Scouting - report cards or the watch-him-play rule?

turnip · 11-03-2007, 03:34 AM

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Originally posted by thesuitedman2007@hotmail.com:
what have i done

Nothing personal, but your username puts the whole thread out of sync on my screen.
Plus, you didn't capitalise your 'i' or 'w'.

Pangaea · 11-03-2007, 04:45 AM

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Originally posted by old fat bald guy:
I'd never sign a guy my scouts didn't report to me, but I'm not sure why failing to scout in detail would be verboten. It's more likely to hurt you then help you, because you'll waste money on guys you shouldn't have signed. If you can scout the hell of it and never make a mistake, THAT's unrealistic.

Personally, if I have multiple scouts, I'd rather have several of them doing a shallow job on a guy than one who knows his every pimple.

Most of the time, yes of course. But there are exceptions to how they are scouted. For example if a guy is mentioned as dangerman and my scouts haven't had a look at him yet, I sometimes call them so they check him out, especially if he's playing in a position I need backup/strengthening.

I will NEVER sign a player without scouting him. As I have two scouts I usually let them both have a thorough look at all targets. Doesn't prevent me from signing hopeless players, but reduces the risk.

Player search is out of bounds for LLM. I don't care what reasoning anybody comes up with. It's out of bounds. Period.

suited2007 · 11-03-2007, 03:08 PM

I dont know how to change my Username, i would change it to suited2007 if i could aqny one knows?

Anyway on topic, no use for a transfer list so have to send my scouts out to find players

Craig0 · 11-03-2007, 07:34 PM

Username changed to suited2007.

Giziar · 11-03-2007, 07:59 PM

Craig in being usefull shocker

On topic: I tend to let my scout watch the poofs play before signing them. 2 matches initially and then some more later on.

Tim Madisun · 11-04-2007, 12:35 AM

I usually go for 2 report cards, personally, as I've found that it gives me enough detail in a hurry. Otherwise, as long as I have the time then I'll go for at least 1 match report. That way you'll pick up any potential problems or potential good things too.

In answer to your original question, a report card is definitely enough to consider a player scouted - you just might not know the full story.

Guinness79 · 11-04-2007, 03:41 AM

Does the report card come as a result of scouting? If it doesn't, I don't see how it could be considered as a scouted player.

To answer the question, is it realistic for a team to get a vague report and sign him? If you ran a real team, would you take someone's word for his skills, or would you send one of your employees out to give him a look, and tell you what they thought?