collapse collapse

Please donate to help towards the costs of keeping this site going. Thank You.

Recent Topics

Martin O'Neill: Ten years on by SoccerHQ
[Today at 11:11:35 PM]


Other Games 2025-26 by olaftab
[Today at 11:09:46 PM]


Ollie Watkins by Ian.
[Today at 10:24:57 PM]


Unai Emery by Louzie0
[Today at 10:07:15 PM]


Ex- Villa Players still playing watch by paul_e
[Today at 09:45:15 PM]


Loanwatch 2025-26 by eamonn
[Today at 08:33:19 PM]

Recent Posts

Re: Martin O'Neill: Ten years on by SoccerHQ
[Today at 11:11:35 PM]


Re: Other Games 2025-26 by olaftab
[Today at 11:09:46 PM]


Re: Other Games 2025-26 by pauliewalnuts
[Today at 11:06:07 PM]


Re: Other Games 2025-26 by Ian.
[Today at 10:30:19 PM]


Re: Other Games 2025-26 by Ian.
[Today at 10:28:43 PM]


Re: Ollie Watkins by Ian.
[Today at 10:24:57 PM]


Re: Other Games 2025-26 by Brazilian Villain
[Today at 10:08:09 PM]


Re: Unai Emery by Louzie0
[Today at 10:07:15 PM]

Follow us on...

Author Topic: Ollie Watkins  (Read 944391 times)

Online paul_e

  • Member
  • Posts: 37707
  • Age: 45
  • GM : July, 2013
Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #6645 on: January 10, 2025, 11:34:05 PM »
Just to mention Maatsen's shot might have been in the keepers control but Watson diverted it last second so it hit him and bounced off and Onana knocked it in.

Assuming you mean Watkins, it wasn't off him, it was the defender (coufal I think).

Offline Somniloquism

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 34280
  • Location: Back in Brum
  • GM : 06.12.2025
Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #6646 on: January 10, 2025, 11:54:29 PM »
In the ITV highlights, they do an extra slow mo from the camera in the goal, it did look like Watkins.

Offline tomd2103

  • Member
  • Posts: 15562
Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #6647 on: January 11, 2025, 03:30:56 AM »
Just to mention Maatsen's shot might have been in the keepers control but Watson diverted it last second so it hit him and bounced off and Onana knocked it in.

Assuming you mean Watkins, it wasn't off him, it was the defender (coufal I think).

Elementary.

Offline N'ZMAV

  • Member
  • Posts: 10380
  • Location: Kidderminster
Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #6648 on: January 11, 2025, 06:36:54 AM »
higher tempo play suits Watkins much more. This slow, sideward passing just doesn't suit him.

Offline PhilVill

  • Member
  • Posts: 719
  • Location: Carlisle
Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #6649 on: January 11, 2025, 07:15:30 AM »
100%. He was vastly improved in the last 25 minutes. This slow play needs bombed completely, it invites sloppiness throughout the team. We play high tempo, we destroy most teams.

Offline TelfordVilla

  • Member
  • Posts: 1321
Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #6650 on: January 11, 2025, 07:21:14 AM »
High tempo all season = burn out by March. Uni has it all worked out. Conserve energy until April/may then bring the heat

Offline Rigadon

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 9168
  • GM : 13.06.26
Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #6651 on: January 11, 2025, 07:34:28 AM »
High tempo all season = burn out by March. Uni has it all worked out. Conserve energy until April/may then bring the heat

I just posted something on another thread to the sane effect - same with the high defensive line, Emery is evolving the way we play for a reason. 

Offline PaulWinch again

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 55923
  • Location: winchester
  • GM : 25.05.2026
Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #6652 on: January 15, 2025, 09:29:24 PM »
Well done Ollie. Top man, worked his socks off as well. Missed that one he should have scored, but kept going and got the winner.

Offline Demitri_C

  • Member
  • Posts: 12576
Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #6653 on: January 15, 2025, 09:42:57 PM »
Thats why you need two top strikers. Ollie knows now he has to score and play better as he has duran breathing  down his neck.

Well done ollie great finish after the earlier  bad one. You more than made up for it

Offline Toronto Villa

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 58946
  • Age: 52
  • Location: Toronto, Canada
  • GM : 23.07.2026
Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #6654 on: January 15, 2025, 09:47:43 PM »
Fair play to Ollie. Missed a great chance early on but took his goal superbly. He knows he’s under pressure. He knows Duran is back. We need him on form.

Online Louzie0

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 16214
  • Location: wrangling jellied eels in the Albert Dock
  • UTV: I’m retired, hurrah!
  • GM : 04.03.2026
Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #6655 on: January 15, 2025, 10:01:51 PM »
Brilliant Ollie!

Offline AV84

  • Member
  • Posts: 7823
Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #6656 on: January 15, 2025, 10:14:21 PM »
How many more does he need to pass Gabby as top scorer? I'm pretty sure this time last year we thought he'd have done it by now.

Offline Villa in Denmark

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 12928
  • Age: 1025
  • Location: Lost
  • On a road to nowhere
  • GM : 29.09.2026
Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #6657 on: January 15, 2025, 10:25:32 PM »
How many more does he need to pass Gabby as top scorer? I'm pretty sure this time last year we thought he'd have done it by now.
Don't know about that but according to my commentator that was 50 goals in all competitions under Emery.

Which is some going considering we were turd when he took over just over 2 years ago.

Offline PeterWithesShin

  • Member
  • Posts: 76888
  • GM : 17.03.2015
Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #6658 on: January 15, 2025, 10:31:55 PM »
Ollie is up to 68, Gabby is on 73.

Offline Abbeyfealeavfc

  • Member
  • Posts: 3618
  • GM : 23.03.2023
Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #6659 on: January 15, 2025, 10:37:37 PM »
Another goal closer to being our top pl goalscorer! What a well-taken goal!
The combo of Ollie and Morgan shows how important they both are to the team effort.
Ollie getting in amongst the everton whiners probs saved Onana from a sending off.

 


SimplePortal 2.3.6 © 2008-2014, SimplePortal