icouldtelltheworld Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 1 hour ago, burchy said: Needs to smash Gabbys record as Ollie is a proper striker and deserves it more. Could well have the record by the end of next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 10 minutes ago, icouldtelltheworld said: Could well have the record by the end of next season He could well have it by the end of this calendar year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YLN Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Just now, Mantis said: He could well have it by the end of this calendar year. He could well have it by the end of this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 How many more does he need to beat it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 2 minutes ago, Tom13 said: How many more does he need to beat it? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 He’ll get there with one more season in a Villa shirt. I liked his post match interview talking about Champions League fixtures at Villa Park 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Surely he's going to.bevome our first ever Premier League 20 goals in.a season player. 11 games to get 4 goals. A great chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 45 minutes ago, icouldtelltheworld said: Could well have the record by the end of next season He'll do well to get to 230+ goals that Billy Walker has for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 23 minutes ago, MaVilla said: I don't really get the list as it's missing players who have scored a lot more goals than thst for Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Just now, PaulC said: I don't really get the list as it's missing players who have scored a lot more goals than thst for Villa Same. Randomly got Jonny Dixon in but not Peter McParland who played in the same line up and had more goals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NurembergVillan Posted March 3 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted March 3 I've always thought he lacked consistency. Not the consistency of scoring every single week - very few in the world are at that level. The consistency of striking the ball, even in the same match. Sometimes a good hit, other times scuffed, dragged or mistimed. The last few weeks he's been hitting the ball incredibly true. Away at Fulham he absolutely cracked one past the keeper. Against Forest he struck one beautifully but just wide. His second today wasn't a pure instep shot, he curled it beyond the keeper with accuracy and pace. We know he tends to have "streaky" form, but I wonder if this is less to do with a streak and more to do with hard work. If it IS the latter, the streaky form will disappear too and he'll be scoring like Harry Kane. And if/when that happens, he'll have to be in that top bracket of strikers with the likes of Haaland, Kane and Salah. Which is **** incredible when you look at his journey compared to theirs. Go on son! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Just now, NurembergVillan said: I've always thought he lacked consistency. Not the consistency of scoring every single week - very few in the world are at that level. The consistency of striking the ball, even in the same match. Sometimes a good hit, other times scuffed, dragged or mistimed. The last few weeks he's been hitting the ball incredibly true. Away at Fulham he absolutely cracked one past the keeper. Against Forest he struck one beautifully but just wide. His second today wasn't a pure instep shot, he curled it beyond the keeper with accuracy and pace. We know he tends to have "streaky" form, but I wonder if this is less to do with a streak and more to do with hard work. If it IS the latter, the streaky form will disappear too and he'll be scoring like Harry Kane. And if/when that happens, he'll have to be in that top bracket of strikers with the likes of Haaland, Kane and Salah. Which is **** incredible when you look at his journey compared to theirs. Go on son! I don't think his form is any more "streaky" than any other striker. It's just natural that goals will come in clusters. Even the Haaland / Messi type strikers will have purple patches where they get 2 or 3 goals per game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 3 minutes ago, NurembergVillan said: I've always thought he lacked consistency. Not the consistency of scoring every single week - very few in the world are at that level. The consistency of striking the ball, even in the same match. Sometimes a good hit, other times scuffed, dragged or mistimed. The last few weeks he's been hitting the ball incredibly true. Away at Fulham he absolutely cracked one past the keeper. Against Forest he struck one beautifully but just wide. His second today wasn't a pure instep shot, he curled it beyond the keeper with accuracy and pace. We know he tends to have "streaky" form, but I wonder if this is less to do with a streak and more to do with hard work. If it IS the latter, the streaky form will disappear too and he'll be scoring like Harry Kane. And if/when that happens, he'll have to be in that top bracket of strikers with the likes of Haaland, Kane and Salah. Which is **** incredible when you look at his journey compared to theirs. Go on son! The finish for the second was God damn beautiful 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 4 minutes ago, NurembergVillan said: I've always thought he lacked consistency. Not the consistency of scoring every single week - very few in the world are at that level. The consistency of striking the ball, even in the same match. Sometimes a good hit, other times scuffed, dragged or mistimed. The last few weeks he's been hitting the ball incredibly true. Away at Fulham he absolutely cracked one past the keeper. Against Forest he struck one beautifully but just wide. His second today wasn't a pure instep shot, he curled it beyond the keeper with accuracy and pace. We know he tends to have "streaky" form, but I wonder if this is less to do with a streak and more to do with hard work. If it IS the latter, the streaky form will disappear too and he'll be scoring like Harry Kane. And if/when that happens, he'll have to be in that top bracket of strikers with the likes of Haaland, Kane and Salah. Which is **** incredible when you look at his journey compared to theirs. Go on son! I think it helps that he’s being played as a striker. His ability being minimum 7-8/10 in different facets of his game meant that both Deano and Gerrard used him in a Swiss Army knife sort of way. Here - go play wide forward, play on the right, play on the left, carry the ball, press like a madman, etc. But Unai, who has developed many an excellent 9’s clearly saw in him that yes you can do those things Ollie, but most of all - I need you to be in a position to score goals. So he’s still got a lot of tools to pull out in his bag of tricks, but he’s finally been told to focus on the thing that makes a difference - scoring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icouldtelltheworld Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 39 minutes ago, Xela said: He'll do well to get to 230+ goals that Billy Walker has for us You know what I meant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6065_Villa Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 He's come on massively under Unai and is looking the complete striker now. Really good attitude and hopefully gets the magic 20 for the season along with Villa finishing 4th. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Townsend Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 For me, him and Dwight Yorke, now, are out in front now as our two best of the PL era. Watkins is unreal. Another year like this and I will put him in front of Yorke. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 We are getting to a scary territory of calling him world class especially more for people that are desperate to sell him at any opportunity. I would be appalled though unsurprised if he isnt nominated for player of the year At the moment he is probably in the top 5 centre forwards in the world. Goals, assists, work rate, winning big defensive headers, he has everything at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheVilla26 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 (edited) Wherever we finish, whatever we do this summer, for me, making sure any offer for Ollie is met with a resounding no is the biggest priority. I would not swap him for any other striker on the planet. He does a bit of everything, I can't think of another player in his position who does that. To think I saw him play for my local side Weston-super-Mare when he was about 18, on loan from Exeter to where he is now, on the verge of firing us into the Champions League, is mental and a brilliant story. He also comes across as a lovely, lovely bloke in any interview he's done. What a player. Edited March 3 by UpTheVilla26 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 8 hours ago, Tom13 said: The finish for the second was God damn beautiful And he knew he was onside. He's become a very aware smart intelligent footballer. That's got to be down to Emery. Right now he's better than Kane but won't be in Southgates eyes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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