Think both he and Ings can play together. Need to go to 4-3-3 and coach Watkins to play in a similar way to how Henry did and how Salah does now. Mobile using his speed and movement to utilise the width of the pitch and not just be a central target. Ings can be the central figure but Watkins and either Bailey or Traore can be the other two attackers.
Watkins has been absolutely brilliant for us since joining, and to fuck him off now just so Ings can play is to me, borderline criminalWatkins plays best in the middle, as a loan striker with wide men either side who can drift in when he pulls wide etcThis has been PROVEN to work already, and i'm a big believer in the 'if it's not broken don't try and fix it' school of thought.I see absolutely no reason why this 4-3-3 shouldn't still be our number one formation option.For me, you play Bailey on the left, Watkins in the middle and try Buendia in his preferred position on the right side.Simple as that.
My choice is Watkins and Bailey wide, Buendia in behind Ings.
I think Buendia played anywhere centrally is going to be a huge disappointment.
I like Watkins, but if you are only playing one up front there's an argument that he deserves to be dropped more than Ings on the basis that neither is playing brilliantly but Ings is, at least, scoring.