Clearly the focus of the book is on the ‘nowhere There are tenuous asides toĪmerican sport, too. Influence of statistics and video scouting. Sabermetrics and Moneyball feature here, as well as the pervasive Spreads himself too thin and loses focus. The final third of the book gets a bit ragged as Calvin You’ve got to be there, because if you ain’t wearing those tyres out, you ain’t going to find that one.” Allan Gemmell on scouting (pg. “Whether it is watching a park game on a Sunday morning, or Bromley, or Dartford, or Manchester United or Liverpool, you’ve got to be there. Their stories alone could justify a spin-off These menĪre in their twilight, fighting against the technology that willĮventually supplant them. On a Colchester side and John Griffin’s catharsis at the end. Transcript of which is an entire chapter) Steve Jones’ scouting report Of particular note is theĬonversation between Barry Lloyd, Allan Gemmell, and Pat Holland (the On their trade and reminisce on old glories. Mel Johnson, Steve Jones, andĮspecially John Griffin are warmly given the soapbox to give their take Insightful writing takes us right smack-bang into the world of theīeleaguered scout, who is increasingly becoming marginalised in theĬertainly the conversations Calvin has with the scouts who have ‘put the The attrition is high and the payoffs are rare. By Michael Calvin is a deep dive into the world of football scouting.Ĭalvin casts a sincere eye on to that slowly contracting world wherein
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