Celtic fan here. Thought you guys would appreciate a bit of insight from our perspective.
Firstly, I have to say, he divided opinion in our support. However, that had nothing to do with his ability. Some felt he was a disruptive force in the dressing room and therefore not worth keeping. I don't agree with that since we have other players like Griffiths and Stokes who have caused far more problems than Watt ever did.
The reason, I believe, we let him go is because Liege were willing to pay £1.2m for a player that cost us £80k and wasn't even a guaranteed starter. The board saw profit and jumped. Our new manager had only been in the door 5mins and from what I've heard the deal was pretty much wrapped up before he was even appointed. No way would Ronny Deila have let go of him. We certainly did not let him go for footballing reasons.
Personally, I was convinced, as were many others, that Watt would be our main striker this year. He is supremely talented. We were creaming ourselves long before he scored against Barcelona. E.g 2 goals on his debut (from the bench), 2 goals on his first start etc.
Watt is the most well rounded centre forward Scotland have had for years. And considering his "attitude" problems seem to be fixed, I am extremely gutted we let him go.
Our loss is your gain. Enjoy. You have an incredible talent on your hands.
Celtic fan here. Thought you guys would appreciate a bit of insight from our perspective.
Firstly, I have to say, he divided opinion in our support. However, that had nothing to do with his ability. Some felt he was a disruptive force in the dressing room and therefore not worth keeping. I don't agree with that since we have other players like Griffiths and Stokes who have caused far more problems than Watt ever did.
The reason, I believe, we let him go is because Liege were willing to pay £1.2m for a player that cost us £80k and wasn't even a guaranteed starter. The board saw profit and jumped. Our new manager had only been in the door 5mins and from what I've heard the deal was pretty much wrapped up before he was even appointed. No way would Ronny Deila have let go of him. We certainly did not let him go for footballing reasons.
Personally, I was convinced, as were many others, that Watt would be our main striker this year. He is supremely talented. We were creaming ourselves long before he scored against Barcelona. E.g 2 goals on his debut (from the bench), 2 goals on his first start etc.
Watt is the most well rounded centre forward Scotland have had for years. And considering his "attitude" problems seem to be fixed, I am extremely gutted we let him go.
Our loss is your gain. Enjoy. You have an incredible talent on your hands.
Thanks. Watt are the chances of him getting back into the Scotland squad?
Celtic fan here. Thought you guys would appreciate a bit of insight from our perspective.
Firstly, I have to say, he divided opinion in our support. However, that had nothing to do with his ability. Some felt he was a disruptive force in the dressing room and therefore not worth keeping. I don't agree with that since we have other players like Griffiths and Stokes who have caused far more problems than Watt ever did.
The reason, I believe, we let him go is because Liege were willing to pay £1.2m for a player that cost us £80k and wasn't even a guaranteed starter. The board saw profit and jumped. Our new manager had only been in the door 5mins and from what I've heard the deal was pretty much wrapped up before he was even appointed. No way would Ronny Deila have let go of him. We certainly did not let him go for footballing reasons.
Personally, I was convinced, as were many others, that Watt would be our main striker this year. He is supremely talented. We were creaming ourselves long before he scored against Barcelona. E.g 2 goals on his debut (from the bench), 2 goals on his first start etc.
Watt is the most well rounded centre forward Scotland have had for years. And considering his "attitude" problems seem to be fixed, I am extremely gutted we let him go.
Our loss is your gain. Enjoy. You have an incredible talent on your hands.
Thanks. Watt are the chances of him getting back into the Scotland squad?
We have. A double header in about a fortnight, but I very much doubt he'll be picked for that.
Saying that, Leigh Griffiths is probably our only other in-form striker at the minute. (Steven Naismith plays in the hole)
Gordon Strachan doesn't seem to like Jordan Rhodes or Ross McCormack, even when they are scoring, so if Watt keeps it up till the end of the season I would expect him to be called up against Ireland in June.
I haven't seen the video yet, but I saw the green screen behind them , and wondered if they'd been roped in as extras for the next Jurassic park movie...
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The latter looked weak even in League one
Firstly, I have to say, he divided opinion in our support. However, that had nothing to do with his ability. Some felt he was a disruptive force in the dressing room and therefore not worth keeping. I don't agree with that since we have other players like Griffiths and Stokes who have caused far more problems than Watt ever did.
The reason, I believe, we let him go is because Liege were willing to pay £1.2m for a player that cost us £80k and wasn't even a guaranteed starter. The board saw profit and jumped. Our new manager had only been in the door 5mins and from what I've heard the deal was pretty much wrapped up before he was even appointed. No way would Ronny Deila have let go of him. We certainly did not let him go for footballing reasons.
Personally, I was convinced, as were many others, that Watt would be our main striker this year. He is supremely talented. We were creaming ourselves long before he scored against Barcelona. E.g 2 goals on his debut (from the bench), 2 goals on his first start etc.
Watt is the most well rounded centre forward Scotland have had for years. And considering his "attitude" problems seem to be fixed, I am extremely gutted we let him go.
Our loss is your gain. Enjoy. You have an incredible talent on your hands.
Saying that, Leigh Griffiths is probably our only other in-form striker at the minute. (Steven Naismith plays in the hole)
Gordon Strachan doesn't seem to like Jordan Rhodes or Ross McCormack, even when they are scoring, so if Watt keeps it up till the end of the season I would expect him to be called up against Ireland in June.
Bit of banter with Morgan Fox as well...
t32w Nervous
Captioned "Nervous" with a couple of syringe emojis and a sad face. Poor Tony.