Ollie Watkins

[N'ZMAV]

A cock jockey of the highest order. He could not just say that Ollie is in on merit dud to goals and assists this season, but had to try to be clever and say something a little demeaning

Total cnut

Less of the homophobic insult shite please.

Are you a bit bored today, Drummond?! People may have missed the black and white comment?!)

I missed it..... link

[PaulWinch again]

Fantastic news.

[Rory]

Hopefully pass Gabby as top PL goalscorer end of next season :-)

The sooner, the better!

Are we still allowed to call Gabby a cockwomble?

I reckon it depends on whether you think there is a verb, 'to womble', and what that would entail. The Wombles song mentions 'wombling free', so certainly the creators thought so, but did they clarify what it actually was?

The Wombles sort of salvaged/harvested things, didn't they? So could any male homosexual act be classified as salvaging or harvesting a cock?

If so, you absolutely can NOT say it.

[Richard E]

Fantastic news.

It really is. I know people moan about his first touch and his conversion rate but he’s been fantastic for us and he works his knackers off for 90 minutes.

[Risso]

Fantastic news.

It really is. I know people moan about his first touch and his conversion rate but he’s been fantastic for us and he works his knackers off for 90 minutes.

You certainly notice when he's not playing.

[Smithy]

Great news he's signed, hopefully put an end to the speculation for a while (though I expect it will come up again in the summer when he's got 20+ league goals and fired us into the Champions League places).

As for Gabby, considering he was playing as a forward for us when he was 19, and didn't retire until he was in his early 30s, the fact he only has 76 league goals is a bit of a disgrace.  Gareth Barry got 41 in roughly the same number of games, despite playing much of his early career as a defender and defensive midfielder.  Gabby is a fraction over 1 in 5.  The fact he's our highest premier league scorer says more about the fact we couldn't offload him than it does about how good he was.  He has a purple patch in his early 20s, but after that was distinctly average. But even average players can break records if they hang around long enough.

If he stays injury free, I'll be stunned if Ollie doesn't get more goals in five seasons than Gabby did in twelve.

[brontebilly]

Great news, Watkins, McGinn, Konsa, Mings all tied down to long term deals. Watkins has been a brilliant signing for us. Has him limitations but a very effective (and resilient!) player at the top level.

[Mellin]

I was a touch worried about this one. Excellent news.

[johnc]

Ollie Watkins' Villa record:

Games for Smith/Gerrard 89
Goals scored 29
A whisker over one in three

Games for Unai  38
Goals  21
Better than one in two.

Very informative stat.

[Ian.]

Fantastic news.

It really is. I know people moan about his first touch and his conversion rate but he’s been fantastic for us and he works his knackers off for 90 minutes.

Yep, bloody awesome news. Love him, he’s been superb for us and so crucial to how we play.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Glad he's signed and it puts to bed the recent speculation of him wanting out/looking/dreaming of other clubs. For me he has as many weaknesses as he has strengths but hopefully Emery and his team can help improve him. Five years is a big contract, he'll be 33 at the end of it, not that I imagine he'll be here to see it out but right now he's blessed to be playing in a great team that create lots of chances for him and with Diaby, he has a striking partner he's happy to play alongside.

Over to you, Ollie.

EDIT: I hope there's a clause in the contract that bans in during the next 5 years from having any more kids.

[N'ZMAV]

pleased about this, Ollie is the minimum level of striker we should have, without him we'd be worse off, with him we'll do well, with him and another we'll be great.

[Goldenballs]

Great news, we're so much better with him in the team than without. I was starting to get a bit worried that he might be off.

We still need someone to challenge him though when he goes on a goal drought. Duran isn't that man, yet.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Ollie Watkins' Villa record:

Games for Smith/Gerrard 89
Goals scored 29
A whisker over one in three

Games for Unai  38
Goals  21
Better than one in two.

Very informative stat.

1 in 2 strikers are a rare breed. Apart from Haaland and Kane last season, his ability to find the net is pretty well as good as anybody.

[john e]

Fantastic news.

It really is. I know people moan about his first touch and his conversion rate but he’s been fantastic for us and he works his knackers off for 90 minutes.

You certainly notice when he's not playing.

Yep we really missed him in those first 6 games

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