Brentford’s Ollie Watkins: ‘We play some of the best football in the league’ | Ben Fisher
05/05/2018 - The Bees striker was toiling away in the Conference South only three years ago but he says
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05/05/2018 - The Bees striker was toiling away in the Conference South only three years ago but he says experiencing life at the sharp end has helped him matureThree years ago Ollie Watkins was on loan at Weston-super-Mare, on the wrong end of a 3-0 defeat away at Bromley. A few days later he opened the scoring in a defeat against Basingstoke Town. “I can remember going to Whitehawk away, the pitch was terrible, the changing rooms were tiny and compact, it was wet and rainy outside and it was the worst possible day ever because we lost as well,” he says, breaking into laughter. “It makes you realise how far I’ve come. It is crazy but I am enjoying it and hopefully I won’t be playing back in the Conference South again and the only way is up.”It certainly looks that way. Brentford, after fighting off interest from elsewhere, paid Exeter City £1.8m for Watkins last summer and he has seamlessly slotted into Dean Smith’s forward-thinking, high-pressing side, leading the line for much of this
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