Pre-Season, Perspective and Lingering Bigger Questions
From The Rookery End - A show about Watford FCShow Notes
Watford's pre-season continued with a 3-0 win over Hansa Rostock, but this wasn't just another friendly. More than 6,000 travelling supporters from the German third-tier club turned Vicarage Road into a memorable occasion and created one of the most unusual atmospheres the stadium has seen for years.
Jon, Mike and Sam meet for a post-match pint to look back on the afternoon. While there's plenty of praise for a handful of encouraging individual performances, they resist the temptation to read too much into pre-season results.
Instead, the conversation turns to the bigger picture. What do the latest changes to the Academy and Under-21 set-up really mean? Why has the Watford Women's team been sold? And what do the club's current recruitment limitations tell us about where new signings can realistically come from?
With just two weeks until the Championship season begins, there's still plenty to discuss on and off the pitch.
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