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Missing in action. Phil Chapple.

markmc68
markmc68 Posts: 1,593
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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  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,962
    Looking to make a comeback at CB, since Bikey seems to have lost the plot.

  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,146
    Just because we ain't signing them it doesn't mean he isn't making recommendations.
  • markmc68
    markmc68 Posts: 1,593
    He was like bambi was good old phil.
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,172
    Big interview with him in the last Trust News

    Answers a lot of your questions.

    Please join the Trust.
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,846
    I can't believe Roly would keep paying him to do nothing.
  • markmc68
    markmc68 Posts: 1,593
    Where's the talent that he is supposed to identify
  • markmc68
    markmc68 Posts: 1,593
    Prague. I have joint the trust just not seen interview. Can you enlighten me please. Thanks
  • Bolderhumphreyreid
    Bolderhumphreyreid Posts: 2,556
    Jeez have we really gone round the whole club and we're now on the scouting team looking for a scapegoat?

    I blame Hamer.
  • Starinnaddick
    Starinnaddick Posts: 4,349
    markmc68 said:

    Where's the talent that he is supposed to identify

    Standard Liege ?
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,962
    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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  • markmc68
    markmc68 Posts: 1,593
    Only asking the questions bolder. Hoping to bump into him on the train
  • Gillis
    Gillis Posts: 998
    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.
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,172
    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

  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 12,005
    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?
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,437
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJc4_ALqszM
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,172
    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....
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    Which jewels has Phil ever spotted?
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,786
    Absurdistan said:

    Which jewels has Phil ever spotted?

    Paul Jewell, queueing up outside the valley with his CV in hand...........
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,146
    Absurdistan said:

    Which jewels has Phil ever spotted?

    Probably most of our 2012 title winning squad.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,274
    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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  • dickplumb
    dickplumb Posts: 4,835
    I blame Mervyn Day.
  • markmc68
    markmc68 Posts: 1,593
    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 Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,146
    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.'
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,172
    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 :-)

  • markmc68
    markmc68 Posts: 1,593
    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.
  • Mortimerician
    Mortimerician Posts: 5,222
    Good article that, thanks PA
  • Pico
    Pico Posts: 1,030

    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.




  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,956
    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_Time
    Its_Hamer_Time Posts: 1,565
    Les Reed is to blame for all of this. Sack him
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    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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