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02 Oct 2022 12:15:15
Expecting defeat today I just hope it's not a mauling.

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02 Oct 2022 13:45:52
That's the spirit whack! We'll miss Kamara but other than that same team that beat Southampton. Digne wasn't playing well anyway so let's see what the Swedish lad has got. 2-1 Villa.

02 Oct 2022 17:38:45
Horrible stuff so far, hopefully second half improves

02 Oct 2022 18:31:16
I wrote on here during the summer transfer window that we desperately needed an out and out goalscorer, todays game is a classic example of why. This team will be mid table at best unless we get a proven goal getter.

02 Oct 2022 18:35:54
Lucky if not in a relegation scrap

02 Oct 2022 18:36:31
Watkins just isn't good enough at this level

02 Oct 2022 19:10:57
Or we could find a manager who is willing to actually play our best player in Buendia in a formation that isn't completely outdated?
A manager who doesn't wait 20 minutes after a red card to take off a completely ineffective Ramsey to try and actually win a game.
It's too easy to say Watkins didn't score. Too often he does the right thing and nobody is within 20 yards of him. Haaland would look like dog turd if the rest of his team sat on the half way line while he tried anything with 3 or 4 players around him.

02 Oct 2022 20:07:35
Watkins is not a natural goalscorer at Premiership level he needs too many chances to convert one, we will make no significant progress if he remains our main goal scoring option.

02 Oct 2022 20:24:26
Watkins had lots of chances in the box today, either the keeper saved or he hit it wide. missed an open goal, he’s a shadow of himself 2 years ago, his peak has being reached and it’s downhill for him from here

02 Oct 2022 20:59:27
He definitely should have scored the Coutinho rebound. The other chances were far less clear cut and although he maybe could have done better it still doesn't mean they'd have been goals.
It's very difficult to switch when you've played half a game feeling like the other 10 men were in a different stadium, let alone supporting you around the penalty area. Ronaldo had plenty of similar matches last season where he missed chances in games where he spent most of the match isolated.
Coutinho and Ramsey both missed easier chances and yet somehow escape criticism?

02 Oct 2022 21:07:00
James Maddison playing for Leicester who are bottom of the table has had more shots and scored more goals as an attacking midfielder than Watkins allegedly our number 1 striker! It isn’t rocket science we aren’t going anywhere with him leading the line which is a shame because in fairness he puts in a shift but he isn’t clinical enough.

03 Oct 2022 06:32:29
And now compare his metrics in those stats to their players in the same position and guess what, he's actually better.
Maddison gets into positions our players don't seem to want to venture into, he'd be getting similar or better numbers playing off Watkins.
I'll spell it out for you one last time, if you're not at the top dominating 70% of the ball then the role of the striker is not what you're demanding.
Support strikers and attacking midfielders need to get into the same postcode as Ollie to feed off the work he does and this is where PC and JJ are massively letting us down consistently.

03 Oct 2022 16:42:46
I’ll bet you whatever you like Watkins won’t score more this season than he did last. That may be due to the system the manager wants to play but if that’s the way the manager wants to go then the striker in this case Watkins needs to move on. He will not be our No 9 next season

03 Oct 2022 17:04:09
Nobody will, Danny Ings only low scoring season before us was when he was injured at Liverpool. It's no coincidence that 2 strikers who scored plenty of goals previously suddenly struggle to get enough chances to go on a run.







 

 

 
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