They told me the reason we didn't sign anyone in the summer was because there were no world class attackers available and now we're going for Watkins in January. Something tells me they've just realized that they were terribly wrong not to sign one.
Qwiss yeah. This isn’t 1998 where strikers were rolling off the production line. I was just looking at this striker comparisons. Amongst premier league strikers he’s basically top 5 in shooting, creating, carrying, receiving.
Doesn’t defend like Havertz but nobody is perfect.
https://bsky.app/profile/scott.cannonstats.com/post/3lgtapcz7u42r
QuincyAbeyie there’s literally like 2-3 strikers better than Watkins in Premier League. Who are all these top strikers who were wandering around waiting to be signed?
Did you just wake up from a coma?
This makes sense. Don’t think we are in competition. Villa are the only team with 2 decent strikers. They have FFP issues, and he’s an Arsenal fans. We can be bully them like PGMOL
This is like Vardy all over again after waiting around trying to find the right striker. Hopefully, it doesn't turn out the same. We're in a desperate situation and I suspect once we learned that Sesko was not viable, we moved on.
People may not get as excited but if we do sign a 20/21 year prospect we need to remember it will take time for them to become a top striker. Are we willing to give them the time to develop?
So do we sign a prospect or we do we sign someone who is ready to go now and might help us win the title? £60m considering his age is expensive, he’ll probably drop off within 3 or so years but it is what it is. He’s reliable, scores goals and generally injury free. If he was 24 we’d be talking £100m+ for him incl the English player premium.
If we sign Watkins need to keep Tierney.
FEBravo and sign George Graham as our manager 
JazzG don’t forget, Chris Wood, who is having an Indian summer, is 33 and banging goals in left, right and centre for Forest .
JazzG Are we willing to give them the time to develop?
Yes, absolutely. As good as Havertz has been, he's still not a natural striker so someone better suited to the position counts as an upgrade whilst giving Havertz a rest and also setting our squad up well for the future (as opposed to chasing our tail every year we need to replace an aging player).
this signing is reflective of our season - bland, uninspired and slightly desperate. we have a creativity dearth and Watkins is a basic 9 who doesn't create his own shot other than his one-step-over-and-shoot move, and doesnt have any creative spark. he'll come here and be toothless because we don't play direct passes in behind to our strikers. arteta has speed run to wenger 16-18 status.
Surprised that people rate this transfer. Even without the price tag I just think he’s good but I can’t see him being the difference maker. Comparing him to Van Persie or Aubameyang (or Kane or Lewandowksi) is wishful thinking if you’ve watched him play.
Also we already have Havertz and Jesus locked in for few years on a high wage so I definitely think there’s a lot to consider when building the squad here.
I like Watkins. Doubt Villa will sell to us, but I'd be happy if we somehow pulled this off.
