Ollie Watkins

[PeterWithesShin]

Can't remember this being posted before, does contain Micah Richards as well.

[eamonn]

[Drummond]

Nice.

[Dave P]

5 years of Ollie today.

[Duncan Shaw]

What a great signing he has been.

[Dave P]

Other then when he panicked in January 2020, Dean Smith had a solid record in the transfer market.

[paul_e]

Other then when he panicked in January 2020, Dean Smith had a solid record in the transfer market.

I don't think panicked is a fair description. We spent pretty much every penny we could without breaking any rules in the summer and then had season ending injuries for 2 players in the same game, we had very little money but needed to try to find a striker and keeper who could keep us up. We did ok on the keeper side and Reina had a good half season but clearly both strikers were well below the standard we needed. I suspect Watkins in the summer was planned for before the injury to Wesley so both guys who came in were only ever meant to be cover through to the end of the season.