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Offline ktvillan

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #390 on: September 25, 2020, 02:52:41 PM »
I think he looks very promising and capable, his runs ae excellent and he finds space where others can't.   

If I'm being hyper-critical, he had three very good chances last night and converted one - I doubt he'll get three clear chances per game in the PL that often.  It may be he wasn't quite up to speed or tuned in having come on late.

Also for one of them he could have laid it off to Trez who was better positioned and wide open - but I'd say that's a sign of a striker's natural desire to hit the net and back himself  (aside from the fact that a ball to Trez is too often a wasted one).   

I'm confident he'll get  a decent return of goals for us based on what I've seen so far.   

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #391 on: September 25, 2020, 03:53:06 PM »
I think he looks very promising and capable, his runs are excellent and he finds space where others can't.   

Cracking explanation here as to how Ollie developed by his manager at Exeter (apologies if it's been posted before):


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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #392 on: September 25, 2020, 04:32:22 PM »
I think he looks very promising and capable, his runs are excellent and he finds space where others can't.   

Cracking explanation here as to how Ollie developed by his manager at Exeter (apologies if it's been posted before):



That's ace, I love that.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #393 on: September 25, 2020, 05:02:11 PM »
Me too. Liked the way Paul Tisdale came across as well.

Hearing about the tweaks and changes to the game of, what he admits, was already a promising young player was really interesting.
Even better, he's now at the Villa and seems to have the character and attitude to do something very special.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #394 on: September 25, 2020, 05:13:11 PM »
There's a lot of young players who would benefit from watching that video.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #395 on: September 25, 2020, 05:42:00 PM »
A few managers and coaches too I'm sure.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #396 on: September 25, 2020, 06:30:39 PM »
There's a lot of young players who would benefit from watching that video.
Like Keinan?!

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #397 on: September 25, 2020, 07:12:57 PM »
I think we could do a lot worse than get that guy on board.

Compare with Steve Bruce...

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #398 on: September 25, 2020, 08:33:00 PM »
He's got a touch of the Darren Bent about him. He just has a knack of being in the right place/time (he must be a nightmare to try and tract as a defender). I'd say thus far he looks as if his all round play/link up might be better too, and potentially that's the benefit of having played wide before. I'm impressed so far. Fancy him to net against Fulham, who look very suspect defensively.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #399 on: September 26, 2020, 09:51:29 AM »
I think he looks very promising and capable, his runs are excellent and he finds space where others can't.   

Cracking explanation here as to how Ollie developed by his manager at Exeter (apologies if it's been posted before):



Thanks Mark that's a great post.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #400 on: September 26, 2020, 10:07:34 AM »
I think he looks very promising and capable, his runs are excellent and he finds space where others can't.   

Cracking explanation here as to how Ollie developed by his manager at Exeter (apologies if it's been posted before):



Thanks Mark that's a great post.


Hadn’t seen this before. What a great bit of coaching.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #401 on: September 26, 2020, 10:41:04 AM »
I think he looks very promising and capable, his runs are excellent and he finds space where others can't.   

Cracking explanation here as to how Ollie developed by his manager at Exeter (apologies if it's been posted before):



Thanks Mark that's a great post.


Hadn’t seen this before. What a great bit of coaching.
Just watched it myself - brilliant post. Like that Paul Tilsdale chap, comes across as a really good coach.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #402 on: September 26, 2020, 10:58:04 AM »
Great stuff. I like that he says it's about assuming they've got those basics about where to stand, where to run in their position etc before finding a way to give them back their natural spontaneity.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #403 on: October 04, 2020, 08:10:38 PM »
First half hatrick against Pool, incredible.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #404 on: October 04, 2020, 09:12:31 PM »
Brilliant

 


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