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Ollie Watkins

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Interestingly, it looks like the article has disappeared from the club website... I wonder if this is a case of the wrong information being put up (maybe clarification of what a substitute is), or if we've been given a slap on the wrists from Brentford/Villa for disclosing transfer information?
 

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Interestingly, it looks like the article has disappeared from the club website... I wonder if this is a case of the wrong information being put up (maybe clarification of what a substitute is), or if we've been given a slap on the wrists from Brentford/Villa for disclosing transfer information?
The horse has bolted..
 

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A cautionary tale here, how easily fortune can change. Stay lucky, Ollie.

 

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A cautionary tale here, how easily fortune can change. Stay lucky, Ollie.

With that attitude I'd give him a contract and get him working in the Academy.
 

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A cautionary tale here, how easily fortune can change. Stay lucky, Ollie.

Intersting paragraph within in terms of our situation with Ajose.

'A trickier opponent has been the astroturf pitches that were commonplace during the winter months. "That has killed me really," he explains. "I cannot play on it with my past injuries, my body is just not able to do that. They are rock hard and with all the operations and the joints, it jars everything. It takes longer to recover and I cannot do it." '
 

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Intersting paragraph within in terms of our situation with Ajose.

'A trickier opponent has been the astroturf pitches that were commonplace during the winter months. "That has killed me really," he explains. "I cannot play on it with my past injuries, my body is just not able to do that. They are rock hard and with all the operations and the joints, it jars everything. It takes longer to recover and I cannot do it." '
There'll be a couple of weeks now that Ajose can train on grass...before it dries out...
 

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Intersting paragraph within in terms of our situation with Ajose.

'A trickier opponent has been the astroturf pitches that were commonplace during the winter months. "That has killed me really," he explains. "I cannot play on it with my past injuries, my body is just not able to do that. They are rock hard and with all the operations and the joints, it jars everything. It takes longer to recover and I cannot do it." '
So the question remains why sign a player who cannot train on artificial surfaces and then say you're not selecting him because he cannot train on artificial surfaces. If it's true that he has that problem, it's not exactly doing his career much good, apart from the losses City is incurring
 

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Is that what Ollie keeps hitting for Aston Villa in the Premiership this season?

( the stats show that Ollie has hit the post seven times, at least two more than other player in the top flight and more than 60 teams this season!)
 

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Is that what Ollie keeps hitting for Aston Villa in the Premiership this season?

( the stats show that Ollie has hit the post seven times, at least two more than other player in the top flight and more than 60 teams this season!)
His luck will change sooner or later. Not a bad first season in the PL...👍
 
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