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Alex Paulsen (AFC Bournemouth | England) [Loan: Lechia Gdańsk | Poland]

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2 days ago

AucklandPhoenix wrote:
Always been a bit suspicious about his apparent height, I’m staggered that he is taller then Raya.

Might have been with his old haircut? :)

I know, I know, its serious!

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2 days ago

Never liked the Polish League. It's a quirky, Bundesliga 1/2 league and difficult for young players to really shine in. I always thought it was crazy for Bournemouth not to find him a team in Europe to properly acclimatise too. At 23, he should have been in League 1 in England not the Ekstraklasa.

This was a coaching problem at Gdansk not Paulsen fault. Why would you start a young inexperienced (to European football) goalkeeper. Not surprised he got exposed on crosses/corners.

This type of thing happens a lot. Wrong placement at the wrong time, wrong club. Paulsen is young, cheap goalkeeper, he has nothing to worry about. He has good feet and body structure to make it. His agent needs to help him out a little. League 1 or even League 2 will be the right fit for next season.

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2 days ago

Saffa wrote:
Never liked the Polish League. It's a quirky, Bundesliga 1/2 league and difficult for young players to really shine in. I always thought it was crazy for Bournemouth not to find him a team in Europe to properly acclimatise too. At 23, he should have been in League 1 in England not the Ekstraklasa.

This was a coaching problem at Gdansk not Paulsen fault. Why would you start a young inexperienced (to European football) goalkeeper. Not surprised he got exposed on crosses/corners.

This type of thing happens a lot. Wrong placement at the wrong time, wrong club. Paulsen is young, cheap goalkeeper, he has nothing to worry about. He has good feet and body structure to make it. His agent needs to help him out a little. League 1 or even League 2 will be the right fit for next season.

Given it seems Gdansk had some financial issues that the loan from Bournemouth included payments per appearance for Paulsen as well as Bournemouth still contributing most of Paulsen's salary - so there is an incentive to play Paulsen, which is what Bournemouth would want for their youngsters.

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2 days ago · edited 2 days ago · History

Yeah better to have a who season playing at a decent level in Europe, than riding the pine somewhere.

He will have leant a shit load this season. His first time in a league with relegation, and a club struggling to avoid the drop. Most of the team non native English speakers. He was barely having to make 1-2 saves a game when at Auckland. In some ways as others have opined that AFC season was a bit of a waste of time re his development.

Paulsen will turn 24 in July. He's still a pup in goal keeper speak.

1.84m Matt Ryan signed for Club Brugge as a 21 yr old, and is still going strong in Europe 13 years later. Playing as good as ever as he helped keep Levante (promoted from season 24/25) up in La Liga.

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about 22 hours ago · edited about 21 hours ago · History

For all the talk of the "pathway" Bournemouth put in front of him when he left the Nix you'd really struggle to argue that either loan move so far has been a great move for him developmentally.

AFC stalled him for a year in a league he was too good for, and the issues mentioned above with the Polish move. At least its been regular football.

I'd like to think he's capable of a loan to L1 at the very least, SPL and Championship a possibility too. Hope he can regain some momentum after the World Cup as something tells me it'll be Crocombe starting.

Valley FC til I die?

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about 20 hours ago

He's too good for League One, but probably wasn't ready for the championship. I suspect that's why he ended up in Poland. There are some exceptionally average goalkeepers in league one, and there wasn't many teams that properly play out from the back for him to join.

Annual finals disappointment enthusiast.

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about 10 hours ago

Paulen should go and watch the Netflix doco on Martinez the Argentine keeper.
Got bought by Arsenal as a teenager and had nearly 10 years on the bench or on loan. He stuck it out and finally broke through to be awarded the worlds best keeper award.
Tough life being a young keeper in pro football

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