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Post by tgiwatford on Aug 30, 2006 17:40:04 GMT -1
Just signed him back from Derby for an Undisclosed fee! On the Official Website!  |
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Post by ESR on Aug 30, 2006 17:47:55 GMT -1
Apparently its 500k, rising depending on appearances and you lot staying up
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Post by GresleyRam©®™ on Aug 30, 2006 19:51:58 GMT -1
Got yourself a cheap player there lads, and a player that is massively better than when he left you a few years ago! Good luck to him, he always gave Derby 100%, but you could tell he was unsettled this season. Hope he keeps you lot up so you can pay us some more money for him!  |
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Post by ellandroadhero on Aug 30, 2006 20:10:49 GMT -1
unexpected signing for you but i think it is a good one.
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on Aug 30, 2006 20:56:18 GMT -1
He will offer competition for us as we now have 2 players in basically every position, he ain't a goalscorer, we know that, but his pace and skill should help make him a threat and he should create a good few goals.
After his comments when he left us for Sunderland, it shall be interesting to see how he is received when he makes his second 'debut', possibly at Bolton on Saturday.
I personally think that should be left in the past and he has all my support as any Watford player gets, but he has something to prove with us I feel, hopefully Boothy can get the best out of him.
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Post by hornychihuahua on Aug 30, 2006 22:09:17 GMT -1
Hmm I think it's not a good signing, he's a lightweight and un proven in both championship and top flight. We need a Hesky type up front not this little shit. I'm sorry but I think it' a panic buy. this means look forward to Watford Winning 8-0 with him scoring 6  |
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on Aug 30, 2006 22:11:49 GMT -1
He was Derby's player of the season last season I think HC, proven at Championship level I think. I saw us linked with Akinbiyi in the Mirror yesterday  |
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Post by GresleyRam©®™ on Aug 30, 2006 22:15:26 GMT -1
Hmm I think it's not a good signing, he's a lightweight and un proven in both championship and top flight. We need a Hesky type up front not this little shit. I'm sorry but I think it' a panic buy. this means look forward to Watford Winning 8-0 with him scoring 6 He's a left Winger HC - scored 21 goals in 98 appearances for us in the Championship from midfield! can play either wing, or if pushed as a second striker - he's quick, tricky and a real 100% player - im gutted he's gone! Trust me...£500K on him is not a panic buy - its a very shrewd bit of business!!  |
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Post by Super Danny Webber on Aug 30, 2006 22:21:52 GMT -1
He was Derby's player of the season last season I think HC, proven at Championship level I think. I saw us linked with Akinbiyi in the Mirror yesterday TAKE THE BASTARD , nearly 8k gb |
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on Aug 30, 2006 22:25:50 GMT -1
I don't think he's the type of player we should have been targetting if we're gonna stay up tbh Gres, but I hope he proves me wrong.
And Akinbiyi is just Trevor Benjamin in disguise, I DO NOT WANT THIS MAN AT MY CLUB!!!
woo 8k is in sight lol
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Post by nordonwooler2 on Aug 30, 2006 22:27:27 GMT -1
He was Derby's player of the season last season I think HC, proven at Championship level I think. I saw us linked with Akinbiyi in the Mirror yesterday TAKE THE BASTARD , nearly 8k gb [shadow=red,left,300] nobodys about to... [/shadow][/size] |
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Post by Super Danny Webber on Aug 30, 2006 22:30:00 GMT -1
TAKE THE BASTARD , nearly 8k gb [shadow=red,left,300] nobodys about to... [/shadow][/size][/quote] bet sunderland would sign him in a flash ;D ;D |
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Post by nordonwooler2 on Aug 30, 2006 22:31:59 GMT -1
[shadow=red,left,300] nobodys about to... [/shadow][/size][/quote] bet sunderland would sign him in a flash ;D ;D[/quote] [glow=yellow,2,300][shadow=yellow,left,300] OI!!!! [/shadow][/glow] |
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Post by ovechkin8 on Aug 31, 2006 10:29:51 GMT -1
Tommy Smith ah the name smacks of the time when footballers were footballers & not nancy boys. Oh its the wrong one. I still remember his comments about wanting to move to a bigger club & how Watford really wasnt a football town(when you compare it to Derby then I can understand). I guess we wont boo him this time round.He has improved as a player he has pace & a fair degree of trickery & not a bad scoring rate from midfield.I think AB is looking for some more invention in the final third & Tommy can do that. He still has the potential to become a top flight professional. And also regarding Blizzard. He isnt exactly a Steve Palmer but why Hereford.If they want him to get some decent experiencef & match fitness surely there must have been a club in division 2 ie Colchester or division 3 like a Huddersfield that could have done with him. I reckon hes for the boot in the summer.Another mildly promising youngster going to waste a la Jamie Hand.  |
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on Aug 31, 2006 12:21:54 GMT -1
Like I said previously ovechkin8, I still think TS has to prove himself again.
Agree with Blizzard, hopefully it's only up until Jan, then he can step up a league.
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on Sept 5, 2006 11:18:17 GMT -1
Boothroyd glee at Smith deal
Aidy Boothroyd has hailed Watford's capture of Tommy Smith and believes he fits the profile for the players he has been looking to bring in.
The Hornets were quiet on transfer deadline day with the capture of Smith earlier in the week the only business done in the final weeks of the transfer window.
Boothroyd has always maintained he would not panic buy and he has stuck to those principles by bringing in a player who clearly wants to play for the Hornets, and gives the club options across the attacking line.
"Tommy fits our culture - an attacking player who is athletic and quick and with a point to prove. He is a terrific signing for us," Boothroyd told the club's website.
One outgoing on transfer deadline day saw highly-rated young striker Joel Grant join Aldershot on loan.
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