![]() ![]() The agent and the player will be aware of a club's interest long before an offer goes in rarely in modern football does a bid surprise player and public in equal measure. "We phone the manager and ask, we get a background on him, we phone an agent and find out what his personality is like," says Dons' boss Robinson. ![]() Image: MK Dons manager Karl Robinson puts huge trust in his scouts That's how a manager would look at the game." "When we do Monday Night Football, we use the boot room camera, the bird's-eye view of the pitch. West Brom scout Mel Johnson told the Art of Scouting series: "You must go to games, you must have gut instinct, you cannot have that watching a game on a laptop, it is impossible."Įven camera views can influence perception, as Sky Sports’ Gary Neville explained to Graham Hunter in his Big Interview: "A lot of people watch the game, but don't see the game. ![]() Most clubs use statistical databases parallel to a pool of scouts Prozone, WyScout, Scout7, DataScout, even a souped-up version of Football Manager, but will computers ever fully replace pen, paper and a scout pass? Thousands of miles, thousands of games, thousands not fitting the bill. Image: The Monday Night Football team take a manager's-eye viewĪ Premier League club will have around 10 to 15 scouts in total, but a chief scout's bond with the manager will be as strong as any at the club during transfer activity, a clear shared vision of what they are looking for, the same common goal. ![]()
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