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Author Topic: Ollie Watkins  (Read 1296068 times)

Online pauliewalnuts

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #11880 on: May 31, 2026, 07:51:46 PM »
How many assists did Billy Walker chip in with?

Oh yeah, soz, forgot, they don't count know and they didn't count in 1926 either.

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #11881 on: May 31, 2026, 07:53:49 PM »
How many assists did Billy Walker chip in with?

Oh yeah, soz, forgot, they don't count know and they didn't count in 1926 either.

Loads I suspect, as an inside forward. Our Dad used to say Billy was knock-kneed, and defenders didn’t have a clue which way he was going to go.

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #11882 on: May 31, 2026, 09:16:48 PM »
How many assists did Billy Walker chip in with?

Oh yeah, soz, forgot, they don't count know and they didn't count in 1926 either.

Assists don't count when the subject is goals, no.

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #11883 on: Today at 07:56:46 AM »
Well, he’s not assisting people up the stairs is he?

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #11884 on: Today at 08:50:17 AM »
"Assists" is like a rubbish Top-Trump category designed to fill up the card.

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #11885 on: Today at 05:34:22 PM »
Well, he’s not assisting people up the stairs is he?

Doesn't matter.

When the subject at hand is scoring top scorers, assists aren't relevant

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #11886 on: Today at 06:53:28 PM »
True, but most people understand that talking about whether a striker is good or not takes a little more effort than looking at the top scorer list, that's the bit you've ignored for 18months.

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #11887 on: Today at 07:20:12 PM »
True, but most people understand that talking about whether a striker is good or not takes a little more effort than looking at the top scorer list, that's the bit you've ignored for 18months.

Strikers are judged on goals first and foremost.

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Re: Ollie Watkins
« Reply #11888 on: Today at 07:40:55 PM »
True, but most people understand that talking about whether a striker is good or not takes a little more effort than looking at the top scorer list, that's the bit you've ignored for 18months.

Strikers are judged on goals first and foremost.

Footballers are judged on their contribution to their team, of which strikers and goals is one useful metric.

 


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