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Patrick Bauer - Aug 2025 signed a 1yr contract with AFC Wimbledon (p19)

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  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,012
    He's going to be picking up about 25-30k a month, i'm pretty sure he'll find somewhere decent to live.
  • AllHailTheHen
    AllHailTheHen Posts: 3,063
    One positive is that we now have another player that we can obsess over resigning when his contract is almost up at Preston. 
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    SoundAsa£ said:
    Don’t know if I am reading too much into this but.......if you watch Pat’s reaction immediately after he scored at Wembley it was somewhat muted......the other players went absolutely mental but he appeared to be being reflective and far less excited.
    Maybe that’s his character but I’m certain he wasn’t leaping around like the rest of the guys......even when they got into an impromptu celebratory huddle on the touchline he more or less ambled up and as an afterthought joined in....if you don’t believe me take another look, you’ll see what i mean.
    As I say, it may just be his character but it was certainly a different reaction from the rest of the guys.
    It's Pats personality.
    I saw about 7 players going Ape who I believe knew they wouldn't be at Charlton next season.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,005
    Daggs said:

    Just to add my thoughts.

    Bauer was a good member of  our team, even without the Wembley goal. He gave his all and along with almost everyone I'm grateful for his efforts.

    He decided to leave months ago, so it's no surprise. I don't know what he earned at Charlton, nor what he'll earn at PNE

    But, he has gone down in my estimation for joining Preston. I understand he wanted more money than Charlton would pay and I don't hold that against him. But Preston!! Surely he could have done better than that?

    I hope they get relegated.

    Yeah I heard he turned down Leeds, Derby and a number of Prem clubs so he could join Preston.
    Oh no actually he didn't, he had a choice of Blackburn, Preston & Wigan.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,005
    Redhenry said:
    He didn't get offered double his salary.......  :neutral:
    I've no idea myself, but Cawley said he was offered double by some clubs.
  • shuffles67
    shuffles67 Posts: 105
    Good luck Patrick and thanx for the memories really hope it works well for you except when you play us
  • Ferryman
    Ferryman Posts: 2,921
    thickandthin63 said:
    AFKA you are right,for all his many faults ,I think Roland was spot on when he called some championship clubs crazy.Only the clubs with the parachute payments plus the 30000 a week clubs like leeds,Derby,can afford the wages that some players want.I have said for years this will go wrong,the amount of sugar daddies wanting to bank roll their clubs is drying up,Bolton are the tip of the iceberg,if clubs like Fulham,Cardiff dont get back up quickly they are in trouble(look at us).Good luck to the players like Patrick,,it is a short career,but soon enough will be enough for some clubs.
    It needs sorting. Birmingham got fined with a points deduction yet their total expenditure was less than some club's parachute payments.
  • Ferryman
    Ferryman Posts: 2,921
    Davo55 said:
    Very sorry to lose the BFG. Solid, calm, dependable. Can’t blame him for moving on and I wish him well. 

    Also, I trust in LB and SG to get a very good replacement in. Lockyer looked very accomplished against us and would, I think, be at least as good as Paddy given coaching. 
    But unless Lockyer will play every game, and he ain't signed yet, we need two centre halves.
  • Ferryman
    Ferryman Posts: 2,921
    You can play two left footers against most League One sides but we'll get murdered at the higher level 
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,561
    golfaddick said:
    JamesSeed said:
    CHG said:
    Great night out in Preston. What was he thinking £££?
    When you’ve just started a family, and someone offers you double your salary, are you going to chose club loyalty over family loyalty? Don’t think so. 

       

    I hope his wife hasn't got too used to Chislehurst...........Preston might be a bit of a shock come December, although I suppose they could move a bit further out, like Southport. 

    As for his last minute goal..........he was just lucky to be in the right place & the right time - and then he nearly missed as it went in off the defender. Its ok, I'm like the Murphy's.........

