![[BBC iPlayer] The Football Interview: Ollie Watkins](https://www.eucup.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PnTYHtGwW1b1LMiX3VOnUv6kx3PJNE5Tg0ao0TZQBEA-1024x576.png "[BBC iPlayer] The Football Interview: Ollie Watkins")
Nothing particularly ground-breaking but a 15 minute interview with Ollie talking about his career.
Most notable point probably being he himself feels this season has been his worst, and he's been speaking to former players for advice (namechecked Michael Owen).
Available on BBC Sounds too – Football Daily – Ollie Watkins – The Football Interview – BBC Sounds
by BrumBronco
3 Comments
It has been a poor season for him but all will be forgiven if he helps us finish top five and win the Europa League in the next few weeks. He’ll get himself on the plane with performances like his second half last night, no doubt about that.
I do feel for him because most managers would have dropped him through the poor form, let him try and find form off the bench and work his way back to his best in training. When lone strikers play poorly, it’s probably the most obvious position on the pitch minus the goalkeeper and it drives fans crazy. I do think Emery needs to start rotating his squad when players are out of form. It’s not fair on the player, it’s not fair on the players competing for the position.
He has been poor at points. Feel for him a bit because it seems he may have played through injuries. Not sure if we should just let him recover properly.
Always said an Ollie Watkins hot streak takes us to CL in the league. Really happy to see him buzzing after the game. Hope he makes the WC squad
I like the “playing angry” thing. Ive always felt like he was great at doing this against someone like Schar, but i definitely noticed it in these last two games.
I do think hes played more minutes constantly throughout his career than most. Playing alot of minutes with his managers wanting to keep him on the pitch because he works so hard off the ball. And I think because of this his body is wearing down a little, which you cant stop, but you can help slow down as he turns 31.
I remember vardy saying about how brendan rodgers had restricted him to a very small amount of sprints per game in his, sometimes as low as 8 over 90 mins, and under rodgers he got; 18, 23, 17, 17 goals in his mid 30s
But im not sure its watkins game to limit running. Vardy was an old school type finisher, whereas (and I love watkins) he isnt that type, hes got very different attributes.