JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Junxs said: His YouTube videos make him look a bit of a goal hanger, 6 yard box tap in merchant. But I trust Smith, so must be a lot more to his game. Gotta be honest, not really feeling the excitement here.. Have a look at the video I found and posted earlier in the thread. I noted that all the other videos I say made me fear that is all he was as well, as you. However, he actually has a wide variety of goals in the video I found. Right foot, left foot, headers, medium and long range shots. EDIT: Seems @Dave-R reposted on the page before this, Edited September 10, 2020 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Its a bit of a shame we didn't buy him last year for about half the price but thats the way it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Dave-R said: My concern is that in the videos Watkins has got loads of space,something that will not be afforded to him in the premier one bit. I have a feeling that if he does start to become dangerous is that teams will start shutting him down like they do to Grealish and do not afford him the time to play to his abilities. The way Brentford service Watkins was to send crosses in or give him the space he needs, I do not trust Ghazi or Trez to service Watkins in the slightest, they are absolutely horrific at servicing a lone striker. We so need to go bring in a RW asap, one that will draw players like Grealish does because that is what we will need to do in order to give Watkins more space. If all we got was one more player and that it was to be a RW I'd be happy or we will be restricted to working the left all season again, making us predictable and easy to shut down. Watkins himself may even have to do some level of evolving because theres a big difference between the Championship and Premier defenders, they just will not let him score like he did in the championship. If Ollie can adapt to the extra difficulty then it will certainly see us with a fantastic goal hunter and the money we spent on him will certainly show the signing of Ollie to be a super buy indeed. Possibly, but in doing that he will create more space for Grealish. Its all gravy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 38 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Strange he didn't say Maupay Why is it? He worked with them both every day and Brentford fans also seem to rate Watkins more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Seems to have decent ability to receive the ball well enough in a number of situations and a good sense of when to shield the ball, when to play it into space, and when to have a shot. Some of his finishing is good in terms of technique but more so in the awareness of the angles and decision whether to place his shot or whether to put his laces through it and rifle one at goal. I like that he scores a number of headed goals, because it shows he's able to read and anticipate the delivery from his teammates well enough to be in the right place at the right time. @KentVillan I think made mention of his runs and positioning and I agree I think he can anticipate play well and get himself into situations where he can be a proper threat. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 1 hour ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Have a look at the video I found and posted earlier in the thread. I noted that all the other videos I say made me fear that is all he was as well, as you. However, he actually has a wide variety of goals in the video I found. Right foot, left foot, headers, medium and long range shots. EDIT: Seems @Dave-R reposted on the page before this, Yeah just watched, actually he looks pretty decent there.. Whoever shared the first few videos needs to have a word with the mirror it's almost like someone purposely made those other videos to scare off suitors 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Watkins now been added to the FPL, £6m. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 49 minutes ago, It's Your Round said: Watkins now been added to the FPL, £6m. Yep, got him straight in as 3rd choice striker to replace Moise Kean. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 52 minutes ago, It's Your Round said: Watkins now been added to the FPL, £6m. Going in my team. Do we have a VT League by the way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 43 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Going in my team. Do we have a VT League by the way? There is one, I joined it a few years ago so don’t know the code. I think it’s in the OT gaming thread though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 5 hours ago, Dave-R said: My concern is that in the videos Watkins has got loads of space,something that will not be afforded to him in the premier one bit. I have a feeling that if he does start to become dangerous is that teams will start shutting him down like they do to Grealish and do not afford him the time to play to his abilities. The way Brentford service Watkins was to send crosses in or give him the space he needs, I do not trust Ghazi or Trez to service Watkins in the slightest, they are absolutely horrific at servicing a lone striker. We so need to go bring in a RW asap, one that will draw players like Grealish does because that is what we will need to do in order to give Watkins more space. If all we got was one more player and that it was to be a RW I'd be happy or we will be restricted to working the left all season again, making us predictable and easy to shut down. Watkins himself may even have to do some level of evolving because theres a big difference between the Championship and Premier defenders, they just will not let him score like he did in the championship. If Ollie can adapt to the extra difficulty then it will certainly see us with a fantastic goal hunter and the money we spent on him will certainly show the signing of Ollie to be a super buy indeed. I get that concern too, but then I wonder if we'd had someone that clinical up front at the start of last year when we created plenty of chances... things could have been very different. I would love better than trez and AEG, and hope we get at least one, but I do think it's not a complete disaster if we don't. probably being too optimistic to be fair though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 15 hours ago, Junxs said: His YouTube videos make him look a bit of a goal hanger, 6 yard box tap in merchant. But I trust Smith, so must be a lot more to his game. Gotta be honest, not really feeling the excitement here.. this also showcases some stuff other than tap ins (mostly), he actually looks fairly mobile, skilful, agile etc. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 For everybody worried that he doesn't score worldies from outside the box, he hasn't needed to. We've seen from his days playing out wide that he can definitely whack em in, but since playing as a CF, all he's had to rely on was his great movement to score goals, and he scored 26 of em! I'd rather have a player intelligent enough to know what skills he excels at than one who tries to do too much, but rest assured there's a lot more to Ollie's game than just tap-ins. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 1 hour ago, It's Your Round said: There is one, I joined it a few years ago so don’t know the code. I think it’s in the OT gaming thread though. @A'Villan sorted me with the code, cheers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Leeds claiming they passed on a chance to sign him, the bitter inbred little gnomes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 7 minutes ago, VillanousOne said: Leeds claiming they passed on a chance to sign him, the bitter inbred little gnomes! Christ, their fans are relentless with everything concerning us aren't they. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 9 minutes ago, VillanousOne said: Leeds claiming they passed on a chance to sign him, the bitter inbred little gnomes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, CarryOnVilla said: superb logic, spend 2 million less on a 29 year old who has better value than a 24 year old! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 who the f**K is David Anderson and why does he love Leeds so much? I thought reporters weren't meant to be biased? What a bitter helmet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 **** hell Leeds fans do my head in 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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