WallisFrizz Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Well it’s confirmed…we’ve amputated his leg and given him a walking stick. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa82 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Training with the team today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 (edited) The iron man continues! Remarkably resilient. Has only missed a handful of matches since 2016 Edited January 18, 2023 by DJBOB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Looks like he could start, maybe not play 90 but should start with possibly Duran coming on 60ish mins if he's registered in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 9 minutes ago, DJBOB said: The iron man continues! Remarkably resilient. Has only missed a handful of matches since 2016 Shame that why he doesn’t miss many matches he does miss a lot of goal chances… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Just now, nick76 said: Shame that why he doesn’t miss many matches he does miss a lot of goal chances… Yeah if he did, he probably wouldn't be playing for us at that point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 11 minutes ago, DJBOB said: Yeah if he did, he probably wouldn't be playing for us at that point! Mine was just a joke but taking your point seriously, does that mean the best we get is a non-scoring striker? I don’t believe that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 3 minutes ago, nick76 said: Mine was just a joke but taking your point seriously, does that mean the best we get is a non-scoring striker? I don’t believe that. No I mean that if we had the whole package, then the sharks would be circling. Until such a point that we are in Europe and competing - the Benteke's of the world - probably our most complete forward in the last 10-15 years - will be moved on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted January 18, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 18, 2023 1 hour ago, WallisFrizz said: Well it’s confirmed…we’ve amputated his leg and given him a walking stick. Has he been reading this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 (edited) 8 minutes ago, fightoffyour said: Has he been reading this thread? Putting footballers and reading together seems to be where you went wrong Edited January 18, 2023 by nick76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Thought he was brilliant today. Was causing endless hassle for their centre backs and then got a goal to cap it off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Ollie The haters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 1 minute ago, Indigo said: Thought he was brilliant today. Was causing endless hassle for their centre backs and then got a goal to cap it off. Just a standard Ollie performance to be honest - but he got the goal this time too. He's a very good lone striker IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustibrooks Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Love this guy even if he can be inconsistent, I hope he can go on a bit of a scoring run for us 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 I thought Watkins was great against Southampton. Worked tirelessly (as usual) but with some good hold-up play to bring those around him into the game. His finish was good and unlucky not to score with another header earlier in the game. Maybe a bit of a confidence boost for him too with Emery's comments in the week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermon Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Danny who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allani Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 I do think it will be interesting to see whether Emery can get Ollie to play just behind another striker. If so then I think it might resolve a number of issues: - We don't lose any of the work rate and pressing that Ollie does - If Ollie isn't our "main man" then I think he's under less pressure to score and that might just take a weight off his shoulders - He'll be more able to play facing the goal - so hopefully will get more shots away - With opposition CBs having someone else to worry about he might be able to find more space I could see him scoring more goals in such a scenario. It didn't work with Ings very often but I think with the way that Emery seems to want us to play, there are more options to accommodate this and it feels more likely that two "strikers" would be likely to work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Willard Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 He ran their centre backs ragged today. Good goal too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioVilla Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Give him something to be flanked by up the middle of the field and we'll be very happy with him. Puts in a shift and has the athletic ability to play big and strong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Let your praise be as loud as your disrespect 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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