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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1815 on: May 15, 2022, 09:11:18 PM »
Do we not expect too much from Watkins and Ings? It seems every chance they get, even if it's a half one, they get slagged for missing it. Yet, I think their conversion % stats compare pretty favourably with the top strikers in the PL. Surely the problem is more that they don't get enough service.

Ings has had loads of chances recently, and mostly his efforts have been terrible.

Whilst this is undoubtedly true, I'd still trust him more than Watkins if our season depended on it (which it doesn't).

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1816 on: May 15, 2022, 10:02:49 PM »
Ings has looked woeful the last two games - he's got to hit the target with both his first half chances today.

There's also the fact that Ings is at the wrong end of his career and Ollie's only going to improve over the next few years as long as he gets the right coaching.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1817 on: May 16, 2022, 09:02:22 AM »
There's no point in Ings if he isn't going to score. Watkins contributes more and he did score. Drop Ings and play Coutinho and Buendia together from the start.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1818 on: May 16, 2022, 09:08:45 AM »
There's no point in Ings if he isn't going to score.

Yep, you don't get much else from him and the team as a whole is weakened. I think Ings and Watkins can work in "flat track bully" games but Palace were too good for that.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1819 on: May 16, 2022, 09:57:48 AM »
Ings has 6 assists this season, our joint-highest setter-upper with Buendia and 5 more than Watkins so he does more than score/not score.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1820 on: May 16, 2022, 12:01:04 PM »
Ings has 6 assists this season, our joint-highest setter-upper with Buendia and 5 more than Watkins so he does more than score/not score.

That's great and everything, but he's paid to score and he gets manouvered off the ball far too easily to boot.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1821 on: May 16, 2022, 03:41:52 PM »
Maybe, but he's more involved than he's given credit for.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1822 on: May 16, 2022, 05:26:36 PM »
We have good strikers not great. I thought Ings would be way more critical and he's had those types of season. But he's missed too many as has Ollie. I think we need to sell one of them on, proabably Ings, keep Ollie and Cam as the back up to a much more clinical striker next season.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1823 on: May 20, 2022, 11:15:35 AM »
I like Ollie. Apart from being a very good professional footballer playing at top level he also appears to be a decent man. He consistently scores 1 in 3 which is good however we create more chances and we a 1 in 2 striker to move upwards in the League. Ollie is far too nice and is often bullied as he was in the last 3 games. We should keep Ollie as option on the bench.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1824 on: May 20, 2022, 12:14:49 PM »
the Wiki capture of Ollie Watkins would be:

Nice Chap
First touch terrible
Second touch just as shit
heading of the ball - what's that
Bootle - distinct lack of

Championship striker written all over him

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1825 on: May 20, 2022, 12:48:21 PM »
The thing I struggle with is that his first touch is poor and its not improving, why?

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1826 on: May 20, 2022, 12:51:27 PM »
The thing I struggle with is that his first touch is poor and its not improving, why?

The thing I'm struggling with is that it was fine last season.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1827 on: May 20, 2022, 12:59:16 PM »
The thing I struggle with is that his first touch is poor and its not improving, why?

The thing I'm struggling with is that it was fine last season.

He's never been the same since the birth of his daughter. He brought her out onto the pitch last night. If I'd been there I'd have booed her.

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Re: Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa & England)
« Reply #1828 on: May 20, 2022, 03:22:29 PM »
The thing I struggle with is that his first touch is poor and its not improving, why?

The thing I'm struggling with is that it was fine last season.

He's never been the same since the birth of his daughter. He brought her out onto the pitch last night. If I'd been there I'd have booed her.
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