another one we sold before giving him a proper crack at proving himself .. one bad performance against Millwall and both the management and the 'fans' on here wrote him off .. real shame
also, Hanlan scored last night (19/2/19) for Gillingham
Always had the potential but was thrown in the deep end, shame we didn't keep hold of him to see how it would have turned out ala KG. Knows where the net is
Think stepping back into Non-League was the right thing for him to be honest, personally like Karlan was a fan of his yet he had a couple of loans that didnt seem to work out too well for him
Going down to Maidstone seems to have been his wake up call
He's 25, unlike Grant I think he needed to move away permanently to get regular football. He's had a good few years playing between the fifth and third tier and in his best spells he's scored around 1 in 3.
He's 25, unlike Grant I think he needed to move away permanently to get regular football. He's had a good few years playing between the fifth and third tier and in his best spells he's scored around 1 in 3.
But two in the previous 22. Hanlon has scored 4 all season. Neither would have strengthened us if they had stayed. I don’t get the love for ex academy players who aren’t good enough for us and have found their level at smaller clubs. Maybe we should sign Paul Sturgess as left back cover for next season?
But two in the previous 22. Hanlon has scored 4 all season. Neither would have strengthened us if they had stayed. I don’t get the love for ex academy players who aren’t good enough for us and have found their level at smaller clubs. Maybe we should sign Paul Sturgess as left back cover for next season?
Noone is saying he is the answer now.... people are just commenting on his potential and how he could have fitted in if he was managed better. Ifs and buts, but i always like to follow players who come out of the academy and hope they do well.
Joe always looked a willing trier and a player who likely performed better with the ball at his feat, but due to his size we stuck him up front against Millwall and launched pointless balls at him and he got written off.
Good luck to the lad, hope he continues to improve and has a decent career. Can’t believe he is 25 already.
Just be sure you are poor this weekend though please Joe.
another one we sold before giving him a proper crack at proving himself .. one bad performance against Millwall and both the management and the 'fans' on here wrote him off .. real shame
also, Hanlan scored last night (19/2/19) for Gillingham
Disagree. He played quite a few games for us, and never delivered. We were a mid level Championship club at the time, not bottom of League 1 like AFC Wimbledon.
another one we sold before giving him a proper crack at proving himself .. one bad performance against Millwall and both the management and the 'fans' on here wrote him off .. real shame
also, Hanlan scored last night (19/2/19) for Gillingham
Disagree. He played quite a few games for us, and never delivered. We were a mid level Championship club at the time, not bottom of League 1 like AFC Wimbledon.
Twelve games in total... 11 came in the season that he had the Millwall meltdown
As the stats show most of his appearances were from the bench; we saw what happened with Grant when he went from being used sparingly to an actual starter
another one we sold before giving him a proper crack at proving himself .. one bad performance against Millwall and both the management and the 'fans' on here wrote him off .. real shame
also, Hanlan scored last night (19/2/19) for Gillingham
Disagree. He played quite a few games for us, and never delivered. We were a mid level Championship club at the time, not bottom of League 1 like AFC Wimbledon.
as @for@ForeverAddickted typed, 12 appearances, no goals for us .. I'd hardly call that 'not delivering' in a side that was struggling .. for the wombles ? .. 45 appearances, 13 goals .. in another struggling team .. most on here would give if not their right arm, a finger or two ((:>) for a striker with a (albeit not particularly spectacular but OKish) recent record like that .. Pigott is delivering in this 3rd strata .. we need players who can deliver in THIS division .. let's worry about signing Championship quality when we actually get to the Championship ..
another one we sold before giving him a proper crack at proving himself .. one bad performance against Millwall and both the management and the 'fans' on here wrote him off .. real shame
also, Hanlan scored last night (19/2/19) for Gillingham
Disagree. He played quite a few games for us, and never delivered. We were a mid level Championship club at the time, not bottom of League 1 like AFC Wimbledon.
as @for@ForeverAddickted typed, 12 appearances, no goals for us .. I'd hardly call that 'not delivering' in a side that was struggling .. for the wombles ? .. 45 appearances, 13 goals .. in another struggling team .. most on here would give if not their right arm, a finger or two ((:>) for a striker with a (albeit not particularly spectacular but OKish) recent record like that .. Pigott is delivering in this 3rd strata .. we need players who can deliver in THIS division .. let's worry about signing Championship quality when we actually get to the Championship ..
Well that’s my point - we were in the Championship when we had him, and he wasn’t having any kind of impact at that level. What were we supposed to do?
So before this week he has scored 10 in 44 games for AFC Wimbledon in League One. Are you sure we would all be over the moon at that? He’s not the sort of player that helps teams get promoted from this division.
another one we sold before giving him a proper crack at proving himself .. one bad performance against Millwall and both the management and the 'fans' on here wrote him off .. real shame
also, Hanlan scored last night (19/2/19) for Gillingham
Disagree. He played quite a few games for us, and never delivered. We were a mid level Championship club at the time, not bottom of League 1 like AFC Wimbledon.
as @for@ForeverAddickted typed, 12 appearances, no goals for us .. I'd hardly call that 'not delivering' in a side that was struggling .. for the wombles ? .. 45 appearances, 13 goals .. in another struggling team .. most on here would give if not their right arm, a finger or two ((:>) for a striker with a (albeit not particularly spectacular but OKish) recent record like that .. Pigott is delivering in this 3rd strata .. we need players who can deliver in THIS division .. let's worry about signing Championship quality when we actually get to the Championship ..
Well that’s my point - we were in the Championship when we had him, and he wasn’t having any kind of impact at that level. What were we supposed to do?
So before this week he has scored 10 in 44 games for AFC Wimbledon in League One. Are you sure we would all be over the moon at that? He’s not the sort of player that helps teams get promoted from this division.
