Ollie Watkins

[Louzie0]

Sign the lad from Chelsea, alternate him with Jhon D and send Ollie to an island to completely cut off til Christmas.

With dire warnings about not appearing on SM as love’s young dream!

[cdbearsfan]

If their goalie hadn't made arguably the best save I've ever seen at Villa Park he'd probably have scored the winner yesterday and nobody would be worried about him. He'll be fine. Will score against Leicester and/or Everton.

[PaulWinch again]

It’s two games, I really wouldn’t worry too much.

[ROBBO]

Ollie is not a natural finisher, his strength and ability to run all day has got him to where he is. That little bit of finesse is lacking, he will always score goals but as we saw he will miss some easy chances. He will remember those two chances for  long time.

[Chris Smith]

Ollie is not a natural finisher, his strength and ability to run all day has got him to where he is. That little bit of finesse is lacking, he will always score goals but as we saw he will miss some easy chances. He will remember those two chances for  long time.

He might remember them but I’m not sure it will worry him unduly. He seems to have the character to quickly bounce back from disappointment and I’m sure he will soon be soon be banging them in again.

[The Edge]

If their goalie hadn't made arguably the best save I've ever seen at Villa Park he'd probably have scored the winner yesterday and nobody would be worried about him. He'll be fine. Will score against Leicester and/or Everton.

Best ever? Not for me. I've seen far better going way back and even our current keeper has done several better. His reactions were superb but Ollie put the ball at a perfect height and distance from his body to allow the save. A poor header from that distance when unchallenged and with half the goal to aim at.

[Goldenballs]

Yeah it was a very good save, he was up quickly, but when you're training keepers for that situation that's exactly where you'd put the ball. A bad miss.

[Risso]

Best save ever? I think not.

[Steve67]

Best save ever? I think not.

I agree. It looks great but was a lovely height for Raya to push away.  Poor miss, rather than a great save.

[Demitri_C]

Best save ever? I think not.

I agree. It looks great but was a lovely height for Raya to push away.  Poor miss, rather than a great save.

I gurantee if that falls to most strikers they score that. I couldn't imagine isak, hojlund, salah, toney missing that. Think it was a poor miss than the save

[danno]

It’s not a bad miss, because it’s going in. It’s a good save because nobody really expects Raya to make it.

Watkins could have placed the header, but the (actual) miss from earlier was probably preying on his mind and he opted for power.

[Meanwood Villa]

When I watched the replay, particularly the one behind the goal, it looks like Ollie should do better. But at the time, live in the stadium, it was definitely one of those "how on earth has the keeper managed that"

[Steve67]

It’s not a bad miss, because it’s going in. It’s a good save because nobody really expects Raya to make it.

Watkins could have placed the header, but the (actual) miss from earlier was probably preying on his mind and he opted for power.

I'd forgotten about that one danno.  Was an equally bad miss.  Hopefully, this makes Ollie more determined going into next weekend.

[The Edge]

It’s not a bad miss, because it’s going in. It’s a good save because nobody really expects Raya to make it.

Watkins could have placed the header, but the (actual) miss from earlier was probably preying on his mind and he opted for power.

I'd forgotten about that one danno.  Was an equally bad miss.  Hopefully, this makes Ollie more determined going into next weekend.

It was a bad miss when you look at how much of the goal was wide open to head the ball into. MOTD showed a graphic illustrating this and Shearer was saying that a top striker just has to put that away. I think we can trust his opinion on headers.

[john e]

It’s two games, I really wouldn’t worry too much.

He’s gone 7 league games without scoring now
his last league goal for Villa was Arsenal I think

he might have got one in the Euros as well