Joe Allon

Was Joe Allon Any Good?

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Joe Allon

Not stictly 'news' of a former player at this stage, but it will be once the poll is done because we'll know if he was any good. Which is why I posted it here :yes:. I've never known a player to divide opinion like Joe - the outcome should be interesting :sorted:.
 
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Joe Allon

I wouldn't class him as a 'legend' but I liked him.

Unable to vote due to the options available. :shrug:
 

Joe Allon

I'm getting splinters in my rear. You can't condemn a guy who averaged a goal every other game (approx - depending how you count sub appearances), nearly half of his games at Championship level, but his overall play was pretty poor.

Certainly wouldn't be in my top 10 Bees strikers, but would be better than average - given some of the rubbish we've had over the years
 

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Billy Hunt said:
I wouldn't class him as a 'legend' but I liked him.

Unable to vote due to the options available. :shrug:
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OK. I don't know if I can edit the poll and perhaps 'legend' is a bit strong, so let's pretend that says 'decent' :yes:.
 

Joe Allon

Scored goals. End of. Didn't do much else or link up play. Worth his place because of his goalscoring record though.
 

Joe Allon

Seem to remember he caught offside an awful lot
 

Joe Allon

A lazy sod and a goal-hanger, but decent nonetheless. 85 minutes of mediocrity but then 5 minutes of brilliance, a goal, and that irritating smile of his!! I remember him dancing around the corner flag when we humped Gas 4-1 (5-1?) at Twerton Park. A great afternoon out, and no mistake.
 

Joe Allon

Strange. Reading through the other posts, Joe has been slated so many times by so many, but he's 19-0 up so far, with three on the fence. I was expecting maybe 55/45 in favour, but early indications are that this might not be the case :shrug:.
 

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vcmazz said:
Strange. Reading through the other posts, Joe has been slated so many times by so many, but he's 19-0 up so far, with three on the fence. I was expecting maybe 55/45 in favour, but early indications are that this might not be the case :shrug:.
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Everybody loved Joe. He played football with a smile on his face, the way that all of us would have wanted to do it but we'd also want Deano's goals.
 

Joe Allon

At Bristol Rovers (Twerton Park) before the match he ran over to my youngest and asked for one of his sweets if he scored a hat-trick and by god he did. He came over at the end of the match to claim his prize and made my sons day. For that he was OK by me. There have been plenty worse over the years, l thought he was a sound forward and scored his share.
 

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NorthamptonBee said:
Everybody loved Joe. He played football with a smile on his face, the way that all of us would have wanted to do it but we'd also want Deano's goals.
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That's what I always believed and that's why I have been genuinely surprised to read some of the comments elsewhere on the GPG :shrug:.
 

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north wilts bee said:
At Bristol Rovers (Twerton Park) before the match he ran over to my youngest and asked for one of his sweets if he scored a hat-trick and by god he did. He came over at the end of the match to claim his prize and made my sons day. For that he was OK by me. There have been plenty worse over the years, l thought he was a sound forward and scored his share.
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Christ! Perhaps it's just as well he wasn't quite in Deano's league then. Imagine the state of teeth if he was! :D
 

Joe Allon

Wasn't he Vinny jone's best mate back then too? sure I remember hearing that somewhere?
I thought he was great !!
 

Joe Allon

I never saw him play but he was a character that's for sure.

When I was creating the "Aussie Bee Review" in the late 80's I sent Joyce neate a whole wad of questionaires for the players to fill in for me.

Joe Allon did one and for the question "most difficult opponent" he wrote "the X wife"

:D
 

Joe Allon

he always made me laugh with his antics and his ugly face. he was onto a loser being our record signing and replacing Deano though innit.
verdict: HIT.

:kiss:
 

Joe Allon

Sorry but he got my donkey vote. Webb summed him up as playing the box [ but he was no fox] and tried to talk him up so he could offload him for a fee. I know he scored goals but he couldn't trap a bag of spuds. I like my players to look like footballers. What a waste of money.
 

