tomav84 Posted July 20 VT Supporter Share Posted July 20 1 hour ago, Follyfoot said: I watched it all, did he play ?? he was on the pitch......apparently realistically i'll be amazed if he finishes the next season with 5 or more appearances. it seemed all along to be just a FFP workaround deal with everton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeypuzzle Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 To be fair, you wouldn't have noticed Ollie Watkins in his position in that first half either. There was no service to him. On the one occasion he did get the ball, he ran forward and threaded a great through ball to Barry, who couldn't get a shot away. I won't be judging him on today's performance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Just now, Monkeypuzzle said: To be fair, you wouldn't have noticed Ollie Watkins in his position in that first half either. There was no service to him. On the one occasion he did get the ball, he ran forward and threaded a great through ball to Barry, who couldn't get a shot away. I won't be judging him on today's performance. This is true. There was nothing going to the left. All the outballs were going to Bailey and Barry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vazquez Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 Good movement, good vision. Just too lightweight for playing centrally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 He will be loaned out to a mid to top championship team. Times still on his side but for this season I can't see him staying at the villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 He played in the second striker role with Barry in the no9 role in first half or was Dobbin the 9? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 I still not sure why we signed him personally. Doubt he gets many minutes at all for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Steero113 Posted July 21 Popular Post Share Posted July 21 13 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: I still not sure why we signed him personally. Doubt he gets many minutes at all for us Not sure you’ve been paying attention to how we operate now 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 11 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: I still not sure why we signed him personally. Doubt he gets many minutes at all for us I think Emery see's raw attributes he can work with. Dobbin is very quick after all, his issue is he wasn't great at finishing off chances but his speed got him into those positions. Emery took Watkins from a slighly under performing goal to xG to consistently exceeding his xG in number of goals trhough coaching. So if Emery spends time making him understudy to Watkins he will improve. If that's to loan him out and then sell him for a profit then it serves its purpose. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 7 minutes ago, Steero113 said: Not sure you’ve been paying attention to how we operate now I think i have obv plan is to try sell him on a profit but doesn't always work out like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 21 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: I think i have obv plan is to try sell him on a profit but doesn't always work out like that Yeah no guarantees but we’ve started off pretty well and I trust the management we have now to get it right more often than not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 He had a few decent moments in the game. Technically/on the ball he looked pretty good at times - off the ball, it's hard to say when you're watching on TV but if he's not getting many touches it would suggest that his movement isn't that great. We were mainly going down the right through Bailey, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Have a feeling he might look a bit better when he has better players around him. I still suspect he might be moulded into a Watkins-lite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 On 21/07/2024 at 05:58, Demitri_C said: I think i have obv plan is to try sell him on a profit but doesn't always work out like that No that would be nice but it wasn’t the actual plan - we just had to give Everton £10m so they could give us back £10m and we could both record it as an £8m profit because accounting 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CarryOnVilla Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 7 minutes ago, PaulMcGrath_5 said: Now that’s what we need… our young players are not complete without a stint at West Brom 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMcGrath_5 Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 And here it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 That is funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 Good chance to see what he can do in a better league than his last loan to league one. Also at a club that should be towards the top end of their table (at a guess?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejoker Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 Hopefully he’ll have a good season and we can sell him for £10m+ next summer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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