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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #900 on: March 08, 2021, 04:29:39 PM »
Watkins is proving to be worth every penny and more. He's a revelation as far as I'm concerned, I'm pretty sure he'd be applauded many times every match for the effort he puts in chasing lost causes.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #901 on: March 08, 2021, 04:31:54 PM »
Watkins is proving to be worth every penny and more. He's a revelation as far as I'm concerned, I'm pretty sure he'd be applauded many times every match for the effort he puts in chasing lost causes.

Worth noting that also outside the club he's regarded as an unqualified success, commentators are generally purring over him during games.

If we didn't have him, we'd all be saying we need someone like him.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #902 on: March 08, 2021, 04:33:21 PM »
Like another poster alluded to, sometimes a player can still hit the frame with “poor” finishing.

Apart from Ronny Rosenthal I cant think of many other occasions. Was his header against Sheff Utd or his shot against Wolves poor finishing?

I said a player can hit the frame with poor finishing,  not Ollie Watkins specifically.

You’re arguably closer to scoring from a finger tip save from the keeper when the effort is actually on target than a frame strike.

I hope we aren’t including his penalty miss in this woodwork stat?

Btw, Ollies been immense this season and could become a legend.


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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #903 on: March 08, 2021, 04:33:33 PM »
Like another poster alluded to, sometimes a player can still hit the frame with “poor” finishing.

Apart from Ronny Rosenthal I cant think of many other occasions. Was his header against Sheff Utd or his shot against Wolves poor finishing?

Rosenthal's effort was quite impressive. You would struggle to do intentionally.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #904 on: March 09, 2021, 10:04:23 PM »
Like another poster alluded to, sometimes a player can still hit the frame with “poor” finishing.

Apart from Ronny Rosenthal I cant think of many other occasions. Was his header against Sheff Utd or his shot against Wolves poor finishing?

Rosenthal's effort was quite impressive. You would struggle to do intentionally.

It was mentioned in the commentary in Saturday.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #905 on: March 09, 2021, 11:51:51 PM »
I don’t get the fascination with woodwork struck stats, don’t get me wrong, if it hits the inside and goes adjacent to the goal line you could feel hard done by, but hitting the face of the frame doesn’t mean a great deal.

Like another poster alluded to, sometimes a player can still hit the frame with “poor” finishing.

I get your point but hitting the woodwork has been fetishized since Brazilian fellas kicked oranges against palm trees.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #906 on: March 10, 2021, 08:28:16 AM »
All his goals have been when Barkley has been playing. That stat is still a little concerning. We need to strengthen in that number 10 position. It would be good to have a centre forward who drops off in addition to an attacking midfielder who can be pushed forward. That would allow us to play a variation of 4-4-2 when teams come to our place and park the bus.
wonder if we need to get someone closer to Watkins when Barkey isn't playing. A central midfielder might be the way to keep getting the best out of Watkins.
I would like to see a forward three of Ollie, Wesley & Jack as a starting line-up; with AEG-Traore-Barkley-Davis-Trez as impact subs whenever required & especially whenever other teams go down to 10 men

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #907 on: March 18, 2021, 02:03:59 PM »
According to the BBC has been called up to the England squad.

Well done Ollie!

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #908 on: March 18, 2021, 02:07:53 PM »
Well done Ollie.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #909 on: March 18, 2021, 02:08:05 PM »
Villa social media now confirmed it, great stuff Ollie!

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #910 on: March 18, 2021, 02:15:37 PM »
Excellent. An example to any player about working hard. Learning and developing.

Barkley take note.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #911 on: March 18, 2021, 02:31:09 PM »
Well deserved, has ha da great season.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #912 on: March 18, 2021, 02:55:32 PM »
Excellent news, sure that’ll be another few quid to Brentford:-)

Hope he gets some playing time in these games now

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #913 on: March 18, 2021, 03:13:35 PM »
Oh this is brilliant. 
Made my day and huge congratulations to Ollie as its well deserved.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #914 on: March 18, 2021, 03:17:33 PM »
Congrats to Ollie on his international recognition. Enjoy it, but stay focussed on the Villa.

 


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