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Tommy Watson ( ...off to Brighton)

Onlyfoolsrushin said:
That's your opinion, but I think I see more future in him than Mundle, and Brighton have clearly seen the lads talent, and they have been very good in recent years at identifying upcoming talent. Watson is now in the position of being sold/valued for far more money than Mundle and also earns far more money than Mundle despite being Mundle 3 years older and starting at a Premier League Club.
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Watson will be loaned out next season, he’s not playing premiership football anytime soon.
Good luck to the lad but I think he has gone to soon. He won’t get the game time and dedicated development he would hear. He wasn’t good enough to leave yet. Could set him back 3 years in his development I reckon
The advisors to Jude know what they are doing.
Watson may have great belief in his ability or he may just have dollar signs in his eyes, but as I say this will set him back.
Look at Jack Clarke, on a different level at the moment and his career has stalled
 

Alfies Hat said:
To all of those saying it's a good deal because he's not as good as Mundle.
If Mundle is so much better than him, what makes you think that he won't leave too?
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Mentality. Watson took ages to sign a pro deal with us, it never felt he was fully commited here. The fact he was 2nd place here didnt help. Mundle could have stayed at Spurs, Spurs offered him a 3 year deal, he left amd rejected that deal as he wanted to play football. He is now in his first real season of mens football playing weekly. We will get another year out of him at least.
 
I fully expected him to go in the summer so I feel literally no emotion over this, it's just the timing of the announcement is bizarre. End of the day it's a player who had a better offer, wouldn't sign a new contract and we got a reasonable deal given those circumstances.

For me, he might as well go on gardening leave now, let Aleksic have his minutes.
 
S.Hagan said:
Mentality. Watson took ages to sign a pro deal with us, it never felt he was fully commited here. The fact he was 2nd place here didnt help. Mundle could have stayed at Spurs, Spurs offered him a 3 year deal, he left amd rejected that deal as he wanted to play football. He is now in his first real season of mens football playing weekly. We will get another year out of him at least.
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I don't know how he could expect anything more at his age really. He surely doesn't think he can come come into the first team and be a starter straight away ? I know Rigg and Jobe are regulars, but they are exceptions (aswell as being better)
 
sick said:
I don't know how he could expect anything more at his age really. He surely doesn't think he can come come into the first team and be a starter straight away ? I know Rigg and Jobe are regulars, but they are exceptions (aswell as being better)
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Some kids are like that and have people in their ears. Brighton have been after him for 2 years, he would be getting told, you're not starting here, a premier league club wants you on 5x your wages. Modern day football. Some young lads have great advisors, who tell their players, learn your trade then get your chance (Jobe, Rigg), others, not so much. Look at Clarke when he left Leeds at 18
 
Well lads and lasses, imagine losing Trent AA for nowt to Madrid and having to watch him win the Premiership and walk away.
Frankly little Tommy doesn’t register on the Richter scale.
Onwards and upwards
 
It's a good deal all round I think. He's an exciting prospect with could go far and the fee is a drop in the ocean for an established Premier League club. But his contribution to the first team here has been minimal - Sheff United away was his breakout performance, then he scored the two goals against Stoke then got injured. We aren't losing a key player making major contributions to the team and we've at least got a decent fee for him, we aren't losing a young talent for buttons like we used to.

We've bemoaned parachute payments all season. Rightly or wrongly we need to generate revenue to be able to compete without them. I'd rather we sold a player with a handful of games under his belt to do that than someone who'd made a major impact on the team.
 
scott934 said:
I fully expected him to go in the summer so I feel literally no emotion over this, it's just the timing of the announcement is bizarre. End of the day it's a player who had a better offer, wouldn't sign a new contract and we got a reasonable deal given those circumstances.

For me, he might as well go on gardening leave now, let Aleksic have his minutes.
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It is definitely bizarre and generally pointless I would say.
 
chopsfc007 said:
We have no idea about that
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Well, I think it pretty much points to it tbh. Otherwise, what's the rush? Speakman says we turned them down in Jan, and Tommy wouldn't entertain a new contract.

Signing for a club you can't even play for gives me serious concerns about his commitment for the rest of the season, especially when he's already had a long term injury.
 
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