Joe Mattock Top 10 future England stars No6

[rchalmers83]

Well we all know about him and now everyone will want him because he has reached the sun newspaper...................the ba$tards!!!!

No6. Joe Mattock, Leicester, 18, defender



The left-back is the second-youngest player to become an Under-21 international behind Theo Walcott. Huge potential and already has bags of first team experience with Leicester in League One. Solid defensively and comfortable going forward.


http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/top10s/article1936615.ece

 

[FIF]

sell him for 5m

 

[Matt_B]

I'm sure this is a just a reprint of a list that was produced a few months back.

 

[City Fan]

Well we all know about him and now everyone will want him because he has reached the sun newspaper...................the ba$tards!!!!

Yes because I'm sure all the Premiership managers read 'The Sun' to scout for players.......

 

[FIF]

Yes because I'm sure all the Premiership managers read 'The Sun' to scout for players.......

I think you overrate football managers

 

[glyn]

I think you overrate football managers

Especially given that Everton have just signed a deal to access the entire Football Manager 2009 scouting database.......

 

[Dour]

I think you overrate football managers

There's always that classic TV moment of old monkeyheid looking through the Rothmans Yearbook for a new player...

 

[Blue Maniac]

Yes because I'm sure all the Premiership managers read 'The Sun' to scout for players.......

That's nothing, Harry Redknapp just flicks through African phone books.

Especially given that Everton have just signed a deal to access the entire Football Manager 2009 scouting database.......

:icon_excl

 

[Hazzman]

Glyn's point is generally truly. Major football club gain the access to rights for scouting. It's most wide and detailed database out there of footballers. If Everton ever wanted to find a player, FM would provide them with the most accurate facts about him.

They would ignore the ratings and valuation however.

 

[Blue Maniac]

Glyn's point is generally truly. Major football club gain the access to rights for scouting. It's most wide and detailed database out there of footballers. If Everton ever wanted to find a player, FM would provide them with the most accurate facts about him.

They would ignore the ratings and valuation however.

Just his age, and a made up height and weight then?

 

[Joe_Fox]

Yes because I'm sure all the Premiership managers read 'The Sun' to scout for players.......

You'd be surprised.

 

[Hazzman]

Just his age, and a made up height and weight then?

The height and weight isn't made up esp. for the English teams. The clubs normally submit that information the same way they do for OPTA stats or Rothmans annuals. It clarifies position also.

Foreigners it may be but it gives them a better idea of what to expect when scouting. Surely you realise it's a handy tool, say if you end up with a Inter-Toto Cup tie in Belarus?

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/everton-fc-to-use-football-manager-as-recruiting-tool

 

[Steven]

I remember Fryatt being in a similar FIFA list. :icon_roll

 

[Blue Maniac]

The height and weight isn't made up esp. for the English teams. The clubs normally submit that information the same way they do for OPTA stats or Rothmans annuals. It clarifies position also.

That surprises me, considering a lot of players change position in every edition of the game...

Foreigners it may be but it gives them a better idea of what to expect when scouting. Surely you realise it's a handy tool, say if you end up with a Inter-Toto Cup tie in Belarus?

What's wrong with sending the old assistant boss over to watch a couple of games in Minsk?

 

[Hazzman]

What's wrong with sending the old assistant boss over to watch a couple of games in Minsk?

Nothing, just FM is an ideal first point of reference rather than searching through hundreds of pages on the internet.

 

[Blue Maniac]

Nothing, just FM is an ideal first point of reference rather than searching through hundreds of pages on the internet.

I see

 

[Biff]

sell him for 5m

 

[H T B]

We are a league 1 (old division 3 ) club. When Leicester were in the premiership, where did we go for some players, div3/4.

It seems it's gonna happen, so long as we get a fair price, no probs,

Get over it!

 

[fcukcov]

Football manager sends scouts to games to watch player and come up with ratings (all over the world). I know someone who used to do this and he got all expenses paid to football matches and he just had to watch them and rate the players.

Several different scouts were sent to each of the clubs in this country and the average ratings were taken.

It seems like a great place to start for clubs IMO.

 

[Durham Fox]

Football manager sends scouts to games to watch player and come up with ratings (all over the world). I know someone who used to do this and he got all expenses paid to football matches and he just had to watch them and rate the players.

Several different scouts were sent to each of the clubs in this country and the average ratings were taken.

It seems like a great place to start for clubs IMO.

Unless things have changed recently, thats not the way it's done.