your stuttering,not moaning just not too sure,I think the fleetwood thing is very strange.Trying to think what signings have had a impact for the club. In our position this role is vital and extremely important as I said discuss.
I suspect that very few - if any - members on this board have any real or detailed knowledge of what his job involves or how well he is doing it.
Scouts don't just look for new talent you know. They also suss out the opposition and report on strengths and weaknesses. Personally I haven't seen any of Phil's reports, so I couldn't posibbly comment on whether these are detailed, accurate, full of insight or not. Can anyone on here?
Next we'll be asking if last seasons poor form had anything to do with the quality of tea served up by Ethel, the tea lady. "As a grandmother she can't half knit a tea cosy well - but when it comes to serving a brew I'm not so sure"!
Unless you have personal experience of him as scout this is an impossible question for an outsider to answer. He may be the best scout in the world but we cannot afford the players he suggests or the manager may not fancy his suggestions.
I was sat in front of him for a game last year and he spent the whole game making notes on us & the opposition. As has been said its not just about talent spotting these days - theres oppostition to consider.
Are you trying to say its his fault Fleetwood didn't score 37 goals in pre season?
Next we'll be asking if last seasons poor form had anything to do with the quality of tea served up by Ethel, the tea lady. "As a grandmother she can't half knit a tea cosy well - but when it comes to serving a brew I'm not so sure"!
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It had everything to do with it - she was let go....poor Ethel :o(
Ha ha, this is on a par with some of the comments from fans a couple of years ago who used to blame Mervyn Day for anything/and everything despite the fact that they'd never seen him at work.
Trying to think what signings have had a impact for the club. In our position this role is vital and extremely important as I said discuss.
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His role as off-it points out is more than just looking at players, which in any case is constrained by club finances. Given the state of our finances a good scouting system, overseen by Chapple could be vital to our future, we don't have the money to compete with the big clubs for players, consequently any gems he and his team might discover for very little outlay may be vital. Also as others point out without a detailed knowledge of what his responsibilities are it's hard to know whether he's been successful or not.
One of the things about scouts is that at the end of the day it's the manager who actually gives their opinions the final yay or nay.As such you never get to hear of the ones that were recommended but not signed...he may actually have made several good recommendations that weren't followed up or rejected out of hand come to that.....so you'll never know the answer for sure.
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Scouts don't just look for new talent you know. They also suss out the opposition and report on strengths and weaknesses. Personally I haven't seen any of Phil's reports, so I couldn't posibbly comment on whether these are detailed, accurate, full of insight or not. Can anyone on here?
Next we'll be asking if last seasons poor form had anything to do with the quality of tea served up by Ethel, the tea lady. "As a grandmother she can't half knit a tea cosy well - but when it comes to serving a brew I'm not so sure"!
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Are you trying to say its his fault Fleetwood didn't score 37 goals in pre season?
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It had everything to do with it - she was let go....poor Ethel :o(
A Charlton Legend, even though he was shite
Remember 3-4 Derby at home. Him and Super Tom Hovi doing bambi on ice impressions as Gambiadini ran at them. . . . .
Not great :o(
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His role as off-it points out is more than just looking at players, which in any case is constrained by club finances. Given the state of our finances a good scouting system, overseen by Chapple could be vital to our future, we don't have the money to compete with the big clubs for players, consequently any gems he and his team might discover for very little outlay may be vital. Also as others point out without a detailed knowledge of what his responsibilities are it's hard to know whether he's been successful or not.
Off-it, spot on again; what have you been drinking lately?
Water. Haven't had a meth since Brighton.