To make a valid judgement we'd need to do three things:
(1) Are AFC Wimbledon actually creating many chances
(2a) If yes then Id agree that Joe is to blame for not scoring more
(2b) If no then whats his positioning like, i.e. Is he getting into good situations and not being passed the ball or is he just being lazy; I'd presume that if it is the latter then he wouldnt be playing
Of course there is nothing to say that Bowyer is looking to sign him but its called scouting, its why you do proper research into a player before you sign a player rather than going by their Spreadsheet stats, its why Roland and Tommy's project failed so badly
i.e. Else you could question why we've signed Ben Purrington as he would have been part of a Defence that was shipping goals and part of the reason they're at the bottom
another one we sold before giving him a proper crack at proving himself .. one bad performance against Millwall and both the management and the 'fans' on here wrote him off .. real shame
also, Hanlan scored last night (19/2/19) for Gillingham
Disagree. He played quite a few games for us, and never delivered. We were a mid level Championship club at the time, not bottom of League 1 like AFC Wimbledon.
as @for@ForeverAddickted typed, 12 appearances, no goals for us .. I'd hardly call that 'not delivering' in a side that was struggling .. for the wombles ? .. 45 appearances, 13 goals .. in another struggling team .. most on here would give if not their right arm, a finger or two ((:>) for a striker with a (albeit not particularly spectacular but OKish) recent record like that .. Pigott is delivering in this 3rd strata .. we need players who can deliver in THIS division .. let's worry about signing Championship quality when we actually get to the Championship ..
Well that’s my point - we were in the Championship when we had him, and he wasn’t having any kind of impact at that level. What were we supposed to do?
So before this week he has scored 10 in 44 games for AFC Wimbledon in League One. Are you sure we would all be over the moon at that? He’s not the sort of player that helps teams get promoted from this division.
But Wimbledon are rock bottom of the league so not a bad return really. He would probably scored more than that playing for a side pushing for promotion.
Take over their respective penalties and how many has Joe scored this season v Taylor at the Dons last season would be interesting to compare.
Although sadly Joe did not have Taylor’s speed and movement.
Nailed it. Also, for a big lad there was a lack of physical presence about him. Think he's found his level (Div. 2 next season probably) although I bet he scores against us on Saturday!
I’m not suggesting he is a bad player, but he is not Charlton level. He goes and scores a hat trick and people start saying “we should have given him more of a chance”. Every striker should score at least one hat trick in their career!
I saw saw him in every home game he played for us, and not once did he impress me. Yes he can probably poach the odd goal - but again, so should any striker.
Take over their respective penalties and how many has Joe scored this season v Taylor at the Dons last season would be interesting to compare.
Although sadly Joe did not have Taylor’s speed and movement.
Nailed it. Also, for a big lad there was a lack of physical presence about him. Think he's found his level (Div. 2 next season probably) although I bet he scores against us on Saturday!
If you think he is big you should see his brother Sam.he is 6foot 8. He is best friends with my brother in law so I see him quite a lot. Nice to see Joe having some success at last he has worked hard for it.
Take over their respective penalties and how many has Joe scored this season v Taylor at the Dons last season would be interesting to compare.
Although sadly Joe did not have Taylor’s speed and movement.
Nailed it. Also, for a big lad there was a lack of physical presence about him. Think he's found his level (Div. 2 next season probably) although I bet he scores against us on Saturday!
To be fair most young players lack physical presence, which is why "big lumps" up front often tend to be older players
another one we sold before giving him a proper crack at proving himself .. one bad performance against Millwall and both the management and the 'fans' on here wrote him off .. real shame
also, Hanlan scored last night (19/2/19) for Gillingham
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also, Hanlan scored last night (19/2/19) for Gillingham
Pleased for him.
Pity the team he faces this weekend.
Going down to Maidstone seems to have been his wake up call
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Pigott
I agree he shouldn't have been thrown in so early against Millwall though.
Good luck to the lad, hope he continues to improve and has a decent career. Can’t believe he is 25 already.
Just be sure you are poor this weekend though please Joe.
Disagree. He played quite a few games for us, and never delivered. We were a mid level Championship club at the time, not bottom of League 1 like AFC Wimbledon.
As the stats show most of his appearances were from the bench; we saw what happened with Grant when he went from being used sparingly to an actual starter
https://www.transfermarkt.com/joe-pigott/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/251831/plus/0?saison=2013&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=
So before this week he has scored 10 in 44 games for AFC Wimbledon in League One. Are you sure we would all be over the moon at that? He’s not the sort of player that helps teams get promoted from this division.
(1) Are AFC Wimbledon actually creating many chances
(2a) If yes then Id agree that Joe is to blame for not scoring more
(2b) If no then whats his positioning like, i.e. Is he getting into good situations and not being passed the ball or is he just being lazy; I'd presume that if it is the latter then he wouldnt be playing
Of course there is nothing to say that Bowyer is looking to sign him but its called scouting, its why you do proper research into a player before you sign a player rather than going by their Spreadsheet stats, its why Roland and Tommy's project failed so badly
i.e. Else you could question why we've signed Ben Purrington as he would have been part of a Defence that was shipping goals and part of the reason they're at the bottom
He would probably scored more than that playing for a side pushing for promotion.
Although sadly Joe did not have Taylor’s speed and movement.
Nailed it. Also, for a big lad there was a lack of physical presence about him. Think he's found his level (Div. 2 next season probably) although I bet he scores against us on Saturday!
I saw saw him in every home game he played for us, and not once did he impress me. Yes he can probably poach the odd goal - but again, so should any striker.
He is best friends with my brother in law so I see him quite a lot.
Nice to see Joe having some success at last he has worked hard for it.