Dave-R Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Well watkins did some Grealish duties on the left today I thought, he actually at times drew 3 leeds players. He's like a Wasp, doesn't stop buzzing around and it must be frustrating for teams to be put under that kind of strain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Oh. What a performance! Top notch Ollie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 If we can just strengthen him up a bit he’s going to be even better in the long term Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 He had a relatively thankless day today - getting battered around by the shithouse Leeds defenders. Still managed an assist and worked his arse off as always. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icouldtelltheworld Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Surprised this thread is on page 2 and didn't get many posts last night. Has been excellent for me for weeks now, he's always been lively and has a goal in him, but last few weeks he seems to have got comfortable with the physicality of the PL and is holding the ball up really well. An absolute bargain, just love him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Couldn't believe what I heard from Fay Carruthers on Talksport before last night's game, "and Ollie Watkins has got to put it in the back of the net, because he has missed some sitters this season hasn't he?" Link below from 19.55: https://talksport.com/radio/listen-again/1614445200/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 This guy is just awesome. Some lovely touches too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 1 hour ago, John said: Couldn't believe what I heard from Fay Carruthers on Talksport before last night's game, "and Ollie Watkins has got to put it in the back of the net, because he has missed some sitters this season hasn't he?" Link below from 19.55: https://talksport.com/radio/listen-again/1614445200/ I don’t really think he has missed sitters at all... If I have had one criticism I think there have been times I have said I think he needs to learn to delay his run a split second because of VAR which might have earned him another couple of goals, but he tends to put the ball in the back of the net pretty successfully. Odd call from her. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Hit the bar vs Burton in the cup Other than that I'm genuinely struggling to remember what sitters he's missed Him hitting the bar vs Liverpool for example is that a sitter? Did well to get anything on it imo, his 1v1 vs Liverpool is that a sitter? I think "sitter" is overused now, people say it for any half a chance that comes a strikers way, keeper pulls off a worldie but the striker should have scored and it was a sitter? Not for me 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May-Z Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 His main fault seems to be finishing one on ones. He's missed a fair few of those. Would never call them sitters though. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughable Chimp Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: Hit the bar vs Burton in the cup Other than that I'm genuinely struggling to remember what sitters he's missed Him hitting the bar vs Liverpool for example is that a sitter? Did well to get anything on it imo, his 1v1 vs Liverpool is that a sitter? I think "sitter" is overused now, people say it for any half a chance that comes a strikers way, keeper pulls off a worldie but the striker should have scored and it was a sitter? Not for me Definitely agree that the term sitter is overused. if we assume any missed chance that has at least 0.5xG is a missed sitter, then according to understat the only missed "sitter" he's had in the league is the penalty miss. Hitting the bar at Liverpool is only counted as 0.39xG. The next highest rated chance that he missed is the header at Palace that hit the bar.(0.48xG). Its at 52 seconds in the video below. You can judge yourself whether you'd consider that a sitter. Edited February 28, 2021 by Laughable Chimp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exeter Fan Too Posted March 1, 2021 Visiting Supporter Share Posted March 1, 2021 Shock! Talksport presenter talks controversial rubbish! Meanwhile breaking news. Apparently the Pope is a practising Catholic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted March 1, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted March 1, 2021 Eh? Sitters? Ollie has to be one of the better natural finishers I've seen at Villa for ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 19 hours ago, Laughable Chimp said: Definitely agree that the term sitter is overused. if we assume any missed chance that has at least 0.5xG is a missed sitter, then according to understat the only missed "sitter" he's had in the league is the penalty miss. Hitting the bar at Liverpool is only counted as 0.39xG. The next highest rated chance that he missed is the header at Palace that hit the bar.(0.48xG). Its at 52 seconds in the video below. You can judge yourself whether you'd consider that a sitter. That's a good example, personally I don't Done everything right there, he's done the keeper so bad that he hasn't dived meaning that when it comes off the post he's positioned to catch it He's made the run, he's hit it across goal away from the keeper with the right pace, it's unlucky Whether or not you think he should score from there is different, it doesn't make it a sitter, that for me is where someone's gifted him a goal and he's made a mess of it via poor technique or composure or execution, none of those are true with that chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooJung Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 21 hours ago, villa4europe said: Hit the bar vs Burton in the cup Other than that I'm genuinely struggling to remember what sitters he's missed Him hitting the bar vs Liverpool for example is that a sitter? Did well to get anything on it imo, his 1v1 vs Liverpool is that a sitter? I think "sitter" is overused now, people say it for any half a chance that comes a strikers way, keeper pulls off a worldie but the striker should have scored and it was a sitter? Not for me I don't know if they pass as sitter, but a few "should've scored" chances that come to mind are as you said hitting the bar against Liverpool, a chance against West Ham away and a couple 1vs1 against palace. There might be a few more, but overall not too many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 (edited) I don't think he's missed many "sitters" or clear-cut chances, if anything I've seen strikers more prolific than him miss more of them this season such as Vardy (speaks to his quality the amount of chances/goals he still has regardless though). The only real criticism on that front I could have of Watkins is that he doesn't have a huge amount of those half-chance type of goals you see the more ruthless strikers add up over the course of a season. That's how forwards who are at that next level rack up 20+ on a consistent basis. At the rate he's improved at though it wouldn't surprise me if that gradually become more prominent in his game and we really saw him kick on even further. Even if he doesn't it doesn't really matter though, it's not like he has a paltry total so far and you'd probably expect him to finish on around the 15 mark in the league, which combined with how much he's improved not only our general forward play but pressing out of possession as well would prove him to be a huge success. Edited March 1, 2021 by Indigo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 He's just getting better and better. I'm backing him to get 20 goals next season. Great team player, great attitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 15 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: He's just getting better and better. I'm backing him to get 20 goals next season. Great team player, great attitude. I'm backing him to get them this season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) I thought he was dreadful tonight. Looks drained and knackered. I really think he's needs a rest but unfortunately isn't going to get one. Poor having no real cover for him tbh. Edited March 3, 2021 by avfc1982am 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Just now, avfc1982am said: I thought he was dreadful tonight. Looks drained and knackered. I really think he's needs a rest but unfortunately is going to get one. Poor having no real cover for him tbh. He got no service from anybody, no through balls, no decent crosses, no nothing...I thought he look dejected as time went on. He was given nothing tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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