[Albion] Interesting article on the shifts in scouting, with lots of mentions of us...

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Back in Sussex

• Dec 18, 2024

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“I’m sure if Brighton had waited another six months to recruit Carlos Baleba, they wouldn’t have paid £20m for him, they probably would have had to pay double because you keep on adding up top performances for Lille and then all of a sudden he’s out of out of range, and only Manchester City and Liverpool and Real Madrid can buy him.”

'It's a bit scary': The Brighton sackings that sent shockwaves through scouting

Brighton's move away from 'old school' methods is the end of talent ID as we know it

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Not Andy Naylor

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Seven Dials

• Dec 18, 2024

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There was more to at least one of the 'sackings', if you want to call them that, than a change in scouting model.

 

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• Dec 18, 2024

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"Foster, a self-confessed graduate of the “old school” of football scouting, knows that video work and data analysis are increasingly important, but he shares the view of many that it cannot be the sole modus operandi."

This Steve Foster guy is going to beat Skynet with a stick and tell it to go away. We'll see how it works out for him.

 

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Burgess Hill

• Dec 19, 2024

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What a load of old tosh. He contradicts himself in the article several times. Seems to be a complete ignorance of the fact we still do ‘eyes-on’ scouting, we just have a better filter getting us to that point. Also, haven’t heard about many kids from Cameroon or Burkina Faso in the academy