Pinebro Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 23 minutes ago, RichW said: Watkins is clearly saving his goals for a hat-trick at Anfield this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 36 minutes ago, RichW said: Watkins is clearly saving his goals for a hat-trick at Anfield this weekend. He's certainly due. 1 in 10 I think it is now in the league! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jas10 Posted August 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2023 1 hour ago, alreadyexists said: He’s currently our 7th highest PL scorer. He’s only 8 PL goals off Dublin’s 48 goals, and then he’ll be third… he’s 34 off Gabby’s 74 total… if he stays for another 3-4 year though he could be our all time top. I think the fact he misses the odd sitter, is a fair comment, but sometimes he only get in those positions because he’s very quick, mobile and has a great football intuition. So, although he may spurn the odd chance, there’s no certainly another striker would even get that chance in the first place. I’m desperate for Ollie to beat Gabby’s record, could do it in 2-3 seasons… Ollie is a much better representative or role model for the club… leagues ahead of Gabby at least in terms of attitude and work ethic… but just a much better player all round. Brings so much more to the team than just goals too… Now sign the flipping contract!!! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Jas10 Posted August 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2023 Team player… 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Good job its his favourite opponents next as he looks to break his PL duck this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 I thought he looked great against Burnley. Involved in everything and even his finished look crisp. It's just not going for him in the league. His finish from the Diaby cross was too well hit, if he scuffs that or over hits it he probably scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 He’s getting to the front post now. Previously he’d hide behind a defender for the crosses in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 He had two shots on Sunday that were xG of 0.17 and 0.37 and post shot xG of those were 0.86 and 0.87 which means he did everything right just the keeper saved it. Both of those are goals nearly 9/10. He had a very good game. He's playing well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 The vision and skill to pick out Matty for the first goal after a heavy touch was top notch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vive_La_Villa Posted August 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2023 (edited) I would say the fact we have scored 8 goals in 3 games and Ollie doesn’t have any of them is a positive thing. We are not reliant on his goals and his general play leading the line is excellent. Edited August 28, 2023 by Vive_La_Villa 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 8 hours ago, nick76 said: Not really an achievement though is it. I mean scoring 40 goals is not a vast amount for a regular team in the PL over thirty years, it says more about Villa’s record than anything else. This is a myth, there are plenty of forwards that are very mobile in the PL that would and do get on the type of chances that Ollie does. Do they do everything Ollie does? No. Do they do other things Ollie doesn’t? Yes. Do they do some things better than Ollie? Yes. Do they do some things worse than Ollie? Yes. He’s brilliant for us the majority of the time but he needs quality competition because he does have he off times but it’s a myth about him the only player that gets chances like he does. I think what is most frustrating about ollie is the times when he gets in a really good position but then fails to get a shot off or squander it and turns it into a low quality shot. Just as a finisher Ollie is probably around average, but we know he could be scoring more if his decision making was better and his final touch didn't so regularly let him down. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 I thought he was a 7.5/10, decent performance. I think his passing is actually slowly improving, but there were still a few of them that were atrociously weighted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 I'd like to see him on the left with Zaniolo central and Diaby off the right at times. Think that would murder teams tbh, with him and Diaby attacking the back post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 4 minutes ago, Tom13 said: I thought he was a 7.5/10, decent performance. I think his passing is actually slowly improving, but there were still a few of them that were atrociously weighted. He's really not the best passer. Especially the through balls because as you say his weight of pass is poor. He's far better when crossing than he is with forward passes imo. Maybe because that's how he was coached at an earlier age and he finds it more natural to do. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 He's been great so far, as he has been for nearly every game since Emery came in. I do worry about his contract though, we need to have a big season and even if we do there's a few clubs that could quite easily see a place for him, who wed be unable to deter him from. Arsenal his boyhood club are going with Nketiah and Jesus as their options this year, neither are as good as Oli imo and he could be an attractive option for them next summer. Spurs if they have a better season than us could have a striking void, he's an Arsenal fan but with players these days you never know. Man Utd again he'd fit and they're currently banking on Hojlund. Chelsea may decide to give him an massive contract to sit on. Hopefully we can convince him and get him to sign, or at least we are already planning plan B in a year's time. He's getting better year by year so as others have said it'd be great to see him get the record for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Only side he wouldn't immediately go into the first XI is City. Has some competition at Arsenal and Chelsea but would easily start for every other prem team. Villa fans really deluding themselves just because he's not got Kane-level passing or Haaland-level finishing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, DJBOB said: Only side he wouldn't immediately go into the first XI is City. Has some competition at Arsenal and Chelsea but would easily start for every other prem team. Villa fans really deluding themselves just because he's not got Kane-level passing or Haaland-level finishing. He wouldn't start over Isak. Not sure about Nicolas Jackson either. After that, you're probably right. But, there's a big gap between his level of passing and Kane's passing, and also between his finishing and Haaland's finishing, so they're odd comparisons. Not to say he doesn't give us an awful lot, but passing and finishing aren't strengths of his. Edited August 28, 2023 by Tom13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 On 24/08/2023 at 12:20, Jas10 said: What sort of made up stat is that? Is this some weirdo that thinks Gabby is our all time top scorer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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