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If, and it's a big if, Brentford don't go up, we should go all out to get Watkins, 15-20m plus Robinson, he looks class, great eye for goal, brilliant link up play, a right handful
 

Stevo said:
If, and it's a big if, Brentford don't go up, we should go all out to get Watkins, 15-20m plus Robinson, he looks class, great eye for goal, brilliant link up play, a right handful
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He’ll get bigger offers. Leeds for one I recon
 
Would like us to at least be at the table, he has been unplayable tonight
 
Quality player. Certainly the pick of the championship strikers. Reckon they’ll be bigger wage payers in for him though
 
Best player on the pitch tonight...
Too good looking for us though! 😂
 
Only seen him in that one game but he looked a real handful and his work ethic was exactly what i like to see.
 
Well there is a chance cos Brentford have had 8 attempts at play off promotion and failed in every one,bit like us really shit at play offs and play off finals.
 
He'll be playing in the Premier League next year, no doubt. The only issue is the more he keeps scoring, the more interest there will be. Around a month ago I wanted Brentford to miss out on promotion because that would mean we could go after Watkins. But now if they miss the play-offs I can see a whole host of teams interested.
 
LondonBlade89 said:
He'll be playing in the Premier League next year, no doubt. The only issue is the more he keeps scoring, the more interest there will be. Around a month ago I wanted Brentford to miss out on promotion because that would mean we could go after Watkins. But now if they miss the play-offs I can see a whole host of teams interested.
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I think a whole lot of clubs were already interested mate to be honest. He's young and scored 25 goals this season and is therefore likely to have many suitors.

As I said on another thread, Adam Armstrong from Blackburn may be a more likely alternative.
 
Booker4 said:
I think a whole lot of clubs were already interested mate to be honest. He's young and scored 25 goals this season and is therefore likely to have many suitors.

As I said on another thread, Adam Armstrong from Blackburn may be a more likely alternative.
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Yeah, you're right and I don't doubt there would've been interest. But I've just been thinking across the past month the better he's done, the more he's been likely to appear on the radar of a lazy club with larger pockets than us, ie. West Ham.
 
LondonBlade89 said:
Yeah, you're right and I don't doubt there would've been interest. But I've just been thinking across the past month the better he's done, the more he's been likely to appear on the radar of a lazy club with larger pockets than us, ie. West Ham.
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West Ham and Palace will probably be interested as often clubs nearby are good alternatives for players and I am sure they'll both be aware of how good he is. Similar to us going for Maupay last summer I guess. But with the budget constraints Wilder's talked about, I'm not sure we're even going to be at the races.
 
Booker4 said:
I think a whole lot of clubs were already interested mate to be honest. He's young and scored 25 goals this season and is therefore likely to have many suitors.

As I said on another thread, Adam Armstrong from Blackburn may be a more likely alternative.
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At some point B4 we have to make the leap of faith and start paying PL wages if we want to compete. We should have got our share of the PL pot now our first season is over.
Our last foray into the PL didn’t yeild the big parachute payments now on offer, now we have another season of PL funding and the insurance of parachute payments it’s surely time to kick on. McCabe made the mistake of doing it on the cheap until we got the cash back at the end of the season and look how that turned out.
Now is the time and I think our new owners are the ones to be as bold as the bigger clubs but realistic enough not to have our pants taken down. They are not another McCabe family.
Our last seasons wage bill was the lowest in the PL, ignore Norwich £42m) the next was Burnley 2.5 time more than ours. That’s not going to attract PL players only L1 and championship hopefuls prepared to work hard.
 
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Word of caution.
That pitch last night was in the championship.
The step up to the premier league is vast when talking about quality at the top of the pitch. We had some of the best players from the championship for this season and most of those have been deemed not good enough going forwards.
Our promotion season we had one of the best strikers. And Many of our players were also unplayable on their day.

I am basing this view on several games I’ve seen him, and for me he’s ok. Nothing else. Not a world beater and though he may improve our options he’s not going to score 15 goals for us in the premier league. The step up in quality of defenders he will have to deal with is vast!!
 

If they go up...
We don't get him.
Simple as that.
 
He's changed his playing style this season. Most of his goals have been in and around the 6yard box.

Previously he's operated out wide or as a number 10. This year he's been a "Billy Sharp".
 
My view on Watkins is that if we want him (and they don’t go up) then we should decide on what we value him at and put in one non negotiable offer.

I think he’ll stay if they go up as it will inflate his value. If they don’t go up there is likely to be a bidding war between at least three clubs and to me he’s not proven enough to pay over the odds for.

Very good championship striker certainly but I’m not convinced YET that he would score any more in the PL than say McBurnie or Che Adams do. He’s an expensive gamble. I would rather pay less and take a punt on someone similar from abroad.
 
Simon Jordan on TalkSport this morning saying Watkins a Premier League player and if he was still in charge at Palace he'd go all out to buy him!
 
Benrahma looks good until he try’s to shoot , abit like our lot really
 
Antonb said:
Benrahma looks good until he try’s to shoot , abit like our lot really
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Will cost £25m ish. Not gonna happen Ant, and they'll be bigger clubs who will be interested, think Chelsea have been linked. As you probably know, Brentford have an amazing scouting set up but it costs them a lot to run also. It definitely pays off when they sell one player every summer for £20m plus.
 
We should have not been putting bids in last summer instead of buggering about not putting bids in for Maupay.

Suspect his star is too bright in the firmament for us now.

#capdoffing
 
Booker4 said:
Will cost £25m ish. Not gonna happen Ant, and they'll be bigger clubs who will be interested, think Chelsea have been linked.
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Chelsea link seems to be more a media driven campaign. I'd rather somebody who is different like Benrahma rather than another poacher who clubs effectively snuffed out our threat from (after we did Spurs and Chelsea) by filling their defences.
 
Bladesthorpe said:
Disagree, one of the best keepers in the country.
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No hes not
Hes dropped 3 bollocks that I know of that led to goals
The one at Hull was laughable harmless ball played forward from midfield by Hull had time to put his foot on it and it somehow sqirmed through his legs
One at L666s where he came for a corner and missed it L666s scored Brentford only got a point all three and they could have got autos
Then one at Millwall
 
Pedro Verde said:
No hes not
Hes dropped 3 bollocks that I know of that led to goals
The one at Hull was laughable harmless ball played forward from midfield by Hull had time to put his foot on it and it somehow sqirmed through his legs
One at L666s where he came for a corner and missed it L666s scored Brentford only got a point all three and they could have got autos
Then one at Millwall
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How daft is that, I know of 300 world class saves he's made.🥺
 

Would be good if fulham won tonight Brentford probably much more likely to stay up in the prem one less team to worry about

Plus wilder can give brentford a call in the morning to activate watkins release clause
 
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