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Scouting system

figgi

figgi

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Right guys what really is our scouting system ant Preston we've had league of Ireland, young potential with expiring contracts and loan deals. Who takes the lead at the club just a case Neil and Ridsdale watching lots of games or is there a head of scouting if not we really should look at Peterborough's scouting team Peterborough have earned major money on the likes of Aaron McLean, Dwight Gayle, Britt Assombalonga, Conor Washington and Jack Marriott. Surely it would be a big outlay but there scouting department are doing wonders for Peterborough.
 
Peterborough's scattergun approach has unearthed some gems but they're not fool proof. They sign players quickly as soon as they show potential and a lot fail, Lee Angol....

Terrible manager but Darren Ferguson also has a very good eye for a player.

You can afford to do that when you're happy with just the occasional season in the Championship but not if you want to stabilise.

Would rather look to the English non-league over Ireland though.
 
Let's remember though if we decided to sell some of our players we would also earn mega money for the likes of Robinson, Pearson, Browne, Davies, Storey. And Hugill two seasons ago.

The difference is we try and keep ours whilst the posh sells theirs first time of asking.
 
Don't not know how our scouting system works or how many scouts we actually have.
That said, I would like us looking in the European leagues for potential talent. Particularly in Germany and France.
 
pne4ever said:
Don't not know how our scouting system works or how many scouts we actually have.
That said, I would like us looking in the European leagues for potential talent. Particularly in Germany and France.
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Leeds announced this signing today.

Leeds United have announced the capture of former Barcelona B forward Rafa Mujica.
The 20-year-old striker was a free agent following the end of his contract in Spain and has put pen to paper on a three-year deal at Elland Road, which will run until the summer of 2022.


Mujica made 33 appearances for Barcelona's reserve side last term, bagging seven goals in the process.
 
I've often wondered if we could utilise the many exiled North End fans on the continent to spot potential talented players for loan or transfer. Just on here we have Greek, German and I think Spanish too.
 
boltons1 said:
I've often wondered if we could utilise the many exiled North End fans on the continent to spot potential talented players for loan or transfer. Just on here we have Greek, German and I think Spanish too.
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North End fans can't even agree on North End players. You think the club will be interested in random opinions?
 
pnenycx said:
7 goals in 33 games for the reserves? Not exactly prolific.
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Leeds must have seen enough to offer him a 3 year contract. Doubt we even knew he existed which is what this thread is about, should we not be looking in other markets than L1, L2, Ireland, Scotland.
 
pnenycx said:
North End fans can't even agree on North End players. You think the club will be interested in random opinions?
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My suggestion is that they could suggest players for our scouts to check out. I knew after seeing Tarkowski in one game he was better than anyone we had at the club and I'm not a scout and I don't know if anyone scouted him from North End. Bet there are loads of examples.
 
boltons1 said:
My suggestion is that they could suggest players for our scouts to check out. I knew after seeing Tarkowski in one game he was better than anyone we had at the club and I'm not a scout and I don't know if anyone scouted him from North End. Bet there are loads of examples.
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Being linked with a 40 million move to Leicester today to replace Maguire.
 
boltons1 said:
My suggestion is that they could suggest players for our scouts to check out. I knew after seeing Tarkowski in one game he was better than anyone we had at the club and I'm not a scout and I don't know if anyone scouted him from North End. Bet there are loads of examples.
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anyone can do that anyway - I did it with Bret Angel when I saw him playing for Stockport @ Burnley....

I also did it with a young lad from Lancaster area by contacting the academy scout.... (they already knew about him).
 
Aitch said:
Leeds must have seen enough to offer him a 3 year contract. Doubt we even knew he existed which is what this thread is about, should we not be looking in other markets than L1, L2, Ireland, Scotland.
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With Bielsa in charge I suspect Leeds are contacted on a daily basis by scouts offering players to them. Mujica probably doesn't even know Preston North End exists.
 
boltons1 said:
I've often wondered if we could utilise the many exiled North End fans on the continent to spot potential talented players for loan or transfer. Just on here we have Greek, German and I think Spanish too.
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As one of the Germany based fans who used to live in Spain I can tell you that PNE is absolutely 100% not interested in this. The club policy is not to take non-British Isles players unless they are already established in the UK.

We would never had signed Bauer if he wasn't already at Charlton.
 
Chartley said:
As one of the Germany based fans who used to live in Spain I can tell you that PNE is absolutely 100% not interested in this. The club policy is not to take non-British Isles players unless they are already established in the UK.

We would never had signed Bauer if he wasn't already at Charlton.
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100% not interested in using fans to scout players?? Quite right to!!
 
Chartley said:
As one of the Germany based fans who used to live in Spain I can tell you that PNE is absolutely 100% not interested in this. The club policy is not to take non-British Isles players unless they are already established in the UK.

We would never had signed Bauer if he wasn't already at Charlton.
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Its a shambles.
 
Tino said:
100% not interested in using fans to scout players?? Quite right to!!
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Absolutely agree.

But it goes beyond that. They are 100% not interested in discussing with foreign clubs. I've even offered to help PNE overcome any language barriers (free of charge) and was told that was a great idea and that they would check with the chief scout. Feedback was that the club has no interest in dealing with foreign clubs and they would let me know if that changes.
 
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