Tammy Abraham - almost done

[VILLA MOLE]

Who’s left from his last time at villa? J Mc and Big Tyrone?

Cole Ramsey

Surly he was in nappies

[Toronto Villa]

All his PL goals for Swansea and Chelsea.

[Mister E]

If we could have signed this lad when we got promoted we would not have been biting our collective fingernails at the end of that season.
Probably wouldn’t have signed Ollie either.
Welcome back Tammy and good luck.

Massive assumption and pretty unfair on all the contributions Watkins HAS actually made in his time with us.
Rather than seeing Abrahams as competition to Watkins, I'd prefer to see this addition as providing a complementary alternative: one player starts and wears down the oppo, for the other to come on and punish them later in the game; and, sometimes, we will have the option of 2 strikers playing to stretch opposing defences. Because we also know that both can play wide left, it gives us tactical / positional options.
Without spending oodles, we are substantially increasing our attacking opportunities.

[Chip Butty 111]

Is Abraham bringing Martin and John with him, as we need some midfield cover? Would also give us a better song than
....Ollie Watkins Du Du Du Du.....

[Dante Lavelli]

Agree. Watkins is 30 now and should welcome a player to share the workload.

[frank black]

Ollie Watkins is a much better player than Tammy IMO. If you get frustrated watching Ollie play, then your memory of Tammy is definitely faded.

Dont get me wrong, he’ll be a very useful option and will score. We’ll just need to increase our supply significantly.

[Olneythelonely]

Wouldn’t have guessed we’d finish this season with even more Dean Smith era players than we started with.

[Drummond]

I'd love it if we could get them in the same side. If we ever get a fully fit squad I think something like this could have a lot of fun.

4-2-2-2

               Martinez
Cash Konsa Torres Maatsen
       Kamara.    Tielemans
      McGinn.      Rogers.     .     
      Watkins.      Abraham

[LeeB]

Ollie Watkins is a much better player than Tammy IMO. If you get frustrated watching Ollie play, then your memory of Tammy is definitely faded.

Dont get me wrong, he’ll be a very useful option and will score. We’ll just need to increase our supply significantly.

If you're only judging Abraham on his time with us, at the same age Watkins was in the 4th division.

[FatSam]

Ollie Watkins is a much better player than Tammy IMO. If you get frustrated watching Ollie play, then your memory of Tammy is definitely faded.

Dont get me wrong, he’ll be a very useful option and will score. We’ll just need to increase our supply significantly.

Yes, that’s my thinking as well.

[Olneythelonely]

Comparing recent goalscoring records there’s also no comparison really. Would prefer to have kept Malen but this is clearly a financial decision.

I am feeling slightly more upbeat about him now though.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Assume he won't be signed in time to be on the bench tomorrow?

[LeeB]

Comparing recent goalscoring records there’s also no comparison really. Would prefer to have kept Malen but this is clearly a financial decision.

I am feeling slightly more upbeat about him now though.

I'm not sure it is entirely financial, obviously we've had to stick to a budget but I think it's driven by thinking those wages and fee are more use on an outright centre forward than a Malen type.

Tanswell in that Athletic said Emery wants the tactical option of playing both Watkins and Abraham together.

[Neil Hawkes]

ooooooo, a penalty taker, we haven't had one of them since El Ghazi.

[LeeB]

ooooooo, a penalty taker, we haven't had one of them since El Ghazi.

Getting awarded one would be a start.