you mean by "like yourself", but I am sure it's both wildly ill-informed and far from complimentary.

 

Such a good press conference.

 

Yes makes a nice change to have an articulate manager who can speak fluent English and isn't showing any signs of senility or mental imbalance.
Great press conference. Hope the season goes well for him and us.

 

And a press conference rather than a "presser"! Things are looking up.

 

WatfordTalk turned things into general match day attendees not me. I’ve always had two irritations. People who clap players off after abysmal performances. People who defend our shambolic ownership continually on social media (the worst culprits being because they are looking after their own interests). Unfortunately I think we have too many of both in our fanbase which leads to me to conclude we have a “weird” fan base. That doesn’t of course mean all (or the majority of) our fans are weird.

 

A fine pub indeed, I have enjoyed many a pint of Fullers ESB in there.

 

We're all different and all entitled to our opinions of course. Personally I clap players off if I can see they gave 100% in an abysmal performance, I don't if they didn't. The ownership has been shambolic on a few instances over the last 10 years but overall the second most successful in our history so I'm prepared to accept the weaker elements of their ownership.

 

You would, wouldn't you ?

 

I didn't turn it into general matchday fans, I was referencing the weirdos that hope Edwards walks/we have a bad season.

 

Oh fair enough - that's me and Moog.

 

Dunno, sorry, but I'll ask my rellies.

 

Great to hear him talk with such enthusiasm about the team and the role. All the best Rob! Make us proud