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Chartley said:
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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where about you based Chartley, just out of being nosey? 😀
 
Chartley said:
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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Ha ha I know was just jesting.

I guess the cost to scout is higher and the risk in buying is probably greater as well. I wonder if they've been offered players based abroad but not even bothered looking
 
Chartley said:
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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Don't get me wrong - I understand why PNE don't want fans sticking their noses in. My concern is that I don't believe they were just pushing me away - the evidence is that they told me the truth.
 
Huddersfield and Norwich went up with a few Germans.

We have signed Bauer, rumoured to be after Bassala Sambou (German).

Just get Nugent a German Phrase Book and we are sorted cha!

Seriously though, Mahrez £650k from Ligue 2, Ali Bernabia £300k from wherever, both Algerians. Yes, it's Africa but it is only across the Med. Two examples of cheap foreign players doing the biz.

We are missing a trick here.
 
I know we have Joe Savage at the club. Not sure if he's head scout or what but he came when Neil joined from Norwich.

I think there's definitely talent to be found abroad. Emi Buendia for example. Norwich signedhim from Getafe last summer for €2m. Not a fee entirely out of this world (granted one we likely wouldn't match) and he had a great season with Norwich and they've gone up.
 
utw said:
I know we have Joe Savage at the club. Not sure if he's head scout or what but he came when Neil joined from Norwich.

I think there's definitely talent to be found abroad. Emi Buendia for example. Norwich signedhim from Getafe last summer for €2m. Not a fee entirely out of this world (granted one we likely wouldn't match) and he had a great season with Norwich and they've gone up.
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Could be wrong but I was under the impression that while they tend to come with lower fees they demand higher wages due to this. Add in the language and cultural barriers and sometimes it is a gamble too far. At least if we gamble on players from the Irish and Scottish leagues they (kinda!) speak the same language
 
Jack Daniels said:
Huddersfield and Norwich went up with a few Germans.

We have signed Bauer, rumoured to be after Bassala Sambou (German).

Just get Nugent a German Phrase Book and we are sorted cha!

Seriously though, Mahrez £650k from Ligue 2, Ali Bernabia £300k from wherever, both Algerians. Yes, it's Africa but it is only across the Med. Two examples of cheap foreign players doing the biz.

We are missing a trick here.
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The French market has become massively inflated now, any highly rated player is going for multi millions. Teams seem to be moving towards Holland/ more obscure leagues a bit more these days.
 
Chartley said:
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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Exactly this sort of small mindedness could be holding us back from spotting a gem in the lower leagues in Europe.

To reiterate I'm not suggesting fans doing the scouting, but merely suggesting players that should be scouted/checked on in terms of stats/with their club and taken from there. It would be an extremely cost effective way of scouting a much larger pool of players than the current status quo of UK an Ireland.

Likewise people like Chartley/Berlinender could get us an 'in' with teams that could tell us about players that may not be good enough for the top teams but good enough for us.
 
boltons1 said:
Exactly this sort of small mindedness could be holding us back from spotting a gem in the lower leagues in Europe.

To reiterate I'm not suggesting fans doing the scouting, but merely suggesting players that should be scouted/checked on in terms of stats/with their club and taken from there. It would be an extremely cost effective way of scouting a much larger pool of players than the current status quo of UK an Ireland.

Likewise people like Chartley/Berlinender could get us an 'in' with teams that could tell us about players that may not be good enough for the top teams but good enough for us.
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Sorry are you seriously suggesting that part of our scouting network consists of recommendations by a few of our fans because they know the language? ??
As basic as a club as we are on a scouting basis (outside of GB) I still think AN would laugh his ever enlarging tits off at this...............fans working as a scouting network ?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️. I've heard it all know.
Just be patient and I'm pretty sure AN will find someone he fancies with his own sources. ?
Please God let us sign a half decent player in the next few days to stop these kind of comments. ?
 
Does anyone commenting here know A/ what a good scouting setup looks like and B/ what our scouting setup looks like?
 
potsie66 said:
Sorry are you seriously suggesting that part of our scouting network consists of recommendations by a few of our fans because they know the language? ??
As basic as a club as we are on a scouting basis (outside of GB) I still think AN would laugh his ever enlarging tits off at this...............fans working as a scouting network ?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️. I've heard it all know.
Just be patient and I'm pretty sure AN will find someone he fancies with his own sources. ?
Please God let us sign a half decent player in the next few days to stop these kind of comments. ?
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Ok maybe you can't spot a decent player on a football pitch out of 22 players but some people do and clearly KNOW what they could suggest to the club. Of course it isn't foolproof but I would imagine it would enable the club to spot emerging talent earlier. Clearly you're another small minded person.
 
potsie66 said:
Sorry are you seriously suggesting that part of our scouting network consists of recommendations by a few of our fans because they know the language? ??
As basic as a club as we are on a scouting basis (outside of GB) I still think AN would laugh his ever enlarging tits off at this...............fans working as a scouting network ?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️. I've heard it all know.
Just be patient and I'm pretty sure AN will find someone he fancies with his own sources. ?
Please God let us sign a half decent player in the next few days to stop these kind of comments. ?
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What I do agree with is we need some good signings soon to lift the impatient atmosphere among the fans on the threads, I'm mainly talking about planning for the future i.e the next Bailey Wright, Alan Browne etc or even better!!
 
boltons1 said:
Strange I thought it shared a border with Britain?
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Actually it doesn’t. It shares a border with The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is, however, part of The British Isles. In football terms, even Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are separate countries with their own FAs.
 
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