Zhan_Zhuang Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Watkins has great energy but today (against Leeds) he really should be scoring those chances. Ultimately it has cost us the win, he's previously played as a winger and just doesn't having the finishing ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 You know it's bad when even the armchair legends on the club's Facebook page are giving him shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted October 2, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 2, 2022 Terrible. Just terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Fond memories from the lockdown season and where I thought we were going as a team but the goodwill has run out. Need him gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Pure shit. Never wanted him here in the first place and now just utterly desperate for him to leave. How we shelled out the best part of £30m for this lad I’ll never know. We sure love to waste money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Poorllie watkins Nice guy just seriously not good enough. His game play is poor, his finishing is even worse and he often makes the wrong decision. Not sure whats happened to him but he has got worse as each season has gone on. Absolutely dreadful today 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 I'm not a big fan, but if I'm fair, he would probably be better under a decent coach, but he plays like a player learning it all himself. I mean to be honest who has Gerrard made better? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Surely he has to be dropped now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterDad Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 I keep reading that Ings can’t play up top on his own? Well given that we create very few chances per game, I know exactly who I want on the end of one of those rare opportunities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted October 2, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 2, 2022 8 minutes ago, Spoony said: Pure shit. Never wanted him here in the first place and now just utterly desperate for him to leave. How we shelled out the best part of £30m for this lad I’ll never know. We sure love to waste money. He did very well for Brentford under Thomas Frank, that's why, as you know. The signing made sense at the time, IMO, but he just doesn't cut it in the PL. I'm no fan of Gerrard, but I'm not sure there's evidence it's his fault. Some footballers just don't live up to their promise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bobzy Posted October 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 2, 2022 Think the slagging off here is massively harsh. His finishing has let us down today, but he's doing pretty much everything else right. Fair enough to say we need a better striker, but the whole "he's shit", "he needs to know we want rid" is garbage. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 37 minutes ago, bobzy said: Think the slagging off here is massively harsh. His finishing has let us down today, but he's doing pretty much everything else right. Fair enough to say we need a better striker, but the whole "he's shit", "he needs to know we want rid" is garbage. If only his finishing was his only weakness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, Tom13 said: If only his finishing was his only weakness. I think it's his major weakness (which isn't great for a striker ). His touch is sometimes off but he generally does the whole winning aerial balls/holding ball up/running channels stuff well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 He doesn't have any footballing nouse in the box. Will always try the most obvious play rather than varying his technique. He's incredibly predictable and it's costing us alot of points. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Marka Ragnos said: He did very well for Brentford under Thomas Frank, that's why, as you know. The signing made sense at the time, IMO, but he just doesn't cut it in the PL. I'm no fan of Gerrard, but I'm not sure there's evidence it's his fault. Some footballers just don't live up to their promise. I thought he was overrated and absolutely not worth the money, I did not “know” that’s why we were throwing obscene money at a player with one (maybe two?) good championship seasons. I don’t mean that in an I’m right you’re wrong way, I just never thought this was a good signing and think it’s just another in a long line of throwing far too much at average players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 He ran and pressurised their defence well and held the ball up well but his finishing let him down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Just as good as got ripped a new one on MoTD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted October 2, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 2, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Spoony said: I thought he was overrated and absolutely not worth the money, I did not “know” that’s why we were throwing obscene money at a player with one (maybe two?) good championship seasons. I don’t mean that in an I’m right you’re wrong way, I just never thought this was a good signing and think it’s just another in a long line of throwing far too much at average players. Sorry, meant to write "as you may know." He was quite the standout at Brentford, and as far as I know, Dean Smith was keen on his supposed versatility. 20/20 hindsight, you know? Overhyped is a fact, but I can see why that would be a hard thing to guess three years ago. But he's dropped off this year. If you look at his goalscoring, he's steadily declined since leaving Brentford. I just think the PL is too intense for him -- as it is for almost every striker on earth, actually. I sometimes feel like our recruiters or owners or whoever makes these decisions still don't seem to respect the quality and scariness of our own league. Watkins would be a superstar almost everywhere else on earth, I feel, but the top league in England is not everywhere. Edited October 2, 2022 by Marka Ragnos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wezbid Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 I'm not anti-Ollie but when there's Archer on the bench waiting to prove himself, give the lad a go and quit hanging on to your tallest striker to launch it up to. Ollie has a lot of good assets but he's not un-droppable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 3 hours ago, bobzy said: Think the slagging off here is massively harsh. His finishing has let us down today, but he's doing pretty much everything else right. Fair enough to say we need a better striker, but the whole "he's shit", "he needs to know we want rid" is garbage. I agree, it was only a couple of games ago that he was brilliant against City. He was also very good in 2020/21. I don't think he's the player to carry us to Europe, and I get very frustrated watching him at times... but some of the criticism on here is beyond harsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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