Lord Snooty Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Wednesday full back Matt Penney says he is thriving in Germany on loan with Bundesliga 2 side St Pauli. The 21-year-old joined the Hamburg outfit in the summer, hoping to gain more experience from the temporary stint, and believes his decision to go abroad was the right one. Penney said: “Me and the club had a chat and we said the best opportunity to get some regular games would be to go out on loan. “I started looking out for loan moves and I got a call from the manager here who said he was interested in taking me and told me a lot about the league. “I decided to try something different by going abroad and I’m thriving off it at the minute and really enjoying it.” Moving to a different country means having to adapt, particularly to a new language, but the Owls academy product is getting used to life in Germany. “I was a bit anxious to start with about the language, but since I’ve been here I’ve picked up bits and bobs, so I can understand some of it, but most of the lads speak English so they help me out! “I’m having German lessons, so I am picking it up and every week I learn a bit more.” Penney featured in the Hamburg derby in September, with St Pauli winning 2-0 at the Millerntor-Stadion, and the full back says the atmospheres in Germany have been great to play in. He added: “As soon as I got here, I realised it was a massive club, the average home attendance is around 30,000. “It’s great to get back playing in front of big crowds in big games. The Hamburg derby when we won 2-0 was crazy, it’s been amazing.” Penney first broke into the Owls side last season having been with the club’s academy since the age of eight, and wants to return to Wednesday a more experienced player. “I just want to come over here, keep playing and keep challenging myself. “Then when I come back to Wednesday I’ll be a better player with more experience under my belt having played regular football. “I feel like I’m getting better and more confident with each game. “The standard is really good, the atmospheres are really good and I’m playing regularly. I can’t complain at all!” Since the Wednesdayite moved to Germany, Garry Monk has been appointed Owls manager, and Penney says he has a close eye on what’s happening back home. He said: “We’ve obviously got a new manager now since I came here. “I keep up to date with the boys and I can see they are absolutely flying at the minute which is great to see.” 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beholder Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Excellent. I was really impressed with him in his initial spell with us at left back. Had the potential to be a really good player for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 (edited) Good to see him getting regular games. Edited November 13, 2019 by S36 OWL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZicoSterland2 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 A player who hopefully will get a chance on his return. Started well here but seemed to fall away as Dross lost game after game. Too much pressure was heaped upon players with very little first team experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birley Owl 1867 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Sounds like he wants to stay. Can only be a positive, hopefully sign a new deal before he goes for nowt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnishOwl Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 I would very much like to see him sign a new deal. Probably the best prospect we have right now and would have a part to play in the future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chow Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Hopefully he will grow in confidence and be our future left back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 If he's enjoying it that much and he's out of contract in the summer he can sign a pre-contract agreement with them in January and we'll get next to nowt apart from a small development fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 17 minutes ago, ZicoSterland2 said: A player who hopefully will get a chance on his return. Started well here but seemed to fall away as Dross lost game after game. Too much pressure was heaped upon players with very little first team experience. Yeah, he's best off well away from Luhukay. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitcat Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 He'll be going nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SettleForADraw Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 26 minutes ago, alanharper said: If he's enjoying it that much and he's out of contract in the summer he can sign a pre-contract agreement with them in January and we'll get next to nowt apart from a small development fee. We won’t get that will we? As they’re a German club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fpowl Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 He’s our best left this loan move will make him even better I’m looking forward to him returning wouldn’t be surprised if he makes that left back his own for after Christmas and be a real player for us back half of season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 8 minutes ago, SettleForADraw said: We won’t get that will we? As they’re a German club? Thought we get a small fee due to his young age and the fact that he came through our academy. Sure we got a pittance for George Hirst from Leicester, er, I mean the random Belgian club which Hirst entirely coincidentally and randomly signed for. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZicoSterland2 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 48 minutes ago, areNOTwhatTHEYseem said: Yeah, he's best off well away from Luhukay. Different league different scenario. Football less paced and more technical far less physical. Doubt his improvement is down to Dross more the type of football played in Germany. Penney is technically sound and looks like German football suits him,the main concern is he doesn't agree a Bosman deal with the German side in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 42 minutes ago, fpowl said: He’s our best left this loan move will make him even better I’m looking forward to him returning wouldn’t be surprised if he makes that left back his own for after Christmas and be a real player for us back half of season Is his loan until Christmas, or the whole season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Snooty Posted November 13, 2019 Author Share Posted November 13, 2019 12 minutes ago, Ever the pessimist said: Is his loan until Christmas, or the whole season? Think Bullen said at the time it was till January with an option to extend until the end of the season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonbones Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 I'll be honest if his loan deal is up January with potential to extend, then i'd say sign a new contract and extend your loan or take him back into the fold and give him some first team action - then try to sweeten him up and sign a new deal We don't get many prospects, and he is one. One which cost us nowt other than sunk costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 1 hour ago, ZicoSterland2 said: Different league different scenario. Football less paced and more technical far less physical. Doubt his improvement is down to Dross more the type of football played in Germany. Penney is technically sound and looks like German football suits him,the main concern is he doesn't agree a Bosman deal with the German side in January. Maybe German football suits Luhukay as well. His record over there is pretty decent, after all. It's interesting that Penney is back playing under the only manager who's ever shown any faith in him. If St Pauli want him, I wouldn't be surprised to see him want to continue working with Luhukay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malek Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Certainly got required stamina and pace that play left back role for us, and I'm sure we will get to see more of that left foot featured on linked video. Just hope he will decide to come back and sign new long term deal with Wednesday. Btw. Watching all of games he played for St Pauli I wouldn't say that Bundesliga 2 is any less physical or any slower then Championship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRightSide Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Despite showing early promise his form went on the slide hugely after 10 or so games for us and he looked way out of his depth. he’s getting to that point with St Pauli now so it’ll be interesting to see if he’s able to sustain a higher level of performance than he did with us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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