Tony Watt
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I was buzzing when we signed him but the reality soon set in. I felt he was more in the Holmes/Fosu mould.....attacking midfielfer who could run at defences, open them up & either score from 20 yards or play someone else in. I likened him to another Scot......old ginger himself Gordon Strachan.
Sadly he is known for only 2 things......THAT goal for Celtic & keeping to ball near the corner flag for 2 mins. shouldn't trouble the archive men for too long.0 -
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I'm not sure Network factors can be blamed for what happened to Watt's career. Indeed, other than the Barcelona goal, his most successful period was under Luzon with us in that first half season. He's had chances to succeed at other clubs and not taken themGlassHalfFull said:
No-one wishes TW ill. He is far from being a fool nor is he in any sense a hopeless case. He is a personable young man (with due allowance for the confirmed limp hand-shake) and he does indeed remember his time at Charlton with affection. Sadly he is one of a sizeable number of players and coaches whose time at The Valley was blighted by Network factors - under a more stable regime, perhaps with a manager such as SCP, his story could have been quite different.1 -
Perhaps you are right and I'm trying a bit too hard to cut him some slack. Nonetheless the erratic and unstable regime which has done so much career damage to so many would not have been favourable territory for such a fragile character as TW.killerandflash said:
I'm not sure Network factors can be blamed for what happened to Watt's career. Indeed, other than the Barcelona goal, his most successful period was under Luzon with us in that first half season. He's had chances to succeed at other clubs and not taken themGlassHalfFull said:
No-one wishes TW ill. He is far from being a fool nor is he in any sense a hopeless case. He is a personable young man (with due allowance for the confirmed limp hand-shake) and he does indeed remember his time at Charlton with affection. Sadly he is one of a sizeable number of players and coaches whose time at The Valley was blighted by Network factors - under a more stable regime, perhaps with a manager such as SCP, his story could have been quite different.
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This.ValleyGary said:
If you follow him you would see up until a couple of weeks ago he was going for runs and in the gym.
Whilst other footballers are suning themselves abroad he is enjoying the summer playing playstation.
Doesnt mean he isnt keeping fit or commited to finding a club he is just like every player having a few weeks off1 -
Then why send out such a misleading and potentially harmful message? Why risk undoing all the hard work?
It may be just banter but it's very public. Sounds like he's realised what he's done.
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I dont think he was.GlassHalfFull said:
Then why send out such a misleading and potentially harmful message? Why risk undoing all the hard work?
It may be just banter but it's very public. Sounds like he's realised what he's done.
When you see footballers tweet about being abroad with a beer on a sun lounger somewhere thats just them enjoying there summer vacation
Watt is doing exactly that enjoying his summer vacation, he just enjoys playing Playstation and not going abroad.
I dont see how thats harmful1 -
Because he's known for his commitment issues. This is his chosen professional career. To a prospective new club why take any risk? In fact, ffs why say anything at all?
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I won't believe it 'til I see him post his "map my run" stats on twitter!2
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To be fair, he is Scottish, 5 minutes in Greece and he'd turn the colour of the Hearts shirt he once worepaulie8290 said:
This.ValleyGary said:
If you follow him you would see up until a couple of weeks ago he was going for runs and in the gym.
Whilst other foitballers are suning themselves abroad he is enjoying the summer playing playstation.
Doesnt mean he isnt keeping fit or commited to finding a club he is just like every player having a few weeks off
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Last year in preseason we were fed the line of “he’s in the best shape of his life“ whereas in reality he was blowing out of his arse within 25 minutes4
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The most gifted player we have had at Charlton since Yann left imo and I would always welcome him back if he got his s**t together.
I never understand the bitter comments towards him, a talented player with clearly some personal issues. Hope he sorts himself out13 -
The trouble is he is not on a summer vacation, he is unemployed. Potential employees will know of his troubled background already and if they glance at his twitter account and read he is spending his life gaming probably won’t pick up the phone to check if it is just bants.paulie8290 said:
I dont think he was.GlassHalfFull said:
Then why send out such a misleading and potentially harmful message? Why risk undoing all the hard work?
It may be just banter but it's very public. Sounds like he's realised what he's done.
When you see footballers tweet about being abroad with a beer on a sun lounger somewhere thats just them enjoying there summer vacation
Watt is doing exactly that enjoying his summer vacation, he just enjoys playing Playstation and not going abroad.
I dont see how thats harmful
Wish him well, hope he gets over whatever demons he has and comes back stronger for it.
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So just because he is unemployed he doesnt get a vacation like every other player.Athletico Charlton said:
The trouble is he is not on a summer vacation, he is unemployed. Potential employees will know of his troubled background already and if they glance at his twitter account and read he is spending his life gaming probably won’t pick up the phone to check if it is just bants.paulie8290 said:
I dont think he was.GlassHalfFull said:
Then why send out such a misleading and potentially harmful message? Why risk undoing all the hard work?
