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A young man.

A young man.

Peter Bulmer

Peter Bulmer

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I c there's a young ex Northender making a name for himself at league one Shrewsbury Town this season. 15 App, 3 goals, two assists, hope this doesn't bite us in the bum.
 
We were/are well stocked in that department so it made sense at the time to let him go. Fair play to him if he’s doing well, maybe he just needed games but every time I saw him play (for the short chance he ever did get) the games seemed to pass him by and he seemed really lightweight.
 
Shame he didn’t get the game time on loan last season. If he’d had a loan move like the Shrewsbury move he’s made now he may have returned in the summer with confidence and been given a chance.
 
Mr.T said:
We were/are well stocked in that department so it made sense at the time to let him go. Fair play to him if he’s doing well, maybe he just needed games but every time I saw him play (for the short chance he ever did get) the games seemed to pass him by and he seemed really lightweight.
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Agree. First time I saw him play I thought he reminded me of Adam Barton and his Preston NE career was about as successful.

We signed him at the wrong time, both in terms of we had too many players ahead of him and he was too young to move away from home and "develop" by sitting in the stands.

Fair play to the lad if he makes a success of his career, we weren't the right club for him.
 
If ever a signing summed up North End's transfer policy, this is it. It's a complex, multi-stage policy that takes years to master.

1. Spaff a load of cash (relatively) on a player we don't need.
2. Don't play said player.
3. Instead of loaning him out to get game time and develop, let said player rot on the bench / in the reserves for 2 years.
4. The penultimate, and most important step of all. Spunk even more cash paying said player off.
5. And finally, who could forget, the "there's no more dosh in the budget" announcement.
 
Young lad, still improving, and unsurprisingly getting better with a settled role in the team.

Possibly the worst all around bit of club business of all time, between his unnecessary purchase, his stifled development and then paying him off to leave so we could sign Woodburn.

Just an absolute disaster all around, between the club and the management
 
Damp Squib said:
If ever a signing summed up North End's transfer policy, this is it. It's a complex, multi-stage policy that takes years to master.

1. Spaff a load of cash (relatively) on a player we don't need.
2. Don't play said player.
3. Instead of loaning him out to get game time and develop, let said player rot on the bench / in the reserves for 2 years.
4. The penultimate, and most important step of all. Spunk even more cash paying said player off.
5. And finally, who could forget, the "there's no more dosh in the budget" announcement.
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It really is criminal and an incredible waste of cash for a cub that claims to be so thrifty and short of funds (aka 'well run').

I'm astonished by any of our fans who just brush this sort of thing under the carpet and try to explain it away with excuses.
 
Would be an interesting exercise to see how many players or ‘couldabeen champions’ we have let go or couldn’t keep as youths who went on to better things. Only one I can think of is Josh Brownhill. The lad at Blackburn doesn’t count because he hasn’t gone for big money or played in thePL.
Maybe Bayliss will be another Brownhill. Pity for us if it happens for him but that’s football
 
Ah the old PNE online faithful know far, far more than any scouts working for professional clubs. 🤣🤣

The management of young players at PNE over the last few years has been, on many levels, an absolute fucking disgrace. Good luck to Bayliss, I'm sure he will carve out a decent career.
 
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