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Offline Rigadon

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9015 on: October 26, 2025, 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: October 26, 2025, 11:22:28 AM »
The other question is at what point is it better for Villa that he leaves. 

Two seasons ago.

Offline cdbearsfan

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9017 on: October 26, 2025, 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.

Offline Sexual Ealing

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9018 on: October 26, 2025, 11:26:53 AM »
Yes, I enjoyed that one goal against Celtic.

Offline cdbearsfan

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9019 on: October 26, 2025, 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: October 26, 2025, 11:29:47 AM »
Two seasons ago he was about to have a 27 goal season as we qualified for the CL.

Offline Sexual Ealing

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9021 on: October 26, 2025, 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: October 26, 2025, 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: October 26, 2025, 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. 😉

Online PaulWinch again

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9024 on: October 26, 2025, 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: October 26, 2025, 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.

Offline Olneythelonely

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9026 on: October 26, 2025, 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: October 26, 2025, 12:00:02 PM »
Highly unlikely.

Offline Sexual Ealing

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9028 on: October 26, 2025, 12:04:40 PM »
He can't control a football.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #9029 on: October 26, 2025, 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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