This reminds me of the Ryan Leonard signing a few years ago. Wilder seemed to chase him for ages and he was eventually signed for a relatively big fee (for us at that time). He just didn't seem to fit into any of our playing patterns at all. We were fortunate to more or less get our money back when we offloaded him to Millwall. Not sure we'll get £10m back for Cannon though. It's very early days of course, but so far the poor guy looks totally lost.
Are you on the windup ?
Think it’s reasonable to make initial judgements and have concerns…..
But surely you’re old enough to know that no player can be judge on 2 or 3 games……wait until after about 20 games…then we’ll know.
I remember when Campbell made his debut and in his early matches he looked…..just OK…..but not exactly a striker.
Last week BBD looked really poor and totally lost against Portsmouth…..a few days later he scores a class goal.
Thought it was pretty obvious why we bought Cannon….he was much needed insurance.
We can’t rely on Campbell and Moore staying fit and can’t rely on Brewster and One to score.
Imagine towards the end of the season having to play One as our main striker….would have been a farce.
Also I think the Cannon purchase is a piece of opportunism.
He’s the right age….so his value should only increase and he’s rated.
For me it’s very similar to the McBurnie and Brewster signings, yes we’ve overpaid for Cannon but it’s much cheaper than the Mc and Brew signings,
Wilder is obviously aware of the fan feedback from Stoke fans because I think it was significant last week that Wilder said Cannon will have a good future here
and that we’ve studied the in game data and metrics…..which all suggest he’s a lot better than he looks.
I suppose we’ll see but don’t think it’s fair to criticise until he’s been given a few games….he’s hardly touched the ball yet.