WORK, REST & PLAYSTATION
Tony’s found a home at Fir Park and the best bit is beating his pal Dec at FIFA online
game. I wasn’t at my best and it just kind of spiralled.
“Going to St Johnstone really cured that feeling and for the last two years I have loved it.
“It’s growing again all the time and I really enjoyed Bulgaria when I was playing.
“But I also knew I needed to bite the bullet and come home for the benefit of my career.
“When clubs just want to make money off you, then you do lose the love of football. You feel like a
pawn in the game. That’s why I’m glad I’m at a club like Motherwell where players are really appreciated.
“It makes we want to give 110 per cent even more. That’s what I intend to do this season. I have the fire in my belly and I have kept myself as fit as possible.”
Watt has admitted he’s made mistakes over the years. He’s had some managers hailing him as the next best thing and others wanting to grab him by the neck.
But he’s not a man for regrets and used his experiences of life in Belgium with Lierse, Standard Leige and Leuven, his time at Charlton, Cardiff and Blackburn, the short stops at Hearts and
St Johnstone and his time in Bulgaria with CSKA Sofia.
Watt said: “There have been good and bad times going away, good and bad times being here. I’ve experienced a lot and have a lot of fond memories.
“When you go abroad, when you come back people automatically think you’ve failed, even when I came back from Charlton.
“At Charlton every game I played they sung my name. It was always my name you would hear, everybody was for you, everybody was buzzing off you.
“When you come back up people think, ‘Oh, he must have failed because he’s back up’.
“I’ve had many a good time. I scored against Anderlecht when I was playing the derby with Standard Liege. I played in the
Bulgarian derby against Levski in the national stadium.
“There are many highs you take from it. I don’t know, it maybe does strengthen you up.”
Watt is itching to get back on the pitch but in the meantime he’s been running rings around virtual rivals such as Well teammate Declan Gallagher and Jambos frontman Liam Boyce.
He said: “I’ve become unbelievable at the PlayStation. Big Dec and I are sharing most of our lives away. It’s got to a stage where my wife’s a bit angry I’m not spending time with her.
“Boycie has been on a similar path to me, he came from Cliftonville, I came from Airdrie.
“We have played PlayStation together through this lockdown and become close friends.
“It’s got to the stage where we are shouting and going mental at each other. We’re slaughtering each other and people get to see it. Big Dec actually muted me last night. He was raging at me.”
A few bosses have felt like that over the years but not Well gaffer Stephen Robinson.
Watt added: “He really just wants to help others, to coach others. He is a good manager.
“You see the young kids coming on. I will actually be one of the older boys in the team.
“That shows what he’s doing and what he’s building at the club. I’m glad to be a part of that.
“When we negotiated the contract, money went out of the window because what he offers is a lot more than a few hundred quid a week. I’m at a good club with good foundations and I just want to play games.”