Ollie Watkins

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Took his goal well and missed a bit of a sitter but other than that I don't recall him doing much more. Like all strikers he needs good service and apart from the above he got very little. Spare a thought for Ings, he touched the ball 10 times and made 4 passes in his time on the pitch.

[Ian.]

Took his goal well and missed a bit of a sitter but other than that I don't recall him doing much more. Like all strikers he needs good service and apart from the above he got very little. Spare a thought for Ings, he touched the ball 10 times and made 4 passes in his time on the pitch.

Prior to Emery Ollie would be working like mad, closing down, forcing errors but not taking his chances. He maybe less involved but I’d rather take this version, his goal tally is looking good. Unfortunately he may miss the odd stinker, but this that don’t are your Kanes of this world.

I’m so please for him he’s back amongst the goals.

[brontebilly]

Took his goal well and missed a bit of a sitter but other than that I don't recall him doing much more. Like all strikers he needs good service and apart from the above he got very little. Spare a thought for Ings, he touched the ball 10 times and made 4 passes in his time on the pitch.

Ings vindicated our decision to let him go with his performance.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Took his goal well and missed a bit of a sitter but other than that I don't recall him doing much more. Like all strikers he needs good service and apart from the above he got very little. Spare a thought for Ings, he touched the ball 10 times and made 4 passes in his time on the pitch.

Prior to Emery Ollie would be working like mad, closing down, forcing errors but not taking his chances. He maybe less involved but I’d rather take this version, his goal tally is looking good. Unfortunately he may miss the odd stinker, but this that don’t are your Kanes of this world.

I’m so please for him he’s back amongst the goals.

Prior to Emery he was a labrador puppy chasing a balloon. Now he's doing what strikers are paid to do - score goals. I was just disappointed that he got such little service, especially when you consider the number of times we had the opportunity out wide to put a ball into the box. We rarely delivered as we like to over complicate things which is a shame.

[Clampy]

Took his goal well and missed a bit of a sitter but other than that I don't recall him doing much more. Like all strikers he needs good service and apart from the above he got very little. Spare a thought for Ings, he touched the ball 10 times and made 4 passes in his time on the pitch.

Prior to Emery Ollie would be working like mad, closing down, forcing errors but not taking his chances. He maybe less involved but I’d rather take this version, his goal tally is looking good. Unfortunately he may miss the odd stinker, but this that don’t are your Kanes of this world.

I’m so please for him he’s back amongst the goals.

Prior to Emery he was a labrador puppy chasing a balloon. Now he's doing what strikers are paid to do - score goals. I was just disappointed that he got such little service, especially when you consider the number of times we had the opportunity out wide to put a ball into the box. We rarely delivered as we like to over complicate things which is a shame.

The first line of that post is just ridiculous. It's almost as if he didn't score any goals whilst he didn't chase anything.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Compared to how he's playing now I think it's a pretty fair reflection. Of course, you may choose to disagree.

[ez]

Took his goal well and missed a bit of a sitter but other than that I don't recall him doing much more. Like all strikers he needs good service and apart from the above he got very little. Spare a thought for Ings, he touched the ball 10 times and made 4 passes in his time on the pitch.

Ings vindicated our decision to let him go with his performance.

The reason we could hold a high defensive line is we knew Ings can't run.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Took his goal well and missed a bit of a sitter but other than that I don't recall him doing much more. Like all strikers he needs good service and apart from the above he got very little. Spare a thought for Ings, he touched the ball 10 times and made 4 passes in his time on the pitch.

Ings vindicated our decision to let him go with his performance.

The reason we could hold a high defensive line is we knew Ings can't run.

Haha! Good point.

[brontebilly]

Took his goal well missed a bit of a sitter but other than that I don't recall him doing much more. Like all strikers he needs good service and apart from the above he got very little. Spare a thought form Ings, he touched the ball 10 times and made 4 passes in his time on the pitch.

