Ollie Watkins

[DB9]

£30m for selling now or £160m if Brentford go up via TV money? It's a huge amount and one of the reasons why they'll keep hold of him. Ollie will play a big part in the second half of the season for Brentford as long as he keeps fit and that goal of PL football with all it entails, Brentford would be nuts to let him go now

 

[BerksBee]

Hearing muttering's we're in for Ivan Toney. I don't think that means in any way that Watkins is off, but that we're looking to bring in backup in case of injury and/or a second option and possibly a replacement for when he does go. Peterborough value him at £11/12m, highly unlikely we'd be paying that, more like half!

 

[Red Devon]

Hearing muttering's we're in for Ivan Toney. I don't think that means in any way that Watkins is off, but that we're looking to bring in backup in case of injury and/or a second option and possibly a replacement for when he does go. Peterborough value him at £11/12m, highly unlikely we'd be paying that, more like half!

 

[Pobbop]

Do the Bees fan, think Brentford will play their full team including Ollie, against Leicester, would be a pretty interesting test for him/them.

 

[BerksBee]

Anther really good article featuring Watkins:

'Everything happens for a reason': Brentford's accidental striker Ollie Watkins is dreaming of Liverpool

 

[BerksBee]

Do the Bees fan, think Brentford will play their full team including Ollie, against Leicester, would be a pretty interesting test for him/them.

Unfortunately not.

Watkins is not one of those in the squad, neither is Benrahma who sadly lost his father recently and isn't in the country. It will be a mixture of first teamers and squad fringe players about 50/50. I'd love to have seen us play a full strength side against Leicester as I believe we'd have caused them a lot of problems and would have been a fascinating game to watch. And as you rightly say—a very good test for the players against a good Premiership side even if they did make some changes from their first team. As it stands, I feel Leicester will be too good for the side we put out. I suspect Dervisoglu or Mbuemo will play centrally in place of Watkins.

The following game on Tuesday night against fellow promotion hopefuls Nottingham Forest is 'in essence' a 6 pointer and far more important than the cup game hence the rotational changes.

It's a shame, particularly as its being shown live on BBC but that's the way it is.

If any Exeter fans watch, hope you enjoy the game even if Ollie isn't playing!

 

[Red Devon]

Would like to see Watkins bag a goal or two against Leicester today could be a very interesting next seven days if he can.

 

[Banksy]

Would like to see Watkins bag a goal or two against Leicester today could be a very interesting next seven days if he can.

See post above!

 

[IndoMike]

Would like to see Watkins bag a goal or two against Leicester today could be a very interesting next seven days if he can.

Both teams are doing the usual thing : "resting" players and devaluing the FA Cup.
Watkins ain't playing, apparently.
And Lord Guardiola wants to ban FA Cup replays, so that'll be the next step.

 

[Red Bill]

Anther really good article featuring Watkins:

'Everything happens for a reason': Brentford's accidental striker Ollie Watkins is dreaming of Liverpool

He's just such a level headed lad, seems to take such calm pragmatic approach to his career. Must be because he went to my school!