on September 25, 2023, 10:18 am, in reply to "I wonder if this was down to Thelwell??? "
I think Thelwell brought him in after Branthwaite had already went out on loan. I read that our new loans pathway was developed by Thelwell, and I think it’s worked well so far.
Thelwell gets a lot of shit, but for a bloke working for this basketcase of a club, I think he’s performing as well as he could. 
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Or James Vaughan… is he still with us?
We certainly need to have a comprehensive loan system / plan / pathway to the 1st team when trying to sign young players. This in addition to a much larger/ better scouting system.
Hopefully this improves and evolves over time
Scot
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And you’d hope we would convince him to stay & sign a long term contract.
Sadly football is no longer like that now.
I expect a regular champions League club (here or abroad) to buy him nxt year.
And good luck to him too
That’s how we are / will be operating for the foreseeable until we become loaded again & start playing European football on a regular basis.
I suppose the silver lining in the dark cloud is that it shows we can spot + attract talent, improve them and they go onto clubs in the champs league (I know I know …… …. It’s sh1t… but that’s reality / the legacy we have currently)….
Scot
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only €1m. Perhaps even a better bargain than Stones and Coleman. Time will tell.
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