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Offline JuanMartinez

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1020 on: March 26, 2021, 08:57:11 PM »
Nose up arse is quite poignant.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1021 on: March 26, 2021, 08:57:20 PM »
Am I alone in thinking that Trippier isn’t very good at all.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1022 on: March 27, 2021, 01:46:14 PM »
From the Athletic -

"Brentford and Exeter to share £1m if Watkins wins England cap

Ollie Watkins will continue his fairytale rise when he joins up with the England squad today, his maiden international call-up recognition for the striker’s eye-catching debut season in the Premier League.

The 25-year-old moved to Aston Villa from Brentford last summer and has scored 12 goals in 31 appearances across all competitions, leading England manager Gareth Southgate to name him in his 26-man squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against San Marino, Albania and Poland.

Villa agreed a deal for Watkins worth £28 million, plus a potential £5 million more in add-ons, and The Athletic understands one of the areas covered by those extra payments is England appearances. Brentford stand to receive £1 million for each cap Watkins wins, up to a small number.

As with the initial transfer fee, 15 per cent of everything Brentford earn from Villa must be diverted to Exeter City
, where Watkins started his career before joining the west London club in 2017 for £1.8 million. It means that each time Championship Brentford benefit financially from Watkins playing for England, League Two Exeter will be rewarded with £150,000 for their work in developing him.

Among the other bonuses negotiated by Brentford was related to Villa avoiding relegation from the top flight, they are 10th and already have the “magical” 41 points with 10 games still to play, which will secure them another £850,000 and Exeter an additional £150,000."

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1023 on: March 27, 2021, 01:52:06 PM »
The West Country are really proud of Ollie. Reports of him being picked and playing for England have been on the local news and in the papers. 
did it feature ahead of the big news story of a shed getting broken into in Starcross .......only kidding Steve , I have lots of fond memories of Devon, specifically the pubs and clubs in Torquay :)

That was Topsham, East of Exe is the ghetto.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1024 on: March 27, 2021, 06:04:29 PM »
Love Ollie. Even that old misery Roy Keane was gushing after Ollies really lovely interview after the England. No media savvy dull as dishwater post match interview, just a nice seemingly humble chap, that was really excited and almost emotional about scoring. Glad he’s playing for us.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1025 on: March 27, 2021, 07:22:23 PM »
His teammates seemed to be genuinely delighted for him as well, which says a lot seeing he's only just joined up with them.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1026 on: March 27, 2021, 07:26:56 PM »
I also noticed that, genuine delight for him reinforces what a great down to earth grafting lad Ollie seems.

His ascent from Exeter to International football I’m sure hasn’t gone unnoticed by the squad.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1027 on: March 27, 2021, 08:11:22 PM »
Mentioned on the SHA thread. http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamClubs/MostPlyrs.html

Doesn't appear to have been updated for Ollie though the Corinthians stats are current.


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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1028 on: March 28, 2021, 12:11:52 PM »
I think we can all see that Ollie was a bargain at 25m the add ons are a good way of balancing a risk vs reward of a transfer and I'm not in any way upset by chucking them some extra money for his services.  Think of it as a tip for great service in a restaraunt, its got to be worth 15%!

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1029 on: March 29, 2021, 06:59:11 AM »
We could have Ollie, Jack, Konsa and Mings in the England squad for the World Cup next year. That would be the first time we've had 4 players in a major tournament squad, wouldn't it?
might be wrong, but I thought we had Staunton, god, Houghton and Townsend for Ireland at one point?

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1030 on: March 29, 2021, 07:08:01 AM »
Anyway- chuffed to bits for Ollie. My cat’s called Ollie after Mellberg, but if Watkins kicks on we can just pretend it was the more recent one he was named after. Always a bonus when a Villa player scores for their country, double bonus on their debut. Credit to SJM for that goal too. Rare that Villa players score twice on the same day when we aren’t playing. Hopefully they all stay injury free and feature prominently in the summer whoever they’re playing for.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1031 on: March 29, 2021, 08:18:23 AM »
Rare that Villa players score twice on the same day when we aren’t playing.

Rare these days that they score twice on the days that we are playing.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1032 on: March 29, 2021, 10:31:31 AM »
Mentioned on the SHA thread. http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamClubs/MostPlyrs.html

Doesn't appear to have been updated for Ollie though the Corinthians stats are current.



Is it just me that wants to know who the Birmingham Excelsior England player was?

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1033 on: March 29, 2021, 12:14:34 PM »
Mentioned on the SHA thread. http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamClubs/MostPlyrs.html

Doesn't appear to have been updated for Ollie though the Corinthians stats are current.



Is it just me that wants to know who the Birmingham Excelsior England player was?

Just click on through the link. Name and biography are there

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1034 on: March 29, 2021, 12:23:04 PM »
George Tait   

 


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