Foxxed Posted 30 May 2017 Posted 30 May 2017 Didn't Ranieri bring someone with him who I assume has now left. There's no one on http://www.lcfc.com/team/coaching_staff/ The whole "We need a experienced manager to bring in talent" argument seems a bit more compelling if we have no head scout currently.
TheUltimateWinner Posted 30 May 2017 Posted 30 May 2017 Macia's name was in the programme still against Bournemouth
Tuna Posted 30 May 2017 Posted 30 May 2017 I think it's David Mills. Macia is 'Head Of Recruitment' whatever that actually means.
Foxxed Posted 30 May 2017 Author Posted 30 May 2017 David Mill's wikipedia page does suggest he's "head scout" which is reassuring providing it's not bullshit. Macia is "head of recruitment" yet our website doesn't mention him. No Mahrez. No Macia. No manager. I shall now return to the U23 thread and imagine they're all Premier League quality and fit in our formation perfectly.
Foxxed Posted 30 May 2017 Author Posted 30 May 2017 It's fine, it's fine: Quote N’Golo Kanté was the player’s name, and Ranieri – as he would later admit – did not know much about him. Ranieri was far from alone in that respect – plenty of other Premier League managers have since questioned how he slipped under their radar – but Walsh and his recruitment team had done their homework. David Mills, Leicester’s senior scouting coordinator, had been to see Kanté play for Caen, and clips and statistics were put together to highlight the midfielder’s talent. Our non-mythical head of recruitment can find someone like Kanté, and then David can put a dossier together, and our hopefully non-mythical head of recruitment can look at it, and then tell our non-existent manager to buy him. Sorted.
Foxxed Posted 30 May 2017 Author Posted 30 May 2017 Sod it. We need a big-name fast counter attacking manager - who's got a large list of excellent fast counter attacking players he wants and who want to play for him - to make up for the fact our head of recruitment was brought in a year ago by the manager we sacked.
brucey Posted 30 May 2017 Posted 30 May 2017 10 minutes ago, Foxxed said: David Mill's wikipedia page does suggest he's "head scout" which is reassuring providing it's not bullshit. Macia is "head of recruitment" yet our website doesn't mention him. No Mahrez. No Macia. No manager. I shall now return to the U23 thread and imagine they're all Premier League quality and fit in our formation perfectly. I looked at the wikipedia page and it sounds like he works under Walshy rather than any particular club?
Bluearmyfox28 Posted 30 May 2017 Posted 30 May 2017 19 minutes ago, Tuna said: I think it's David Mills. Macia is 'Head Of Recruitment' whatever that actually means. I thought this the other day actually, he don't identify the players we sign, nor does he sign off transfers as Rudkin does so what the f**k does he do? Negotiate with there agents???
Foxxed Posted 30 May 2017 Author Posted 30 May 2017 12 minutes ago, brucey said: I looked at the wikipedia page and it sounds like he works under Walshy rather than any particular club? "Mills has since worked closely with Steve Walsh at Leicester City and Hull City, as a chief scout Mills has worked alongside Walsh to bring young emerging talent to Leicester City and Hull City with many ex-Manchester United youth players now found at both clubs." Sounds like he worked with Walsh at here and Hull, but I'm not sure if he's also at Everton. There's nothing on the web about it anyway. There's the idea that Walsh took credit for David Mills' finds (I read it on an Everton website article comment - it's cast iron). But surely the head of recruitment directs the head scout somewhat. Gueye was certainly a good find for Everton this season and someone we would have loved here. If Walsh leaving and Macia arriving - who surely didn't have as much a grip on our tactics as Walsh did - disrupted scouting significantly then I despair at our recruitment this pre-season.
fuchsntf Posted 31 May 2017 Posted 31 May 2017 9 hours ago, Webbo said: Robert Baden Powell. Dib dib dab dib....
AmarteyAndChill Posted 31 May 2017 Posted 31 May 2017 5 minutes ago, les-tah said: No one wants to admit buying Musa Mendy and Hernandez Walsh was scouting Musa well before the summer& Mendy I assume was Claudio's. Not sure about Hernandez.
Lovejoy Posted 31 May 2017 Posted 31 May 2017 10 minutes ago, AmarteyAndChill said: Walsh was scouting Musa well before the summer& Mendy I assume was Claudio's. Not sure about Hernandez. Fairly sure it was reported we were looking at Mendy before Claudio as well, could be wrong though.
lgfualol Posted 31 May 2017 Posted 31 May 2017 Hernandez was a good find imo, good stats and la liga team of the year on a free transfer. Got to be Walsh. That was before we decided he was actually a RB even though he wasn't.
AmarteyAndChill Posted 31 May 2017 Posted 31 May 2017 1 minute ago, lgfualol said: Hernandez was a good find imo, good stats and la liga team of the year on a free transfer. Got to be Walsh. That was before we decided he was actually a RB even though he wasn't. He got exposed playing CB vs hull tbf
lgfualol Posted 31 May 2017 Posted 31 May 2017 16 minutes ago, AmarteyAndChill said: He got exposed playing CB vs hull tbf I had forgotten about that game. I didn't think he was too bad actually that day, but thought he should definitely have had another chance after Morgan and Huth looked so poor for weeks.
filbertway Posted 31 May 2017 Posted 31 May 2017 23 minutes ago, AmarteyAndChill said: He got exposed playing CB vs hull tbf Hopefully we apply the same logic to Benny and Fuchs as both of those proved they're not centre backs. Especially at this level.
les-tah Posted 31 May 2017 Posted 31 May 2017 2 hours ago, lgfualol said: Hernandez was a good find imo, good stats and la liga team of the year on a free transfer. Got to be Walsh. That was before we decided he was actually a RB even though he wasn't. 2 hours ago, AmarteyAndChill said: He got exposed playing CB vs hull tbf To be fair he is probaly really good in a Spanish speaking team where everyone understands him.. He didn't speak any english and joined a team that didnt play position based football. Vital for a center back to be able to communicate with everyone. Poor scouting to be honest based on that.
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 31 May 2017 Posted 31 May 2017 8 minutes ago, Worthington said: Mendy was Walsh/Pearson. Was originally the 'number one' on the list where we eventually settled for 'target 2', (Kante) ! Nope - Kante was ALWAYS Walsh's number one target. Ranieri had worked with Mendy at Monaco.
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