I agree that he should be able to compete more physically with these players currently, but if that’s not his game he’s going to change his style to try and do that here. He has done well with the ball and took his goal very well. Something he that’s got nowhere near to doing in the first team.
This is the thing though, he looks marginally better because he's up against kids younger than him but is still being pushed off the ball and also gives up.... chasing isn't something he fancies
It’s an area of his game I would certainly like him to work on. Watkins’ work rate seems to end hear him to the villa fan base, so Ben isn’t really doing himself any favours by not getting that right. I would say in this game he seems as if he has that little bit more belief in his ability with regards to some of the touches he’s taken. Would be interesting to see how he plays if he manages to get a boost of confidence from somewhere how that translates to his game. A no-look pass to
