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Brighton and Hove Albion considering move for Watford and Republic of Ireland Under-21's John-Joe O'Toole

5:10pm Thursday 9th July 2009 in


Brighton and Hove Albion are considering a move for Watford's John-Joe O'Toole, the Watford Observer understands.

Attacking midfielder O'Toole is understood to have had a medical at Sheffield United at the weekend following a successful bid, although Watford will not comment on the deal.

United, where O'Toole spent the end of last season on loan, are believed to have made a combined bid of around £500,000, but a large part of that sum is expected to be add-ons.

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dogwfc says...
5:32pm Thu 9 Jul 09

Come on WO. I stopped looking at the Ashes to see you reporting this cr4p. Give me something worthwhile to read please???!!!!

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enlightened one says...
5:34pm Thu 9 Jul 09

Is this for real,still made me chuckle.

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pstannard1 says...
5:48pm Thu 9 Jul 09

why on earth would he swap championship football for a league one scrap.

I see him still very much in the Watford fold

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Hexham Hornet says...
6:17pm Thu 9 Jul 09

JJOT is better than Brighton and should be a first team/squad player with us. He will score a good number of goals and could work well with Severin in midfield. If TS and TP stay and work together up front with Danny Graham breaking in to the team from the bench and we have Cowie, Severin, O'Toole and McAnuff in midfield, and 4 of Doyley, Mariappa, Willaimson, DeMerit and Harley as the back 4 and Loach in goal that would not be a bad first team. We now need 7 on the bench, I think. That would leave one of the 5 I put in for the back 4 plus, Danny Graham, Richard Lee,Ross Jenkins, Matthew Sadler,Ross Jenkins,and one of Lewis Young, Nathan Ellington (if he stays), Will Hoskins, or Gareth Williams (if he can ever play again). Not a bad squad, if they can all be kept together.

If you look at who we currently still have on our books things could be good this coming season. Keep the faith!!

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luton hornet says...
6:56pm Thu 9 Jul 09

i think he's worth a lot more than £500,000 for a young championship and international players that has scored a lot of goals and leat 2.5m plus a huge sell on clause

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busheyhornet says...
7:07pm Thu 9 Jul 09

Hexham Hornet i agree in principle with what your saying and 500,00 is too little but i think Ross is better than JJOT. I seem to remember GWs' contract expired and wont be renewed though. We have the basis of a good first team and if TS does go i hope we can use some of that money to fund a some players.

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HOOF says...
8:03pm Thu 9 Jul 09

Someones on the wind up aint they?
JJOT is much better than a struggling League 1 side.
What are Sheff utd up to anyway,are they just offering minimum wage?

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Hexham Hornet says...
8:53pm Thu 9 Jul 09

Busheyhornet, yes I know that Williams has been out of contract, but on the WFC website he has been given squad number 25. Does that mean he is still there? Severin is included in the squad as well, so it is pretty up to date!

You could be right about Ross, but Severin will be the defensive cover and JJOT would be the one pushing up and getting goals, which would give him the edge in my squad. I think we could be ok if we don't lose players, and may be a couple light for strength in depth as a full squad.

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WFC4ever says...
9:37pm Thu 9 Jul 09

Maybe they mean Bangura to Brighton as he was on loan there..

O'Toole will go to Sheff U for 750k.


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hornets84 says...
3:37am Fri 10 Jul 09

How is it that many mediocre players are sold for silly money, yet even our best players are always sold for bugger all?????

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Seagullsin watford says...
9:01am Fri 10 Jul 09

Struggling team - yeah last year - new chairman with loads of money, new stadium on the way - we are on the up

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Bolton's Boots says...
9:07am Fri 10 Jul 09

hornets84 wrote:
How is it that many mediocre players are sold for silly money, yet even our best players are always sold for bugger all?????
Ashley Young - bugger all?? Admittedly, there was no obvious benefit from his sale, so it may as well have been bugger all. Your first point is very valid, though I'd insert the words "to us" between 'sold' and 'for'.

I see you're posting from Qld. What part of God's Own State are you in?

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JB11 says...
12:51pm Fri 10 Jul 09

Is JJOT really that desperate to get out of WFC?

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Johnjones1959 says...
2:31pm Fri 10 Jul 09

It's a wind up !!!!!!!!! some little hack has had too much to drink at lunch time and is extracting the urine, cos it can't be a real story surely !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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worthing_hornet says...
4:30pm Fri 10 Jul 09

JB11 - you ask that question, but having seen some of his performances during last season, he did seem to be coming increasingly frustrated and was resorting to hoofball rather than the skillfull touches he was initially displaying. Now i don't know if that is due to a loss of confidence, some tension with other team mates, feeling 'out of it' having been sent out on loan, but he didn't seem a happy team member at the end of the season.

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diehardhornet says...
7:23pm Sun 12 Jul 09

has anybody noticed when JJOT is mentioned or theres talk about the midfield same old people slag JENKINS off..
family member or friend writing this???

in alot of posts iv seen, soooo obvious MR or MRS JJOT or FRIENDS!

if you dont beleive me then next time JENKINS or JJOT are in a topic look at the JENKINS haters,so sad.

JENKINS will play premiership by next season,M CARRICK in a few years i recon,plus with better players around who knows hey!

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