Ollie Watkins

[olaftab]

A bruised knee? I'm no sports scientist, but a bruised knee is keeping him out for weeks?

However it's not as bad as bruised ego that kept many of players out of the team in the past.

[Footy-Vill]

OW made it through training but starts on the bench
Hoping he gets 30 mins or so Vs his old club.
Knows how to play them.
Think he'll score if he plays any minutes

[Ian.]

He’s on the pitch what 10 minutes and brings out two saves? He’s bloody ace.

[Footy-Vill]

Yes.
Quality wasn't he Ian.
Enjoyed how he fed Ings back and forth in our counter attack and ended with a left foot shot
To be honest there he needed to clip one into the middle
But he's certainly looking good linking and finding Ings.
Straightforward player is Ings so he'll be able to read and understand his play.
Felt Ings made Adams better last season once he got grips Ollie a level above so could be quite a duo.

[Ads]

Very sharp. Two efforts on target. Get him up top with Ings and Bailey and all of a sudden we're a bit frightening up top.

[SoccerHQ]

Thought he should've come on sooner.

Bit odd he's deemed fittest player at the club, plays all of pre season. Injured for two weeks and can only manage 10 minutes? (o.k it was a bit more given the extra 8 minutes).

Would've had him on at the hour mark, DS still has that to prove as despite being no more than average the game was still in the balance and there to be won.

At some point this season we will have 2-3 good options on the bench to win a game if we're drawing/losing but will they be put on with long enough to make an impact?

[CT]

Slightly worried when I just saw Watkins trending on Twitter.

I’d have hoped to have seen some shots of him training this week, unless I’ve missed it of course. Saw Luiz, Ings, and a few others.

We need him back “on the grass” as soon as.

[eamonn]

Why is he trending?

[OCD]

Probably because he's an obvious alternative to Bamford and Leeds fans are still pissed off that Watkins got called up before Bamford did.

[mr underhill]

lots of talk of him needing a hernia operation.

[cdbearsfan]

That's him out for two months, then.

[olaftab]

If so get it done straight away please Villa.

[Risso]

Normally I'd dismiss that as Twitter bollocks, but unfortunately this season where Villa are concerned the Twitter bollocks has turned out to be depressingly accurate.

[cdbearsfan]

Well, any bad news has.

[Brazilian Villain]

lots of talk of him needing a hernia operation.

At least that will solve the issue of how to fit both him and Ings in the team.