Ollie Watkins

[Villan82]

Our fans criminally under-rate ollie Watkins. He is one of the best strikers we have had in the past 3o years.

You think Benteke was good? Well three seasons into his career with us Ollie Watkins is two goals shy of his total after three seasons (42 goals Benteke, 40 goals Watkins). He also works his socks off. Replacing him would take about £60m-£80m

[AV84]

Aren't the Euros next summer? If I was Watkins and had ambition of playing for England I'd be sticking with the team that has just had a very stable and successful season under an extremely well respected manager.

the problem is Southgate though and his love for players of the so called Sky6

Sky 6? That's Man Utd, Chelsea, Man City, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, and Al Ettifaq.

[paul_e]

Our fans criminally under-rate ollie Watkins. He is one of the best strikers we have had in the past 3o years.

You think Benteke was good? Well three seasons into his career with us Ollie Watkins is two goals shy of his total after three seasons (42 goals Benteke, 40 goals Watkins). He also works his socks off. Replacing him would take about £60m-£80m

Benteke did miss a big chunk of one of those seasons though. Overall record (including cups, etc) Benteke is 49 in 102 and Watkins is 43 in 116. That's still a good record but it's not even close to what Benteke did, and I say that as someone who rates Watkins a lot higher than many.

[charlatan]

I reckon there should be a list of who are considered the best penalty takers, whoever is on the pitch and highest in the list takes it. So for example, Tielemans is #1 and on the pitch, he takes it. If he isn't on the pitch then it's the second name on the list. Ollie should be a few names down the list.

Spot on

[olaftab]

I wonder if Spurs will make a move for him now they need a striker and have £100m in the drawer. And i wonder if we'd listen ??

Ah...a typical Villa fans post, inviting doom and gloom onto to ourselves.

[Steve67]

I wonder if Spurs will make a move for him now they need a striker and have £100m in the drawer. And i wonder if we'd listen ??

Ah...a typical Villa fans post, inviting doom and gloom onto to ourselves.

A perfectly valid question.  I’d hope we would tell them where to go.  Arsenal fan Ollie Watkins to Tottenham? Nah!

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Our fans criminally under-rate ollie Watkins. He is one of the best strikers we have had in the past 3o years.

You think Benteke was good? Well three seasons into his career with us Ollie Watkins is two goals shy of his total after three seasons (42 goals Benteke, 40 goals Watkins). He also works his socks off. Replacing him would take about £60m-£80m

Agree about the price and but let's not forget he'd scored 4 league goals up until the end of January last season. Feast or famine pretty much summed him up last season. It's why I think this is a really big season for him. He'll get plenty of quality service, all he has to do is put them away. Hit the ground running and I can see him scoring 25+ this season, I just wonder who's holding up his new contract?

[brontebilly]

It's a bit late now in the window to sell him when there's few opportunities to replace him. As mentioned previously I'd quite happily have cashed in and pocketed the money to spend on Gonçalo Ramos from Benfica, similar to Watkins but younger and technically better. Unfortunately he signed for PSG this week.

Big season for Ollie Watkins, I'm hoping he can be more consistent rather than the feast or famine performances we've seen in the past. The fact no new contract appears to have been offered and/or signed puzzles me. He's very much teacher's pet with Emery so I assume we want to keep him, is he the one holding out?

Watkins "famine" periods coincided with the disastrous signing of Danny Ings and the woeful efforts from Smith & Gerrard to accommodate them both. I struggle to understand criticism of Watkins really, scores a decent haul of goals, brings others into the play and works like a trooper.

[Le Lapin]

Hopefully no famine periods this season. He has a good team and coaching system. I think he'll have a belter of a season.

[Sexual Ealing]

He's been amazing to help us to where we are, but at the top level he's not a footballer. No brains in his feet.

[PaulWinch again]

Harsh - he’s just a bit out of form. When he’s in form he’s pretty sharp, he’ll come good.

[Risso]

He'll run all day, but Paddy's right, he just hasn't got the clinical edge to be truly top notch. His first touch today was absolutely horrendous.

[PaulWinch again]

It was but it isn’t always like that, which is more my point. He’s never going to be elite level, but he’s a good striker and when he’s in form he’s better than he was today. He’s comfortably good enough to play at the level we’re at at the moment.

[Risso]

It was but it isn’t always like that, which is more my point. He’s never going to be elite level, but he’s a good striker and when he’s in form he’s better than he was today. He’s comfortably good enough to play at the level we’re at at the moment.

We want to be higher than the level we're at though, surely, and to get there we'll need somebody a bit more consistent. It sounds a bit harsh after a 4-0 win, but he was far and away our worst player today.

[Aldridge Villa]

I agree , the clinical edge argument runs and runs season upon season with no sign of abating. Time for an upgrade.