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Offline N'ZMAV

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1185 on: May 29, 2021, 08:36:00 PM »
Toney is very much a penalty box player. A target man. Ollie is like Vardy in the way he presses the defenders non-stop.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1186 on: May 29, 2021, 08:46:02 PM »
Devil's advocate, but if what if we banked north of £60 million for Ollie and brought Tammy Abraham back for £40 million or under?

Devil’s advocate as well, but Tammy. I think he’s a better player. Sooner have both though.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1187 on: May 29, 2021, 09:06:33 PM »
It's what Lyon and other big clubs (but clubs not quite in the elite bracket) have done well over the years. Sign for reasonable fees, raise the player to a better standard and then rinse any buying club for a small fortune. Which keeps the whole thing rolling.

You want to bid for our better players?

Fine. But it will hurt.

All that said, I don't see him at Tottingham. For one thing, Levy will probably offer Eric Dier, Joe Hart and a pack of Murray mints from the back of the sofa.

Smart businessman?  Bollocks.  It ain't smart business when you consistently can't complete the deals you want to do.

Online LukeJames

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1188 on: May 29, 2021, 09:08:13 PM »
Levy wouldn't try it on again after the Grealish debacle. We wont sell him anyway.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1189 on: May 29, 2021, 09:09:38 PM »
Levy couldn’t sign Grealish when we were skint. He doesn’t have a hope now. The deluded fucking twats

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1190 on: May 29, 2021, 09:12:48 PM »
I hope he tries. And makes it public. So we can humiliate the c#nt.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1191 on: May 29, 2021, 09:41:20 PM »
Under no circumstances should we consider selling Ollie.

Offline aldridgeboy

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1192 on: May 29, 2021, 09:49:11 PM »
How about we keep Watkins, sign Tammy and Spurs continue to be fuck all but noise on the breeze.
I like this version

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1193 on: May 29, 2021, 10:03:53 PM »
Watkins is phenomenal,  I wouldn't swap him for anyone. He's the attacking version of Kante.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1194 on: May 29, 2021, 11:21:11 PM »
Ollie Watkins is everything I'd want to see in a forward player. He's one of our best defenders too when he's chasing and harrying defenders.

Plus all he'll do is improve.

Online LukeJames

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1195 on: May 29, 2021, 11:23:40 PM »
He's fucking brilliant, the kind of forward ive looked enviously at other clubs for having in the past.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1196 on: May 30, 2021, 12:14:51 AM »
All the speculation seems to be seriously underestimating the debt Watkins will feel to Smith. The manager who has taken a chance on him twice now.

I always thought Dwight Yorke found it easier asking Gregory to leave, than he would have asking Little, the manager who made him his main centre forward.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1197 on: May 30, 2021, 10:09:26 PM »
Watkins is phenomenal,  I wouldn't swap him for anyone. He's the attacking version of Kante.

Yes precisely. His work rate is remarkable.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1198 on: May 31, 2021, 11:45:23 AM »
How about we keep Watkins, sign Tammy and Spurs continue to be fuck all but noise on the breeze.

Spot on

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1199 on: June 01, 2021, 10:36:00 AM »
Ollie not going to make the cut for the final squad according to reports?
It’s a real shame if so.

I think it’s a bit of a bastard for players to be called into a provisional squad, join the training camp on Saturday and then be bombed out on Tuesday.

 


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