Quote Originally Posted by drillerpie View Post
Yep, he was the fans' boo-boy at Scunny when they were at the bottom of League 2. And the early signs at Stockport are not good.

For us he was hardworking and honest but never really decisive or lethal. He is an old fashioned no.9 but he's slow in thought and deed, is easy to mark, is easy to foul and draw fouls from, and misses lots of chances. Even his heading is quite poor.

IMO the number of goals he scored was more down to playing for one of the best and most attacking teams in the division than anything else.

I very much doubt he will be quality in League 2. He'll be doing well of he's still in the starting 11 by Christmas.

When this board was going into full melodrama meltdown after he refused the contract, I stuck my neck out and pointed out all the above, and said I was actually excited about him going as we might sign a nippy striker who would make us less predictable.

I think about 4 or 5 people agreed with me while most were talking about not renewing their STs due to lack of ambition, and saying Wootton could sign for a Championship team!
It's all about opinions but this trashing of our top scorer three year running seems unduly harsh. He held us together at times and worked like a dog. He's good in the air, often he was starved of service and was too often left completely isolated by himself and expected to get back for all set pieces and when we were under the cosh.
Away from home Langstaff would likely be grateful to have Kyle Wootton holding the ball up for him and sharing the load when he's getting bounced around by some big old units.
Maybe L2 is a stretch too far but for us he was great and I'd take him back in a heartbeat.