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Watkins, Ings, both or neither?
« on: November 20, 2021, 07:07:35 PM »
What would you do?
« Last Edit: July 23, 2022, 03:52:49 PM by Legion »

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2021, 07:13:32 PM »
Watkins for me with Ings and Archer on the bench.

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2021, 07:18:09 PM »
Ings looks like a panic buy all day long. Good player, but not what we needed.

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2021, 07:19:17 PM »
Watkins for me with Ings and Archer on the bench.

Yep, same. Can't have 2 guys playing badly together every week. Watkins for now on merit.

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2021, 07:19:44 PM »
Panic buy? He was one of the top PL strikers last season.

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2021, 07:20:37 PM »
Panic buy? He was one of the top PL strikers last season.

He isn't this season.

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2021, 07:22:16 PM »
Maybe not a panic buy, but clearly not right for our system, or fitting the profile of players we normally spend big on.

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2021, 07:23:09 PM »
Panic buy? He was one of the top PL strikers last season.

He isn't this season.

Neither is Ollie. We needed back up, we brought in better than we could have dreamed, nobody forced Dean to play them together.

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2021, 07:24:39 PM »
Panic buy? He was one of the top PL strikers last season.

He isn't this season.

Neither is Ollie. We needed back up, we brought in better than we could have dreamed, nobody forced Dean to play them together.

He's too good to be a backup for us. As is Ollie.

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #9 on: November 20, 2021, 07:25:27 PM »
Ings looks like a panic buy all day long. Good player, but not what we needed.
The ings money should have been added onto JWP's bid and we would have a much better squad - certainly in the highsight of how promising Archer looks

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #10 on: November 20, 2021, 07:26:22 PM »
we need two good strikers - Watkins suits our play better as we don't give Ings enough service

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #11 on: November 20, 2021, 07:29:35 PM »
Watkins all day long and twice on Tuesdays.

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2021, 07:31:18 PM »
Buying Ings was fine, as long as it was on the understanding that he would be competing with Watkins for a place in the starting lineup.

It's the effort to crowbar both into the team that makes it look like a panic buy.

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #13 on: November 20, 2021, 07:38:09 PM »
For us to be a competitive side we need to have quality in all areas and in numbers. They both want to be the best they can be for a side that's competing so it's select one and go with it and it's up to that one to stay in the side and it's up to the other one to get in. Personally  I'd go with ollie but he does need to select one and go with it. The other will have to wait.

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #14 on: November 20, 2021, 07:39:47 PM »
Watkins.

 


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