    (For context I got done for speeding in Preston & as it took ne to 12 points I went to the Magistrates Court there for a hearing. Managed to get off a ban due to "financial hardship".......but that's another story)



    flabbergasted ….
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  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,480
    soapboxsam said:
    SoundAsa£ said:
    Don’t know if I am reading too much into this but.......if you watch Pat’s reaction immediately after he scored at Wembley it was somewhat muted......the other players went absolutely mental but he appeared to be being reflective and far less excited.
    Maybe that’s his character but I’m certain he wasn’t leaping around like the rest of the guys......even when they got into an impromptu celebratory huddle on the touchline he more or less ambled up and as an afterthought joined in....if you don’t believe me take another look, you’ll see what i mean.
    As I say, it may just be his character but it was certainly a different reaction from the rest of the guys.
    It's Pats personality.
    I saw about 7 players going Ape who I believe knew they wouldn't be at Charlton next season.
    So you are suggesting that at least seven of the side we put out at Wembley won’t be retained.....really, how interesting?!!?
  • MountsfieldPark
    MountsfieldPark Posts: 2,074
    rananegra said:
    Thank you Patrick for all you did for us. I think Preston are fine - they strike me as a well run club and to be honest after the omnishambles that is anything touched by the hand of Duchatelet, you need some time at a club where the off-field issues don't overwhelm everything else. The extra dosh probably helps as well. Good luck (except against us). 
    +1.  Best of luck, BFG.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Great lad, great defender, but not irreplaceable imo.

    forever part of charlton history. Thank you BFG 
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,035
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    He's going to be picking up about 25-30k a month, i'm pretty sure he'll find somewhere decent to live.
    If that’s accurate then fair play to him, no way we could/should have tried to compete with that sort of money. 
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    AllHailTheHen said:
    One positive is that we now have another player that we can obsess over resigning when his contract is almost up at Preston. 
    Is he gonna quit early then?
  • covered_end_junior
    covered_end_junior Posts: 4,521
    edited June 2019
    se9addick said:
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    He's going to be picking up about 25-30k a month, i'm pretty sure he'll find somewhere decent to live.
    If that’s accurate then fair play to him, no way we could/should have tried to compete with that sort of money. 
    No chance he'll be on that much. Preston have a pretty low budget so I'd imagine it's more like 10k, 15k max. 
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    Covered End said:
    Daggs said:

    Just to add my thoughts.

    Bauer was a good member of  our team, even without the Wembley goal. He gave his all and along with almost everyone I'm grateful for his efforts.

    He decided to leave months ago, so it's no surprise. I don't know what he earned at Charlton, nor what he'll earn at PNE

    But, he has gone down in my estimation for joining Preston. I understand he wanted more money than Charlton would pay and I don't hold that against him. But Preston!! Surely he could have done better than that?

    I hope they get relegated.

    Yeah I heard he turned down Leeds, Derby and a number of Prem clubs so he could join Preston.
    Oh no actually he didn't, he had a choice of Blackburn, Preston & Wigan.
    Trying to think which one of those is the bleakest place. Quite a hard one to pick!
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,117
    covered end junior said:
    se9addick said:
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    He's going to be picking up about 25-30k a month, i'm pretty sure he'll find somewhere decent to live.
    If that’s accurate then fair play to him, no way we could/should have tried to compete with that sort of money. 
    No chance he'll be on that much. Preston have a pretty low budget so I'd imagine it's more like 10k, 15k max. 
    10k a month? You're nuts, Chris is not gonna be that far off, 10k a week isnt unreasonable for a Champ CB at alln
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    edited June 2019
    Covered End said:
    Redhenry said:
    Airman Brown said:
    It’s worth noting that Preston don’t actually pay big money and their revenue of £13.4m in 2017/18 is very similar to what Charlton’s will be in 2019/20 - in fact it’s a fair bet Charlton’s will be higher.

    Their wage bill in 17/18 was £15m against Charlton’s £10m on much lower L1 income.

    Obviously we don’t know Bauer is going there, his wider reasoning or how far up Lee Bowyer’s priority list retaining him was.

