Reply With QuoteHe scored one goal in five starts and promptly got himself sent off in the game he did score in. He was subbed in all of his other four starts, on 64 mins, 58 mins, 64 mins and 65 mins. Sounds familiar?Originally Posted by Doucas
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He scored one goal in five starts and promptly got himself sent off in the game he did score in. He was subbed in all of his other four starts, on 64 mins, 58 mins, 64 mins and 65 mins. Sounds familiar?
Since he left Crawley he's played 52 league games and played the full 90 minutes on 2 occasions.
Well here's a turn-up for the books. I compliment the club on getting a fee for Watters, which I think is an incredible piece of business, but you declare I'm talking rubbish. Have you had a bump on the napper recently?
Anyway, let's examine your claims: you stated Watters was at Barnsley for only four months last season as opposed to five. In fact, he signed for the Tykes on 05/01/23 and was on the bench for their play-off final on 29/05/23, so that's five months as near as dammit.
You say he didn't play more because 'he picked up a knock', but you don't say when that allegedly happened. That's no surprise considering Watters was either in Barnsley's starting line-up or on their bench (and used as a sub on every occasion apart from one play-off game in May) for every Football League game the Tykes played following his arrival in January, the exceptions being the three matches in February he missed when he was suspended as a result of his sending-off.
You claim he played 19 times for Barnsley including sub appearances. In fact, it was 21 times - 5 starts and 16 sub appearances.
You've stated Watters was very popular at Oakwell. I'll have to bow to your greater knowledge on that one as I know you have insider contacts all over Yorkshire (see the Madine loan fee affair for further info).
You said Watters wasn't given much of a chance here. On the contrary, he actually started more games for Cardiff City last season (8) than he did for Barnsley (5). He had more than enough chances in a Bluebirds shirt. 22 of them to be precise. But he wasn't up to the levels required for Championship football, which is why he's back in League One.
I must say, it's a bit curious that you've chosen to leap to the defence of a player that the club has binned after concluding he's not good enough. Is this a thinly-veiled criticism of CCFC?
I’d say he was treated worse by one of his managers at Cardiff in particular than he was by the fans. Based on what we saw of him here, it’s remarkable that a club which finished only six places below us in the league structure have paid any fee for him when he’s in the last year of his contract.
Moments after birth, I reckon.
Maybe but to a degree, you’ve got to understand where to go and why you’re making the run. Watters has been playing pro football since 2020 and he’s miles out of his depth at Championship level. I’m surprised Barnsley have signed him. He scored 4 in 19 in a really good League 1 side.
Our coaching was poor last season, and has been for a while. Who was the last player that’s come on leaps and bounds under us? The Jacks get players and improve them whereas seemingly every player we get stays the same. Hopefully Bulut and the coaches will improve that.
Barnsley win 7-0 and the only thing he picks up was a yellow card, no goal or assist.
I’ve read two match reports and he didn’t even get a mention.
Subbed in the 61st minute. I see Ojo picked up a yellow card too.
Dont think anyone should be too critical of him just yet. That was his first competitive game/start for quite a while and Barnsley were already 5-0 up when he went off.
Not critical just surprised (or not surprised maybe)
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