Former Watford midfielder Lee Williamson confident of Sheffield United promotion challenge (From Watford Observer)
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Former Watford midfielder Lee Williamson confident of Sheffield United promotion challenge
4:30pm Monday 6th July 2009 in
Former Watford midfielder Lee Williamson claims he would not have signed for Sheffield United if he did not believe they were good enough to challenge for promotion.
Williamson moved to Bramall Lane two weeks ago for an undisclosed fee, understood to be around £500,000, after two-and-a-half years at Vicarage Road.
Former Hornets Darius Henderson and Leigh Bromby have already made the switch to Sheffield and Tommy Smith and John-Joe O’Toole have been the subject of bids.
But the 27-year-old said that was not why he made the move to the Steel City.
Williamson told United’s website: "I got off to a good start and have been welcomed. The fact that a lot of Watford players have come here was not a massive factor in me choosing to come here but it always helps when you join a new club.
"It is the same when you go out on loan - I knew some people at Preston when I went there last season "This is a big, strong and organised squad and I watched them in both semi-final play-off games when I was suspended. I could tell that everyone knew their jobs and what they were doing.
"I believe that the squad is good enough to challenge for promotion again, otherwise I would not have signed."
Comments(10)
jasonwatford
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5:18pm Mon 6 Jul 09
dmuz
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5:23pm Mon 6 Jul 09
pete50
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5:46pm Mon 6 Jul 09
enlightened one
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6:02pm Mon 6 Jul 09
Spencer Hutchinson
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6:53pm Mon 6 Jul 09
UZZY
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7:10pm Mon 6 Jul 09
pete50 wrote:Agree ! He has the footballers book of clique's out again...they must be handed one with their new contracts..bye,bye.
He's hardly going to say he joined a team because he wanted a relegation fight - this really is a non story.
Chris the Vic
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8:45am Tue 7 Jul 09
Now if we got at least £500k for Rodgers and Lee and £250k for Theo and £1.8 for Tommy and say another £300k for Jonjo less commissions we must have raised in excess of £2.5m. How much more do we need to clear?
Gusthehorn
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4:02pm Tue 7 Jul 09
Hopefully Severin will provide some much needed bite and experience in the midfield. We've no hope of getting Cork back now C**k Head has gone to Reading.
How about tapping up a few prem. clubs for young fringe players who need regular first team football, man utd were always good for a few..
oxheypaul
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5:27pm Tue 7 Jul 09
Gusthehorn wrote:I must have missed his trick...I thought he was just pony
One trick pony, they're welcome to him.. Hopefully Severin will provide some much needed bite and experience in the midfield. We've no hope of getting Cork back now C**k Head has gone to Reading. How about tapping up a few prem. clubs for young fringe players who need regular first team football, man utd were always good for a few..
Do you think they could be persuaded to take Bangura and Sadler, too?
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4:47pm Mon 6 Jul 09