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Author Topic: Striker Debate: Should it now be Watkins, Malen or both?  (Read 19281 times)

Offline Footy-Vill

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Re: Striker Debate: Should it now be Watkins, Malen or both?
« Reply #210 on: May 06, 2025, 08:07:33 AM »

Watkins is a sulker, he can't handle competition for places, he's stropped when Ings came in and Gerrard moved him wider, he didn't like Duran getting games, and now he's threw his dummy out when Rashford gets picked - which I can understan, but he needs to be taking more chances than he does - don't get me wrong, he's been really good for us, and we've been really good for him. I think he'll leave, which is ok, if we replace properly - I also think he won't get that record.


I don't know so much about the Newcastle interview have had a lot on but may explain why Malen came on for Watkins to play as number 9 
The debate now is Watkins , Malen or both ?

Also come the summer will another striker be bought and will Watkins be sold I'm surprised to be reading around that Watkins is to be sold ?
Either way another top quality striker is needed for next season.

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Re: Striker Debate: Should it now be Watkins, Malen or both?
« Reply #211 on: May 06, 2025, 09:00:53 AM »
Rashford being out injured explains exactly why Malen came on as sub for Watkins.

As for the interview, whilst the words always make it sound worse then it was, the context of him smiling during most of it AND Redknapp laughing and joking with Ollie that he (Jaimie) used to be around the managers door asking to start is always lost.

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Re: Striker Debate: Should it now be Watkins, Malen or both?
« Reply #212 on: May 06, 2025, 05:25:36 PM »
Just reading back through this thread as I hadn’t bothered with it before. F-V’s ‘insight’ (lol) certainly lived down to expectations didn’t it?

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Re: Striker Debate: Should it now be Watkins, Malen or both?
« Reply #213 on: May 06, 2025, 05:37:22 PM »
Just reading back through this thread as I hadn’t bothered with it before. F-V’s ‘insight’ (lol) certainly lived down to expectations didn’t it?

Time you could have spent with your kids. Or in the sun. Or having a shit. or pulling your fingernails out.

 


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