Ollie Watkins

[sid1964]

Thought he was poor, got bullied by their centre halves, but there again apart from McGinn so were the rest of the outfield players.

[Smithy]

Thought he was poor, got bullied by their centre halves, but there again apart from McGinn so were the rest of the outfield players.

Far from his best game last night, and doesn't seem to striking up any sort of rapport with Diaby, but he was still just three inches from scoring a brace last night, and the disallowed goal was not the finish of a player low on confidence or form.  If your strikers are still scoring even when not playing that well, then the issues are probably elsewhere.

[chrisw1]

I thought he was very well marshalled by two excellent centre-backs who managed to block most shots at source.  But even so he put the ball in the net twice.  I don't think Watkins is the problem.

[AV82EC]

Agreed. He made some superb runs last night and worked their centre backs a lot but got no service from our spluttering midfield and glacially slow build up play.

[Paul.S]

Along with most others I thought he had a poor game last night. Hopefully that goal sets him on one of his goal streaks.

[Footy-Vill]

Goals + Assists
1.   Salah  22
2.   Haaland  and Watkins 18

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

Ridiculous the criticism Ollie gets.

Only two other English players have scored 10 goals or more in their first 4 seasons in the top flight in recent times.

Fowler and Shearer.

[N'ZMAV]

Thought he was poor, got bullied by their centre halves, but there again apart from McGinn so were the rest of the outfield players.

Far from his best game last night, and doesn't seem to striking up any sort of rapport with Diaby, but he was still just three inches from scoring a brace last night, and the disallowed goal was not the finish of a player low on confidence or form.  If your strikers are still scoring even when not playing that well, then the issues are probably elsewhere.

stats say otherwise....

https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/11/premier-league-2023-24-deadliest-duos/

[PeterWithesShin]

Currently the PL assist leader.

Goals + assists leaders this season

1) Salah 22
2) Ollie 21
3) Haaland 18
4) Son 17

[N'ZMAV]

Haaland has missed 2 months too - he'd be way ahead.

Ollie is doing ace

[Footy-Vill]

There are 15 games left and Watkins wants to score in every one. He said it himself in an interview after the Sheffield Utd game.

It's 11 goals so far.

I think he'll end up with 21 to 22 Prem goals.

[Olneythelonely]

People critical of him tend to be extremely quiet when he puts in a performance like that.

A brilliant centre forward.

[Monty]

[ChicagoLion]

People critical of him tend to be extremely quiet when he puts in a performance like that.

A brilliant centre forward.

You could also say that all the Ollie fans become noisy when he puts in a performance like that.
Why are some people so intent on criticising other Villa fans?

[Dave]

Fifth highest scorer in the league now, and five assists clear of the players behind him in second on that metric (14, with three players on 9)

Looking back, feels odd that it took him six games to get his first league goal and there were (quiet) murmurs about his poor early season form.