Patching

[iamITK]

Not much been said about him in preseason, but hes not been involved in any games. Assuming hes injured? Anyone heard anything?

[Chicken Balti Pie]

Didn't he have a bout of glandular fever recently? Maybe still getting over it?

[jackal2]

As long as he's not going to be put in the "one for the future" holding pen, I don't mind. If he was worth signing, he should be making a meaningful contribution this season.

[arnapie]

Was speaking to the 2 Notts fans who own a bar in Santa Ponsa about this. Uwe Rosler also owns a bar in the same square, and he reckons Patching is one of the best young players he has seen.

[navypie]

Was speaking to the 2 Notts fans who own a bar in Santa Ponsa about this. Uwe Rosler also owns a bar in the same square, and he reckons Patching is one of the best young players he has seen.

So why go to a team in league 2 ?

[Notts78]

Sometimes players have to take a step backwards to make huge strides forward?
These players get to forge a reputation that could mean a pathway back up the leagues. Think Jorge Grant, no one had heard of him when he was 22. Came on loan, earned a 3 year contract at his parent club (I suspect he could well have been released from Forest if he had not come to Notts), now he is on loan at a team who I think will challnge for promotion in League 1. Ryan Yates is another example of being sat in the youth set up who easily took to life in Leagues 1&2. There will be players at academies all around England who are good players but won’t get the chance to prove themselves and will end up in non-league or out of football completely.
Good luck to Patching and any other kid who has left the comfortable surroundings of these top clubs to prove themselves.

[arnapie]

So why go to a team in league 2 ?

As notts78 says, he was going nowhere stuck in Man City's vast pool of players. He would have sat there and probably never have played in a competitive game all his career. If he has a good couple of seasons with us he will get noticed and move up the league's.

[MAD_MAGPIE]

Sometimes players have to take a step backwards to make huge strides forward?
These players get to forge a reputation that could mean a pathway back up the leagues. Think Jorge Grant, no one had heard of him when he was 22. Came on loan, earned a 3 year contract at his parent club (I suspect he could well have been released from Forest if he had not come to Notts), now he is on loan at a team who I think will challnge for promotion in League 1. Ryan Yates is another example of being sat in the youth set up who easily took to life in Leagues 1&2. There will be players at academies all around England who are good players but won’t get the chance to prove themselves and will end up in non-league or out of football completely.
Good luck to Patching and any other kid who has left the comfortable surroundings of these top clubs to prove themselves.

This is where you find out about a players attitude as well. Ultimately most fans would love to play football as a job and play week in and week out. Any player that is in football for the right reasons should want to play every minute of every game. As we know a lot are not like that and are happy to sit in the reserves, reserves, reserves of big clubs and live the ‘life’ of a footballer and are in it for the money. They don’t really care if they play every week and look down on the lower leagues. Plus when they start out their heads can be turned by big clubs whereas a better path would be to progress through the leagues and get a name for themselves.

I’d always welcome a player particularly a young one who is at a bigger club and sees a vast pecking order, and decides that they want to play football. They then drop down to a level where they can make a name for themselves and become a big fish in a much smaller pond. If they really are that good they will soon rise to a higher level.

[navypie]

As notts78 says, he was going nowhere stuck in Man City's vast pool of players. He would have sat there and probably never have played in a competitive game all his career. If he has a good couple of seasons with us he will get noticed and move up the league's.

If he Rosler did say it I hope he's proved right and Patching moves up the leagues , with us!

[Freeman25]

So why go to a team in league 2 ?

You could have asked the same about Kasper Schmeichel, he turned out not bad despite his trip down here.

If the story is to be believed then Patching turned down Derby and West Brom offers to end up here.