    But let’s be clear that if they are offering him double what Charlton are, it’s a choice on both sides. It’s not can’t in our case, it’s won’t. 
    Good point made @Airman Brown .A strange move because i heard the max Preston would pay is 7 a week.
    Sounds like he got impatient. Apparently he threw his toys out last season, when he was stopped going to Blackburn.
    If and it is if we were offering £5Kpw and Preston offered £7Kpw, it's still £100Kpa pay rise.
    I'll be honest and say I would move for an extra £100Kpa. 
    You surprise me saying that CE. Knowing you as I do my instinct would be you are not salary driven as a deciding factor.

    ill be honest. If I was earning £250k a year, had a young family that was settled in the area and happy in my current place of work and well respected, I’d probably reject a majorly impacting sideways career move for an extra £100k a year
  • covered_end_junior
    covered_end_junior Posts: 4,521
    edited June 2019
    Stu_of_Kunming said:
    covered end junior said:
    se9addick said:
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    He's going to be picking up about 25-30k a month, i'm pretty sure he'll find somewhere decent to live.
    If that’s accurate then fair play to him, no way we could/should have tried to compete with that sort of money. 
    No chance he'll be on that much. Preston have a pretty low budget so I'd imagine it's more like 10k, 15k max. 
    10k a month? You're nuts, Chris is not gonna be that far off, 10k a week isnt unreasonable for a Champ CB at alln
    Apologies I didn't read the post by Chris properly. I meant 10k-15k a week at Preston so yes Chris is correct. 
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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,005
    edited June 2019
    AFKABartram said:
    Covered End said:
    Redhenry said:
    Airman Brown said:
    It’s worth noting that Preston don’t actually pay big money and their revenue of £13.4m in 2017/18 is very similar to what Charlton’s will be in 2019/20 - in fact it’s a fair bet Charlton’s will be higher.

    Their wage bill in 17/18 was £15m against Charlton’s £10m on much lower L1 income.

    Obviously we don’t know Bauer is going there, his wider reasoning or how far up Lee Bowyer’s priority list retaining him was.

    But let’s be clear that if they are offering him double what Charlton are, it’s a choice on both sides. It’s not can’t in our case, it’s won’t. 
    Good point made @Airman Brown .A strange move because i heard the max Preston would pay is 7 a week.
    Sounds like he got impatient. Apparently he threw his toys out last season, when he was stopped going to Blackburn.
    If and it is if we were offering £5Kpw and Preston offered £7Kpw, it's still £100Kpa pay rise.
    I'll be honest and say I would move for an extra £100Kpa. 
    You surprise me saying that CE. Knowing you as I do my instinct would be you are not salary driven as a deciding factor.

    ill be honest. If I was earning £250k a year, had a young family that was settled in the area and happy in my current place of work and well respected, I’d probably reject a majorly impacting sideways career move for an extra £100k a year
    I suspect the truth is we either didn't offer him a pay rise as he was signed in The Championship or if we did it wasn't much.

    The most likely scenario was he was on £5Kpw and we said we'd extend that or give a small rise.
    I reckon Preston offered £10Kpw, so an extra £250K pa.
    He's 26 and got a 3 year deal.
    Unless he improves dramatically, by the time he's 29 he'll do well to be offered an increase.
    So for Bauer this could be his "big money" move, the best he can get.
    Plus, as others said I bet he got a juicy signing on fee as well.
    3 years x £250K plus a signing on fee, could give him approaching £1M more !
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,503
    edited June 2019
    AFKABartram said:
    Covered End said:
    Redhenry said:
    Airman Brown said:
    It’s worth noting that Preston don’t actually pay big money and their revenue of £13.4m in 2017/18 is very similar to what Charlton’s will be in 2019/20 - in fact it’s a fair bet Charlton’s will be higher.

    Their wage bill in 17/18 was £15m against Charlton’s £10m on much lower L1 income.

    Obviously we don’t know Bauer is going there, his wider reasoning or how far up Lee Bowyer’s priority list retaining him was.

    But let’s be clear that if they are offering him double what Charlton are, it’s a choice on both sides. It’s not can’t in our case, it’s won’t. 
    Good point made @Airman Brown .A strange move because i heard the max Preston would pay is 7 a week.
    Sounds like he got impatient. Apparently he threw his toys out last season, when he was stopped going to Blackburn.
    If and it is if we were offering £5Kpw and Preston offered £7Kpw, it's still £100Kpa pay rise.
    I'll be honest and say I would move for an extra £100Kpa. 
    You surprise me saying that CE. Knowing you as I do my instinct would be you are not salary driven as a deciding factor.

