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Tony Watt - Waste of a Talent
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Really just highlights how starved we were of anything worth shouting about.Valleyfan2 said:Those 2 minutes will always make Tony Watt a Charlton legend. The ovation he got when it ended was immense!9 -
Lot of revisionistic history relating to Tony. Didn’t perform well for us, all the managers couldn’t stand him because he didn’t take the training ground seriously and showed up out of shape each year. A number of his teammates didn’t like him(at least the more professional ones) - well except for JJ. JJ loved him for some reason.2
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Bostonaddick said:Lot of revisionistic history relating to Tony. Didn’t perform well for us, all the managers couldn’t stand him because he didn’t take the training ground seriously and showed up out of shape each year. A number of his teammates didn’t like him(at least the more professional ones) - well except for JJ. JJ loved him for some reason.
The above will probably be said with most of the other clubs, to have so many clubs at a young age says something was not right.
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When he left us didnt he try and set up some sort of online movie rating business1
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Watch the video, they clearly took lumps out of him. Nothing like the Blackpool players on Saturday.eaststandmike said:
Blackpool did it last Saturday didn’t they. Watts rolling around on the floor and collapsing yet he barely got touchedHuskaris said:If someone did that to us we would lose our minds
Okay when we do it, out of order when the opposition do it3 -
I remember Bulot fondly. He was such a tidy player after the African Cup of Nations. Massive mistake not to sign him permanently. A typical Dushitaface mismanagement.Garrymanilow said:
I mean, they weren't that happy were they? Usual Roland shit, not signing enough players, sacking the Belgian manager after replacing the previous Belgian manager to employ the owner's special friend, a 13 game winless run, a 5 year old Karlan Grant and Christophe Lepoint on the bench, staring relegation in the face before a brief upturn in form followed by relegation the next season, two 11 game winless runs and the Karel Fraeye farce. Might have been a fun game but things were at the end of the arc of their impending shit spiral at that point and it's all part of the same Roland-themed disasterpiece.soapboxsam said:Dizzle said:
If I recall, Antonio was tearing Wilson to pieces down the wing first half. Second half we put a young Gomez on Antonio and shut him up and completely.Garrymanilow said:
Never really clicked for me til just now that one of the players Watt enrages into kicking him and getting booked is Michail AntonioScoham said:
The Game before, Antonio had scored a goal from the half way line from the left flank so when Wilson and Harriet between them failed to stop Antonio, he did the same thing and put Forest 1 up. Michail ran riot 1st half but In the 2nd he made no impact as Gomez and with the help of Bulot kept him quiet. A game of two halves where we came back to win 2-1 and Tony magic feet Watt did his party piece on the touch line.
Happy days but they seem a long time ago now 🙁8 -
A shame for him that he has wasted a wonderful opportunity leading a very good life as a footballer, and earning life changing money.
I hope he does not regret this in years to come.1 -
I love him0
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He played for his boyhood club and scored against Barcelona in the Champions League, travelled the world playing the game and ended up in the top flight in his own country. There may have been a bit of unfulfilled potential there, but I don't think that's a wasted career/life, jeeze.ElfsborgAddick said:A shame for him that he has wasted a wonderful opportunity leading a very good life as a footballer, and earning life changing money.
I hope he does not regret this in years to come.21 - Sponsored links:
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Really wanted it to work out with Watt. He could have been our talisman. Obviously he has issues given the number of clubs he played for and has never really fulfilled his potential, which is a real shame.On his day he is a great watch.4
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I think that's more of a reflection on JJ being the world's most approachable blokeBostonaddick said:Lot of revisionistic history relating to Tony. Didn’t perform well for us, all the managers couldn’t stand him because he didn’t take the training ground seriously and showed up out of shape each year. A number of his teammates didn’t like him(at least the more professional ones) - well except for JJ. JJ loved him for some reason.1 -
There are a few like that. Ravel Morrison springs to mind. They are an enigma and can’t really be managed. If they could, they would be playing at the highest level. If Watt had pushed on then there is no way we would have seen him in a Charlton shirt. Still he has had a decent career and has probably earned a few quid in signing in fees.ElfsborgAddick said:A shame for him that he has wasted a wonderful opportunity leading a very good life as a footballer, and earning life changing money.
I hope he does not regret this in years to come.0 -
Neil_Heaney said:
He played for his boyhood club and scored against Barcelona in the Champions League, travelled the world playing the game and ended up in the top flight in his own country. There may have been a bit of unfulfilled potential there, but I don't think that's a wasted career/life, jeeze.ElfsborgAddick said:A shame for him that he has wasted a wonderful opportunity leading a very good life as a footballer, and earning life changing money.
I hope he does not regret this in years to come.
"unfulfilled potential", put it this way, he should have achieved a lot more. I would imagine he has not earned the money his talent could have done.
