I find the Watkins debate quite odd at times. Some people are just adamant that he’s trash and others that he’s totally beyond reproach and we should never try to replace him because it’s not possible with where we are as a club. It’s a bit perplexing.
Watkins is and has been a good striker who works hard and has given us great service. Plus he seems like a nice chap. But he’s never been truly clinical, doesn’t really sniff out goals and it looks as though physically (where he really had and gave the side an edge) he’s on the decline.
He’s been largely poor for a long period of time now and whilst some will make the argument that we’ve had results this season with him in the side even if he’s not hitting the mark of a couple of seasons ago, it’s also arguable that we might have done even more with him performing better. We’ve largely got where we are this season without a fully functioning main striker.
And before we have those jumping up to say name an alternative we could get, name them
now! just look at Brentford, a club without our resources and pull: Hogan to Watkins to Toney to Mbeumo to Wissa to Thiago. That’s one club alone that manage and bank the profit. If we’re saying that we can’t manage it then we may as well give up now.
