[Football] Ollie Watkins

[Palacefinder General]

2018/19

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

Which one would you have bought?

Bamford?

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Yeah, picking up a couple of older players on a free rather than spending money on a younger striker now doing the business at rival clubs (Watkins or Wilson) is definitely not a sign of a club doing things on the cheap.

Were actually one of the top 5 biggest spenders on transfer fees

 

[jessiejames]

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.

It's easy spending someone else's money. If they were to go down, I think they will be in the shite with all that spending, yes they have had a good start but they are not safe, they must stay up. We have had a good start, just not taken our chances, if we had taken them we would be up with Villa.
People think that buying a striker for £20M plus, guarantee a top half finish it doesn't.
If we had paid £20M for Bamford at the start of the season the meltdown in here would have been off the scale. I for one would have not been happy as I called him Barndoor Bamford, but he has surprised me so far. You take a chance on whoever you buy, remember we were all happy when we signed Locadia and Andone, look what's happen with them.
I put my trust in the board to make this club competitive but also sustainable. When we look back at what this club has been through, let's just be grateful that we still have a club to support.

 

[BluesRockDJ]

Were actually one of the top 5 biggest spenders on transfer fees

But look at what we've bought and loaned out ?

 

[Live by the sea]

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.

As a striker to have midfield players of the quality of grealish & the Man City lad it makes scoring goals much easier . Sadly we don’t as of yet have that type of quality in midfield.

 

[portslade seagull]

The one thing we lack most is players with PL experience. Lallana and Welbeck is basically it. Palace survive because they sign experience. We have to wait for our signings to get upto speed which quite often fails

 

[Swansman]

The one thing we lack most is players with PL experience. Lallana and Welbeck is basically it. Palace survive because they sign experience. We have to wait for our signings to get upto speed which quite often fails

Plenty of PL experience in the Brighton squad.

 

[portslade seagull]

Plenty of PL experience in the Brighton squad.

Whom in our defence had previous PL experience before signing for us. We have 1 midfielder - Lallana and 1 striker - Welbeck. We are very inexperienced which doesn't help when the going gets tough

 

[big nuts]

The one thing we lack most is players with PL experience. Lallana and Welbeck is basically it. Palace survive because they sign experience. We have to wait for our signings to get upto speed which quite often fails

Matt Ryan, Solly March, Davy Propper & Lewis Dunk must have 500 Premier League games between them.

 

[Springal]

Whom in our defence had previous PL experience before signing for us. We have 1 midfielder - Lallana and 1 striker - Welbeck. We are very inexperienced which doesn't help when the going gets tough

Bloom strategy is look for value for money. Poaching players already in PL sides is going to be very difficult & expensive.

Going for players like Lallana & Welbeck makes much more sense.

 

[Swansman]

Whom in our defence had previous PL experience before signing for us. We have 1 midfielder - Lallana and 1 striker - Welbeck. We are very inexperienced which doesn't help when the going gets tough

Why does it matter where they played before? I.e. Dunk got over 100 games in the PL, more than any Villa defender (except Taylor maybe). Why would his PL experience from playing with Brighton count less than i.e. PL experience gained elsewhere?

 

[portslade seagull]

Matt Ryan, Solly March, Davy Propper & Lewis Dunk must have 500 Premier League games between them.

Only with us. They haven't had the chance to play and pick up tips from experienced seasoned PL pro's.

 

[Weststander]

It's easy spending someone else's money. If they were to go down, I think they will be in the shite with all that spending, yes they have had a good start but they are not safe, they must stay up. We have had a good start, just not taken our chances, if we had taken them we would be up with Villa.
People think that buying a striker for £20M plus, guarantee a top half finish it doesn't.
If we had paid £20M for Bamford at the start of the season the meltdown in here would have been off the scale. I for one would have not been happy as I called him Barndoor Bamford, but he has surprised me so far. You take a chance on whoever you buy, remember we were all happy when we signed Locadia and Andone, look what's happen with them.
I put my trust in the board to make this club competitive but also sustainable. When we look back at what this club has been through, let's just be grateful that we still have a club to support.

Watkins was £28m and £70k a week in wages. Out of our league.

I can’t stand Villa but they have two multi £B owners. In their two Championship seasons, they could take £100m annual losses on the chin.

They’ve used the relaxing of EPL sustainability rules to go on yet another huge spend on wages and fees. Everton have done the same.

Sadly, it’s paid off, Everton and Villa are high in the table, after being shite this time last year. Such is the weakness of the EPL is dealing with anything, rules mean Jack shit.

Villa are not going down and will spend massively again in future windows.

 

[Pint of Ale and a Burger]

Undoubtedly he would have been a cracking signing and the club identified that but have always insisted the policy is that new signings have to make financial sense so it wasn't to be.
Maupay and Watkins were a great combo and would've been fantastic for us but im sure Maupay and Wellbeck can be equally as good if not better.

 

[big nuts]

Only with us. They haven't had the chance to play and pick up tips from experienced seasoned PL pro's.

They would have still learnt whilst playing in the Championship with the likes of Sidwell, Bridge, Kusczak Rosenior, Zamora, Upson & Murray. Plus Bruno who has the equivalent experience in Spain.

That’s a wealth of Premier League experience which they’ve had access to across nearly 10 years.

 

[portslade seagull]

They would have still learnt whilst playing in the Championship with the likes of Sidwell, Bridge, Kusczak Rosenior, Zamora, Upson & Murray. Plus Bruno who has the equivalent experience in Spain.

That’s a wealth of Premier League experience which they’ve had access to across nearly 10 years.

Yes and that is what we are missing now

 

[Granny on the wing]

Watkins was £28m and £70k a week in wages. Out of our league.

I can’t stand Villa but they have two multi £B owners. In their two Championship seasons, they could take £100m annual losses on the chin.

They’ve used the relaxing of EPL sustainability rules to go on yet another huge spend on wages and fees. Everton have done the same.

Sadly, it’s paid off, Everton and Villa are high in the table, after being shite this time last year. Such is the weakness of the EPL is dealing with anything, rules mean Jack shit.

Villa are not going down and will spend massively again in future windows.

I think we might have found a really good player in Andi Zeqiri he looks a very good finisher on You Tube .I know a lot of players look good on You Tube but he will be a good player for us ,looking forward to see him get some time on the pitch .

 

[Weststander]

I think we might have found a really good player in Andi Zeqiri he looks a very good finisher on You Tube .I know a lot of players look good on You Tube but he will be a good player for us ,looking forward to see him get some time on the pitch .

Different positions, but also Moder and Karbownik. Hopefully we’ll see plenty of all three in the EPL.

 

[Springal]

Shite.

 

[Hugo Rune]

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