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There are a lot of us like that, in all fields of life, but still eked out a decent living.ElfsborgAddick said:Neil_Heaney said:
He played for his boyhood club and scored against Barcelona in the Champions League, travelled the world playing the game and ended up in the top flight in his own country. There may have been a bit of unfulfilled potential there, but I don't think that's a wasted career/life, jeeze.ElfsborgAddick said:A shame for him that he has wasted a wonderful opportunity leading a very good life as a footballer, and earning life changing money.
I hope he does not regret this in years to come.
"unfulfilled potential", put it this way, he should have achieved a lot more. I would imagine he has not earned the money his talent could have done.1 -
Wasted talent? He has more talent than 99.999999999% of people who play football.
What about all the skidmarks on Charlton Life? The Rental Properties thread is peppered with folks whose old men should have pulled out.0 -
What a revolting post.PopIcon said:Wasted talent? He has more talent than 99.999999999% of people who play football.
What about all the skidmarks on Charlton Life? The Rental Properties thread is peppered with folks whose old men should have pulled out.7 -
And a strange one.Covered End said:
What a revolting post.PopIcon said:Wasted talent? He has more talent than 99.999999999% of people who play football.
What about all the skidmarks on Charlton Life? The Rental Properties thread is peppered with folks whose old men should have pulled out.0 -
I’d still have him back!!
a player who can carry the ball is missing in our squad.
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Great interview with TWWW by Rich Cawley on his substack19
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Agreed. Very good interview.Henry Irving said:Great interview with TWWW by Rich Cawley on his substackHas a lot of nice words to say about people he worked with at Charlton, some unsurprising like JJ and Stephen Henderson, but also some positive insights into managers that we don’t remember too fondly.And although he was polite about her, he reckons Meire reneged on an agreed deal, which was the beginning of the end for him at Charlton. 😢
Seems he really felt a connection with the club.17 -
A good read. It did make me a bit sad, but I’m glad he seems okay. He says he’ll be remembered for his goal against Barcelona, but actually the highlight of his career was keeping the ball in the corner for the last five minutes against Forest when we beat them 2-1.42
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Tony 'magic feet' Watt left some good memories and others we can just delete from our data bank.
Having the crazy publicity at 18 years old after scoring the winner after coming off the bench in the 2-1 Victory against Barcelona made his name but also nearly ruined his career so much so that a Celtic colleague said he would be driving buses by the time he was in his mid 20's !
I fondly remember the skill on the touchline as well as the Huddersfield game for a fiver when he was sublime in a big win in front of a big crowd.
Only spoke to Tony Watt once after MOM performance against Wigan from the bench very early in a season and he had wild eyes and it sounded like " Walt Disney play me from the start"
I just agreed with magic feet.
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Now in his 15th year as a professional.ElfsborgAddick said:A shame for him that he has wasted a wonderful opportunity leading a very good life as a footballer, and earning life changing money.
I hope he does not regret this in years to come.
Of course he could've done better and earned more money but he's still had a career that most people don't even get near to.15 -
I'm not sure becoming a mercenary for the Duchatelet network was in the best interests of his career2
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A player that for all his faults I can't help but want to see do well. A proper get you out your seats player whenever he got on the ball because you never knew what he'd produce.
Shame he was with us during managerial and off the field instability but Huddersfield at home, Watt against The Clock Vs Forest will always be memorable.
One of the few players from that era that seems to still take an interest in us too.8 -
Not something he had much of a choice in. Thought he was signing for Standard Liege, which he did, but their representatives turned up in Charlton tops!cafcnick1992 said:I'm not sure becoming a mercenary for the Duchatelet network was in the best interests of his careerAfter 6 months he found himself moved from Belgium to The Valley. Four(?) different managers in his short time with us and Meire reneging on a deal. Got out as soon as he could and I’m surprised he actually has positive memories of being here, but he knows we’ve wasted 10 years and wishes his time had been under a decent ownership (don’t we all)!5 -
It was probably the best offer that Tony and his agent received as his reputation was low at that time.cafcnick1992 said:I'm not sure becoming a mercenary for the Duchatelet network was in the best interests of his career
Fans of clubs take moral decisions about the team they have signed up to until they die but most professional players quite rightly are concerned with a contract that will guarantee them a wage for a limited time period.
Only the few can have many suitors offering them fortunes.2 -
Glad he managed to play regularly and do OK back in Scotland in the last few years, thought he might end up as one of those players bumbling around Turkey, the middle east, having unsuccessful trials back in England etc trying to earn a living.
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Also could see the talent, that tony was really a nice guy and that the hairdryer treatment clearly didn’t work on him and just needed an arm round him.cafcnick1992 said:
I think that's more of a reflection on JJ being the world's most approachable blokeBostonaddick said:Lot of revisionistic history relating to Tony. Didn’t perform well for us, all the managers couldn’t stand him because he didn’t take the training ground seriously and showed up out of shape each year. A number of his teammates didn’t like him(at least the more professional ones) - well except for JJ. JJ loved him for some reason.Think JJ had a soft spot for big personalities, I remember he got on well with frimpong when he was here (I remember the Twitter exchanges of #straightred about each others fashion choices)3
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