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7 minutes ago, MotoMkali said:

Watkins has score 6 goals in the prem 2 with his head, 2 with his right and 2 with his left

That's such a good stat. 

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9 minutes ago, DCJonah said:

I think that pen last game has helped a bit. He was starting to look a bit shaky on confidence. 

Love it

He is still learning and adapting to the league. He will have dips and look like he is struggling but he will always bounce back.

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I like that Watkins gets different types of goals. People complained when he signed he was a tap in merchant. He is a lot better than that

Not saying he will get a similar career but had been comparison but he has already scored more than Vardy 1st top flight season

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Great that he turns up for the big games, last striker we had who could do that was Benteke.

Showed the damage he can cause drifting out to left today and creating space for Jack and Barkley to run into.

I'd still like at some point this season to have a run of games with Davis central and Watkins wider to see what that could do but I can understand why we're keeping things as they are.

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1 hour ago, Xela said:

Dublin's start was crazy. I think he may have missed a pen or had a few disallowed goals as well in that time. 

It was glorious. It was like everything he did was a goal. 

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17 minutes ago, Zatman said:

I like that Watkins gets different types of goals. People complained when he signed he was a tap in merchant. He is a lot better than that

Not saying he will get a similar career but had been comparison but he has already scored more than Vardy 1st top flight season

Hes younger than Vardy was too and if keeps learning and improving then theres no reason why he cant do something similar. 

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Loved listening to this the Pundits and how they talk about Watkins, they made him sound massive, like he is the next big thing.

Pretty much like I said about 2 weeks back and said I reckon he could be brilliant, not just for us but England to.

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42 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said:

Shearer raving about him on MOTD2 and highlighting some off the ball work. Some were saying he was poor in match thread. I just don't know who to believe

I thought he was outstanding and got my MOTM. A couple of things didn't quite come off but his work rate, hold up play, linking and finishing were all top notch. Scary to think he's only going to get better.

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1 hour ago, Kiwivillan said:

Shearer raving about him on MOTD2 and highlighting some off the ball work. Some were saying he was poor in match thread. I just don't know who to believe

He does the boring things well, which is more like an old style number 9 - closing down, tracking back, battling with defenders, so it probably comes across as lacking any input in the game. He needs players to get up and around him more though.

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I think people are saying he was not great up to the first goal because he did have a few missed placed passes and did look a little nervous but I think at the same time his hold up play was superb so over all I thought it was a decent performance without the goals but the finishing was outstanding so overall excellent performance from Ollie. Also I think the way he plays brings the best out of jack and ross

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5 hours ago, Kiwivillan said:

Shearer raving about him on MOTD2 and highlighting some off the ball work. Some were saying he was poor in match thread. I just don't know who to believe

He had a good game. He made some sloppy wayward passes early on which might have been where the people in the match thread were coming from. 

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Watkins is the complete striker for me, he’s got it all. Can score with both feet and his head, knows how to find space, holds the ball up, can take a player on, can flex his position to create a more fluid attack, he’s quick and powerful, and he scores penalties. 
 

He’s still learning so will be inconsistent, but when on form it all comes together to make one hell of a player. 
 

Such a nice lad too :)

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I’m at risk of getting lynched here but hold fire for a moment when I say, I wasn’t that impressed with Watkins last night until his chances in the second half. 

In the first half I thought he was isolated, not all his fault by any means, he at times looked a little raw and struggled to get in the game. I think this is a regular thing with him when he isn’t getting chances. But...

But when he does get a chance he is a predator and you always fancy him to score.

He has had a great start for us, the goals show that, only Dean Saunders and Dion Dublin have had better starts in our colours which is some stat, personally I think there is a lot more to come.

His all round game can develop significantly and he strikes me as the sort of character that will, if he does we have a real player on our hands.

Personally I’d love to see us bring in a specialist striker coach to work with him and Wesley because I feel both have a huge amount of potential.

 

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