Ollie Watkins

[Ian.]

Good assist yesterday.

Yes it was a superb pass across the box.

[Olneythelonely]

Good assist yesterday.

I've watched and rewatched the Ollie 'assist' and I swear he never looks up once for Cash - to my mind he's going for goal and screws it up. Luckily for us and him, Matty is following up on the far post. At the end of the day it's not really important, we won the game comfortably but we may not always be so lucky.

Wow!

[Mister E]

Good assist yesterday.

I've watched and rewatched the Ollie 'assist' and I swear he never looks up once for Cash - to my mind he's going for goal and screws it up. Luckily for us and him, Matty is following up on the far post. At the end of the day it's not really important, we won the game comfortably but we may not always be so lucky.

That's how I saw it ...

[Clampy]

It was a great run off the ball, took a bit of a bounce off his knee, he recovered and got to the ball again before the goalkeeper did and played it across. Looked like an assist all round to me.

[Taylor]

Good assist yesterday.

I've watched and rewatched the Ollie 'assist' and I swear he never looks up once for Cash - to my mind he's going for goal and screws it up. Luckily for us and him, Matty is following up on the far post. At the end of the day it's not really important, we won the game comfortably but we may not always be so lucky.

Wow!

This reminds me of that scene in American Beauty when the mother says to the girl “you know I watched you really closely, and you didn’t screw up once”.

[LeeB]

On Sunday, Douglas Luiz was marvellous, but on a least 3 occasions he tried a through ball that was cut out.

No problem, but I haven't seen one person mention it.

Like keepers, forwards are held to higher standards than the other players on the pitch.

[Dave]

On Sunday, Douglas Luiz was marvellous, but on a least 3 occasions he tried a through ball that was cut out.

No problem, but I haven't seen one person mention it.

This is just further evidence of your obvious and relentless crusade against Douglas Luiz.

[RamboandBruno]

Good assist yesterday.

I've watched and rewatched the Ollie 'assist' and I swear he never looks up once for Cash - to my mind he's going for goal and screws it up. Luckily for us and him, Matty is following up on the far post. At the end of the day it's not really important, we won the game comfortably but we may not always be so lucky.

That's how I saw it ...

Do we need a bit of stevie g, players looking each other in the eye before they pass??

Isnt football a lot of the time hitting the ball into the correct space?

[VillaTim]

Good assist yesterday.

I've watched and rewatched the Ollie 'assist' and I swear he never looks up once for Cash - to my mind he's going for goal and screws it up. Luckily for us and him, Matty is following up on the far post. At the end of the day it's not really important, we won the game comfortably but we may not always be so lucky.

That's how I saw it ...

yep same, i think he tried to dink it in over the keeper and got his angles wrong

[Risso]

On Sunday, Douglas Luiz was marvellous, but on a least 3 occasions he tried a through ball that was cut out.

No problem, but I haven't seen one person mention it.

Like keepers, forwards are held to higher standards than the other players on the pitch.

It's not comparing like with like though. Luiz played 51 passes against Burnley, and there isn't a midfielder in the country with a 100% successful pass rate, so obviously some are going to go astray. Strikers are there to score goals, and it's why they tend to be the most high profile and well paid players in the team.

[PaulTheVillan]

I'd rather Luiz occasionally try something imagniative than turn around and pass it back safely.

[LeeB]

There isn't a striker in the world with a 100% conversion rate either, even the cyborg missed from the spot on Sunday.

I wasn't comparing like for like either, clearly, from my last sentence.

[Lastfootstamper]

Good assist yesterday.

I've watched and rewatched the Ollie 'assist' and I swear he never looks up once for Cash - to my mind he's going for goal and screws it up. Luckily for us and him, Matty is following up on the far post. At the end of the day it's not really important, we won the game comfortably but we may not always be so lucky.

That's how I saw it ...

Do we need a bit of stevie g, players looking each other in the eye before they pass??

Isnt football a lot of the time hitting the ball into the correct space?

We always have someone attacking the back post now. Nobody attacks on their own under Emery. It's becoming instinctive for them all to expect a teammate to be there, wherever it might be on the pitch. He might not have known Cash was there, but I bet he believed somebody would be.

[Olneythelonely]

I just want Ollie to score every chance he gets. I also want every assist he gets to be perfect and be exactly what he intended, or at least what I think he intended.

[Risso]

For the first goal Ollie's touch was a bit heavy, but his speed enabled him to recover, and chip it towards goal. Whether it was an attempt himself or for somebody else to follow up, doesn't really matter. He was under a huge amount of pressure from the goalkeeper.