He had another great chance in the first half but his footwork was average and the WHU defender got back to clear. Needed to get the ball out of his feet quickly and get the shot away.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Took his goal well missed a bit of a sitter but other than that I don't recall him doing much more. Like all strikers he needs good service and apart from the above he got very little. Spare a thought form Ings, he touched the ball 10 times and made 4 passes in his time on the pitch.

He had another great chance in the first half but his footwork was average and the WHU defender got back to clear. Needed to get the ball out of his feet quickly and get the shot away.

True, there was that also. I'm sure Footy can fill in the details of what Enery has told Watkins to work on with his game. The two most important things though are he's finding the back of the net on a regular basis and he's getting into good positions, all that with very little decent service.

[Risso]

Watkins has raised his game well, and has added scoring regularly to his undoubted effort and all round running game. To really get to the elite level, he needs to add taking a higher percentage of chances. He's missed two relatively easy chances in the last two games, and if he starts putting those away he could be really special. He looked really, really pissed off to be subbed today, and put his arms out to Emery in a sort of "WTF?" way as he walked off.

[brontebilly]

Took his goal well missed a bit of a sitter but other than that I don't recall him doing much more. Like all strikers he needs good service and apart from the above he got very little. Spare a thought form Ings, he touched the ball 10 times and made 4 passes in his time on the pitch.

He had another great chance in the first half but his footwork was average and the WHU defender got back to clear. Needed to get the ball out of his feet quickly and get the shot away.

True, there was that also. I'm sure Footy can fill in the details of what Enery has told Watkins to work on with his game. The two most important things though are he's finding the back of the net on a regular basis and he's getting into good positions, all that with very little decent service.

I think he's getting plenty of service these days, hence the goal return, but his back to goal work has improved immeasurably too. Goals bring confidence too I guess, he has missed two absolute sitters in the last two games (possibly a third in the first half v Everton that I'm struggling to remember) but it's not impacting him at all. 

[eamonn]

That chance he missed was more difficult than it looked. He has so little room to swivel and the keeper is upon him, that a point-blank range save was pretty likely.

I think he's harshly judged at times, almost as if he's expected to score every chance he gets. We don't usually make more than two or three for him a game on average so his return is also dependent on service. And the header he did score was another difficult one too.

[RamboandBruno]

Our 11th highest scoring PL player, one behind Vassell. 3 behind Saunders and Carew who are next on the list.

Maybe its just me but perceptions and memory is a funny thing. If you said to me by the end of this season Watkins would of scored more league goals for us than such iconic players as Saunders and Carew, i would of found it hard to believe. For all the criticism of him, including my own, he’s doing something right, long may it continue.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Took his goal well missed a bit of a sitter but other than that I don't recall him doing much more. Like all strikers he needs good service and apart from the above he got very little. Spare a thought form Ings, he touched the ball 10 times and made 4 passes in his time on the pitch.

He had another great chance in the first half but his footwork was average and the WHU defender got back to clear. Needed to get the ball out of his feet quickly and get the shot away.

True, there was that also. I'm sure Footy can fill in the details of what Enery has told Watkins to work on with his game. The two most important things though are he's finding the back of the net on a regular basis and he's getting into good positions, all that with very little decent service.

I think he's getting plenty of service these days, hence the goal return, but his back to goal work has improved immeasurably too. Goals bring confidence too I guess, he has missed two absolute sitters in the last two games (possibly a third in the first half v Everton that I'm struggling to remember) but it's not impacting him at all. 

The goal return is down to better finishing rather than better service. Last year he'd need 3, 4 sometimes 5 good chances to convert one. Now he's converting one from two real chances. Yes, his confidence is obviously restored, Emery has gone public on how he likes him but in the back of his mind he knows he's playing for his future. Goals are the real judge of a leading striker and for all his tracking/running it means little if you're not scoring. Right how he should be happy that his hard work at BH is being rewarded.