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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know much about him but I know this.  People are hesitant to recommend players unless the player will hold up.  If the players don’t, the scout loses their reputation.

Yes, it appears from his own site he receives “full game film” from parents which is standard  vs highlights.

He has ranked kids with zero IG presence so I actually respect the gig.  The kid and parents are simply putting in the work which is very far from the IG thirsty mob I am accustomed to locally.[/quote]

You are certainly entitled to your opinion.  But if you think he is watching full game film of all the age groups in the youth pool with his time you're crazy.  There is no money in that.  He posts highlight reels that either he makes because he is getting paid to do so or that parents send him, pre made.  Period.

What most people don't know is that he keeps a database of the players that he knows (anyone that has contacted him whether they like it or not) and he in fact SELLS access to that database to agents and scouts.  Find that on his website??  Yeah, definitely not.  Because he doesn't want people to know that because they might not engage with him as freely.  It's all very shady and to me is a real dark side of soccer in this country.

The reality is that there are very few people out here doing what he is doing.  His problem is that he isnt credible in the soccer world.  He is basically a guy that one day said I'm going to start blogging about soccer and the youth pool, and just did it and gained a following.  He has built a few connections with clubs over time and for the clubs, dealing with him is a no brainer.  He does work for them for free.  Meaning talent id.  They don't lose anything by dealing with him but they could genuinely gain something if a player works out.

To me, he promulgates a culture based on constantly trying to out hype the next person and this is killing the sport in this country in my opinion.  Couple that with the fact that his analysis and rating  of players is basically based on pure size because he doesn't have enough experience in the sport to really know how to identify a future pro   This guy ranks players and has players that are playing professionally already listed as having less potential to be a pro (remember, they are already pros) than academy players that he clearly works with.  His player rankings are literally a joke. Mostly manipulated lists from people that pay him with some familiar names thrown in for a facade of legitimacy.

Sites like his are a big reason why soccer is failing in this country.  People who don't know sh#t about the sport acting like they do, and preying on even less knowledgeable parents for money.  Sound familiar (pay to play clubs).[/quote]

I appreciate the diatribe. But it all gets settled on the pitch right?  If he is promoting kids who can’t play, and he refers a kid who paid him for promotion and the academy thinks the kid sucks, the academy will deem him unfit for future evaluations and his business would tank, no?

Isn’t that how a free market works?  [/quote]

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