Ollie Watkins

[Drummond]

Him and Ings had about as much footballing harmony as me and the fit lass from the bakery down the road.

i.e. not nearly as much as I'd like.

Different rolls.

[Rory]

He’s flying without Ings…

Like!

Excellent.

[john e]

Him and Ings had about as much footballing harmony as me and the fit lass from the bakery down the road.

i.e. not nearly as much as I'd like.

Greggs !!  Thought they were called patisserie over there

[wittonwarrior]

Don't be fooled by a goal yesterday, he was awful again

[N'ZMAV]

He's good at running around though....

[brontebilly]

I like Ollie but I thought he was shite from what I saw. There was loads of space in behind their defence but the timing of his runs was poor. Let's hope the goal gives him a boost.

[PaulTheVillan]

Ollie is decent at times. But if we want to be chasing European places then he needs to be replaced.  Sometimes he just shoves his arse into defenders. Like our ‘club legend’ Agbonlahor.

We need better if we want to be better.

[PaulTheVillan]

Also, I don’t know why this gets to me. If someone else scores he looks so moody.

[paul_e]

I think some people have decided Watkins isn't good enough and he'll never change their minds.

Yesterday he won us the game and played a big part in pretty much every other chance we had. The bigger problem was Buendia and Bailey not using the space he was creating. If either of them had a good day we'd have won by 3 or 4 and Watkins would've played a big part in it. He didn't have enough touches but his job is to be the focal point of the attack and if the players supporting the attack aren't strugglnig that a really difficult job for anyone.

[paul_e]

Also, I don’t know why this gets to me. If someone else scores he looks so moody.

It gets to you because you've decided he's not good enough. I'm not saying that to be a dick but we've seen this many times, once a player is labelled as needing to be replaced he's moody (Ayew), too smily (Bacuna), etc etc.

[pauliewalnuts]

Also, I don’t know why this gets to me. If someone else scores he looks so moody.

It gets to you because you've decided he's not good enough. I'm not saying that to be a dick but we've seen this many times, once a player is labelled as needing to be replaced he's moody (Ayew), too smily (Bacuna), etc etc.

I can't believe Ayew still gets games in the top flight.

[Hookeysmith]

I said to the guys I watched the game with yesterday that Watkins had been so anonymous that expect him to pop up with a goal.

We certainly need to improve in that position but I would not be looking to move him on for quite a while yet

[tomd2103]

I think some people have decided Watkins isn't good enough and he'll never change their minds.

Yesterday he won us the game and played a big part in pretty much every other chance we had. The bigger problem was Buendia and Bailey not using the space he was creating. If either of them had a good day we'd have won by 3 or 4 and Watkins would've played a big part in it. He didn't have enough touches but his job is to be the focal point of the attack and if the players supporting the attack aren't strugglnig that a really difficult job for anyone.

I think people are saying that we have seen enough of him now to say that we will need a better striker if we are going to progress.  Like Buendia and Bailey, he loses the ball too often and stop promising attacks dead.

I like him and his effort can't be questioned, but he really needs to be an impact sub coming on to give some energy in the final stages games. 

[eamonn]

Also, I don’t know why this gets to me. If someone else scores he looks so moody.

It gets to you because you've decided he's not good enough. I'm not saying that to be a dick but we've seen this many times, once a player is labelled as needing to be replaced he's moody (Ayew), too smily (Bacuna), etc etc.

I can't believe Ayew still gets games in the top flight.

He's a hard-working chap, Jordan. Let's that mouthy bugger Zaha thrive and occasionally has a moment of brilliance of his own.

[OCD]

I think Emery believes he can get more out of Watkins. And if you look at his first season when he had the likes of Grealish and Barkley around him, he looked a much better player. In fact, some of the interplay on the left with Grealish, Targett and Watkins (like in the Arsenal away game) was excellent at times.