a m ole Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 (edited) He’s everything you want in a centre forward. And when he’s not scoring, he does everything else. Credit where credit is due to Southgate or whoever helps select the squad for choosing Ollie over Bamford. He’s showing enough to claim second in line. Edited May 2, 2021 by a m ole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepal_villan Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 37 minutes ago, paul514 said: WTF has he done to be worth roughly triple what we paid for him? His value will have gone up but you need to actually look at the players that sell for upwards of 70 million, these are generally world class players. I like the lad but he is 40-50 currently lets be realistic. It's also about having a buyer. Who is paying 60-70M for him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 7 minutes ago, nepal_villan said: It's also about having a buyer. Who is paying 60-70M for him? The poster said 70 plus and yes, you are right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 4 hours ago, Keyblade said: He's so unlucky too, he could easily be on 20 goals right now but for margins of inches here and there or stupid VAR calls. He's been getting better all season too, he wasn't having these well rounded performances earlier in the season. I can't, wait to see how good he'll be next season. Thats such a good point. He might finally be the guy to score those 20 prem goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 With Southgate in the stands he’ll be going to the euros on that performance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 As great as he’s been and he has been fantastic, I suspect he’s the type of kid that’s going to thrive even more playing in front of a packed VP. On more than one occasion this season I’ve heard commentators say that you can’t fully appreciate his work rate watching on the TV. This kid is going to get so much love from the holte when we are all back. Fully deserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 4 hours ago, paul514 said: WTF has he done to be worth roughly triple what we paid for him? His value will have gone up but you need to actually look at the players that sell for upwards of 70 million, these are generally world class players. I like the lad but he is 40-50 currently lets be realistic. While maybe not £70 million, you have to judge players on what they offer over other players. None stop energy Continually pressing Always running the back 4 Holding up ability Decent passing and interlink play Decent finishing Potential to further improve Age Attitude Fitness/ lack of serious injury While there are hundreds who posses some of those qualities, he has all of them. There are not many of these around and the ones that are, cost a lot of money. Since we got relegated I was hoping we would sign him. Took our time and 28 million but we got him eventually. But like Jack, he is worth more to us than the initial transfer fee. The marketability, the international interest, it raises villa's profile which helps raise the potential for higher potential ceiling transfers. We have a back 5 that picks itself and will injuries permitting for the next few years. We have 1 midfielder in jack and 1 forward who again will be there for the next few years. Getting in 2 or 3 more players who will be of the same importance to the 1st 11 should see us competing for the 8th to 5th position next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 1 hour ago, DCJonah said: Thats such a good point. He might finally be the guy to score those 20 prem goals. Or at least get double figures Top signing. He has played every single minute for us so obviously will have the odd bad game and moments. But majority time he has been excellent and a constant threat to defenders. He must be a nightmare to play against. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 What are the rules around issuing cards? If Ollie doesn’t score that goal then Mason should have been sent off. He pulled him back and then slashed him down from behind. He committed the offence despite Ollie picking himself up and scoring. He didn’t even get a yellow card! In rugby he still would have been sent off for committing the offence regardless of what happened afterwards! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 2 hours ago, av1 said: As great as he’s been and he has been fantastic, I suspect he’s the type of kid that’s going to thrive even more playing in front of a packed VP. On more than one occasion this season I’ve heard commentators say that you can’t fully appreciate his work rate watching on the TV. This kid is going to get so much love from the holte when we are all back. Fully deserved. If our entire front line had his work rate and speed teams would think they're playing against 14 men. Ironically that would mean Ollie can do less work therefore being even more lethal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Nicho said: With Southgate in the stands he’ll be going to the euros on that performance. Hopefully I dont think he's as good overall as DCL at the moment or obviously kane but in terms of work rate, movement and pressing he's better than them If Southgate loves a press, like he suggested with his grealish comments, then he should love Ollie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onmeedson Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 He terrorised Everton last night and drew better performances out of other players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich192 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Absolutely love this guy. One of my favourite goals for a long time, don't think any other striker in this league scores that. Can't wait to see him live and give him the love he deserves. And on top of that, a humble, eloquent and beautiful man to boot. What a guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Just rewatched ollies goal man that was amazing persistence for the goal. Cant wait to see him with the fans behind him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted May 2, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted May 2, 2021 5 hours ago, av1 said: As great as he’s been and he has been fantastic, I suspect he’s the type of kid that’s going to thrive even more playing in front of a packed VP. On more than one occasion this season I’ve heard commentators say that you can’t fully appreciate his work rate watching on the TV. This kid is going to get so much love from the holte when we are all back. Fully deserved. Reminds me of big Dion. Until I saw him in person I had no idea how much physicality his play had. Strong af. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted May 2, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted May 2, 2021 34 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Just rewatched ollies goal man that was amazing persistence for the goal. Cant wait to see him with the fans behind him I also love how he stayed on his feet rather than go down for a pen. ‘Nah, bugger this, i’m scoring’. Great character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 8 minutes ago, HKP90 said: I also love how he stayed on his feet rather than go down for a pen. ‘Nah, bugger this, i’m scoring’. Great character. I would hope that this is one of the very few positives as a result of VAR. He's been on the receiving end of its bollocks all season, but in that scenario I reckon had he missed that the ref/VAR might have looked at the incident to determine if the blatant foul had an impact on the effort and made a call in Ollie's favour. Probably not, but just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 How many shots on target do we reckon Ollie had last night? Having a row with William Hill as they reckon it was only two including the goal. I make it at least three, the one on one with Pickford in the 16th, the goal and the one off his thigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Hes my Villa player of the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Just now, PaulC said: Hes my Villa player of the season Its been him emi and konsa for me. Targett just missin out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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