Tammy Abraham - almost done

[HolteL4]

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.

Watkins won't though will he, every time he's had competition he's sulked look at him whenever he was subbed for Malen, he should have used that as motivation to not happen again but he didn't.

If Tammy comes in and only scores 12 to 15 goals but does it consistently accross the whole season that will be more valuable to us than Watkins scoring 19 in 2 spells that add up to around 19 games.

[PaulWinch again]

Well you could argue that - equally he went on an excellent goal scoring run towards the end of the year, so maybe it motivated him fine.

[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.

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

If he is much improved, then he probably wouldn’t be in turkey. Let’s see, hope he’s amazing

[Sexual Ealing]

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.

If he is much improved, then he probably wouldn’t be in turkey. Let’s see, hope he’s amazing

Duran's better than both of them and he's in Turkey.

[Woody17]

Ollie has been largely anonymous this season and I wouldn’t be surprised that Abrahams will hit the ground running and quickly make the position his. This will not be good for Watkins’s morale or his England chances I’m afraid. I’m definitely no ‘Smirker’ but I’m of the opinion that Watkins is done with us and will be moved on in the summer.
Another striker will be needed for next season……

[Woody17]

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.

If he is much improved, then he probably wouldn’t be in turkey. Let’s see, hope he’s amazing

Or equally you could argue that he will have much better players around him this time…..He didn’t do too bad last time he was here.

[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.

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

If he is much improved, then he probably wouldn’t be in turkey. Let’s see, hope he’s amazing

Or equally you could argue that he will have much better players around him this time…..He didn’t do too bad last time he was here.

It was his finishing that frustrated me, he needed 2-3 openings for a goal (it felt that way). We do not create lots of opportunities. It’s nice to see old faces, I get the sentiment of it all. My lads chuffed.

[olaftab]

There is lot of revisionism here. Tammy is decent but a championship player in England who probably did no more than OK in Serie A. He is nowhere near Ollie level. He has very limited PL performance stats or experience. Roma have been farming him out for the last couple of seasons for a reason. He replaces a regular Champions League performer, Malen. So it's a massive gamble at this stage

[Clampy]

According to Wiki, 58 appearances for Chelsea, 21 goals. Its not bad really.

[eamonn]

Yeah, it's a long old time since he played well in the PL. I don't have high expectations, I think he'll just do OK which may not be enough to make a material difference to where we're trying to get to.

[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.

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.

Maybe, but he said the latter about Watkins and Duran and never got it close to working, before completely giving up on it. Hope it does though.

[brontebilly]

There is lot of revisionism here. Tammy is decent but a championship player in England who probably did no more than OK in Serie A. He is nowhere near Ollie level. He has very limited PL performance stats or experience. Roma have been farming him out for the last couple of seasons for a reason. He replaces a regular Champions League performer, Malen. So it's a massive gamble at this stage

The same regular CL performer we didn't even put in our CL squad a week after signing him?

Let's not rewrite history when it comes to Malen's impact with us. There's a reason Emery was happy to let him go.

[Drummond]

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.

If he is much improved, then he probably wouldn’t be in turkey. Let’s see, hope he’s amazing

Duran's better than both of them and he's in Turkey.

He wasn't any good on Thursday....

[cdbearsfan]

I think we got the best of Durán. His form since has been erratic at best, despite generally playing against far inferior competition.

[olaftab]

According to Wiki, 58 appearances for Chelsea, 21 goals. Its not bad really.

In and out over 4 seasons and they sent him away.