I hope Tammy does well but doubt he'll be any improvement on Malen.
We don't need him to be an improvement for Malen, when used he needs to be an improvement on Watkins. He's like for like on that score. I'm fully expecting Watkins to now turn on the turbo chargers, that place in the England squad is still his to lose.
There is no doubt Ollie needs pushing. Be it the injury or just his overall form he’s looked out of sorts all season. If this makes him shoot more accurately then we all win. I’m a Tammy fan, not just because of the past but because he’s actually got a very decent record at Chelsea and Roma. The injury slowed things down obviously. But he’s a good player and I think he will help us.
I've come round to thinking he'll be fine especially given our financial situation with SCR. I'd have preferred a loan with an option to buy, sell Watkins for a nice price in the summer after his great second half of the season and bring in a top striker. That plan is now pretty much in the bin.
I'm really interested to see how Tammy has developed in Italy, even from his spell at Milan where he didn't have much luck. I'm hoping his all round game will now improve us and whilst technically he's always been pretty decent, fingers crossed that's also gone up a level. If he can add goals too, something we've been lacking despite creating chances, it will be a good short-medium term fix.
As much as Unai loves Watkins I doubt he's going to let his emotions get in the way of his ambition. If Watkins can deliver this season, great, it will help us qualify for the CL and hopefully a trophy whilst pushing up his value for the summer. Ideally we want Unai to have a massive headache with two high performing centre forwards to choose from.
