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Author Topic: Ollie Watkins  (Read 431184 times)

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1950 on: July 31, 2022, 03:04:29 PM »
I like Ollie. But he’s not taking us to the next level.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1951 on: July 31, 2022, 08:09:32 PM »
I agree with supertom.  The money required to buy better is beyond us right now.  We might be in a better position next summer.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1952 on: July 31, 2022, 09:48:59 PM »
His control of the ball, general hold up play, finishing is very poor and has been for at least a season. Not sure what is wrong with Ollie. But it's just not happening for him.  It's hard to see how we progress with Ollie at number 9 if this form continues.

I've said it before but he's never been the same since his missus had a baby.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1953 on: July 31, 2022, 09:54:24 PM »
Sell Ings, sell Luiz, sell Chukwuemeka, buy better player than Watkins.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1954 on: July 31, 2022, 10:23:52 PM »
His control of the ball, general hold up play, finishing is very poor and has been for at least a season. Not sure what is wrong with Ollie. But it's just not happening for him.  It's hard to see how we progress with Ollie at number 9 if this form continues.

I've said it before but he's never been the same since his missus had a baby.

It’s an odd way of phrasing that comment and I’m sure it probably has minimal influence on his form now.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1955 on: July 31, 2022, 10:34:43 PM »
I have to say, I know he's got a poor injury record at the barcodes, but I wish we'd got Wilson instead.  Ollie works hard but just isn't ruthless enough.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1956 on: July 31, 2022, 10:36:49 PM »
I'd rather just have 2020/21 Watkins back. He was an excellent striker. The manager should be capable of getting the best out of him.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1957 on: July 31, 2022, 10:39:04 PM »
I'd rather just have 2020/21 Watkins back. He was an excellent striker. The manager should be capable of getting the best out of him.

That would be great, he certainly works hard and has better players around him now.  Make or break season for Ollie?

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1958 on: July 31, 2022, 10:44:10 PM »
Isn't it only Son and Kane who've scored more non-penalry goals than Ollie over the past few seasons?

He's a 1 in 3 forward. That's pretty good.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1959 on: July 31, 2022, 11:04:40 PM »
Isn't it only Son and Kane who've scored more non-penalry goals than Ollie over the past few seasons?



That's a highly selective stat. It's the last two seasons, and you're therefore excluding strikers who haven't played both seasons. Also, since when did penalties stop counting as goals? He was decent the year before last, and crap last season. He needs to be much better this season, but he's been terrible in all the pre-season games.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1960 on: August 01, 2022, 09:13:47 AM »
Bring back Wesley.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1961 on: August 01, 2022, 09:22:13 AM »
Or Scott Hogan? :D

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1962 on: August 01, 2022, 09:24:56 AM »
Or Scott Hogan? :D

You knock Scott Hogan but he is the first sausage roll to play professional football in this country.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1963 on: August 01, 2022, 09:25:25 AM »
Or Scott Hogan? :D
You have gone too far now mate.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1964 on: August 01, 2022, 09:49:17 AM »
11 goals last season with the front player(s) often isolated.
14 goals the season before when the team was set-up to play to his strengths.
Ollie will get replaced eventually no doubt (everybody does), but it'll have to be by someone who will consistently get more than 14/11 goals per season.
Strikers who are capable of getting 15+ goals a season are hard to come by and assuming we can find one with pl experience, who can hit the ground running why would they come to a
mid-table Villa who don't always play to the strengths of their strikers?

 


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