Ollie Watkins

[Nii Lamptey]

That post match interview is code for I'm a Spurs or Arsenal player next season if me don't get Champions League - seen this s**t so many times when a Villa striker or midfielder get into the ingerland team 🙄

I tend to agree (*if we don’t qualify). He was an Arsenal fan growing up as a kid, and they have a giant striker sized hole in their squad too.

I still think we’ll snag 4th, and see Ollie adorning our 150th anniversary Adidas kit in the Champions League next season mind. 😉

[PaulWinch again]

Perhaps, I suspect he was just being honest in response to a post game question. He has a point, we’ve lost too many points of late from really sloppy and careless periods in games. Today was particularly stark but it’s not the only one. There needs to be better leadership on and off the pitch in these situations- like today after the first goal that avenue of attack should have been shut down and we should have taken the sting out of the game. I don’t think Ollie wants to leave, but we need to match his ambitions. That’s the same for a lot of players.

[taylorsworkrate]

He was absolutely spot on. At 2-0 we should have seen the game out with a minimum amount of fuss. Lack of leadership on the pitch as we fell to pieces.

[kippaxvilla2]

He’s just pissed off and I’m rather pleased he is.  Remember weight off the shoulders Lescott.  Fcukin love we have players like this now.  Remember when people not us who took the piss out of the fee.  £28m and rising looks like peanuts now.

[Risso]

Emery said something about how they were all upset in the dressing room, so I reckon there’s been some truths dished out by the likes of Ollie. Good, I hope he gave the defence an absolute roasting, and they respond accordingly.

We’ve been mostly been playing  badly for a while now, can’t defend whatsoever. Brentford’s recent away record is atrocious.

[VillaTim]

What's he worth now ? £100m ? I just don't see anyone paying that .

[ChicagoLion]

What's he worth now ? £100m ? I just don't see anyone paying that .

It’s rarity value, there are so few proven centre forwards around.
His heading ability has come on a lot.

[Ads]

That post match interview is code for I'm a Spurs or Arsenal player next season if me don't get Champions League - seen this s**t so many times when a Villa striker or midfielder get into the ingerland team 🙄

We must be the weakest minded supporters going. It's a marvel we have the ability to stand up sans anything from C1-L5. First sign of adversity? Crumble. No sign of adversity? Concoct one and then crumble. This loser mentality is deeply irritating as far as football or the city in general goes. That lot down the road are as bad, with their servile acceptance of their lot.

[PaulWinch again]

Emery said something about how they were all upset in the dressing room, so I reckon there’s been some truths dished out by the likes of Ollie. Good, I hope he gave the defence an absolute roasting, and they respond accordingly.

We’ve been mostly been playing  badly for a while now, can’t defend whatsoever. Brentford’s recent away record is atrocious.

Yep we’ve had a lot of this dreadful phases of games, basically since the game at fucking Old Trafford. It undermines all the good stuff we do. If we want to get 4th we need to switch the fuck on and show a lot more resilience and grit.

[AV84]

What's he worth now ? £100m ? I just don't see anyone paying that .

It’s rarity value, there are so few proven centre forwards around.
His heading ability has come on a lot.

Can't take penalties though. So he'll still be here next year, as the "big" teams battle to bankrupt themselves to sign Ivan Toney.

[Proposition Joe]

If we're weak minded as supporters, we're reflecting what we've seen on the pitch over the years. We're fed up of seeing Villa as a club shit the bed every time they have a chance to do something really special.

[Dave]

What's he worth now ? £100m ? I just don't see anyone paying that .

It’s rarity value, there are so few proven centre forwards around.
His heading ability has come on a lot.

Can't take penalties though. So he'll still be here next year, as the "big" teams battle to bankrupt themselves to sign Ivan Toney.

I reckon that Isak might be the striker that the teams above us are trying to get and Toney ends up somewhere like West Ham. Or even back at Newcastle to replace Isak.

[Ads]

If we're weak minded as supporters, we're reflecting what we've seen on the pitch over the years. We're fed up of seeing Villa as a club shit the bed every time they have a chance to do something really special.

Lowton scored that wonder goal at Stoke 11 years ago yesterday, so it popped up on Twitter. I was reminded of the players in that side as they mobbed him. They were really poor and low quality, so that's why we struggled. We now have a team full of high quality players and we're doing really well in the league. What a startling observation. The Birmingham Disease remains.

[Proposition Joe]

I'm sure he actually is not bad at penalties, but just got the yips when taking them for us for some reason.

[Ads]

We don't seem to have had one for an age.