Lee Scott

Analysis

Premier League 2022/23: How Jesse Marsch has rebuilt Leeds without Raphinha and Phillips – scout report

The 2021/22 season was a difficult one for fans of Leeds United. Before being too critical of performance, however, we have to…

August 9, 2022

Brighton & Hove Albion

Using xGold to identify four potential replacements for Chelsea-bound Marc Cucurella – data analysis

At the time of writing, the 25-year-old Spanish international left-back, Marc Cucurella has left Brighton and agreed to move to fellow Premier…

August 5, 2022

Analysis

Super Saletros: Sarpsborg’s interesting deep-lying playmaker – scout report

Scandinavia has long been one of the most interesting and fruitful markets from a recruitment perspective within football. There is talent throughout…

August 4, 2022

Scout Report: Five defenders to watch in the 2022/23 season

This is the first article in a new magazine series that will look ahead to the 2022/23 season to highlight some interesting…

August 1, 2022

Scout Report: Five midfielders to watch in the 2022/23 season

In the second of this series of articles looking at young players to watch throughout the 2022/23 season, we will turn our…

August 1, 2022

Bundesliga

Finding undervalued ball progressors in the top five European leagues – data analysis

In the modern game, the ability of a player to pass and progress the ball is becoming more and more important as…

July 13, 2022

Analysis

Fleetwood’s EFL finest: Paddy Lane and why he is ready for the next level – scout report

Football as a sport has no shortage of feel-good stories when it comes to underdogs overperforming expectations (Leicester City winning the Premier…

July 7, 2022

Data Analysis

Data analysis: Using data to assess some of the biggest transfers so far this summer

The summer transfer is in full flow at this point and we have seen a number of teams being extremely aggressive already…

July 27, 2024

Player Analysis

Scouting the U17 European Championship….Part Two

The European U17 Championships have now come to an end, with France, perhaps unsurprisingly given the quality of their squad, coming out…

March 20, 2025

Alessio Dionisi

Data Analysis: Finding Next Great Young Coach – Martí Cifuentes, Matthias Jaissle, Guerino Capretti, Alessio Dionisi, Vincent Kompany

The use of data in football is now relatively widespread, both within the game itself, as part of a recruitment structure, and…

June 16, 2025

Kane Wilson: The English right-back for Forest Green Rovers

Forest Green Rovers are a fascinating club. Under the ownership of Dale Vincent, the club have become the first vegan club in…

May 30, 2022

Afonso Moreira

Scouting The U17 European Championship – Mathys Tel, Afonso Moreira, Jardell Kanga Scout Report

While most of Europe’s domestic football campaign is ending, the footballing calendar is not letting up. While Sweden, Norway, and Iceland, amongst…

May 26, 2025

Data Analysis

Data Analysis: Identifying young undervalued players in the Romanian top flight

So far in this series of articles we have used data analysis techniques to identify players who we think are undervalued in…

May 5, 2022

Data Analysis

Data Analysis: Identifying young under-valued players in the Swiss top-flight

This is the second part of a mini-series in which we will use data analysis techniques in order to identify young players…

April 28, 2022

Data Analysis

Data Analysis: Finding undervalued young players in the Serbian top-flight

In the first of a semi-regular series of articles on this site, we will use data analysis techniques in order to find…

April 26, 2022

Bundesliga

Daichi Kamada Scouting Report: Eintracht Frankfurt’s Japanese Magician

Teams in the German Bundesliga have developed a reputation for strong recruitment over the last decade or so. It is not uncommon…

September 11, 2024

Albania

Nedin Bajrami Scouting Report – Empoli’s Underrated Midfield Maestro

Who Is Nedin Bajrami? Empoli have been one of the most interesting sides in Europe so far this season. At the time…

September 9, 2024

Data Analysis

Recruitment Analysis: Using data to identify non-obvious midfielders in the top-5 European Leagues

The top-5 European leagues are relatively saturated in terms of content and interest from around the footballing world and this saturation extends…

April 14, 2022

Data Analysis

Recruitment Analysis: Using data to scout for non-obvious forwards in the top-5 leagues

We are in the closing stages of most leagues across Europe and the Scandinavian leagues have only just got underway. It is…

April 7, 2022

Tactical Analysis: How to recruit different types of centre forwards

Centre forwards are amongst the most difficult positions to recruit in football. Ask any coach of any club and they will tell…

March 26, 2022