‘Worth a punt’: West Brom fans want 12-goal striker signed in January

For every Jamie Vardy, there is a Jordan Bowery.

But with West Bromwich Albion’s lack of firepower undermining their survival hopes, the Baggies need a goal-scorer, fast. And a quick glance at Max Watters’ statistics suggest he is exactly that.

In fact, no one in any of England’s top five division – and we include the Premier League in that – has scored more non-penalty goals per 90 minutes than Crawley Town’s talisman.

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In 14 matches, Watters has scored 12 times for the League Two outfit with a double against Mansfield Town last time out – including a sublime, first-time lob – highlighting the potential of a centre-forward capable of playing at a far higher level.

Making the step up from League Two to League One is hard enough, however. Going from the fourth tier to the top flight in one fell swoop is an altogether different challenge.

Then again, plenty of West Brom fans would be happy to see a punt being taken on a London-born 21-year-old who worked briefly with Baggies legend Darren Moore at Doncaster Rovers last season.

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“He’s got all the attributes,” Moore told the Free Press of Watters. “He’s a powerful man, he can play in a variety of positions in that front line. He boasts tremendous speed.

“He’s got an eye for goal and gets in the right places. He’s got wonderful attributes.”

Can those ‘wonderful attributes’ be translated to the Premier League, in a West Brom side who have scored just eight times in 11 matches?

The Mail reports that similarly goal-shy Watford are keen too, with Crawley expected to demand around £1 million.

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Young striker who’s pacy, good in the air, runs at defenders and prolific. With Austin, Zohore and potentially Kanu leaving at the end of the season, might not be a bad player to bring off the bench. Definitely worth a punt with such a cheap fee

— WBA Thoughts (@WBA_Thoughts) December 9, 2020

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Max Watters good Striker
look at Jamie Vardy came from non league and now scoring for Fun in the Premier League
if we signed Max Watters in January he may score goals

— james duffy (@barryd19651) December 9, 2020

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I can't see a downside to it really. If we drop he could be useful. With Zohore and Austin etc looking likely to leave. Only have to look at the likes of Watkins, Toney etc who've come through the lower leagues and can perform.

— Jack Ormrod (@JWba1996) December 9, 2020

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Sounds a sensible and realistic option, I thought we should have gone for Toney in the last window, he's been scoring for fun this season too. Obviously, it would be a huge step up to score regularly in the prem but wouldn't be worse that we have now.

— Addixxtion (@Addixxtion) December 9, 2020

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Worth a punt. Remember Hughes cost very little

— PORTZD (@PORTZD2) December 9, 2020

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A striker that scores goals….

What a daft idea that is. 🤷🏻

— Neil Stevens-Wood (@NeilStevensWoo1) December 9, 2020

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