Ollie Watkins

[cdbearsfan]

Hang the bastard.

[edgysatsuma89]

Watkins in a nutshell yesterday , misses the easy chance from Partey throw then buries a difficult volley. Also had that run on Gabriel where he chose the wrong foot .
All in all though his running and movement was very good.

On what planet is that an 'easy chance'? He should be doing better, but it's not 'easy' at all. I swear some of you think it's like playing FIFA.

It wasn't simple, but if you're a player* it's a situation you dream of.

*In my arrogant opinion. I am not a player.

Oh I agree, and it was a shit attempt, but it wasn't easy.

[Somniloquism]

I don't even remember the "simple" chance. I saw Haaland miss a one on one today before turning off when Man City scored. Assume Man City will be looking to get rid of the useless twat and the new contract is a smokescreen.

Arsenal played a throw-in to him. He only had the keeper to beat.

And the defender right in front of him.

[Sexual Ealing]

Watkins in a nutshell yesterday , misses the easy chance from Partey throw then buries a difficult volley. Also had that run on Gabriel where he chose the wrong foot .
All in all though his running and movement was very good.

On what planet is that an 'easy chance'? He should be doing better, but it's not 'easy' at all. I swear some of you think it's like playing FIFA.

It wasn't simple, but if you're a player* it's a situation you dream of.

*In my arrogant opinion. I am not a player.

Oh I agree, and it was a shit attempt, but it wasn't easy.

It wasn't. You or I couldn't do it. But we don't get paid tens of millions of pounds in the hope that we'll be able to.

[cdbearsfan]

Or to score volleys like that equaliser he scored. If he scored every chance, he'd be on a lot higher wages and wouldn't be playing for us.

[Sexual Ealing]

Or to score volleys like that equaliser he scored. If he scored every chance, he'd be on a lot higher wages and wouldn't be playing for us.

We say this a lot, or we used to. We'd say, "if he put away all his chances he'd be in the latter stages of the Champions League!"

Well he is.

[cdbearsfan]

Largely because of the goals he scored which helped put us there.

[Sexual Ealing]

I'm not hating on the man, and I'm not reluctant to share the gratitude I feel for his efforts. But he should have scored a goal that he balloned yesterday.

[cdbearsfan]

And Haaland should have scored a chance he missed today. Nobody scores every chance, so I'm not sure why we need to obsess when a player scores and plays well. It's just weird.

[edgysatsuma89]

One thing is true is that he is top of the 'big chances' missed list (by 4 shots last I saw), so he is missing more than he should. Haaland is 2nd but I think it's recognised that he is having a "weaker" season, which is a bit mad.

[Somniloquism]

Should include Salah as third as well. The difference is they are getting more chances created to then score from so their misses are not as punishing for them as us with Watkins. Pretty sure if he had had 88 shots like Haaland, he would have been on about 15 goals.

Edit: It would be nice to know what "big chances missed" means, being as Semenyo has had 80 shots but 6 goals and only joint 24th with 7 bcm.

[PeterWithesShin]

In the space of a few days his goals have won us 4 points in away games. It's weird as fuck that instead of enjoying that some want to constantly have digs at him.

[PaulWinch again]

In the space of a few days his goals have won us 4 points in away games. It's weird as fuck that instead of enjoying that some want to constantly have digs at him.

Yep there’s a weird confirmation bias on here for some that looks to focus on what Ollie doesn’t get right as opposed to all the stuff he does (the former heavily influenced by him never hiding by the way). The stat earlier summed it up, 40 odd goals and 20 odd assists in around 80 games for Emery is absolutely sensational.

[Somniloquism]

This season he also has four assists. There are a lot of the big midfield play-makers in other teams who have only got 6.

[brontebilly]

Think that finish will give him a bit of confidence. Risky enough going with the side foot volley from there, thought he was going to sky it as he shaped to hit it. He alluded to it post game that he was caught in two minds. He will finish the season strong, of that I'm fairly sure.