Scouting thoughts on defenders

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1. We''ve got some.

2. They can defend, some are better than the others.

3. They can attack, mainly in set pieces like corners or free kicks.

4. We''ll probably need to buy some more.

 

 

 

[kick it off 1,948]

Haha. The most amusing bit of this, is it is far more insightful than the stating the obvious nonsense Cavendish does under the guise of "scouting".

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Tom''s scouting is highly regarded.....[quote user="tom cavendish"]My track record was fantastic in spotting good players......the manager would call to ask my opinion. I never got one wrong.......I was told that my opposition match reports were excellent......[/quote]By himself..........[quote user="tom cavendish"]It wouldn''t be right of me to name players that I recommended in a professional capacity.Sometimes

it was about saying who not to sign. A manager would call me and say

that he was interested in a particular player. I would go to a match to

see the player and then the manager would call me back within a couple

of days. Bizarrely enough, on every such occasion I said not to sign the

player in question and they never did. I always made the right call.I

would sometimes be notified by a chief scout or manager that the club

would be looking for a player to play in a particular position and I

would be asked to forward my suggestions. My track record was fantastic.Sometimes

I would see a really great prospect that would be a bargain but a

manager wouldn''t be interested in taking it further simply because they

were not looking to sign a player in that position at that time. It

became frustrating for me to then see the player go on to much better

things with another club.I would also do opposition match

reports. Basically, it was form filling and drawing diagrams of what

teams do at set-pieces etc. A lot of clubs now don''t have much

of a scouting network and management teams have become heavily reliant

upon using agents.[/quote]I love that last line. [:D]

[lappinitup 629]

Doh! I''ve put it on the wrong thread. [:$]

[mrs miggins 0]

We do need to spend a sh!tload on a good CB. I don''t mind Russel Martin at RB but we can certainly do better as i''m sure we have the funds

[lappinitup 629]

I couldn''t help noticing your new avatar Mrs Miggins. Have you been bequeathed Kellie Maloney''s bits? [:^)][;)]

[mrs miggins 0]

you naughty dog you

:)

[lappinitup 629]

Not to be sniffed at though..........

[chicken 0]

On a serious not. According to the Guardian Kaboul is available for £5million. Well worth that IMHO.

[mrs miggins 0]

Now that would be a good signing

[mrs miggins 0]

Villa also ''closing in on Micah Richards'' apparently. Again would be a good signing.

Both him and Kaboul would be on big wages, but both would be worth it.