Ollie Watkins

[Clampy]

Yep, he was missed today.

[Somniloquism]

It's strange enough to criticise him whenever he plays, to find a way to do it when he's out injured is utterly bizarre.

Did you even read the thread?

Someone said we missed him. I don't think we did.

You stated it as an absolute fact.

It’s also quite weird in the context of being our Premier League record goal scorer who famously does really well against Brentford (nearly a goal a game from memory).

And Tammy has now played four times against Brentford and his team have never scored......

[Nunkin1965]

It's strange enough to criticise him whenever he plays, to find a way to do it when he's out injured is utterly bizarre.

Did you even read the thread?

Someone said we missed him. I don't think we did.

You stated it as an absolute fact.

It’s also quite weird in the context of being our Premier League record goal scorer who famously does really well against Brentford (nearly a goal a game from memory).

And Tammy has now played four times against Brentford and his team have never scored......

So its likely that Ollie would have had a chance of making a difference then?
Now we've established a few facts.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Would have been nice to have had him with Tammy today as a bit of something different with his pace and the way he works centre half.

I thought Tammy did well to mark himself out the game today, stuck himself to the centre half with superglue, something I've often accused Watkins of doing but more recently Watkins will leave his marker and drift over to the left to receive a ball. Not sure how that would have worked today with Maatsen, Sancho and bloody Rogers all occupying that space.

As often the case with Watkins, the service to Tammy today was at best poor.

[Percy McCarthy]

It's strange enough to criticise him whenever he plays, to find a way to do it when he's out injured is utterly bizarre.

Did you even read the thread?

Someone said we missed him. I don't think we did.

You stated it as an absolute fact.

It’s also quite weird in the context of being our Premier League record goal scorer who famously does really well against Brentford (nearly a goal a game from memory).

It’s properly weird, completely dismissing the possibility that our most prolific goalscorer of the Premier League era might have scored a goal, while playing alongside players who were his team-mates for years, who’ve set him up for many of them, like Rogers, Bailey and Luiz.

[Nunkin1965]

It's strange enough to criticise him whenever he plays, to find a way to do it when he's out injured is utterly bizarre.

Did you even read the thread?

Someone said we missed him. I don't think we did.

You stated it as an absolute fact.

It’s also quite weird in the context of being our Premier League record goal scorer who famously does really well against Brentford (nearly a goal a game from memory).

It’s properly weird, completely dismissing the possibility that our most prolific goalscorer of the Premier League era might have scored a goal, while playing alongside players who were his team-mates for years, who’ve set him up for many of them, like Rogers, Bailey and Luiz.

Fact is that if he'd have scored the winner today somebody would have had issues with it.

[Smirker]

It's strange enough to criticise him whenever he plays, to find a way to do it when he's out injured is utterly bizarre.

Did you even read the thread?

Someone said we missed him. I don't think we did.

You stated it as an absolute fact.

So did the original poster.

[Smirker]

Yep, he was missed today.

You've stated this as absolute fact!

[BoVillan esq]

lets get Ollie back as soon as possible, he may not be the ace in the hole when it comes to scoring but he certainly pins teams back and keeps them thinking. We need him back, we need them all back.

[Monty]

Yep, he was missed today.

You've stated this as absolute fact!

Bruv, bruv. It's only his opinion bruv.

[Ian.]

Ollie is in good run of form and he’s started to score again as well as doing what he does best. It’s a shame he was out, he often scores against this lot and we really could have done with him today. Likewise with McGinn, Kamara and Tielemans, all very much missed.

[Smirker]

Yep, he was missed today.

You've stated this as absolute fact!

Bruv, bruv. It's only his opinion bruv.

It's bizarre!

[Monty]

Yep, he was missed today.

You've stated this as absolute fact!

Bruv, bruv. It's only his opinion bruv.

It's bizarre!

No I mean, he can state it how he likes. Man. Duuude.

Anyway, I actually agree that he might not have been all that useful second half today, but I think we did miss him a bit first half as we struggled to open up space on transition. Thought Tammy broadly did well though.

[Smirker]

Yes Tammy did well 

[Olneythelonely]

Of course we missed our all-time Premier League goalscorer in a game in which we lost 1-0. That’s not to say we would have won if he was available, we probably wouldn’t because we were shit, but it couldn’t be more obvious that it would have been better to have him as an option than injured.