Ollie Watkins

[darren woolley]

I'm so pleased for Ollie to score in five consecutive Premier League games is brilliant.

[Bad English]

I shall be at VP to witness number six, hopefully.

[Beard82]

So now that he's on fire under a new manager.... Are people still of the view we need to upgrade?

Maybe. Five in five doesn’t mean much if it’s followed up by only 2 or 3 more up to seasons end. If he can as FV is suggesting get up to mid teens then I’m not so sure he needs replacing and we have Duran and Archer evolving as back ups. What we need in an attacking sense is actually an upgrade for Bailey/Traore and a decision on Coutinho/Buendia for next year and if they “fit” with where Emery wants to go.

I think this is right - if he can continue his good form to the end of the season I don’t think there’s a rush to replace him - particularly if unai thinks archer and Duran will make the grade.   I think the real priority is in finding a better version of bailey, cay and konsa

[LeonW]

So now that he's on fire under a new manager.... Are people still of the view we need to upgrade?

I think it depends. Earlier in the season I was convinced it was best for all parties to have a change. Then Ings was sold and Ollie suddenly looked like the Ollie from the first season. Is it because he’s the main man again? Or is this streak the exception rather than the norm? Not sure to the answers but they’re pertinent to the future. I’d prefer him to be an option; horses for courses, etc. we do need another striker with different qualities for those opponents that let us have the ball wide and make us cross it. I see Ollie more as a player for away games and home games against the top sides. Not sure he’d be happy with that but we need more and better options to progress. Plus this could just be a streak.

[ChicagoLion]

So now that he's on fire under a new manager.... Are people still of the view we need to upgrade?

It shows up the dearth of centre forwards and how difficult it would be to replace him, so right now I would want to keep him but we need another option.
Manure have carthorse, today we saw how ordinary Callum Wilson is, only Spurs and  Citeh have great centre forwards.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Checking his stats on Wiki he has consistently been a 1 goal in 3 games striker with every club at every level. He is now right in his prime and if he can turn himself into a 1 in 2 striker for the next three years we have the top top striker required to break into the top six.

2014–2017  Exeter City   68   (21)
2017–2020  Brentford   132   (45)
2020–     Aston Villa   95   (33)
2021–     England      7   (2)

[robleflaneur]

Checking his stats on Wiki he has consistently been a 1 goal in 3 games striker with every club at every level. He is now right in his prime and if he can turn himself into a 1 in 2 striker for the next three years we have the top top striker required to break into the top six.

2014–2017  Exeter City   68   (21)
2017–2020  Brentford   132   (45)
2020–     Aston Villa   95   (33)
2021–     England      7   (2)

Apart from his final season at Brentford,he was used by them as a wide player,so his stats are pretty good.

[Percy McCarthy]

Checking his stats on Wiki he has consistently been a 1 goal in 3 games striker with every club at every level. He is now right in his prime and if he can turn himself into a 1 in 2 striker for the next three years we have the top top striker required to break into the top six.

2014–2017  Exeter City   68   (21)
2017–2020  Brentford   132   (45)
2020–     Aston Villa   95   (33)
2021–     England      7   (2)

Apart from his final season at Brentford,he was used by them as a wide player,so his stats are pretty good.

Yep, 302 games, 101 goals.

[Rory]

Ollie isn't perfect, but I love him. He's hard-working, creates so much space for others and seems like a nice guy. If he can stay in the goals and improve his first touch, he's a fantastic forward. I'd be delighted if he were to go on to overtake Gabby as our leading PL goalscorer, put it that way, and he's on course to do that.

[RamboandBruno]

Yes, i like him a lot. Limitations, but hopefully working with Emery can improve his round game. If he can continue his current goal scoring combined with his massive workrate, then he and we could have a very positive end to the season. And seeming like a food bloke helps as well.

[Bad English]

Yes, i like him a lot. Limitations, but hopefully working with Emery can improve his round game. If he can continue his current goal scoring combined with his massive workrate, then he and we could have a very positive end to the season. And seeming like a food bloke helps as well.

He's young and hungry.

[ChicagoLion]

Yes, i like him a lot. Limitations, but hopefully working with Emery can improve his round game. If he can continue his current goal scoring combined with his massive workrate, then he and we could have a very positive end to the season. And seeming like a food bloke helps as well.

He's young and hungry.

Nothing to be scoffed at.

[Mister E]

Yes, i like him a lot. Limitations, but hopefully working with Emery can improve his round game. If he can continue his current goal scoring combined with his massive workrate, then he and we could have a very positive end to the season. And seeming like a food bloke helps as well.

He's young and hungry.

Nothing to be scoffed at.

"Feed the Goat and he will score..."

[kippaxvilla2]

He certainly seems to be gobbling up the scoring opportunities these days.

[chrisw1]

Pleased for Ollie.  The amount of chances he was missing was overshadowing his good work - certainly I was very critical of him.  Now he's got his confidence back it's exciting to see if he can keep it up.  Lets hope he can stay fit.