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Missing in action. Phil Chapple.

markmc68markmc68
in General Charlton
Does anybody on here know what Phil Chapple does ?
I know he is or was our chief scout. Is he still actively working for us because if he is , what is he doing ?
Does he liase with Roly or katrien ?
Does he get paid to source talent from home and abroad ? If he does where is it ?
Does he have a specific job watching the network and identifying players ? If not what is he doing?
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  • The Red RobinThe Red Robin
    Just because we ain't signing them it doesn't mean he isn't making recommendations.
  • markmc68markmc68
    He was like bambi was good old phil.
  • Davo55Davo55
    I can't believe Roly would keep paying him to do nothing.
  • markmc68markmc68
    Where's the talent that he is supposed to identify
  • markmc68markmc68
    Prague. I have joint the trust just not seen interview. Can you enlighten me please. Thanks
  • StarinnaddickStarinnaddick
    markmc68 said:

    Where's the talent that he is supposed to identify

    Standard Liege ?
  • Oggy RedOggy Red
    Starinnaddick said:

    markmc68 said:

    Where's the talent that he is supposed to identify

    Standard Liege ?
    Yep, he's scouting the network.

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  • markmc68markmc68
    Only asking the questions bolder. Hoping to bump into him on the train
  • GillisGillis
    PragueAddick said:

    Big interview with him in the last Trust News

    Answers a lot of your questions.

    Please join the Trust.

    Thanks for mentioning that. Just read the interview. Interesting stuff.
  • PragueAddickPragueAddick
    markmc68 said:

    Prague. I have joint the trust just not seen interview. Can you enlighten me please. Thanks

    Thanks for joining. If you click on the link to Trust News, here, it should take you to the whole magazine, and then the interview with Phil is I think the third article.

    One of the most surprising things he told us was that every outside of network player we are interested in has to also be looked at by Standard - and vice versa. It's not clear what happens if both clubs fancy a player, but it seemed to imply that we and Standard somehow have a higher priority within the network than the others.

    Did you not get a copy of the magazine though, as a member ? You should have done

  • Valley11Valley11
    PragueAddick said:

    markmc68 said:

    Prague. I have joint the trust just not seen interview. Can you enlighten me please. Thanks

    Thanks for joining. If you click on the link to Trust News, here, it should take you to the whole magazine, and then the interview with Phil is I think the third article.

    One of the most surprising things he told us was that every outside of network player we are interested in has to also be looked at by Standard - and vice versa. It's not clear what happens if both clubs fancy a player, but it seemed to imply that we and Standard somehow have a higher priority within the network than the others.

    Did you not get a copy of the magazine though, as a member ? You should have done

    Bloody hell @PragueAddick‌. So does that mean if we want to buy Freddie Sears, for example, the scouts at Standard would also have to watch him and agree to the deal?
  • ScohamScoham
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJc4_ALqszM
  • PragueAddickPragueAddick
    Valley11 said:

    PragueAddick said:

    markmc68 said:

    Prague. I have joint the trust just not seen interview. Can you enlighten me please. Thanks

    Thanks for joining. If you click on the link to Trust News, here, it should take you to the whole magazine, and then the interview with Phil is I think the third article.

    One of the most surprising things he told us was that every outside of network player we are interested in has to also be looked at by Standard - and vice versa. It's not clear what happens if both clubs fancy a player, but it seemed to imply that we and Standard somehow have a higher priority within the network than the others.

    Did you not get a copy of the magazine though, as a member ? You should have done

    Bloody hell @PragueAddick‌. So does that mean if we want to buy Freddie Sears, for example, the scouts at Standard would also have to watch him and agree to the deal?
    Well looking at the section again (sorry I can't cut and paste it) it says that a buy or a loan has to be "cleared" by the other club, and that if both were interested, Phil says he presumes RD would decide which club has priority for that player. He says Coquelin had been on our radar for some time before we got him. So it seems like it's part of the knowledge and resource-sharing idea. A good idea, in principle....
  • AbsurdistanAbsurdistan
    Which jewels has Phil ever spotted?
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    Chapple was here when we built the league one winning side.

    Since then there either hasn't been a budget (Post Cash Jimenez) or we have the network model.

    We don't know how many great players he's recommended that we didn't then go on to buy for whatever reason.

    But if I remember from that article Coquelin was one.
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  • dickplumbdickplumb
    I blame Mervyn Day.
  • markmc68markmc68
    We do seem to miss out on a lot of players that go to other clubs. You would think that the lure of London may tempt players but obviously after the delort and O'Grady debacles it's all about the Benjamins. We can not compete because the network sees a short term fix as the solution. I wonder how O'Grady would have done in comparison to tucadean. Hindsight I know !!!
  • The Red RobinThe Red Robin
    edited January 2015
    Neither Delort or O'Grady have done anything special this season so not sure I'd describe not signing them as 'missing out.'
  • PragueAddickPragueAddick
    The Red Robin said:

    Neither Delort or O'Grady have done anything special this season so not sure I'd describe not signing them as 'missing out.'

    In Delort's case I think you are generous to suggest he's done anything at all.

    But I'm a bit obsessed, I must admit :-)

  • markmc68markmc68
    I agree. But George has been a great success. Was this one of phils gems. O'Grady as a foil for vetokele would have been a better alternative. But the lure of staying up north was all too much.
  • MortimericianMortimerician
    Good article that, thanks PA
  • PicoPico

    Just to be clear about Trust News (TNT) as one or two other people have raised the matter recently:

    In a perfect world every Trust member as part of their membership would get a copy of Trust News when it is published, but it would cost us £500 to mail out each time and we'd be bankrupt by now. Also, we are obviously keen to get it to non-members. I would reckon about half our members pick up a copy on a match day but, if they can't, it is always available on the website about a week after publication.




  • DamoNorthStandDamoNorthStand
    I have many memories of mid 90s Charlton.

    One of which will be watching the end of season video and seeing Chaps running to catch up with play entering from stage right just as the opposition centre back heads in to our goal.
  • Its_Hamer_TimeIts_Hamer_Time
    Les Reed is to blame for all of this. Sack him
  • SwisdomSwisdom
    Chapple is a really engaging bloke to talk to actually. His knowledge is encyclopaedic but if Big Bob had his preferences he would overrule Chapple.

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