I edge a bit toward Watkins. He's young and hungry to prove himself. Whilst Bats isn't exactly old, he hasn't really established himself and has floated along a bit for a couple of seasons.

He certainly has talent, but doesn't always seem to have that extra bit of drive to impose himself, or the work rate that will pay dividends. I always thought he was a bit of a show-boater and would sparkle when things are going well, but wasn't the sort of player you need when you have your backs to the wall.

Does it matter? Whichever one would only ever be an unplayed substitute as Roy likes to stubbornly stick to the same 11 regardless of results.

Watkins for me . he runs with the ball and without it making positions for himself and can head the ball . none of which the batman can do

So far he has only done that in the Championship & in one freak game with 9 goals. He has also played in 2 other games without contributing either a goal or an assist. Neither the hatrick nor the two blanks proves anything at this stage and he probably will be decent but, as mentioned, he cost £28m. Batshuayi has far more established pedigree and has scored at about a goal every other game when he has played in the Prem, Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga with a better ratio than that over 30 international games. For a player with sh1t movement and no heading ability, that’s not bad.

That's how I see it as well and from what I've seen of Eze, I think we made the right choice. He oozes class and potential. As for Batshuayi, he didn't get much of a look-in at Chelsea and as no. 4 in the pecking order, obviously needed to go out on loan. We'll probably get to see him in action after the international break, and come Christmas might be in a better position to judge how he's fared.

First perfect hatrick in premier in 25 years, in 35 mins, against the champions

But as somebody said - he wasn't going to come here once Villa stayed up, and the Bees stayed down