[Football] Ollie Watkins

[ditchy]

Seeing Villa on MOTD tonight ,can't help thinking ,what might have been if he had signed for us . looks strong and full of running and eager to get on the end of a cross .

OH wishful thinking !

 

[Withdean and I]

He was just who we needed!!! And still need.


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[jessiejames]

Too expensive (£30m and £75k a week), and wanted to team up with Smith.

We had no chance.

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

See the Premier League 6-8/11 thread for the same discussion.

He’s a good player we had no chance of signing.

 

[Bozza]

2018/19

Watkins - 12 goals for Brentford in 45 appearances.
Maupay - 28 goals for Brentford in 49 appearances.

Which one would you have bought?

 

[Whitechapel]

See the Premier League 6-8/11 thread for the same discussion.

He’s a good player we had no chance of signing.

Exactly this.

Might as well bemoan that we didn't sign Harry Kane, we had just as much of a chance.

 

[Justice]

Did anyone see the Play off final? Watkins interview he said he hopes one day to partner Maupay again, we missed the message.

 

[Swansman]

Their starting lineup is quality, especially the midfield - all of them great, experienced players in their best years. Definitely helps you as a striker.

But I agree, he is good but that goes for Maupay, Connolly and Welbeck as well.

 

[Swansman]

Did anyone see the Play off final? Watkins interview he said he hopes one day to partner Maupay again, we missed the message.

I think if you bought him and gave him to the club, TB, DA and GP would have accepted the gift.

 

[Surf's Up]

2018/19

Watkins - 12 goals for Brentford in 45 appearances.
Maupay - 28 goals for Brentford in 49 appearances.

Which one would you have bought?

Both

 

[Justice]

I think if you bought him and gave him to the club, TB, DA and GP would have accepted the gift.

Na I’m not spending half my savings on a football player

 

[redoubtable seagull]

£28 mill plus £5m in add ons. Even Spurs are alleged to have baulked at the price. Villa wanted their man and were prepared to to pay whatever it took. Villa’s spending ability is on a different level to us.

 

[LlcoolJ]

£28 mill plus £5m in add ons. Even Spurs are alleged to have baulked at the price. Villa wanted their man and were prepared to to pay whatever it took. Villa’s spending ability is on a different level to us.

"Spending ability" = "Being prepared to lose a lorry load of cash and dodge FFP".

Yes, they are definitely on a different level in that respect.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Seeing Villa on MOTD tonight ,can't help thinking ,what might have been if he had signed for us . looks strong and full of running and eager to get on the end of a cross .

OH wishful thinking !

He may look decent with Jack Grealish feeding him (superb yesterday). With Solly March, not so sure

 

[Bold Seagull]

Did anyone see the Play off final? Watkins interview he said he hopes one day to partner Maupay again, we missed the message.

No one forced him to join Villa.

 

[Hugo Rune]

£28 mill plus £5m in add ons. Even Spurs are alleged to have baulked at the price. Villa wanted their man and were prepared to to pay whatever it took. Villa’s spending ability is on a different level to us.

We were obviously after him, perhaps that’s why Villa had to pay so much.

I’m glad we appear to have dropped out of the bidding war early.

I’m confident that we’ll land another one of our targets in January or next Summer.

 

[blue-shifted]

No one forced him to join Villa.

But what it says to me that if we had been competitive with salary and transfer fee, we would have had a very good chance of making the signing.

I'm not having a pop, I know the reasons why, but it's quite frustrating to me that Villa have gone from "clearly behind us" to "clearly ahead of us" in one transfer window.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

2018/19

Watkins - 12 goals for Brentford in 45 appearances.
Maupay - 28 goals for Brentford in 49 appearances.

Which one would you have bought?

Only 12 goals in the Championship?

Ashley Barnes got 14 in 2011-12

And yet the collective sighs of relief on NSC when we finally 'got rid' caused a minor meteorological disturbance.

 

[wellquickwoody]

2018/19

Watkins - 12 goals for Brentford in 45 appearances.
Maupay - 28 goals for Brentford in 49 appearances.

Which one would you have bought?

Whoever was the bigger, and ‘bustled’ better?

 

[Bold Seagull]

But what it says to me that if we had been competitive with salary and transfer fee, we would have had a very good chance of making the signing.

I'm not having a pop, I know the reasons why, but it's quite frustrating to me that Villa have gone from "clearly behind us" to "clearly ahead of us" in one transfer window.

Think our salary cap is around £50k. Likes of Southampton have 8 first team players above that, 6 of them £65+m. We’re just not in these markets.