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Offline Paul.S

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #2010 on: September 17, 2022, 10:11:26 AM »
Pumping long balls in the air to Watkins won’t work. I thought he won more than he normally does but he’s not a forward who can hold the ball up. Ings came on and showed he can do that but he can’t play as a lone forward. The struggle is the lack of opportunities we create and until this is addressed both Ings and Watkins will struggle.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #2011 on: September 17, 2022, 12:16:21 PM »
Watkins is rubbish. Can't control a ball properly at all.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #2012 on: September 17, 2022, 12:35:53 PM »
There’s nothing wrong with his effort or work rate but blimey, I’ve got a better first touch than he has.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #2013 on: September 17, 2022, 12:42:59 PM »
His touch was very good against Man City and he held the line brilliantly and caused problems. It deserted him last night (again).

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #2014 on: September 17, 2022, 02:39:11 PM »
His touch was very good against Man City and he held the line brilliantly and caused problems. It deserted him last night (again).

I know people thought he had a great game against Man City
But it’s not what I call a good game running around a lot and pressing

He’s not a good enough for the top level it’s as simple as that
« Last Edit: September 17, 2022, 02:50:58 PM by john e »

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #2015 on: September 17, 2022, 03:10:04 PM »
He was very good against Man City. Running and pressing is what strikers need to do.

Offline Goldie.7

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #2016 on: September 17, 2022, 10:22:50 PM »
He needs to score some damn goals regardless of his abysmal ball control. Use your head, knee, shin or whatever to bundle it over the line because 1 in 7 is very poor. (1 in 8 if you count the cup)

Lots want Cam to start, but let's be real? It isn't happening.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #2017 on: September 18, 2022, 08:58:40 AM »
He was very good against Man City. Running and pressing is what strikers need to do.

Scoring once in a blue moon would be nice as well.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #2018 on: September 18, 2022, 09:55:32 AM »
Creating more chances would also help. We had three shots on target on Friday which is pretty poor really.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #2019 on: September 18, 2022, 10:30:44 AM »
Bournemouth are the only team with fewer shots than us this season. Is that Watkins' fault? Or that the supply line is crap?

He's isolated unless Ings is also playing and then he's crowded or pushed out wide.

He's not a hold-up player, but when he's playing first time passes or shots he's good. So why not play a way that suits him?

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #2020 on: September 18, 2022, 10:38:08 AM »
Bournemouth are the only team with fewer shots than us this season. Is that Watkins' fault? Or that the supply line is crap?

He's isolated unless Ings is also playing and then he's crowded or pushed out wide.

He's not a hold-up player, but when he's playing first time passes or shots he's good. So why not play a way that suits him?

It's both I think. As I said in the post-match thread, Buendia threaded an absolutely sublime pass through to Watkins yesterday, but it jusy bounced harmlessly away off his useless 50p shaped feet. It also didn't help that Bailey misplaced 60% of his passes.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #2021 on: September 21, 2022, 09:35:48 PM »
Ollie looks like a confidence player at the moment, so inconsistency is to be expected; Good ball retention v Man City, crap the other night.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #2022 on: October 02, 2022, 06:35:20 PM »
Was appalling today. Can't fault his effort but he simply isn't good enough. His finishing is costing us points. He might be OK as a back up winger but he's nowhere near good enough to be our lead striker.

Ings has to start and we need to start the search for a new striker ASAP. Cut our losses with Ollie.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #2023 on: October 02, 2022, 06:40:51 PM »
Was appalling today. Can't fault his effort but he simply isn't good enough. His finishing is costing us points. He might be OK as a back up winger but he's nowhere near good enough to be our lead striker.

Ings has to start and we need to start the search for a new striker ASAP. Cut our losses with Ollie.

Ings is shit. Ollie misses chances Ings wouldn't get near.

Archer needs to play now.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #2024 on: October 02, 2022, 06:41:04 PM »
Works hard, runs a lot, makes intelligent runs.

Can't score goals.

 


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