Ollie Watkins

[Risso]

Have they said what number he'll be wearing?

Does it matter?

Don't mean that in an aggressive way, just wondering if people have a preference, because it's never something that occurs to me.

I guess sometimes it indicates something about what the player thinks of themselves. I was reading an interview with Anthony Martial recently where he talked about the subtle change in mentality involved in getting the no. 9 back.

Interesting. Wasn't Harewood our number 9 one season?

So did that other legend, Stephen Ireland

Scott Sinclair

[Ger Regan]

Exeter chairman on SSN confirming a 15% sell on clause in the deal that brought him to Brentford. Good news for them.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Welcome Ollie, to the best football club in the World.
Be brilliant!
We need a bloody good goalscorer to hero worship.
Hope it's you!

[West Derby Villan]

Welcome Ollie, really looking forward to seeing you in Claret and Blue

[LeeB]

How long before we see Petrov interviewing him for AVTV? My money's on before the end of the month.

Stan and Ollie? That would be another fine mess

[dave.woodhall]

Is Watkins the first former Weston-Super-Mare player that Villa have signed ?

Practically Brum-On-Sea. So, a homegrown player.

Sea?

[OCD]

Wasn't it Exeter who we recently signed a kid from and they were highly complementary of how we conducted ourselves? 

[algy]

Wasn't it Exeter who we recently signed a kid from and they were highly complementary of how we conducted ourselves?

Yeah. Seems they've done well from us this summer. That young kid, then £4.2m for Watkins ...

[themossman]

Well fwiw my mate who lives in Exeter says he saw him a lot as a youngster and rates him highly.

[eamonn]

How much would Exeter's annual budget be? Have we propped them up for another year while also paying for half of Brentford's new stadium? I hope they remember this altruism if we draw either of them in the cups.

[robbo1874]

4, 5, 16, 18 & 19 all going spare!

18 then- double good !!

[jwarry]

Having pored over some of the Brentford fans forums there appears to be a unanimous view that Wilkins is the best striker they have ever had. They say he has skill but is also a prodigious worker and generally good bloke.  Sure we’ve coughed up but he might just turn out to be the centre forward we have craved for years, possibly since JPA

[Drummond]

Having pored over some of the Brentford fans forums there appears to be a unanimous view that Wilkins is the best striker they have ever had. They say he has skill but is also a prodigious worker and generally good bloke.  Sure we’ve coughed up but he might just turn out to be the centre forward we have craved for years, possibly since JPA

Ray's brother?

[Risso]

Having pored over some of the Brentford fans forums there appears to be a unanimous view that Wilkins is the best striker they have ever had. They say he has skill but is also a prodigious worker and generally good bloke.  Sure we’ve coughed up but he might just turn out to be the centre forward we have craved for years, possibly since JPA

Benteke?

[Toronto Villa]

Having pored over some of the Brentford fans forums there appears to be a unanimous view that Wilkins is the best striker they have ever had. They say he has skill but is also a prodigious worker and generally good bloke.  Sure we’ve coughed up but he might just turn out to be the centre forward we have craved for years, possibly since JPA

Benteke?

How quick we forget! Ollie will have done very well indeed to get to the levels that Benteke hit. Let’s hope he can.