Did we sack a load of Scouts?

[Master Bates]

We're currently looking for:

 

• • Regional Lead Scout - Germany, Belgium & Holland

  Remote, More... | RQ-014438 | Posted Yesterday
• • Regional Lead Scout - Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia

  Remote | RQ-014523 | Posted Yesterday
• • Regional Lead Scout – South (UK)

  Staplewood Campus, More... | RQ-014547 | Posted Yesterday
• • Regional Lead Scout - Spain and Portugal

  Remote | RQ-014522 | Posted Yesterday
• • Regional Lead Scout North (UK)

  Remote, More... | RQ-014433 | Posted Yesterday

[saint1977]

Hardly surprising if Les’s team were sacked, especially after 4 largely shocking years of recruitment at all levels and that recent article in the Athletic reviving all of the Black Box nonsense was probably the final straw. I doubt Reed and Wilson were the only bad apples going by that and looks like Crocker wielded the axe.

[skintsaint]

looking at the job adverts - unfortunately don't have any of the essential criteria...😁

 

[oldsarum]

No sure, maybe it's a reorganisation and expansion of Scouting, part of the masterplan Ralph came up with during lockdown, prior to him signing his extended contract

[Gingeletiss]

Plenty of self confessed experts on here, maybe they should apply!

[Pilchards]

14 minutes ago, Gingeletiss said:

Plenty of self confessed experts on here, maybe they should apply!

Can’t be hard to be a scout can it?

(1) Do they take on players more than Redmond?

(2) Is he faster than Vestergaard?

(3) Can he save the ball better than McCarthy?

(4) Would they cost around 10m?

If yes then get a video off your dodgy stream and load it into our scout black box.

[VectisSaint]

New posts? Part of Crocker's reorganisation probably. 

[Turkish]

Surely all you need is to be half decent at football manager?

[Matthew Le God]

36 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Surely all you need is to be half decent at football manager?

You jest... but some Football Manager researchers work in analysis and recruitment departments of professional clubs. 

[Turkish]

48 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

You jest... but some Football Manager researchers work in analysis and recruitment departments of professional clubs. 

There is not a person in the world who should be taken more seriously than a grown adult who spends their life on computer games 

[John Boy Saint]

I think since Bill Green our then Head Scout sadly passed away in 2017 he left a rather big hole in the place. Maybe with the wealth of targets not coming through like they once did the club has decided to get on and get the scouting department sorted.

On top of this in our current Covid Pandemic situation, hopping on a plane from the UK to have a look at someone in Spain then France etc, incurs self isolation upon return, and  in some cases upon arrival from the UK. As football still chugs along the need for players still exists, and missing out through someone sat on their backside expensed up in a hotel room for 2 weeks is no use to the club. So they may just as well get a Johnny on the spot who can then, if needed, isolate at home with no big expense incurred.

[SuperSAINT]

Just seen that European scout Raul Garcia Fernandez has been pinched by Paul Mitchell at Monaco. 

So maybe we’ve lost a few more.

[Plastic]

1 hour ago, Matthew Le God said:

You jest... but some Football Manager researchers work in analysis and recruitment departments of professional clubs. 

Not you though? Get a CV in and let us know how it goes 🤔

Edited 21 October, 2020 by Plastic

[Badger]

Begs the question, what happened to the appointment of a new Head of Recruitment ?

[Hatch]

Casual Security Officer wanted to   -

 

'You're not coming in 'ere wearing those Lacostes,   only Sergio Tacchini allowed today'

Edited 21 October, 2020 by Hatch

[skintsaint]

2 hours ago, SuperSAINT said:

Just seen that European scout Raul Garcia Fernandez has been pinched by Paul Mitchell at Monaco. 

So maybe we’ve lost a few more.

Just going off this thread and not looking into it further, did we just have Fernandez as a general Euro scout as the adverts suggest we are looking to regionalise within Europe also.

[SuperSAINT]

2 hours ago, skintsaint said:

Just going off this thread and not looking into it further, did we just have Fernandez as a general Euro scout as the adverts suggest we are looking to regionalise within Europe also.

Possibly! Not sure.  Always thought we had regionals. 

[Saint_clark]

Possible this is due to covid restrictions, having a scouting group based in each region rather than people travelling will be a lot better and hopefully see us get a slight advantage in the next couple of years.

[verlaine1979]

1 hour ago, Saint_clark said:

Possible this is due to covid restrictions, having a scouting group based in each region rather than people travelling will be a lot better and hopefully see us get a slight advantage in the next couple of years.

Isn't that how scouting internationally has always worked? I don't think they were flying back and forth from Southampton every weekend before this.

Scouting has been pretty gash for several seasons now, so a shake-up is welcome.

[Master Bates]

11 hours ago, VectisSaint said:

 

 👍 🍻

 

 

Edited 21 October, 2020 by Master Bates
Took the comment the wrong way, I blame my autism.

[Master Bates]

11 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

You jest... but some Football Manager researchers work in analysis and recruitment departments of professional clubs. 

True 👍 

[Sideways Jim]

Matt Crocker not happy with the standard of players in the academy, making changes 👏🏻

[SuperSAINT]

1 minute ago, Sideways Jim said:

Matt Crocker not happy with the standard of players in the academy, making changes 👏🏻

If true, good to see pro-active changes being made.