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Author Topic: Watkins, Ings, both or neither?  (Read 44101 times)

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #165 on: December 26, 2021, 07:36:55 PM »
Where's the Neither option?

Fair point at the moment. Davis is a busted flush so why not try Archer?

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #166 on: December 26, 2021, 07:39:27 PM »
Watkins linked with moves again...




Liverpool next summer

If he’s playing for a move he’s doing a pretty poor job. No way is he anywhere near good enough for Liverpool on current form.

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #167 on: December 26, 2021, 07:39:31 PM »
Watkins best games this season have been playing as the centre forward. Is too obvious what needs to be done.

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #168 on: December 26, 2021, 07:51:01 PM »
Sorry but ings has been a major disappointment for me. Has flopped badly so far.

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #169 on: December 26, 2021, 07:51:35 PM »
Where's the Neither option?

Fair point at the moment. Davis is a busted flush so why not try Archer?

I was saying to the brother in law we need to bring Archer on as neither Ings or Watkins looked like a striker.  Why was Archer not even on the bench?

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #170 on: December 26, 2021, 07:53:07 PM »
He was with the first team squad but not selected for the match.

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #171 on: December 26, 2021, 07:54:58 PM »
Yet they found space for Davis and even El Ghazi.

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #172 on: December 26, 2021, 08:17:13 PM »
It just doesn't work with both of them. Play one or the other. Simple.

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #173 on: December 26, 2021, 08:18:10 PM »
It just doesn't work with both of them. Play one or the other. Simple.

Watkins then.

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #174 on: December 26, 2021, 08:18:54 PM »
Yet they found space for Davis and even El Ghazi.

Beggars belief.

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #175 on: December 26, 2021, 08:21:10 PM »
Yep.
It just doesn't work with both of them. Play one or the other. Simple.

Watkins then.

yep. If Watkins struggles, then Ings. Can't shoehorn both in.

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #176 on: December 26, 2021, 08:37:38 PM »
Get the feeling they don’t particularly revel in each other’s playing company either.

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #177 on: December 26, 2021, 08:41:03 PM »
I’d be shopping Ings to Newcastle and see if we can make a profit on him in January.

They’d be tempted I reckon and will be paying over the top in their position.

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #178 on: December 26, 2021, 09:20:52 PM »
I’d be shopping Ings to Newcastle and see if we can make a profit on him in January.

They’d be tempted I reckon and will be paying over the top in their position.

Think Brighton would be ideal for him but no idea if they'd get close to paying 30m +.

I'd keep him until the summer and look at it then.

Sort of striker we need is the Jarred Bowen. One who's happy playing out wide in front 3 and can chip in with double figures and then play as CF when Ollie isn't playing.

I do think that was club's plan but Grealish leaving scrambled minds a little and perhaps they felt Ings being offered to us was a chance we couldn't pass up which felt logical at the time.

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Re: Watkins, Ings or both?
« Reply #179 on: December 26, 2021, 09:22:14 PM »
It just won't happen for Ings and he doesn't look like he's enjoying his football at the minute - ollie tried to set him up a couple of times but I don't think this has got Withe/Shaw written all over it.

 


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