Popular Post Shay Posted April 21 Popular Post Share Posted April 21 (edited) To put into perspective how crazy Ollie’s season has been; he only needs 1 more goal to smash Benteke’s 19 PL goals record for us and 3 more assists to smash Young’s 14 PL assists tally in a season. Edited April 21 by Shay 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 His footwork is at a much higher level than even 9 months ago. Twists and turns in tight areas and then bursts of acceleration. He almost burned one of their defenders doing that but the ball just got away from him. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 2 hours ago, DeepDish said: I echo the sentiment of everyone else here. But would also add that he is an absolute gentleman on the pitch. He represents the club exquisitely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
479Villan Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 1 hour ago, PaulC said: It's more about the team surely. 20 goals is icing on the cake. Top 4 is all that matters. He wanted the goal, he's said he wants the golden boot. Keep in mind he said he wanted the golden boot last week, and then this week was handing out assists. I want him frustrated, that's a good thing for him. But he will absolutely see this weekend as a chance to prove himself against Cold Penalty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stevo985 Posted April 21 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted April 21 42 minutes ago, Shay said: To put into perspective how crazy Ollie’s season has been; he only needs 1 more goal to smash Benteke’s 19 PL goals record for us and 3 more assists to smash Young’s 14 PL assists tally in a season. He’s got the same number of goal involvements as KDB’s best ever season. Salah has only ever had one better season. Son and Fernandes have never had a season that good. He’s the player of the season. 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lapal_fan Posted April 21 Popular Post Share Posted April 21 Not seen the game, but seen he didn't score. I'm just going to assume he's already on the beach in Dubai and he can't be arsed anymore. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Pretty much the perfect performance without actually scoring today. His hold up play was beautiful to watch. Touch was perfect. A threat throughout with his runs off Zabrayni (who's a decent CB) and a couple of excellent assists. This is where he's improved so much from 18 months ago where a game without scoring would mean him missing a couple of one on ones and losing the ball too much in the final third. He's genuinely one of the best in the league now. Southgate needs to be sent to the tower and locked away if he choses Toney with his 5 games in 12 months or Rashford over him as that would just defy any logic whatsoever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 3 hours ago, DeepDish said: I echo the sentiment of everyone else here. But would also add that he is an absolute gentleman on the pitch. Yes I've been saying this too. A complete class act. The anti-Toney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: He’s got the same number of goal involvements as KDB’s best ever season. Salah has only ever had one better season. Son and Fernandes have never had a season that good. He’s the player of the season. Last season Harry kane had 30 goals and 3 assists, Watkins is hopefully going to better that this year with zero penalties. It won't have been since 20/21 that Kane will have had more goal involvements than Watkins in a premier league season and not since 2017 before that. I think it's fairly reasonable to begin questioning whether it should indeed be kane starting upfront despite his prolificness in the bundesliga. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 48 minutes ago, MotoMkali said: Last season Harry kane had 30 goals and 3 assists, Watkins is hopefully going to better that this year with zero penalties. It won't have been since 20/21 that Kane will have had more goal involvements than Watkins in a premier league season and not since 2017 before that. I think it's fairly reasonable to begin questioning whether it should indeed be kane starting upfront despite his prolificness in the bundesliga. Harry Kane had that season where he had 22 goals and 14 assists (had the most in the league for both), and somehow didn't get POTS. Ollie just needs 3 more goals and 2 more assists, but I fear history might repeat itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 2 hours ago, Keyblade said: Harry Kane had that season where he had 22 goals and 14 assists (had the most in the league for both), and somehow didn't get POTS. Ollie just needs 3 more goals and 2 more assists, but I fear history might repeat itself He won golden boot though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biskitt Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 (edited) In a weird way, I wonder if Troy Deeney recent comments about him might have inadvertently assisted us. Ollie seems like such a nice, unassuming bloke but wonder if the comments riled him up a bit and gave him a point to prove? He properly had the bit between his teeth in that second half and was virtually unplayable. I know he's normally pretty relentless but it was like he'd gone up another level again. The human psychology is a strange thing at times. Not giving Troy any credit for it mind, he's still an absolute bellend who's not fit to lace Ollie's boots. Edited April 22 by Biskitt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Willard Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Shame he didn’t get a goal. He was so desperate for it but fatigue from Thursday meant his feet weren’t working as quick as his brain wanted to. He is on course for golden boot, top assists and POTY. Imagine if he won all 3… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tom13 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 10 hours ago, Kiwivillan said: Bailey should've ushered the ball into the net to give Watkins 20 lol Would need some magic as it was going wide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Shouldn’t even be a debate, easily player of the season. Yet again, Unai has worked wonders and elevated a key player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pas5898 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 We should've kept Danny Ings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 13 hours ago, DeepDish said: I echo the sentiment of everyone else here. But would also add that he is an absolute gentleman on the pitch. Proud to say that we have quite a few of those (is this the most likeable bunch we’ve ever had?), a lot of it comes from the manager who is the best, classiest and most dignified in every way. Puts the others to shame. The more the players can absorb from him (inc character & personality) and his teaching/coaching methods, the better… Ollie has always been a throughly good bloke though and now he is a throughly class player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 12 minutes ago, Tom13 said: Would need some magic as it was going wide Blow it maybe? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted April 22 VT Supporter Share Posted April 22 That run to set up the third, and the weight of the pass for Diaby's goal- just exquisite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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