Ollie Watkins

[LeeB]

Certainly a malevolent force, for sure.

[cdbearsfan]

Thanks all. Except for the Watkins-haters and their Satanic ways.

[PeterWithesShin]

He's only back because we're in the CL and Scotland fluked a spot in the Euros. Glory hunter!


Welcome back CD, good to see you.

[cdbearsfan]

Biggest glory-hunter going, I even waited until Clyde secured a glorious top nine finish in their ten team division.

[KevinGage]

If you wanted to replace Watkins you'd be looking at spending £100 million. And those sort of strikers only go to the three teams that finished above us, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Paris Saint Germain and, at a push, Man U and Chelsea.

He is one of only two irreplaceable players, along with Martinez, IMO.

We might already have a replacement in Crazy Horse Duran. It might also be easier (though not easy) for Monchi et al to source a £20-40 million project forward already at a reasonably high level to give JD competition. Or sign a veteran to give us a different option.

Luiz has been at a high level for a few years now. What he gives us in the centre of the park anywhere near his best is far harder to replace, IMO. Particularly with the names touted.

A crazy fee for Watkins (£100-120 mill) also parks the fear and paranoia over FFP for the next few years at least. £50 million for Doug (or McKennie + a measly £20-30 mill) less so.

Welcome back, BTW.

[Drummond]

If Ollie does go and we start plummeting down the table, SE should be chased from here with flaming dog shits on sticks.

And rusty nails in the sticks.

And sweetcorn in the turds.

You evil bastard!

[Sexual Ealing]

An eloquent, engaging and ultimately inspirational post there, KG.

[Monty]

An eloquent, engaging and ultimately inspirational post there, KG.

Ollie's got attitude problems so let's sell him and build the attack around [checks] Jhon 'Chelsea superliker' Duran? Of course it might inspire a salopian tube like yourself, but the non-heathen among us...

[Sexual Ealing]

Very little imagination on display in this thread.

[LeeB]

Someone has obviously got to the water supply, or its contaminated wheat.

[Brend'Watkins]

Every player has his price.  I think we'd accept anything north of £100 which we'd instantly regret once the goals were less frequent.  He's not Kane but then nobody is, he's the next best thing though and there isn't another team in the division who wouldn't want him. For all his faults (he only has one) we'd find it nigh on impossible to get someone who would instantly replace him. Talk of Duran as being the person who could is for the birds. Duran doesn't work as hard for a start and I'm of the opinion that if he manages to not get himself sent off he would be having a good game let alone him scoring 20 goals a season.

But if it takes "Sell Watkins for £120 million" stated 3 times to summon cd back to the fold, then, it's been a good day.

[eamonn]

CD, where were you? And how come we were so good without you?!

[cdbearsfan]

I was staying away, and because I stayed away. The bastards did it out of spite.

[Dogtanian]

I was staying away, and because I stayed away. The bastards did it out of spite.

It's not a competition or anything, but when I stayed away a global pandemic happened. So I'll let you judge who has the most staying awayness power. 

[cdbearsfan]

It definitely IS a competition. I will have to take another break now and see if it invokes Cthulhu.