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Offline Rigadon

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9015 on: Today at 11:21:36 AM »
The other question is at what point is it better for Villa that he leaves. 

Offline Sexual Ealing

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9016 on: Today at 11:22:28 AM »
The other question is at what point is it better for Villa that he leaves. 

Two seasons ago.

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9017 on: Today at 11:23:12 AM »
The other question is at what point is it better for Villa that he leaves. 

Two seasons ago.

Yeah, I hated qualifying for the Champions League.

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9018 on: Today at 11:26:53 AM »
Yes, I enjoyed that one goal against Celtic.

Offline cdbearsfan

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9019 on: Today at 11:28:38 AM »
That was last season. In any case, he didn't just play in one competition. If we had got rid two years ago we most likely wouldn't have been playing Celtic.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9020 on: Today at 11:29:47 AM »
Two seasons ago he was about to have a 27 goal season as we qualified for the CL.

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9021 on: Today at 11:30:31 AM »
Indeed. We could've got decent money for him.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9022 on: Today at 11:31:29 AM »
So we should have sold him before he scored 27 goals and we qualified for the CL?

Offline cdbearsfan

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9023 on: Today at 11:31:33 AM »
Yep. It's a mad take. I don't think SE is a reliable narrator when it comes to Ollie. Elliot's views on the Israel/Palestine Debate are more reliable. 😉

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9024 on: Today at 11:50:25 AM »
Yes it’s a daft take - not all value is how much you can sell a player for.

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9025 on: Today at 11:53:17 AM »
It's not completely mad, tbf. I don't want to come across as even more of an arse than usual. We could have sold Ollie two years ago, bought someone even better with they money and still qualified for the Champions League and perhaps even done better.

It just seems to me, on the balance of probabilities, to be unlikely at best.

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9026 on: Today at 11:59:37 AM »
I think I agree that Watkins has probably played his best football for us now (and I say that as his Mom) but I still don’t think there’s been a right time to sell him.

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9027 on: Today at 12:00:02 PM »
Highly unlikely.

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9028 on: Today at 12:04:40 PM »
He can't control a football.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9029 on: Today at 12:05:12 PM »
You could make a semi plausible case that with hindsight a good time to sell would have been last summer, but 2 summers ago is so bonkers it thinks about being sensible before becoming King Bonkers, ruler of Bonkersville on the planet Bonkertron.

 


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