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Tommy Watson ( ...off to Brighton)


SAFC11 said:
Yes but my point is that noone will pay the fees people are thinking. I don't think he will be sold. But if the player happened to say I'd like to go or I'm not signing another contract (hypothetical) there's no way it would be north of 10mil and we wouldn't want to lose value by letting him see his contract out
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Great, well then we dont sell the player that we didn’t want to sell.

You’re making up hypothetical scenarios now to justify your low evaluation.
 
Daffy said:
Takes me less to tell if a player has “ it “
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Just as well it wasn't after his first 3 because he was miles away from it, Sheffield United is where he made a mark.

To say he is going top player is a bold statement but fair play, imo he has massive potential and needs to stay where he is.
 
Lucky1985 said:
18months on his contract means we don’t have to sell yet. Not having to sell yet means you have to pay above market rate as we don’t want to sell.

Look at the price Wharton went to palace for then. He should be fetching more than Clarke
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Below 18 months the value starts going down, below 12 and the value drops significantly. If he won't sign an extension on the wages our owners are prepared to pay him, then our owners will be looking to sell him asap to avoid depreciation.
 
Ducktales said:
I don’t believe you would.

This is his career, his job, his livelihood, he’s no longer a supporter he’s an employee.

The fact his contract is down to 18 months is also a bit of a giveaway he’s not planning on letting grass grow under his feet.

How is stewart in a worse situation?

Be injured at Sunderland on less money or injured at Southampton on more money!!

Tough one that mind.
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Stewart and us made the right decision regarding his injuries and I'm glad he got the contract he wanted. I never played football as a kid and dreamed of a certain contract. Never once. It is obviously important but you'd be a bit strange as a kid playing football in the piss and wind aged 8 thinking of that
 
Lucky1985 said:
Great, well then we dont sell the player that we didn’t want to sell.

You’re making up hypothetical scenarios now to justify your low evaluation.
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No I'm not and I've consistently said we won't sell. My point is that he would never be sold that soon for the price of 10mil North based on 400mins of football in the championship. I don't think we will sell because we don't like selling our younger players now and I don't think he will want to leave yet especially when getting game time. But if we were talking about paying that sort of fee for an 18year old l1 player who had only paid 400mins fans would be going mental at it. I'm using hypothetical because that is the only way we will sell at the moment unless a stupid bid that noone would ever offer anyway
 
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Wakoro said:
Below 18 months the value starts going down, below 12 and the value drops significantly. If he won't sign an extension on the wages our owners are prepared to pay him, then our owners will be looking to sell him asap to avoid depreciation.
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Have we even offered him one yet?
 
SAFC11 said:
No I'm not and I've consistently said we won't sell. My point is that he would never be sold that soon for the price of 10mil North based on 400mins of football in the championship. I don't think we will sell because we don't like selling our younger players now and I don't think he will want to leave yet especially when getting game time. But if we were talking about paying that sort of fee for an 18year old l1 player who had only paid 400mins fans would be going mental at it. I'm using hypothetical because that is the only way we will sell at the moment unless a stupid bid that noone would ever offer anyway
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Exactly our point 😉
 
nandos sonic sauce said:
Stewart and us made the right decision regarding his injuries and I'm glad he got the contract he wanted. I never played football as a kid and dreamed of a certain contract. Never once. It is obviously important but you'd be a bit strange as a kid playing football in the piss and wind aged 8 thinking of that
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Watson Isn’t 8 anymore he’s 18 and football is his career.

Like I say the fact his contract has 18 months left shows he’s hedging his bets. Rightly so as well.
 
Daniels said:
He doesn’t get in ahead of Mundle close to 10 mill and a good sell on clause is smart business.
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Personally disagree, I thought bundles form was dipping before his injury. I’m not saying he usurps him for sure, but I also don’t think that Watson is being told it’s not his time yet. I think they’re in close competition for the place
 
Lucky1985 said:
Exactly our point 😉
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But that doesn't mean he is worth it is my point. We wouldnt get it because noone would offer it. What it comes down to is if the player wants to talk to them or is unlikely to sign an extension as any value will only go down in his last year of contract. In that scenario he is only worth what someone is willing to pay
 
Safc_Number10 said:
£15m for a player that's only made a handful of starts isn't bad business tbf.
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Where has that come from?😂😂😂😂
Fetch Fletch said:
Mundle had a great start but he tailed off badly. I’ve always been a massive fan of Watson though.
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He had about 3 bad games before he was injured. Jesus this site! He might have been carrying an injury or fatigued! Can't criticise mundle this season like.
Who said he's going?😂
Mowgli said:
Big few days for the club tbh.

I expected us to really go and bring in 2 or 3 quality additions to have a go at promotion and so far we've managed 1. Seems like they don't want to spend any money upfront in fees atm and are into this obligation of promoted stuff that isn't very attractive to clubs.

Losing Watson would be another kick in the balls really for what will inevitably be a low fee. Feels like the club are once again worried about a contract running down and getting less money for players.
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