Craig Tanner has promised the AFC Wimbledon fans there is a lot more to come before the end of the season.

The Dons striker, on youth loan from Championship Reading until the end of the season, made his debut in Saturday’s 2-1 win over Accrington Stanley.

Although the 20-year-old did not get on the scoresheet, he had a hand in Sean Rigg’s opener, and did enough to leave the Dons faithful hungry for more.

Tanner said: “It’s always tough coming to a new place, and I’ve only been here for two days and I don’t yet know everyone’s name – so I am getting to know the lads.

“I am getting to know how they play, they need to get to know how I play, and it’s all about creating good partnerships – but overall, I am happy enough with how my debut went.”

He added: “There was the whole pressure of the debut and that can add an extra bit of fatigue into the game.

“I have not played for three weeks, so there is a lot more of me to come and hopefully I can show that to the fans.”

Tanner signed a new contract at Reading last Thursday keeping him at the club until the summer of 2017 – a testimony to the high regard he is held in by Steve Clarke.

The diminutive Tanner said: “I am an unorthodox striker for League Two because I like to drop in the pocket on the half-turn, put in slide passes with intricate play with quick feet, which I managed to do in the corner a few times.

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“It’s about how I can do that for the team and in a different style of league that I am not used to.”

Dons win over Stanley was their first in eight attempts, and their first win in four outings.

With the scoreline at 1-0, Dons boss Neal Ardley replaced Adebayo Akinfenwa and Tanner, with Adebayo Azeez and David Connolly – and it was Azeez who made it 2-0.

Despite a late rally from Stanley, ending in a late consolation from Adam Buxton, Dons held on to climb to 12th in the table.

Tanner’s first taste of playing alongside Akinfenwa has left him purring about what the future could hold.

He said: “Bayo is cracking to play alongside, he’s always talking to you during the game, and you can to him too.

“He’ll do what you say – I can tell him to drop in if I’ve made a run in behind, and when a fellow striker does that, you’re already formulating a good partnership.”

Dons go to Morecambe this weekend looking to do the double over the Shrimps after Akinfenwa’s strike sealed a 1-0 win at the Cherry Red Records stadium in September.

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