1.) 09 Jun 2019
09 Jun 2019 10:48:26
Ed how do you get a hold of information for players who are tough to scout?

{Ed001's Note - I use one of the scouting networks. All the full match sites have been taken down recently so there are not many options left now to watch players.}

2.) 09 Jun 2019
09 Jun 2019 19:56:16
Must me tough scouting lower league players because of that lack of access. How long do you take to scout a player for preparing a profile? Take this player for example because I'm sure you would already have made mental notes of well known players and must take lesser time for those.

I'm trying to gain a sense of how much work goes behind actually scouting a player for a club.

{Ed001's Note - I personally look at, unless I say otherwise in the profile, ten full matches a player has played in. If I have seen them play more than that I can just write it, if not I will watch until I have seen that many. Then I usually check the highlight footage for any skills or facets of his game others have picked out in case I have missed something, then their career stats.}

3.) 10 Jun 2019
10 Jun 2019 18:12:13
Wow that's a whole lot of time. Also is footage focusing only on the player available?

Are there some sort of set guidelines for scouting which clubs follow?

{Ed001's Note - scouts will usually write a report on a match-by-match basis. The FA has set out a standard template to use. If you are interested in scouting then this is the place to start. That is the FA's scouting courses, the level 1 is free and done online, I did that one myself and it is ok. It is a good platform to begin from.}

4.) 11 Jun 2019
11 Jun 2019 09:45:24
Thanks for sharing that! This really is a good starting point!

Thanks!

{Ed001's Note - very welcome mate.}