KentVillan Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 As per the title, which clubs have the best data / analytics / scouting teams in club football in England and worldwide? And why do you think that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Brentford seem to be getting a couple of things right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Atalanta have always had a great youth set up but now have a pretty impressive scouting range to go with it. Sevilla are probably a top tier system as well. Udinese were also great for that before they went to Watford. Brighton/Brentford arent far behind but they are levels below Atalanta/Sevilla Red Bull teams are probably the best organised overall but they are well funded compared to the rest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted December 28, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted December 28, 2022 Part of it also has to be the culture that you create around the youth/pre-1st team situation. Chelsea seem to go out and get tons of top youth talent but how many actually graduate to the 1st team? Plus when you are scouting for the 1st team (ala Brighton & Brentford) you have to have a strong football philosophy and and continuation between managers. Sadly at AVFC we seem to have lurched around a lot (anyone remember Paddy O'Reily?) even under our present (admittedly wonderful) owners. Bruce to Dean (1st with ROK & JT) then Dean with Shakespeare, then Gerrard , and now finally with a top European coach. I hope that Unai's tenure ends with him moving into a Director of Football position not with the sack because results aren't going his way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 28, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted December 28, 2022 In English football it’s Brentford without question 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted December 28, 2022 Moderator Share Posted December 28, 2022 I guess it depends to an extent what it is you want that team to do. Brentford's team do well for them, Brighton's is excellent, but you couldn't just take that and transplant it to Chelsea. Horse for courses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Agree you can't transplant it Also think that football is so big and wide that it's hard to say who does the complete package Chelsea dominated youth level in the UK for a decade, until they got PL status Brentford didn't have an U23s team We seem to be nailing the scouting at youth level but struggling to find the gems we all want at first team level More than anything else the question says to me that no one is absolutely brilliant at it and despite how easy it can be made out to be in the transfer threads it's really really **** hard! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 On 27/12/2022 at 17:54, KentVillan said: As per the title, which clubs have the best data / analytics / scouting teams in club football in England and worldwide? And why do you think that? Not Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 3 hours ago, maqroll said: Not Villa im not sure mate, we have a strong history of finding gems and top quality players from foreign leagues. Olsen, Wesley, Sanson, Nakamba, Samatta, Trez, Engels, Nyland, Kalinic, Tshibola, Bree, Gil, Crespo, Kozak, Luna, Cissokho, Tonev, Bacuna, Helenius, El Ahmadi, Sylla, Bowery, Holman, Makoun. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 9 hours ago, MaVilla said: im not sure mate, we have a strong history of finding gems and top quality players from foreign leagues. Olsen, Wesley, Sanson, Nakamba, Samatta, Trez, Engels, Nyland, Kalinic, Tshibola, Bree, Gil, Crespo, Kozak, Luna, Cissokho, Tonev, Bacuna, Helenius, El Ahmadi, Sylla, Bowery, Holman, Makoun. Are Barnsley, Reading and Chesterfield so foreign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 On 27/12/2022 at 23:57, El Zen said: Brentford seem to be getting a couple of things right. They've just signed David Beckhams kid Romeo on loan for the season to their B-team. Sure that will drive up traffic on their social media. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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