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[Albion] Scouting team sacked









thedonkeycentrehalf

Moved back to wear the gloves (again)
Jul 7, 2003
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This……sounds like a couple might have left and the dept restructured, but that would be a crap headline
Definitely feels like someone has lost their job and gone running to the press and now we have a story over something pretty routine in any business.
 


trueblue

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Jul 5, 2003
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Hove
Wonder what it's all about.

"It is understood that the excellent work of the scouts who have left has been recognised by Bloom and that Brighton plan to make appointments as part of the restructuring to take the total recruitment staff headcount back up to near its previous level."
That line stood out for me too. The stuff later in the article saying that Bloom thinks data is better than humans seems a stretch to make it more of a story.

Considering how many of our recruitment team have gone to other clubs - and how close some of our scouts may have been to them - perhaps we're just protecting our data and list of targets. We always say that everything is on a 'need to know basis' when looking at players but must be hard to prevent information from leaking out.
 


WATFORD zero

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Jul 10, 2003
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Wonder if data negates need for old fashioned Barry and co watching with a bovril in the stands.
"It is understood that the excellent work of the scouts who have left has been recognised by Bloom and that Brighton plan to make appointments as part of the restructuring to take the total recruitment staff headcount back up to near its previous level."

Sounds like we just want some new blood in there :shrug:
 




Hiheidi

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Dec 27, 2022
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Considering how many of our recruitment team have gone to other clubs - and how close some of our scouts may have been to them - perhaps we're just protecting our data and list of targets. We always say that everything is on a 'need to know basis' when looking at players but must be hard to prevent information from leaking out.

I thought the same, and wondered if anyone had been compromised.
 


Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo

I believe in Joe Hendry
Oct 4, 2003
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I'm talking about finding it about his personality etc for the no dickheads rule. Or do we now just have people watching every single match in the world and going by video only? The data has to start somewhere.

The raw data we use isn't going to be that different from what most clubs use as a starting point. Most clubs probably get it from the same few central sources. What sets our recruitment apart is how that data is analysed to produce a set of targets, that process is the heavily guarded secret and why we use Jamestown Analytics to do that side of things for us.

It protects the process so while a scout may leave knowing we are targeting this or that player, they haven't seen the full picture of why that player is a target or if said player is a top tier target or someone on the backup list if our first choices don't come off.
 








A1X

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Sep 1, 2017
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I hear we’re replacing them with a younger scouting team from South America

If it ain’t broke…
 


portlock seagull

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Jul 28, 2003
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I'm talking about finding it about his personality etc for the no dickheads rule. Or do we now just have people watching every single match in the world and going by video only? The data has to start somewhere.
No dickheads would be a judgement made by the club after meeting with surely? Unless public domain like a Barton
 




timbha

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Jul 5, 2003
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Sussex

No dickheads would be a judgement made by the club after meeting with surely? Unless public domain like a Barton
There’s more to it than that. Time keeping, behaviour, attitude, team player, ability and willingness to learn/change, etc, etc can all be investigated and considered from observations, discussions with former team mates, etc. Face to face meetings are part of the process.
 




amexer

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Aug 8, 2011
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On basis all media go on about our fantastic recruitment department this is a surprise. Who forms our present recruitment dept. Is the head of this depat staying or going. Not long ago heard from a newish recruiter who said each person specialises in attackers defenders or midfielders.
 




amexer

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Aug 8, 2011
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Indication fron TB that unless there is emergency no new players in nextg 2 windows. Plus I read U18s have there biggest ever squad. Maybe PB has pursuade TB that he should save money for 2 years
 




kevo

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Paulie Gualtieri

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