Scouting Infrastructure

[GoldhawkR]

This has been bouncing around on twitter, getting quite popular tonight. Agree with some points but think we need to concentrate on getting up this year.

http://ficklefootball.wordpress.com/2014/01/05/scouting-what-scouting/

[Factamondo]

our scouts have been almost non existant for years..........name 'starlets' on one hand!

[Fordy]

Been banging on about this for yonks. We obviously have no scouting system. And it's obviously shows.

[acricketer]

If we did have scouts we'd be more prepared.

[maverick69]

Was that article written by Mike Rigg?...... Because it seems overly sympathetic to him given that he was partially responsible for the fragmentation that existed last year under the axis of Hughes, him and Joorabchian.

For example: His fabled database apparently critiques factors such as mental health........ Diakite anyone? Not to mention the (alleged) outright segregation of certain players....

And as for us having no scouting network so to speak of since he left and Harry arrived....... the author forgot to mention that Pullis was working for us under the radar in that specific area.......... Not a bad football brain there TBH.

[qprted]

the last

the last player our scouting system un earthed was trevor sinclair,since then we have been non existant

[West Acton]

Riggs same scouting structure that brought us Bobby, Johnson (Sick notes), Bosingwa, Cesar etc etc

[QPR71]

under hughes and rigg every player that came in had kia as part of the deal...ridiculous article...there is development needed in scouting but rigg didn't do what it said on the can

[GoldhawkR]

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under hughes and rigg every player that came in had kia as part of the deal...ridiculous article...there is development needed in scouting but rigg didn't do what it said on the can

Think you're missing the point old chap, it was the agents involvement with Fernandes why that happened. I point to Macheda signing

[QPR71]

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Think you're missing the point old chap, it was the agents involvement with Fernandes why that happened. I point to Macheda signing

except that kia is well known to be hughes representative

[Factamondo]

If we did have scouts we'd be more prepared.

ha ha very good...see what you did there

[Factamondo]

the last player our scouting system un earthed was trevor sinclair,since then we have been non existant

teddy my brothe in a jacket of straights...........trev came from blackpool!

[maverick69]

teddy my brothe in a jacket of straights...........trev came from blackpool!

Maybe Ted meant Les...... Who we nicked off Hayes for 10 grand..... As a goalkeeper!

[Factamondo]

yes he played in goal for my old school inbetween bashing up the blue peter garden!

[Shania]

Mel Johnson was a good scout. Maybs one of the best?