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Author Topic: Ollie Watkins  (Read 1394519 times)

Offline Keeno

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #2940 on: April 15, 2023, 03:27:56 PM »
World class striker.

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #2941 on: April 15, 2023, 03:32:53 PM »
Can't be many games he's played for us where he's scored more than once? Liverpool, today...?

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #2942 on: April 15, 2023, 03:34:34 PM »
Up to 8th in our top PL scorers list.

And since the World Cup he's scored the same number of league goals as Haaland. Although that could change later today it's still a stunning record.

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #2943 on: April 15, 2023, 03:36:14 PM »
Can't be many games he's played for us where he's scored more than once? Liverpool, today...?

Arsenal away, 3-0 win.

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #2944 on: April 15, 2023, 03:39:33 PM »
This is Watkins 2.0, totally different player.

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #2945 on: April 15, 2023, 03:42:33 PM »
Can't be many games he's played for us where he's scored more than once? Liverpool, today...?

Arsenal away, 3-0 win.

Ah yes.

Argument could be made that those three are our three best performances since promotion.

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #2946 on: April 15, 2023, 03:44:08 PM »
Less than 180 minutes per goal this season now. Equal with his previous best for us and top 10 for both goals and assists. All credit to him and the manager is a genius.

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #2947 on: April 15, 2023, 03:45:25 PM »
Arsenal away was superb. A proper battering at a hard place to go. Today was totally professional start to finish with every player playing at the top of their game. Jack was simply superb in those other two games, so we had that one defining player who stood out. But today we no longer rely so heavily on one player. It’s a complete management/team/squad effort.

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #2948 on: April 15, 2023, 03:55:09 PM »
Less than 180 minutes per goal this season now. Equal with his previous best for us and top 10 for both goals and assists. All credit to him and the manager is a genius.

When you consider he'd scored two goals in 14 games before the arrival of Emery, that's some serious transformation. As you say, both deserve enormous credit.

Offline Goldie.7

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #2949 on: April 15, 2023, 03:59:30 PM »
Finally beat his brace hoodoo after years. Happy for him and it's good for us.

Offline Neil Hawkes

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #2950 on: April 15, 2023, 04:02:55 PM »
When he was chatting to the BT presenters before the game, my initial thought was he was not going to turn in a good performance after the adulation he received from all 4 of them.

How wrong I was, could have had 6 goals today, but for the post, two great saves and a very close offside.

AND - apart from the goals, he was giving assists for everyone else.

What a transformation and a brilliant performance - has now surpassed Haaland, Kane and Rashford, over the same number of recent games - WOW.

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #2951 on: April 15, 2023, 04:03:17 PM »
14 goals, 6 assists and counting. What a player. Workrate has never been in doubt and he's getting the rewards for it now.

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #2952 on: April 15, 2023, 04:29:34 PM »
Can we get this man a proper song?

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #2953 on: April 15, 2023, 05:31:55 PM »
It would be great if he could break 20 Premier League goals before the end of the season. It's been a while since we had someone do that.

Offline levico

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #2954 on: April 15, 2023, 07:04:26 PM »
I’ve spent a very pleasant hour reading posts on the NUFC fans forum (highly recommended). One thing stands out - their respect for Ollie including a number of calls for them to sign him - some chance!

 


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