I think Robinson being tight lipped about whether he would have wanted to retain Watt may be a sign that he would have wanted him but was told that if he also wanted another striker (which he does) Watt, as our highest paid remaining player, would need to go to free up the wage bill.
We'll not get promoted - or anywhere near it - relying on Magennis and Holmes for goals however good they are.
I do wonder if his has come out of the blue, especially after Tony sent a new shirt to a fan with his changed number on it. I doubt he would have done that had he known that we was leaving.
Leuven 2nd div Belgian side. Doubt anyone earns more than £1k per week so huge subsidy on wages. But town has possibly the best bar in the world, the Fiere Margaret. Hope to bump into him on my next B200 trip.
Leuven 2nd div Belgian side. Doubt anyone earns more than £1k per week so huge subsidy on wages. But town has possibly the best bar in the world, the Fiere Margaret. Hope to bump into him on my next B200 trip.
Not so sure. Someone said they are owned by the Leicester owners. Real ambition to get into the top division. Begs the question though as to why do they want Watt.
Leuven 2nd div Belgian side. Doubt anyone earns more than £1k per week so huge subsidy on wages. But town has possibly the best bar in the world, the Fiere Margaret. Hope to bump into him on my next B200 trip.
Do we know definitively whether he has been loaned, or "sold" (i.e.contract cancelled) ? If sold, then surely we would not still pay any of his wages?
Leuven 2nd div Belgian side. Doubt anyone earns more than £1k per week so huge subsidy on wages. But town has possibly the best bar in the world, the Fiere Margaret. Hope to bump into him on my next B200 trip.
Do we know definitively whether he has been loaned, or "sold" (i.e.contract cancelled) ? If sold, then surely we would not still pay any of his wages?
Seems not or at least not yet.
In the club interview KR says Watt is "set" to move.
Seen Picture on Facebook just now of him in the white Leuven shirt .
Let's crack open the champagne.
Now he's gone it's time to go and get a striker who can score goals at this level. It will be hard to find someone at this point - if he's in a first XI then his club won't let him go easily or cheaply. If he isn't then we need to question why not. It's going to be tough to find the right person but we've needed to strengthen this part of our team for a very long time and we've had from April 30th to do it, it's a very poor state of affairs that we're in this position.
Seen Picture on Facebook just now of him in the white Leuven shirt .
Let's crack open the champagne.
Now he's gone it's time to go and get a striker who can score goals at this level. It will be hard to find someone at this point - if he's in a first XI then his club won't let him go easily or cheaply. If he isn't then we need to question why not. It's going to be tough to find the right person but we've needed to strengthen this part of our team for a very long time and we've had from April 30th to do it, it's a very poor state of affairs that we're in this position.
The club wanted to do it 10 days ago but decided against it because of the injury to Josh as well as after his dressing room antics in after the Rovers game and what happened the players were unhappy with him and told him as much.
The club wanted to do it 10 days ago but decided against it because of the injury to Josh as well as after his dressing room antics in after the Rovers game and what happened the players were unhappy with him and told him as much.
The club wanted to do it 10 days ago but decided against it because of the injury to Josh as well as after his dressing room antics in after the Rovers game and what happened the players were unhappy with him and told him as much.
And what antics were these?
Not the best with another player after his poor pass against Bristol Rovers.
The club wanted to do it 10 days ago but decided against it because of the injury to Josh as well as after his dressing room antics in after the Rovers game and what happened the players were unhappy with him and told him as much.
And what antics were these?
Not the best with another player after his poor pass against Bristol Rovers.
It’s important we bring in another striker if we can,” said Pearce. “Obviously at the moment Lee Novak is suspended so Josh Magennis is the only recognised striker. Reeco [Hackett-Fairchild] is a young lad who hasn’t played that many games. It’s really important that we get another player in.
“Tony’s a good lad, but obviously he wasn’t in the plans here. It happens in football but he moves on to something new and hopefully we can get someone else in to take his place. He was good around the place, a good lad to have around. At the end of the day, it’s the manager’s opinion or the club’s opinion on a player and if they’re not wanted in the squad they have to move on. It’s happened to myself and it’s happened to a lot of players – you have to stay strong and move on.”
Josh really didn't look at the races on Saturday, KAG and Reeco could be useful but don't need the pressure of carrying a team's goal scoring hopes on their shoulders and Novak is rubbish.
Our season will likely live and die by whether we can get someone in over the next 14 days.
Shame to see him go as there's clearly a decent footballer in there. With the right attitude and fitness he could have been the best player in this league by a country mile. But without that he's just excess baggage.
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I wish him well. But what an absolute waste of talent, he will be collecting glasses in a pub in under ten years.
More of a case of 'Watt not to watch!
We'll not get promoted - or anywhere near it - relying on Magennis and Holmes for goals however good they are.
In the club interview KR says Watt is "set" to move.
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https://www.voetbalkrant.com/nl/nieuws/lees/2017-08-13/tony-watt-ex-spits-standard-en-lierse-tekent-maandag-bij-oh-leuven
Bright side is maybe Karel will rock up there and they can start to get the band back together.....
Now he's gone it's time to go and get a striker who can score goals at this level. It will be hard to find someone at this point - if he's in a first XI then his club won't let him go easily or cheaply. If he isn't then we need to question why not. It's going to be tough to find the right person but we've needed to strengthen this part of our team for a very long time and we've had from April 30th to do it, it's a very poor state of affairs that we're in this position.
Us, Cardiff, Blackburn and Hearts can't all be wrong at this stage - and a move back to Belgium surely can't have been high on his wishlist.
Hope he turns it around though and goes on to have a good rest of his career.
It’s important we bring in another striker if we can,” said Pearce. “Obviously at the moment Lee Novak is suspended so Josh Magennis is the only recognised striker. Reeco [Hackett-Fairchild] is a young lad who hasn’t played that many games. It’s really important that we get another player in.
“Tony’s a good lad, but obviously he wasn’t in the plans here. It happens in football but he moves on to something new and hopefully we can get someone else in to take his place. He was good around the place, a good lad to have around. At the end of the day, it’s the manager’s opinion or the club’s opinion on a player and if they’re not wanted in the squad they have to move on. It’s happened to myself and it’s happened to a lot of players – you have to stay strong and move on.”
Josh really didn't look at the races on Saturday, KAG and Reeco could be useful but don't need the pressure of carrying a team's goal scoring hopes on their shoulders and Novak is rubbish.
Our season will likely live and die by whether we can get someone in over the next 14 days.
https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/5991729c71dfd/tony-watt-joins-belgian-club-oud-heverlee-leuven
And permanent. So off the wage bill.