- Feb 8, 2007
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This, for me, is a major issue: what the hell is going on with our scouting? What is the setup? As you say, we’ve managed to find some real gems in the past - you mentioned some real steals above and I’d add Son to that list as the crowning achievement on that score - but since then we’ve not uncovered any hidden treasures. And we’ve missed some real humdingers too - Tielemans being a prime example. Leicester found Mahrez and Vardy before Tielemans and Maddison. Maybe we should just poach their scouts...Agree, the moment I heard he had no interest in Tielemans who was available, I stated scratching my head. I've never advocated huge money signings and did get all excited when we paid huge fees for Ndombele or Lo Celso. I'm not opposed to such signings but loved it when we stole a March on our competitors and signed Dele, Dier, Eriksen & Toby for like 20-22 million.
I wonder what's happened to our scouting.
I think we need a DoF, loath as I was after the Comolli debacle.