HanoiVillan Posted Thursday at 08:26 Share Posted Thursday at 08:26 Winning matches has a way of papering over issues with morale and game time and so on. Right now he's all the talk of the town despite only playing 300 or so minutes this season; the limited game time has done nothing to dampen his rise. He may be able to accept that trade-off in the short term, which hopefully can last a fair while. It'll become harder if and when we hit a bad patch of form, Ollie isn't scoring or has some bad games and is still starting ahead of Duran etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stevo985 Posted Thursday at 08:29 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted Thursday at 08:29 I think there's also a very good argument that Duran couldn't do what Watkins does from the start of games. They're very different roles. Ollie does a lot of things that Duran doesn't really have to do when he comes into a game so late. Playing 70+ minutes pressing from the front, working the line, supporting other players etc is different from coming on and chasing a goal I'm not saying he CAN'T do it. But it's different skills to what he's doing now 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted Thursday at 08:30 Share Posted Thursday at 08:30 2 hours ago, Delphinho123 said: He could solve all of our PSR problems in 1 hit. or maybe Watkins could if we can keep Duran...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted Thursday at 08:30 Share Posted Thursday at 08:30 1 hour ago, JuanCrablo24 said: Welcome to the Jhon Duran era! It’s his world and we are all just living in it. He's the main character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panto_Villan Posted Thursday at 08:53 Share Posted Thursday at 08:53 Yeah I sort of agree that talk of him replacing Watkins is still premature. He needs to start and impact a game for the full 90 like Watkins does before he can become our main man, and he hasn't proved he can do it yet (although I'm not saying that he won't be able to). I'm also convinced he'll be trying to get out of here the moment he gets a whiff of one of the "big" clubs putting in an offer, so I'd be a bit hesitant making him our main man for that reason too. Whereas I think most of our other players are sensible enough to think long and hard before moving to another club, even if it has a bigger reputation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted Thursday at 09:11 Share Posted Thursday at 09:11 Trying not to get too attached, next opportunity he gets he'll kick up a fuss I think. Already interviewed last night that Bayern is his dream club. Enjoy him while we can and hopefully he keeps up this form and earns up a large amount of cash. No way should he be starting ahead of Watkins as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted Thursday at 09:27 Share Posted Thursday at 09:27 Multilingual interview. Jhon heaps praise on Unai heavily and his importance. Stressed that Unai has learnt to “guide him”. He's very happy working with Unai right now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tomaszk Posted Thursday at 09:32 Popular Post Share Posted Thursday at 09:32 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: I think there's also a very good argument that Duran couldn't do what Watkins does from the start of games. They're very different roles. Ollie does a lot of things that Duran doesn't really have to do when he comes into a game so late. Playing 70+ minutes pressing from the front, working the line, supporting other players etc is different from coming on and chasing a goal I'm not saying he CAN'T do it. But it's different skills to what he's doing now 100%. It's tireless, often unrewarding work. I hope Jhon is shown and understands this if he's still being sat in the huge matches, which I expect. Physically, he can probably do it. Mentally though...many would struggle. Tough old night getting fouled and booted by fresh defenders with barely even a free-kick being given back to you. Watkins is literally up with the best in the world at this. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted Thursday at 10:10 VT Supporter Share Posted Thursday at 10:10 Any good links to the goal? I was just wanting to watch it about 50 times while I have a tea break but there's loads of chancers who've made clickbait bullshit that have made it hard to find... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted Thursday at 10:14 VT Supporter Share Posted Thursday at 10:14 3 minutes ago, romavillan said: Any good links to the goal? I was just wanting to watch it about 50 times while I have a tea break but there's loads of chancers who've made clickbait bullshit that have made it hard to find... Found it on a full matches and highlights type site. So don't post links in case it's naughty. got another 40 odd views to get through, back later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted Thursday at 10:23 Share Posted Thursday at 10:23 11 minutes ago, romavillan said: Any good links to the goal? I was just wanting to watch it about 50 times while I have a tea break but there's loads of chancers who've made clickbait bullshit that have made it hard to find... For the direct good stuff https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/videos/ce8dg526ly5o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted Thursday at 10:25 VT Supporter Share Posted Thursday at 10:25 (edited) 14 minutes ago, CarryOnVilla said: For the direct good stuff https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/videos/ce8dg526ly5o Not in Italy old chap, out here it's all mandolins and pizza. Edited Thursday at 10:37 by romavillan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted Thursday at 10:26 Share Posted Thursday at 10:26 2 hours ago, The_Steve said: Four years ago he was playing in the Colombian league when 16, he signed for Chicago Fire when 17. Moving to the Prem at 19 was a major cultural and financial change. He’s in need of guidance and a father figure and Unai is giving him that. He’s still so young. And can only improve and this is the best place for him. I don’t know what the future holds but I am absolutely glad that Monchi and co stuck to their guns over his valuation. Need to get him Infront of a favourable agent most importantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted Thursday at 10:33 Share Posted Thursday at 10:33 4 hours ago, Delphinho123 said: He could solve all of our PSR problems in 1 hit. But create a bunch of new problems. We'd be bottom half and maybe out of the league cup without his goals Appreciate we'd be able to buy replacements, but selling the hottest young striker on the planet not named Kylian or Erling probably isn't at the top of our plans for him now Suppose it depends how thin the thread is between his current form, motivation, work ethic and the nightmare pain the ass he can also be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted Thursday at 10:35 Share Posted Thursday at 10:35 Good to hear Unai say that he has come back this season will a better attitude, commitment and work rate. Hopefully there's news of him signing a new contract early in 2025. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted Thursday at 10:37 VT Supporter Share Posted Thursday at 10:37 1 minute ago, villa89 said: Good to hear Unai say that he has come back this season will a better attitude, commitment and work rate. Hopefully there's news of him signing a new contract early in 2025. Seems to be the club line, all the other players interviewed this year have said the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted Thursday at 10:38 Share Posted Thursday at 10:38 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastmix Posted Thursday at 10:51 Share Posted Thursday at 10:51 1 hour ago, Panto_Villan said: I'm also convinced he'll be trying to get out of here the moment he gets a whiff of one of the "big" clubs putting in an offer, so I'd be a bit hesitant making him our main man for that reason too. Whereas I think most of our other players are sensible enough to think long and hard before moving to another club, even if it has a bigger reputation. I'm not sure it's as much him as it is the club, forced into it by PSR. Nonetheless, he's our golden cow. He will be sold for PSR purposes (enjoy him while it lasts) as soon as a suitably profitable bid comes in. Same goes for Nedeljković, who is probably a year or two away from it. We will reinvest the profit in proven quality to strengthen the squad while, also, bringing in the next golden cow or two. Rinse, repeat, until PSR is inevitably scrapped. This seems to be our transfer window sustainability and progression model, trying to adopt something similar to Dortmund's in recent years (think Haaland (40m Euros profit), Bellingham (78-130m bonuses dependent), Dembélé (90-130m), Sancho (76m), Pulisic (64m), etc, etc)... and they made the Champions League final last season. Not saying we will*, but the model works. *we totally will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted Thursday at 10:55 Share Posted Thursday at 10:55 Is there his post match interview anywhere to watch? Not the one in Spanish but in English lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted Thursday at 11:07 Share Posted Thursday at 11:07 PSR my arse. I'd rather sell literally anybody else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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