Owain Fon Williams

[sten_super]

Bloody hell, just spotted this...

BBC Sport - Football - Bury sign Stockport goalkeeper Owain Fon Williams

Whatever happened to him, a year or so ago he was meant to be the bees knees??

 

[Marc1901]

Everybody on here was saying that Gus should of signed him. Very good keeper that looks to have gone off the rails abit?

 

[clippedgull]

Bloody hell, just spotted this...

BBC Sport - Football - Bury sign Stockport goalkeeper Owain Fon Williams

Whatever happened to him, a year or so ago he was meant to be the bees knees??

edit: bollocks I can't spell Owain. If a mod happens to spot this please feel free to correct the title.

If you are quick you can do it yourself by going edit-advanced.

 

[Mellotron]

I'm confused. Everyone always went on about a NUMBER of quality players at Stockport a year or so ago (including Baker, Fon Williams, Rose, McNulty, Dicker, Tunnicliffe amongst others).

But why - if they had so many quality players - were they a pretty rubbish team in League One?

 

[supaseagull]

Everybody on here was saying that Gus should of signed him. Very good keeper that looks to have gone off the rails abit?

Just goes to show you that some people don't have a clue what they're talking about

 

[sten_super]

If you are quick you can do it yourself by going edit-advanced.

Cheers!

 

[JBizzle]

I'm confused. Everyone always went on about a NUMBER of quality players at Stockport a year or so ago (including Baker, Fon Williams, Rose, McNulty, Dicker, Tunnicliffe amongst others).

But why - if they had so many quality players - were they a pretty rubbish team in League One?

Well, we signed most of them so it was possibly a case of talking up their team prior to them joining us.

Our Stockport recruitment drive didn't really work though did it? (Dicker excluded of course)

 

[Ninja Elephant]

I'm confused. Everyone always went on about a NUMBER of quality players at Stockport a year or so ago (including Baker, Fon Williams, Rose, McNulty, Dicker, Tunnicliffe amongst others).

But why - if they had so many quality players - were they a pretty rubbish team in League One?

Just proves what a good manager Jim Gannon is, or what a good job he was doing there. The players individually might not be setting the world alight, but together they were a pretty decent side.

Fon Williams is a very good goalkeeper, Bury have pulled off a coup there.

 

[Icy Gull]

I'm confused. Everyone always went on about a NUMBER of quality players at Stockport a year or so ago (including Baker, Fon Williams, Rose, McNulty, Dicker, Tunnicliffe amongst others).

But why - if they had so many quality players - were they a pretty rubbish team in League One?

I think you'll find they were doing very well until the wheels came off with the financial situation. Even then they survived a 10 point deduction and played the last third of the season with a weakened team. If they were shit they would have been relegated that year.

 

[We're the Stripes]

I think you'll find they were doing very well until the wheels came off with the financial situation. Even then they survived a 10 point deduction and played the last third of the season with a weakened team. If they were shit they would have been relegated that year.

Indeed, they were pushing play-offs half way through 08/09 season IIRC. Think they sold off Anthony Pilkington to Hudders (arguably one of the best players in L1) in Jan, McNulty to us (among others) which, coinciding with the financial meltdown of the club, meant things went downhill pretty rapidly. A whole host of top quality players left summer 09, including Dicker, Oli Johnson, Tommy Rowe, Michael Raynes, Josh Thompson and they were then left with the bare bones under Ablett in 09/10.

But yes, they did produce some superb talent under Gannon.

 

[Tomo1794]

Don't forget Dickinson

 

[severnside gull]

fon Williams was (and I would suggest still is) a very promising young keeper who completely lost confidence playing behind an awful defence on one of the worst pitches in the league. He still hasn't got it back but maybe a loan deal is what he needs to pick himself up again - that and a mentor to talk him through things

 

[tonymgc]

Always thought he was pretty good.
For his sake hope this move to Bury will help him get his mojo back. Would've loved him this time last year but wouldn't get a look in now