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[Albion] Scouting team sacked
- Thread starter Clive Walker
- Start date
No worries - Barry's just landed a plumb job in the Whitby area!
thedonkeycentrehalf
Moved back to wear the gloves (again)
- Jul 7, 2003
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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.
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.
- Jul 10, 2003
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"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
I thought the same, and wondered if anyone had been compromised.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
I believe in Joe Hendry
- Oct 4, 2003
- 12,132
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.
Does seem a bit of a shock - but the article doesn't really match the more sensationalist headline.
Weststander
Well-known member
This.
I hear we’re replacing them with a younger scouting team from South America
If it ain’t broke…
If it ain’t broke…
portlock seagull
Well-known member
- Jul 28, 2003
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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.
- May 8, 2018
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I had read something about poor calendar management on here last week, all makes sense now
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.
What's that when it's at home?
kevo
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- Mar 8, 2008
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Job's done.
- May 8, 2018
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Not tea leafed, I guess.
Bracknell_Gull
Active member
I can confirm that I am both old fashioned and not particularly analytical when it comes to data. However I am not a scout nor do I drink bovril