It may be just banter but it's very public. Sounds like he's realised what he's done.
When you see footballers tweet about being abroad with a beer on a sun lounger somewhere thats just them enjoying there summer vacation
Watt is doing exactly that enjoying his summer vacation, he just enjoys playing Playstation and not going abroad.
I dont see how thats harmful
Wish him well, hope he gets over whatever demons he has and comes back stronger for it.
I follow Tony and he was posting about running and going to the gym until the season ended.
If he didnt have a few weeks off and got a new club then come the end of the season he would be accused of burnout because he didny have a few weeks off.
If other players can I dont see why he cant just because he is unemployed ATM0 -
because being unemployed means you have to work doubly harder to get a new club. Most players currently sunning themselves on the beach are already attached to clubs so don't need to worry come July 1st.paulie8290 said:
So just because he is unemployed he doesnt get a vacation like every other player.Athletico Charlton said:
The trouble is he is not on a summer vacation, he is unemployed. Potential employees will know of his troubled background already and if they glance at his twitter account and read he is spending his life gaming probably won’t pick up the phone to check if it is just bants.paulie8290 said:
I dont think he was.GlassHalfFull said:
Then why send out such a misleading and potentially harmful message? Why risk undoing all the hard work?
It may be just banter but it's very public. Sounds like he's realised what he's done.
When you see footballers tweet about being abroad with a beer on a sun lounger somewhere thats just them enjoying there summer vacation
Watt is doing exactly that enjoying his summer vacation, he just enjoys playing Playstation and not going abroad.
I dont see how thats harmful
Wish him well, hope he gets over whatever demons he has and comes back stronger for it.
I follow Tony and he was posting about running and going to the gym until the season ended.
If he didnt have a few weeks off and got a new club then come the end of the season he would be accused of burnout because he didny have a few weeks off.
If other players can I dont see why he cant just because he is unemployed ATM0 -
Burnout??!!?? Tony Watt????!!!!!!paulie8290 said:
So just because he is unemployed he doesnt get a vacation like every other player.Athletico Charlton said:
The trouble is he is not on a summer vacation, he is unemployed. Potential employees will know of his troubled background already and if they glance at his twitter account and read he is spending his life gaming probably won’t pick up the phone to check if it is just bants.paulie8290 said:
I dont think he was.GlassHalfFull said:
Then why send out such a misleading and potentially harmful message? Why risk undoing all the hard work?
It may be just banter but it's very public. Sounds like he's realised what he's done.
When you see footballers tweet about being abroad with a beer on a sun lounger somewhere thats just them enjoying there summer vacation
Watt is doing exactly that enjoying his summer vacation, he just enjoys playing Playstation and not going abroad.
I dont see how thats harmful
Wish him well, hope he gets over whatever demons he has and comes back stronger for it.
I follow Tony and he was posting about running and going to the gym until the season ended.
If he didnt have a few weeks off and got a new club then come the end of the season he would be accused of burnout because he didny have a few weeks off.
If other players can I dont see why he cant just because he is unemployed ATM
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!
(breathe!)
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!
Let me explain about burnout. That implies someone who has overtrained, and has passed their peak of physical fitness before a ball has been kicked.
The Tony Watt I watched, has never given me the impression he's overtrained before a football match...0 -
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It's not a "vacation" if he doesn't have a club, it's just life. Plus the players who are currently on a beach have contracts at clubs that play winter seasons, there are plenty of clubs that play summer seasons that Watt could have a chance at rather than take a vacation.paulie8290 said:
So just because he is unemployed he doesnt get a vacation like every other player.Athletico Charlton said:
The trouble is he is not on a summer vacation, he is unemployed. Potential employees will know of his troubled background already and if they glance at his twitter account and read he is spending his life gaming probably won’t pick up the phone to check if it is just bants.paulie8290 said:
I dont think he was.GlassHalfFull said:
Then why send out such a misleading and potentially harmful message? Why risk undoing all the hard work?
It may be just banter but it's very public. Sounds like he's realised what he's done.
When you see footballers tweet about being abroad with a beer on a sun lounger somewhere thats just them enjoying there summer vacation
Watt is doing exactly that enjoying his summer vacation, he just enjoys playing Playstation and not going abroad.
I dont see how thats harmful
Wish him well, hope he gets over whatever demons he has and comes back stronger for it.
I follow Tony and he was posting about running and going to the gym until the season ended.
If he didnt have a few weeks off and got a new club then come the end of the season he would be accused of burnout because he didny have a few weeks off.
If other players can I dont see why he cant just because he is unemployed ATM1 -
He'll be finished playing professional football by the time he's 30.
