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Took these comments from a MK Dons fans blog. Hope Will can turn our striker woes around.
Deemed surplus to requirements once he returned to parent club Brentford, the Dons amongst a host of other championship clubs were sniffing around for the forward, yet it was relegated Wigan Athletic who took the plunge and met Brentford’s hefty asking price in the region of £1 million, but will this be an outlay worth making for the Lancashire club?
It wasn’t just the goals he
netted that made Grigg a fans favourite in Milton Keynes despite not even being
a Dons player, the manner in which the forward played added to his proven
quality to ensure a big impact on the Dons squad and I envisage the same impact
will be made at the DW.
Without having much strength due to being just 5’11 Grigg is
a very clever player, constantly using his nous and trickery to evade defenders
often means he finds himself in acres of space. A
classy, natural goal scorer, Grigg is a poacher, frequently in the
right place at the right time to finish off the hard work done by those
supporting him. Effective yet unspectacular the forward will get goals
wherever he plays for sure.
Grigg’s work rate is also exceptional, never giving up on chasing a lost cause, combining an element of comedy in his celebrations with a dance dubbed ‘the Griggle’ by Dons fans, the striker’s personality rubs off on supporters and team mates alike and will not only add quality to the squad but also lighten up the dressing room and the terraces at the DW stadium. Grigg is undoubtedly a brilliant signing at League One level with proven experience and quality. The only question will be, can Wigan get enough support up to him to the poacher to get the goals to fire Wigan back to the second tier? Only time will tell.
Goodbye and good luck Will, thanks for everything..Just have to hope he gets some support from a busy midfield or a strike partner, a regular place and stays longer than the next window.
I was fine with that till I read “to finish off the hard work done by those
supporting him”.D’oh! ;)
He sat on the bench brilliantly last night and certainly looked as good as Riera, Delort and McKay did last season whilst they sat on the bench.
Hopefully he will get a chance on the field unlike the afoementioned strikers.not getting carried away as our record at buying strikers is beyond abysmal. Seem to remember de Lort ,rierra , holt and bosselli came in with glorious track records then failed to deliver.
At least he is young and must be hungry for success and this one smacks of a duke type signing so I’m optimistic.
Let’s get sharp in and try to keep waghorn as cover and throw one of the kids in.
At last some positive vibes and much needed after the disaster of last season.
Up the ticsnot getting carried away as our record at buying strikers is beyond abysmal. Seem to remember de Lort ,rierra , holt and bosselli came in with glorious track records then failed to deliver.
At least he is young and must be hungry for success and this one smacks of a duke type signing so I’m optimistic.
Let’s get sharp in and try to keep waghorn as cover and throw one of the kids in.
At last some positive vibes and much needed after the disaster of last season.
Up the ticsA lot is down to systems and tactics as well and not just here at Wigan. Many strikers have fallen foul to modern day formations. It is a fact of life in the game nowadays and we simply need to adapt. We have actually got good strikers here with Waghorn and Holt and now Will but they need to be used in a way that suits them so if a manager plays a system they don’t feel happy with then they will not fire. It doesn’t make them bad players if they cannot be effective in a system that is alien to them. Let us hope Gary has the formula for success. Looking forward to seeing Will at Southport on Saturday if he is selected. Up the Tics.
I’m hearing this guy plays and loves his football just like Mr Rooney and that will do for me the biggest problem will be keeping him.
He got most of his goals for MK playing as a lone striker. He may have had players working around him. He is going to need quality attacking midfielders to help him out. Looking back to the Altrincham game we played with Billy up front on his own with Wags and the Bowton Mon wide. Fingers crossed it will work for him at Latics. So if he is to be our lone striker where does that leave Billy, Holt and Davies? Bench warming or sold/loaned out?
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