Ollie Watkins

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

What a player Ollie is! He's a proper team player who works his socks off. He pops up left, right and centre. With a bit of luck he would have more than his 8 PL goals. He presses the opposition defence constantly and last night vs Soton I'm sure I saw him popping up in the left back position (at least twice) making tackles. A very impressive debut season, with the prospect of him only getting better.

[aj2k77]

That drag back control last night was a thing of beauty, shame the keeper was up to the task.

He'll lead our line for years to come and will improve year on year for a few of them.

[wittonwarrior]

He's a decent player no argument but what makes a very good forward is the ability to take chances quickly, Ollie holds onto the ball too long imo

[West Derby Villan]

He's a decent player no argument but what makes a very good forward is the ability to take chances quickly, Ollie holds onto the ball too long imo

He’s been in this league 6 months. He’s scoring goals, making goals, making chances, holding up the ball and giving the opposition defenders a torrid time, what more can he do, give him a break

[ChicagoLion]

I am genuinely excited about how good he can become.

[PaulWinch again]

He's a decent player no argument but what makes a very good forward is the ability to take chances quickly, Ollie holds onto the ball too long imo

He is much more than a “decent player”. He’s had a bloody great start. Yes he’ll improve, but he’s done great.

[Moonraker]

Fully agree on his ability to take chances quickly. Showed up yesterday when he had two efforts in the penalty area, one right footed which was saved and came back to his left  which he pinged just past the post. But it was a composed shot with little reaction time

[PaulWinch again]

Nice that Ollie is back on the goal scoring trail. Hope he learns (and I’m sure he will) from last night - two really poor control mistakes directly contributed to two goals. I felt particularly for the first one it was like he’d switched off for a moment.

[Duncan Shaw]

Nice that Ollie is back on the goal scoring trail. Hope he learns (and I’m sure he will) from last night - two really poor control mistakes directly contributed to two goals. I felt particularly for the first one it was like he’d switched off for a moment.

I don't disagree his control was poor at times - but for poor control in the opposition area to lead directly to a goal means there were a fair few others not doing there jobs in between!  Harsh to blame Ollie.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

Nice that Ollie is back on the goal scoring trail. Hope he learns (and I’m sure he will) from last night - two really poor control mistakes directly contributed to two goals. I felt particularly for the first one it was like he’d switched off for a moment.

I don't disagree his control was poor at times - but for poor control in the opposition area to lead directly to a goal means there were a fair few others not doing there jobs in between!  Harsh to blame Ollie.

Totally agree Duncan

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Why are we still hoofing the ball up to him?

[Risso]

Why are we still hoofing the ball up to him?

God knows. If there's one thing last night showed, it's that holding long balls up absolutely isn't his game. Running onto balls, whether out wide, or through the middle as for his goal is how we should be doing it.

[dcdavecollett]

Agreed.

Deano referred to this in his post-match interview.

[ROBBO]

He is doing his job and drags defenders wide, we just have to get the forwards taking advantage.

[andyh]

Ollie is beyond reproach.
He is working his bollocks off, leading the line and scoring goals.
All after a ginormous step up in standard from where he has previously played.

For the price we paid, he’s looking a bloody bargain.