Joe Allon

he was tidy
 

Joe Allon

beebopalula said:
Sorry but he got my donkey vote. Webb summed him up as playing the box [ but he was no fox] and tried to talk him up so he could offload him for a fee. I know he scored goals but he couldn't trap a bag of spuds. I like my players to look like footballers. What a waste of money.
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:imwith:

Looks like there's not many of us though!

I think I might be responsible for "some of the other comments" mentioned by vcmazz, but to explain myself - he was our record signing, and whilst he scored a few he never looked like he was going to make the difference that would keep us up. I never disliked the bloke, but thought he was a donkey on the pitch.
 

Joe Allon

Essentially more negative than positive.

He did score quite a few goals and that is largely what he was there to do.

So seems churlish to say he did little else, but he did not.

Not a 'donkey'

But players like Taylor and Blissett were far, far better
 

Joe Allon

I'm on the fence as his scoring record was excellent but his overall play wasn't!

A character who played with a smile all the time.

Actually, he really should be a legend for me due to his hat-trick against Brizzle Rovers - my most hated opposition!
 

Joe Allon

Has to go down as decent as his scoring record was good & there is a very long list of DONKEYS who have played since
 

Joe Allon

He could certainly score goals, but had this maddening habit if being great in one game and utter rubbish in the next. Too inconsistent for my liking in his overall playing performance.
 

Joe Allon

Far worse players than Allon have pulled on the red and white stripes.

He had raw talent for sure but he was fairly unrefined so he could look out of this world one game and a donkey the next....in the modern game one would like to think he would be coached better....although maybe it was all in his head.

He played to the crowd, was a nutter and most loved it.

Ultimately his period with us I remember as tainted with dissappointment so I guess taking off the rose coloured glasses he didn't quite fulfil our expectations.

Don't think he did a lot after he left us did he?
 

Joe Allon

He is just one below a legend in my book. Geordie geordie Joe :sorted:
 

Joe Allon

was an improvement on murray jones.
 

Joe Allon

Aussie Bee said:
I never saw him play but he was a character that's for sure.

When I was creating the "Aussie Bee Review" in the late 80's I sent Joyce neate a whole wad of questionaires for the players to fill in for me.

Joe Allon did one and for the question "most difficult opponent" he wrote "the X wife"

:D
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now that is funny, very fond memories of him but was never worth I think the 250k was it that we paid for him, sit on the fence
 

Joe Allon

gumboselfish said:
Wasn't he Vinny jone's best mate back then too? sure I remember hearing that somewhere?
I thought he was great !!
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Think he was also best mates with Gazza as well wasn't he?

Certainly in the same Newcastle youth team.
 

Joe Allon

Joe Allon

We had probably been spoiled a bit with strikers having had Cadette, Holdsworth, and Bliss just before, or around the same time in Bliss's case. He was also followed by strikers like Forster, Taylor, and Asaba so is always going to suffer by comparison. Joe was a mad bugger though, in his first game he tried to nut a defender in the first few minutes. If he had stayed at GP and maintained anything like his scoring average he would have been a legend.
 

Joe Allon

he couldnt pass, he couldnt control it, he could not read a game, he never made 1 intelligent run, he always seemed to be all over the place positionally. If he never scored a goal i would say he was the the worst player i have ever seen in my life, but thats the thing, somehow he did score.

His goals came off his knee, his arse, his shin, god knows how but he got quite few of them. The only decent goal i ever saw was the one versus derby when he ran right down the right wing..... to be fair the final shot could have gone anywhere but went in off the near post. Apart from that they were all miskicks like those rediculous but very funny goals away to wolverhampton.
 

Joe Allon

kevalutonbee said:
Seem to remember he caught offside an awful lot
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Apparently that was deliberate and tactical

Was moaning about him Stripes one day and his mate came over and introduced himslef. He said he had the opinion as me and had asked Joe why he was always offside.

In those day you were offside as soon as the ball crossed the half way line, there was no interferring with play, you were just in an offside position.

