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Couldnt be Arced. Very good. 😆 If any of the reported wages are even close to being accurate for some of these overseas players, there are undoubtedly some bargains to be had. An open minded and creative recruitment department could secure some bargain gems to be polished and potentially sold on for a vast profit in the future if developed correctly.

Over the past week or so pirate you’ve come up with some, seemingly, good, value for money younger players who appear to match the ‘buy younger and cheap and sell on later for a profit’ that the owners talked about.
I wonder if the lack of a stable recruitment/operations/ whatever you want to call it team is stopping us making this work. Lincoln have come out and said they are looking at it. Oxford we’re always looking in Ireland and I would imagine Wycombe with their new owner may go down that route.
The current posts advertised may make a difference because atm without a secretary and a CEO who seems to be impotent with regards to football matters we seem to be at a disadvantage which with the potential out there could come back to bite us.


UTG!

It’s got to be costly and time consuming tho. To find a gemyou’d probably have to look at 50-100 players in person. You tube clips can be deceptive! That is a lot of time and travel.Would be good to throw the net wider but will take a long time to get a network in place to make this any more than pot luck

Good article worth a read

Scouting Africa: ‘It’s the most undervalued market in world football’

www.nytimes.com/athletic/4730647/2023/08/06/scouting-africa/


Youssouf Ndayishimiye and why data/video for African football matters. The Burundian league had a full season of data on Wyscout. The standout player was a midfielder. He was signed by a Turkish club for $40k, a year later by another for $2m, and now $20m to Nice.
x.com/SBunching/status/1617823969067044874

'Have you seen my latest video with @sbunching yet? Here is an interesting clip where he discusses the value of scouting from Africa, things to consider, and why it is still and untapped market'... Tim is a co-founder of @insightmrkt, a football consultancy that specialise in helping clubs make better decisions, with the use of data
x.com/chrisgill_UK/status/1772331943729717259

I seem to remember Trolls saying that Big John Anderson was given a minor part time scouting role when he retired from the pro game. ( did be play / coach lower Scottish leagues) and was asked to recommend any decent talent.

With the former players association having regular meetings and the players caps thing keeping players in touch, maybe this is another way to look for players.

I think Jamie Cureton and Barry Hayles are managers/ coaches in non league and Jason Roberts had a soccer school on Guyana? Personal recommendations could be a good initial step.

The whole of that season was a "might have been".

Being a Gashead, my feet are firmly on the ground but I must admit that after the win at Oldham and seeing the Latvian for the first time, I genuinely thought we were going to walk it.

How Burnley could afford Ian Wright, God only knows. They must have been going for broke. Gambles like that very rarely pay off.

And before anyone says it, we couldn't afford Walters or Vita so we definitely pushed the boat out and spent years paying the penalty.

Thomás Gutiérrez a good left sided CB reportedly earning about £1,240 pw and is out-of-contract the end of December

The centre forward Slavy caught the eye on loan in the Spanish 3rd tier and was reportedly earning about £250 pw at his parent club Valladolid, where he has just been released.
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