Reggie towing the party line. I’ve never heard anything from Watson or his agent saying he wants away. It still surprises me that people believe everything they read.
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Tommy Watson ( ...off to Brighton)
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DonaldDownTheWing
Striker
If he didn’t want away, why wouldn’t he sign a contract?
chriswallace85
Striker
Completely missed the 'think' in "they don't think like us fans". Soz.Tommy Watson's Brighton move being sorted is actually a blessing, IMO. Rather than having the lad stressing about whether the transfer will happen or if an injury might screw it all up, he can just crack on with his football now.
The certainty means his head's in the right place - he knows where he's going, the deal's done and dusted. It's not unlike when clubs sign players in January and loan them back - everyone knows the score.
Watson can focus on giving his all for us while he's still here. There's plenty motivating him - doing the business for the club his family supports, impressing his new gaffer at Brighton, and just his own professional pride.
Can't begrudge him taking the money either, can we? Football's a short career and we all know how quickly a bad tackle can end it all. When players get crocked, clubs aren't exactly loyal to them, so you've got to look after yourself in this game.
Hope he puts in some proper performances before he heads off to the south coast.
The certainty means his head's in the right place - he knows where he's going, the deal's done and dusted. It's not unlike when clubs sign players in January and loan them back - everyone knows the score.
Watson can focus on giving his all for us while he's still here. There's plenty motivating him - doing the business for the club his family supports, impressing his new gaffer at Brighton, and just his own professional pride.
Can't begrudge him taking the money either, can we? Football's a short career and we all know how quickly a bad tackle can end it all. When players get crocked, clubs aren't exactly loyal to them, so you've got to look after yourself in this game.
Hope he puts in some proper performances before he heads off to the south coast.
SAFCBlandy
Striker
As opposed to you, the enlightened mind, that automatically assumes that everything he reads is a lie if it doesn't back up what he already believes.
Mansfield Mackem
Winger
He should be left out the team now. He will have no interest in getting promoted and he won’t want to get injured again.
parsonjohn1985
Striker
Have you not? There definitely was some talk about exploring all the options before he signed his professional contract
I'm not saying that's a bad thing. Just that it happened
Because it was a crap contract. You think that may be a possibility?
I question everything mate, it’s called not being gullible. Can you tell me where Watson says he wants to leave please?
Thanks for calling me enlightened, I’ll put that on my CV. However as you’ve never met me it is a very bold statement.
Teenage kid exploring options, whatever next.
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SAFCBlandy
Striker
He hasn't said publically said he wanted to leave, no, because generally that's not a thing that any player does unless a club is refusing to listen to their private request to leave. To assume that he can't have wanted to leave because he hasn't made himself public enemy #1 by saying it out loud is naive to the extreme.
Player’s will not sign new contract if the offers aren’t good enough
OK. Public enemy #1 to whom? If few footy fans, he’s in the NE of England not Bogotá. And it generally it is what players do, hand in a transfer request.
rupert rigsby
Midfield
all going on doing the sol up I've heard
Mowgli
Striker
That's natural when you don't feed at the PL table.
How much should a club without parachute payments be offering?
SAFCBlandy
Striker
Transfer requests do not need to be made public, that is entirely up to the discretion of the club and the player. Players also don't have much incentive to publically announce their intent to leave a club as long as the club doesn't force their hand. It makes them look bad and damages the team. You not hearing a statement from Watson publically declaring his desire to leave does not mean that he never requested to be allowed to be sold, it just means that both parties came to an agreement before it came to that. Whether that agreement was for Watson to be sold against his will or for us to agree to his request to leave is ultimately something we might not ever find out for certain, but I know which scenario seems the most likely with the knowledge we do have.
KGC83
Striker
We’ve seen far better players than Watson plus Rigg sign contracts no bother in the last 12/18 month.
parsonjohn1985
Striker
Your comment is irrelevant to what I said
Brighton can afford to drop 10m and probably around 15/20k a week on a prospect. For us to offer him that in the Championship would probably put him on parity with some of the most established first 11 players.
I hope he's ready for his career to get much harder as he's done nothing yet, and his pathway to first team football has just taken a huge step backwards with the players Brighton already have on their books in his position, and that's without even looking at who they'll bring in this summer.
The clock starts to tick on his new big money move this summer, and time will tell if he can stand out in a larger pool of talent or if he'll end up like a lot of young talented lads who've taken that leap too soon.
