Ollie Watkins

[olaftab]

A sports announcer on radio said Ollie Watkins get his first England call up. Not checking facts obviously before  opening his mouth.

[eamonn]

I wonder were the contract talks being drawn-out to see whether he made this England squad, with his agent saying it's worth an extra few grand a week etc.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Always, always backhanded with that c**t.

The only thing missing was "and Toney is still suspended so I'm limited with choice". He's an absolute useless tosser.

[Pete3206]

Congratulations Ollie.

Konsa should be there as well.

[PeterWithe]

Yes you've certainly got to be careful picking players on form, so he's covering the bases by picking a load clearly out of form or not playing at all. Along with one playing on the equivalent of Rectory Park.

[OCD]

David Ornstein of the Athletic says that we're finalising a new 5-year contract with Watkins and it will be announced soon.

[Drummond]

Rachel Daly will be on that list soon the way she scores

I mean, it's right there in black and white, but whatever.

I took it as a promotion on how good Daly's scoring has been, not that N'ZMAV wanted her actually included.

"Rachel Daly will be on that list soon" is fairly black and white.

Don't bring race into it too.

[Drummond]

David Ornstein of the Athletic says that we're finalising a new 5-year contract with Watkins and it will be announced soon.

Ollie Watkins is on the verge of signing a new five-year contract at Aston Villa.

The England international striker has an existing deal that runs until 2025 with the fresh terms set to take him to 2028.

The Premier League club are in the process of finalising and an official announcement will follow.

Watkins has enjoyed a strong start to the season for Villa, scoring seven goals in 11 matches.

Though he went the first five Premier League games without a goal, he has scored four in his last two, including a hat-trick against Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday.

The 27-year-old has won seven caps for England after making his debut in March 2021, scoring twice, and was re-called by Gareth Southgate for the upcoming fixtures with Australia and Italy later this month on Thursday.

Watkins joined Villa from Brentford in 2020 for a then club-record fee of £28million and has gone to score 50 goals in 127 appearances for the club.

Villa are fifth in the Premier League and return to action away at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday.

The 12-minute burst that left Brighton with no way back
By Aston Villa correspondent Jacob Tanswell

Villa found it straightforward to pickpocket on the transition with Watkins, in completing his hat-trick, scoring his 50th Villa goal and delivering his most complete performance.

In front of the England manager Gareth Southgate, Watkins became the first player to score two hat-tricks in a season for Villa since Andy Gray in the 1976-77 campaign.

Watkins characterised how Villa blew Brighton away. Pace, directness and a structured role left Roberto De Zerbi wondering where “the true Brighton” had gone.

[Drummond]

A cock jockey of the highest order. He could not just say that Ollie is in on merit dud to goals and assists this season, but had to try to be clever and say something a little demeaning

Total cnut

Less of the homophobic insult shite please.

[tomd2103]

A sports announcer on radio said Ollie Watkins get his first England call up. Not checking facts obviously before  opening his mouth.

I heard that last night as well. 

[Risso]

A cock jockey of the highest order. He could not just say that Ollie is in on merit dud to goals and assists this season, but had to try to be clever and say something a little demeaning

Total cnut

Less of the homophobic insult shite please.

Eh?

[Yeltzer]

Looks like he’s signed it judging by the social meejah postings that have just gone up

[PeterWithesShin]

Aston Villa is delighted to announce Ollie Watkins has signed a new, long-term contract with the club.

The striker, who yesterday received a recall to the England squad, has now scored 50 goals for Villa since joining from Brentford in 2020.

His 15 goals last term helped fire Villa into Europe while he has reached double figures in each of his three seasons at the club – with seven to his name in all competitions so far this season, including two hat-tricks, the first Villa player to achieve the feat in the same campaign since Andy Gray in the 1970s.

A graduate of the Exeter City Academy, he spent time in non-league football with Weston Super-Mare before impressing for the Grecians and then Brentford.

[Drummond]

A cock jockey of the highest order. He could not just say that Ollie is in on merit dud to goals and assists this season, but had to try to be clever and say something a little demeaning

Total cnut

Less of the homophobic insult shite please.

Eh?

It's a slang term for a homosexual, also called sausage jockey, or dick jockey.

[Risso]

Oh. Just saw it as a slightly swearier version of knob jockey.