A shame as the talent is there, if not the application.0 - Sponsored links:
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Yeah, but he's a pro footballer, Golfie. While he plays on his Playstation, he has an agent to find him a club.golfaddick said:
because being unemployed means you have to work doubly harder to get a new club. Most players currently sunning themselves on the beach are already attached to clubs so don't need to worry come July 1st.paulie8290 said:
So just because he is unemployed he doesnt get a vacation like every other player.Athletico Charlton said:
The trouble is he is not on a summer vacation, he is unemployed. Potential employees will know of his troubled background already and if they glance at his twitter account and read he is spending his life gaming probably won’t pick up the phone to check if it is just bants.paulie8290 said:
I dont think he was.GlassHalfFull said:
Then why send out such a misleading and potentially harmful message? Why risk undoing all the hard work?
It may be just banter but it's very public. Sounds like he's realised what he's done.
When you see footballers tweet about being abroad with a beer on a sun lounger somewhere thats just them enjoying there summer vacation
Watt is doing exactly that enjoying his summer vacation, he just enjoys playing Playstation and not going abroad.
I dont see how thats harmful
Wish him well, hope he gets over whatever demons he has and comes back stronger for it.
I follow Tony and he was posting about running and going to the gym until the season ended.
If he didnt have a few weeks off and got a new club then come the end of the season he would be accused of burnout because he didny have a few weeks off.
If other players can I dont see why he cant just because he is unemployed ATM
A player just out of contract doesn't mean he has to report to the Job Centre and show evidence that he's applied for at least 50 non-existent jobs that week.
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Can people stop trying to read between lines for a message that simply is not fecking there!
Calm down you boring old farts!
Video games aren't solely for the lazy fat blokes out there anymore. Many gamer types are into fitness too...
I can turn up and run a half marathon in a decent enough amateur time, yet I can also play Destiny or Fallout for a few hours, or go away for a weekend fishing and sat on my arse...
That's what hobbies are, one to a few hours out of your day to relax and unwind in whatever way works for that day.8 -
Must be a zero hours contract job for him somewhere? Chavy sports shops are always hiring I hear.0
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Your lifstyle may well keep you physically fit but does playng on game consoles keep one mentally fit and alert. Judging by the quality of your postibgs I doubt it :-)Dazzler21 said:Can people stop trying to read between lines for a message that simply is not fecking there!
Calm down you boring old farts!
Video games aren't solely for the lazy fat blokes out there anymore. Many gamer types are into fitness too...
I can turn up and run a half marathon in a decent enough amateur time, yet I can also play Destiny or Fallout for a few hours, or go away for a weekend fishing and sat on my arse...
That's what hobbies are, one to a few hours out of your day to relax and unwind in whatever way works for that day.0 -
Appreciate that your comment is tongue in cheek but the sad thing is that if TW can't be bothered to put it in being paid thousands a week, for a couple of hours a day playing football 10 months of the year, then I very much doubt that he would have the motivation to work in a sports shop on a zero hours contract.DRAddick said:Must be a zero hours contract job for him somewhere? Chavy sports shops are always hiring I hear.
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'postings'PeterGage said:
Your lifstyle may well keep you physically fit but does playng on game consoles keep one mentally fit and alert. Judging by the quality of your postibgs I doubt it :-)Dazzler21 said:Can people stop trying to read between lines for a message that simply is not fecking there!
Calm down you boring old farts!
Video games aren't solely for the lazy fat blokes out there anymore. Many gamer types are into fitness too...
I can turn up and run a half marathon in a decent enough amateur time, yet I can also play Destiny or Fallout for a few hours, or go away for a weekend fishing and sat on my arse...
That's what hobbies are, one to a few hours out of your day to relax and unwind in whatever way works for that day.
We all know how alert referees are
(depends on the size of the brown envelopes)
Yes playing on games consoles does in fact help you become more mentally fit and alert. I recommend you read this link, you might find it enlightening...
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He was very gifted, but he wasn't as gifted as Johann Berg Gudmundsson or Ricky Holmes IMOBraziliance said:The most gifted player we have had at Charlton since Yann left imo
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Not to mention Lepoint.cafctom said:
He was very gifted, but he wasn't as gifted as Johann Berg Gudmundsson or Ricky Holmes IMOBraziliance said:The most gifted player we have had at Charlton since Yann left imo
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Or Thuram.The Red Robin said:
Not to mention Lepoint.cafctom said:
He was very gifted, but he wasn't as gifted as Johann Berg Gudmundsson or Ricky Holmes IMOBraziliance said:The most gifted player we have had at Charlton since Yann left imo
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Disagree with Holmes. This is someone who before he joined us had never played above L2cafctom said:
He was very gifted, but he wasn't as gifted as Johann Berg Gudmundsson or Ricky Holmes IMOBraziliance said:The most gifted player we have had at Charlton since Yann left imo
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