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I can't help but think there must be a few out-of-contract strikers across Europe we could maybe tap up. Desperate times, desperate measures and all that . . .
 
Beersoulman said:
A little research on 'transfer markt' shows that all PNE players in the squad have at least joint UK or Irish nationality.

Just under half the players in the championship overall are foreign players - admittedly this would include Republic of Ireland players (and maybe Scottish. NI and Welsh)

Preston are placed joint 19th in one table saying '10 foreign players' - I think we would easily be bottom of any table for non-Uk or Irish players.

Why would a player born in USA or Australia (for example) find it more difficult to 'understand the culture' than an Irish player?

Does AN really agree with this restriction? - did he apply it at Norwich?
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Massive cultural differences between the US and the UK
 
Beersoulman said:
My question is not about the relative quality of foreign/ home grown talent . But is there a restrictive policy in place that limits ANs recruitment ??


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There isn't a policy that precludes the signing of foreign players. However, PR's response when asked about the signing of players from abroad at forums, has been that we will only sign players from leagues where the club believe they have a good understanding of the relative quality compared to the Championship; enabling them to gauge whether they believe a player is capable of stepping up to the required level.
 
Town_ender said:
There isn't a policy that precludes the signing of foreign players. However, PR's response when asked about the signing of players from abroad at forums, has been that we will only sign players from leagues where the club believe they have a good understanding of the relative quality compared to the Championship; enabling them to gauge whether they believe a player is capable of stepping up to the required level.
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Helpful answer ... but leagues of Ireland and Scotland ? There are better standards of leagues in the world where players would be equally able to ‘step up’ . What about foreign players who are experienced in English leagues ? We seem to be the only club in championship who restrict our recruitment in such a way . I would love to see 11 prestonions play for pne .. but come on if we are to survive we need to recruit the best players affordable and not apply such a self harming restriction .


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Beersoulman said:
Helpful answer ... but leagues of Ireland and Scotland ? There are better standards of leagues in the world where players would be equally able to ‘step up’ . What about foreign players who are experienced in English leagues ? We seem to be the only club in championship who restrict our recruitment in such a way . I would love to see 11 prestonions play for pne .. but come on if we are to survive we need to recruit the best players affordable and not apply such a self harming restriction .


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It's more a case of the relative difference that the club are interested in, they seem to believe that they have a better knowledge of the Irish league and therefore have a better understanding of the relative difference (even then they don't always get it right). as for other clubs signing players from european leagues they may be shopping in a different market and buying players from the top flight in these countries, which may be out of our price range but less of a risk. The club seem to think that the further down these league structures you go the more of a shot in the dark you are taking. With some players there could also be a risk of them not settling (I would think this could be an issue if a player speaks little or no English).

NB I don't want to be seen to be putting words in the mouth of PR or other club representatives, it's just my understanding of what's been said, others who have attended the forums may have come away with a different impression.
 
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Very interesting and thanks . However I’m still disturbed that our restriction on foreign players is strikingly different from every other clubs and our own in the past . Is it working ?


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