Master Bates Posted 20 October, 2020 Share Posted 20 October, 2020 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint1977 Posted 20 October, 2020 Share Posted 20 October, 2020 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 21 October, 2020 Share Posted 21 October, 2020 looking at the job adverts - unfortunately don't have any of the essential criteria...😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsarum Posted 21 October, 2020 Share Posted 21 October, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingeletiss Posted 21 October, 2020 Share Posted 21 October, 2020 Plenty of self confessed experts on here, maybe they should apply! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 21 October, 2020 Share Posted 21 October, 2020 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. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 21 October, 2020 Share Posted 21 October, 2020 New posts? Part of Crocker's reorganisation probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 21 October, 2020 Share Posted 21 October, 2020 Surely all you need is to be half decent at football manager? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 21 October, 2020 Share Posted 21 October, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 21 October, 2020 Share Posted 21 October, 2020 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 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 21 October, 2020 Share Posted 21 October, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 21 October, 2020 Share Posted 21 October, 2020 Just seen that European scout Raul Garcia Fernandez has been pinched by Paul Mitchell at Monaco. So maybe we’ve lost a few more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Posted 21 October, 2020 Share Posted 21 October, 2020 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 21 October, 2020 Share Posted 21 October, 2020 Begs the question, what happened to the appointment of a new Head of Recruitment ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 21 October, 2020 Share Posted 21 October, 2020 (edited) 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 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 21 October, 2020 Share Posted 21 October, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 21 October, 2020 Share Posted 21 October, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 21 October, 2020 Share Posted 21 October, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verlaine1979 Posted 21 October, 2020 Share Posted 21 October, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 21 October, 2020 Author Share Posted 21 October, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, VectisSaint said: 👍 🍻 Edited 21 October, 2020 by Master Bates Took the comment the wrong way, I blame my autism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 21 October, 2020 Author Share Posted 21 October, 2020 11 hours ago, Matthew Le God said: You jest... but some Football Manager researchers work in analysis and recruitment departments of professional clubs. True 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideways Jim Posted 21 October, 2020 Share Posted 21 October, 2020 Matt Crocker not happy with the standard of players in the academy, making changes 👏🏻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 21 October, 2020 Share Posted 21 October, 2020 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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