villa4europe Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 3 minutes ago, Sulberto21 said: Showed more in 11 minutes than Watkins has in the last 18 months. I was confident when he had the ball at his feet he’ll go past the defenders. Buendia and Coutinho will thrive if Archer is given a run. To be fair we scored when Ollie knocked down his header, archers could be classed as good defending... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 1 hour ago, MWARLEY2 said: Looked sharp and also has filled out even more. The difference in his physicality between now and 24 months ago is scary. He hasn't "filled out" he's just got fat from not running and being stuck on the bench constantly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Surprised there’s positive reviews here. He did nothing (everyone did nothing) apart from a terribly overpowered header across the box. That isn’t Cameron’s fault overall, but I didn’t see anything that suggests he’s up to doing anything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 2 hours ago, PaulC said: Should have gone for goal with the header. Think he had fears that Gerrard would stay in his job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 50 minutes ago, bobzy said: Surprised there’s positive reviews here. He did nothing (everyone did nothing) apart from a terribly overpowered header across the box. That isn’t Cameron’s fault overall, but I didn’t see anything that suggests he’s up to doing anything. Nothing that suggests he's up to doing anything? That's an odd way to word it. His purposeful dribble from halfway was more than Watkins amd Coutinho did for most of the game. Just a shame that dribble inevitably broke down when he actually tried to link with Watkins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 No beef with him, decent prospect… but people are pinning their hopes on him because the manager is making all the senior pros stink the place out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 8 hours ago, KentVillan said: No beef with him, decent prospect… but people are pinning their hopes on him because the manager is making all the senior pros stink the place out I dont think that is the reason. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 18 minutes ago, PaulC said: I dont think that is the reason. If Watkins and/or Ings were in form and playing well I would have no qualms about Archer sitting on the bench. I'd like to think that in that scenario they'd have been rested for the cup game, and we'd have had some 2 goal leads during which we get an opportunity to rest our senior strikers. (Ha!) The fact that isn't the case, means archer's absence is puzzling at best. Especially so given how well he performed pre season, how we decided not to loan him out, and how Watkins and Ings look like they could play for 6 hours against that Forest side without scoring. There's a bit of everything about people hoping to see more of Archer, and out of form senior pros is definitely part of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Felt like they weren’t trying to score last night. Nobody wants to be coached by Gerrard any longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post duke313 Posted October 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 13, 2022 Watkins has not scored since the Palace game in August, despite playing literally every minute. There is no downside to starting Archer, the worst he can do is also not score. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheVilla26 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Everytime he plays, he seems to find the net. You can't coach that but you can suppress it by not giving the kid minutes then expecting him to suddenly come on and win a game. He needs a run of games and I reckon he'd score 3 or 4 easily. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 We are wasting his development by not playing him. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister_a Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 On 10/10/2022 at 22:19, grobs said: 50p head Looked like a 50 million quid head when he scored that header vs Chelsea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allani Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 24 minutes ago, Mister_a said: Looked like a 50 million quid head when he scored that header vs Chelsea Ollie looked like a proper striker against Liverpool too..... But I do like how it looks like Archer reads the game. Just gives me that feeling that he's someone who will find themselves in the right place at the right time. Probably a bit more dependent on others getting the ball into the right place at the right time as well - but I am more confident in him than I have been about many others. Would love to see him getting more game time - but am worried that our scoring problems will mean that "tried and tested" options will get priority even if they are struggling. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 (edited) Give him a start! Edited October 15, 2022 by messi11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterDad Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Definitely worth a start - not expecting anything again from Watkins today, hoping but defo not expecting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Aren't there a few stories that he was injured, came back but might need an operation to fix the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Not on the bench, must be injured Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onmeedson Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Got groin trouble probably needs an operation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy54 Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Another one of our better players out for months after only playing a few minutes? What the hell is going on with our physio dept and fitness people? While we are busy sacking Gerrard, Purslow, all the coaches and Doris the tea lady, we should be firing the physio's as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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