Ollie Watkins

[pauliewalnuts]

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.

[Percy McCarthy]

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.

[Smirker]

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.

[Olneythelonely]

Well, he’s not assisting people up the stairs is he?

[German James]

"Assists" is like a rubbish Top-Trump category designed to fill up the card.

[Smirker]

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

[paul_e]

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.

[Smirker]

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.

[Dave]

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.