    ill be honest. If I was earning £250k a year, had a young family that was settled in the area and happy in my current place of work and well respected, I’d probably reject a majorly impacting sideways career move for an extra £100k a year

    I would stay too but then again I'm in a profession in which I have a fair chance of being employed past the age of 35 (in fact, I've managed another 17 years beyond that). The point being, a footballer doesn't know if it will even last until he's 35. It could end tomorrow with a bad injury or fairly shortly after with a loss of form. I think £100k/year (less tax) is probably enough to make most Championship footballers move clubs. Sad as it is for us supporters who become attached to players, unless they've already got millions in the bank, then they probably ought to chase whatever is on offer while they can.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,628
    LargeAddick said:
    golfaddick said:
    JamesSeed said:
    CHG said:
    Great night out in Preston. What was he thinking £££?
    When you’ve just started a family, and someone offers you double your salary, are you going to chose club loyalty over family loyalty? Don’t think so. 

       

    I hope his wife hasn't got too used to Chislehurst...........Preston might be a bit of a shock come December, although I suppose they could move a bit further out, like Southport. 

    As for his last minute goal..........he was just lucky to be in the right place & the right time - and then he nearly missed as it went in off the defender. Its ok, I'm like the Murphy's.........

    (For context I got done for speeding in Preston & as it took ne to 12 points I went to the Magistrates Court there for a hearing. Managed to get off a ban due to "financial hardship".......but that's another story)



    flabbergasted ….
    Tongue in cheek......
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,521
    SoundAsa£ said:
    soapboxsam said:
    SoundAsa£ said:
    Don’t know if I am reading too much into this but.......if you watch Pat’s reaction immediately after he scored at Wembley it was somewhat muted......the other players went absolutely mental but he appeared to be being reflective and far less excited.
    Maybe that’s his character but I’m certain he wasn’t leaping around like the rest of the guys......even when they got into an impromptu celebratory huddle on the touchline he more or less ambled up and as an afterthought joined in....if you don’t believe me take another look, you’ll see what i mean.
    As I say, it may just be his character but it was certainly a different reaction from the rest of the guys.
    It's Pats personality.
    I saw about 7 players going Ape who I believe knew they wouldn't be at Charlton next season.
    So you are suggesting that at least seven of the side we put out at Wembley won’t be retained.....really, how interesting?!!?
    Def gone: Purrington, Bauer, Bielik, Cullen, Williams, Parker
    Very doubtful in reality that we can lure any of them back.
    Probably gone: Aribo
    Maybe going: Pearce 
    That's eight.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,480
    H......all of those (apart from Bauer), may or may not be with us according to what you’re saying.....as in doubtful, probably and maybe!
    You are not saying they definitely won’t be with us....so in truth who knows.
    Whereas sbs is saying they ‘definitely’ won’t be, you are saying possibly won’t be.
    I fancy some of those you mentioned will still be with us, though how many is anyone’s guess.
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,521
    SoundAsa£ said:
    H......all of those (apart from Bauer), may or may not be with us according to what you’re saying.....as in doubtful, probably and maybe!
    You are not saying they definitely won’t be with us....so in truth who knows.
    Whereas sbs is saying they ‘definitely’ won’t be, you are saying possibly won’t be.
    I fancy some of those you mentioned will still be with us, though how many is anyone’s guess.
    At this moment all the first lot listed have gone ie are not on cafc books. I'd love us to get three or four of them back but feels v unlikely. 

    Oh and add Dijksteel to the maybe list.
  • Redhenry
    Redhenry Posts: 5,359
    I reckon he's on 5500 to 6 a week at Preston
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,561
    edited June 2019
    Redhenry said:
    I reckon he's on 5500 to 6 a week at Preston
    Sorry but if we offered him 5k, as has been said, I honestly don’t think he’d have upsticks and gone Oop North for an extra grand a week. Just don’t buy that.
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,521
    Redhenry said:
    I reckon he's on 5500 to 6 a week at Preston
    Gutting. Maybe he had just had enough of the RD madhouse. 
  • covered_end_junior
    covered_end_junior Posts: 4,521
    Redhenry said:
    I reckon he's on 5500 to 6 a week at Preston

    Surprised and disappointed if this is the case.

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