VillaChris Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 19 hours ago, lexicon said: Leicester are at a higher level than us with more games, so it's a lot easier to attract players and rotate them - that's a very big point. The issue we have is that managing a squad isn't easy and the better the players we have are, the more they're going to want to play and will be disgruntled if they're not. Ings is a very good player but the signing has left us with 2 strikers who should be first choice, neither would be happy to sit on the bench, and quite clearly 2 up front doesn't work so well for us. The point I was making is that you can't have a squad full of quality players that are all of equal talent because you can't keep them happy. It's not really equal quality though. Bailey has played at higher level in his career generally than El Ghazi has so he'll always start if those two are competiting for one spot, exactly like who El Ghazi was vying with for on the left side last season. And again Luiz at DM is simply a much better option than Nakamba. Think Ollie needs to have a look at himself if he's really playing his face. He's been poor lately and needs to remember he's playing for a manager who backs him to the hilt. Many others would've already benched him. If we're to ever get close to top 6 again soon we simply need two good strikers in the squad at least. Suppose the only odd thing is we went for proven one like Ings when generally the profile was perhaps more for young up and coming striker who could also play wide if needed like Alvarez who we were strongly linked with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 7 minutes ago, VillaChris said: It's not really equal quality though. Bailey has played at higher level in his career generally than El Ghazi has so he'll always start if those two are competiting for one spot, exactly like who El Ghazi was vying with for on the left side last season. And again Luiz at DM is simply a much better option than Nakamba. Think Ollie needs to have a look at himself if he's really playing his face. He's been poor lately and needs to remember he's playing for a manager who backs him to the hilt. Many others would've already benched him. If we're to ever get close to top 6 again soon we simply need two good strikers in the squad at least. Suppose the only odd thing is we went for proven one like Ings when generally the profile was perhaps more for young up and coming striker who could also play wide if needed like Alvarez who we were strongly linked with. That's pretty much exactly the point I was trying to make tbh. Agree with you 100%. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Why after every goal we concede is Watkins pointing fingers at everyone and making arguments. Why after every chance from a set piece is he mouthing off to all and sundry for I presume not doing their jobs. The guy needs to wind his neck in and STFU. He's absolute bad vibes atm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Was he shushing the crowd after he scored? Or was it aimed at a West Ham player? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Thought Watkins was our best player tonight personally. Great work-rate, held the ball up well and was unlucky not to get two goals. Perhaps his mannerisms were designed to have an impact on his teammates? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 I thought he was o.k. Nice finish and battled hard upfront. He is cutting a frustrated figure, he will certainly miss DS when he's no longer manager given the faith put in him during his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, rodders0223 said: Why after every goal we concede is Watkins pointing fingers at everyone and making arguments. Why after every chance from a set piece is he mouthing off to all and sundry for I presume not doing their jobs. The guy needs to wind his neck in and STFU. He's absolute bad vibes atm. I've not noticed this. Crazy. A poorly struck effort that was lucky to end up in the back of the net today, I feel quite a few of his goals have been like that. I don't doubt his effort and his energy, but technically, I'm not sure he'll ever convince me. Edited November 1, 2021 by Tom13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 5 hours ago, Xela said: Was he shushing the crowd after he scored? Or was it aimed at a West Ham player? Looked like it was to the crowd, but whether aimed at Villa or West Ham fans couldn’t be seen on the telly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 He's a starter for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enda Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 1 hour ago, briny_ear said: Looked like it was to the crowd, but whether aimed at Villa or West Ham fans couldn’t be seen on the telly. I’m almost sure it was at the Lower North which means 95% of them were Villa fans. Poor form if he’s making gestures as Villa fans telling him to get a move on or whatever they were saying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Rashford picked ahead of him for England. Guess he was always just keeping that space warm for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: Rashford picked ahead of him for England. Guess he was always just keeping that space warm for him. He cant really complain on current form not that Rashford has done much 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 5 hours ago, Zatman said: He cant really complain on current form not that Rashford has done much Rashford's played 2 games since coming back from his shoulder operation. But it's okay he plays for one of the big 4. Not that I would pick Watkins anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenda Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Is Ollie a sulker? I don't like his body-language at times, notwithstanding the lack of service we give him. Don't think Mr Conte will be looking to sign him any time soon though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exeter Fan Too Posted November 5, 2021 Visiting Supporter Share Posted November 5, 2021 13 hours ago, zenda said: Is Ollie a sulker? I don't like his body-language at times, notwithstanding the lack of service we give him. Don't think Mr Conte will be looking to sign him any time soon though. No he's not, nor has he ever been. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, Exeter Fan Too said: No he's not, nor has he ever been. Agree - such a strange narrative being invented about Ollie at the moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 (edited) It is the difficult second album phase for Ollie at the moment. He is also not used to playing in front of 40,000 fans at every home games post pandemic season. He was previously at Brentford old ground which was about 10,000 and Exeter's ground in which the biggest stand is called a cow shed. Edited November 5, 2021 by The Fun Factory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 9 minutes ago, lexicon said: Agree - such a strange narrative being invented about Ollie at the moment. It's strange only in the sense that he never has been a sulker. But he is definitely cutting a very frustrated figure at the moment,. It may be understandable given the paucity of service we've given him, but it is still very unlike him. Maybe due to new kid = bad sleep syndrome. Makes most people cranky I guess. Hopefully his flukey goal will give him some confidence for tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Whenever a footballer is spotted, once can be enough, with a bit of a face on because they're frustrated or annoyed, they have a 'bad attitude'. Especially if they're black. I don't make the rules. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 59 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: Exeter's ground in which the biggest stand is called a cow shed. Tone it down fella. Cow Shed's like the Yellow Wall down here in the Exe Valley... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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