Ollie Watkins

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It was a fucking penalty.

[BC Villain]

Unless by some miracle the second yellow is overturned, Ollie now misses the game vs Everton on Thursday. Which is fucking big deal and a major victory for Everton given how he dominated their CB’s the last time out. It’s a massive blow for us.

It can't be overturned and neither should it be.  It was blatant simulation.  He's let the club down badly today

Watkins did really well to simulate Henderson kicking him in the knee

He was going down before Henderson reached him Ads.

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So what. Did Pogba need to go down like he was shot for it to be a foul? There's contact, it's a stick on penalty.

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So what. Did Pogba need to go down like he was shot for it to be a foul? There's contact, it's a stick on penalty.

I’d never flinch if saw a set of studs heading for my knee....

Again, if that’s not a penalty, then surely there will be a retrospective booking for Harry Kane tonight?

[Smithy]

Unless by some miracle the second yellow is overturned, Ollie now misses the game vs Everton on Thursday. Which is fucking big deal and a major victory for Everton given how he dominated their CB’s the last time out. It’s a massive blow for us.

It can't be overturned and neither should it be.  It was blatant simulation.  He's let the club down badly today

Watkins did really well to simulate Henderson kicking him in the knee

He was going down before Henderson reached him Ads.

What you mean is, he was jumping out of the way of what he thought was going to be a big contact, the fact that Henderson tried to pull out (but still hit him) is irrelevant.  He's still vertical at the point of contact. You think he goes down if he doesn't get hit? He KNOWS Henderson touched him, that's what he went down looking for the penalty.  If there was no contact, you'd have a point.

just because someone is looking for the penalty doesn't mean it isn't a penalty. It doesn't matter if the player is jumping out of the way when you hit them, or that you were trying to pull out, it's still a penatly.

[Toronto Villa]

Unless by some miracle the second yellow is overturned, Ollie now misses the game vs Everton on Thursday. Which is fucking big deal and a major victory for Everton given how he dominated their CB’s the last time out. It’s a massive blow for us.

It can't be overturned and neither should it be.  It was blatant simulation.  He's let the club down badly today

With all due respect that is complete bollocks

[Smithy]

Unless by some miracle the second yellow is overturned, Ollie now misses the game vs Everton on Thursday. Which is fucking big deal and a major victory for Everton given how he dominated their CB’s the last time out. It’s a massive blow for us.

It can't be overturned and neither should it be.  It was blatant simulation.  He's let the club down badly today

With all due respect that is complete bollocks

Indeed, either this is the first football match they've ever seen, or they're on a wind-up.  "Blatant simulation", jesus.  There was contact, Ollie went down - would it have been a soft penalty? Yes. Would I be annoyed if given against us? Yes.  Have we seen softer penalties given? Yes.

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Shameful? Fill your boots.

[BC Villain]

Unless by some miracle the second yellow is overturned, Ollie now misses the game vs Everton on Thursday. Which is fucking big deal and a major victory for Everton given how he dominated their CB’s the last time out. It’s a massive blow for us.

It can't be overturned and neither should it be.  It was blatant simulation.  He's let the club down badly today

With all due respect that is complete bollocks

It isn't.  It was sheer simulation/cheating.  You can't just "look the other way" because he's got a claret and blue shirt on.  The fact that Watkins barely contested the decision should tell you the story.  He knew what he'd done and got caught out.

[Nunkin1965]

Thing is and we all know it.
If that incident happens at the other end of the pitch its a pen.
Sky and VAR would have been all over it like a rash.
It's just how it is.

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Well, if Ollie Watkins is a “disgrace”, who has “let the club down”, it might be better if fans aren’t allowed back at Villa Park for a lot longer.

I’m staggered, I truly am.

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There's literal evidence that proves you wrong, but when we play this mob it's just too tiring to think about justice.

Edit: sorry,was replying to BC Villan.

[villadelph]

Unless by some miracle the second yellow is overturned, Ollie now misses the game vs Everton on Thursday. Which is fucking big deal and a major victory for Everton given how he dominated their CB’s the last time out. It’s a massive blow for us.

It can't be overturned and neither should it be.  It was blatant simulation.  He's let the club down badly today

With all due respect that is complete bollocks

It isn't.  It was sheer simulation/cheating.  You can't just "look the other way" because he's got a claret and blue shirt on.  The fact that Watkins barely contested the decision should tell you the story.  He knew what he'd done and got caught out.

BC you are completely out of order today. Go take a nap.

If Ollie plants his foot and Henderson goes through him at that height then we've got a Pickford/VVD situation on our hands and we're without our only performing striker for who knows how long.

Fact is, there was contact and Cristiano Ronaldo himself set the precedent in this league that contact isn't necessary to impede a players forward progress. That was a knee high challenge by a goalkeeper who has no idea how to properly defend. Again, there was obviously contact and different strikers on different clubs get that call 10 out of 10 times.

You're a disgrace for slagging off the hardest working player we've had in a decade.

[Nunkin1965]

If Ollie is indeed a disgrace then we may as well pack it in.
Bonkers post alert.

[ez]

Watkins will be having a well earned break. Terrific player.