Apparently when the Bees were under the Cosh, it was Joe's job to go deep into the oppositions half so that rather than concede a throw our defenders could just hoof the ball across the halfway line to concede a free kick whereever Joe was standing.
 

Joe Allon

gumboselfish said:
Wasn't he Vinny jone's best mate back then too? sure I remember hearing that somewhere?
I thought he was great !!
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TW3Bee said:
Think he was also best mates with Gazza as well wasn't he?

Certainly in the same Newcastle youth team.
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I believe he stayed with Vinny for a while, was good mates with him and Gazza. And Dennis Wise I believe? I think Vinnie and Dennis asked him if he'd like some of the boys to have a word in Mickey Bennett's shell like, but he declined the kind offer :D.
 

Joe Allon

Billy Hunt said:
Seem to remember Jones being in the away end at Luton one year. Can't recall whether he was with Geordie. I may be wrong. :scratch:
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It may have been Joe Allon as well but Jones was definitely good mates with Downes from Wimbledon days. Wasn't Downes a coach in the Mean Machine? Lots of excitement at the time that Jones would buy Brentford - partnering with Chris Evans or did I make that bit up? Anyway, 2+2 not equaling 4 I recall.
 

Joe Allon

vcmazz said:
I believe he stayed with Vinny for a while, was good mates with him and Gazza. And Dennis Wise I believe? I think Vinnie and Dennis asked him if he'd like some of the boys to have a word in Mickey Bennett's shell like, but he declined the kind offer :D.
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Yes, I remember that now - at Chelsea together.
 

Joe Allon

From what I remember he was "not brilliant" at home but the programme always used to say "and on the way back from [insert northern outpost], supporters on the coach voted Joe Allon man-of-the-match", much to the amazement of the bunch I hung around with.

Caveat: the above memory may have related to Keith Cassels
 

Joe Allon

A legend to me - and I have his signed shirt at home! He didn't naturally fit in with our style of play at the time, but still came up with the goals.
 

Joe Allon

Wise old Bee said:
We had probably been spoiled a bit with strikers having had Cadette, Holdsworth, and Bliss just before, or around the same time in Bliss's case. He was also followed by strikers like Forster, Taylor, and Asaba so is always going to suffer by comparison. Joe was a mad bugger though, in his first game he tried to nut a defender in the first few minutes. If he had stayed at GP and maintained anything like his scoring average he would have been a legend.
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Is it safe to say Richard Cadette was massively overrated.:fishing:

So was Asaba.

Jo was :cool: in a Bees shirt
 

Joe Allon

mhead bee said:
he couldnt pass, he couldnt control it, he could not read a game, he never made 1 intelligent run, he always seemed to be all over the place positionally. If he never scored a goal i would say he was the the worst player i have ever seen in my life, but thats the thing, somehow he did score.

His goals came off his knee, his arse, his shin, god knows how but he got quite few of them. The only decent goal i ever saw was the one versus derby when he ran right down the right wing..... to be fair the final shot could have gone anywhere but went in off the near post. Apart from that they were all miskicks like those rediculous but very funny goals away to wolverhampton.
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The goal at Cesena was a nice finish too.:)
 

Joe Allon

Joe Allon

In total Joe scored 28 goals in 56 appearences for us, so in my book, from the options given I'd say he was decent.


Who else remembers his goal celebration at VS Rugby in the F A Cup when he covered a load of Bees fans in mud and water and then the fence gave way and the weight of fans against it.
 

Joe Allon

vcmazz said:
:nono: No. Very dangerous actually as it would be sacrilege.

:nono: You're doing this deliberately aren't you?

:sorted: You got one out of three. Not bad, but Joe's ratio was better :yes:.
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The Richard Cadette love-in drives me insane :banghead::banghead:

Both were ok but Cadette was always on the floor and Asaba needed a rocket up his arse.

Joe delivered.He was bought to score goals and he did.

Shane Westley on the other hand was not of the required standard.I remember being at Man city when news of us signing this clown was breaking.
I am sure they were signed on the same day or if not around the same time.
 
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