Managers scouting opposition

[Furmedge]

Was having a think before when I saw Moyes at Stamford Bridge scouting Chelsea, that I don't think I've seen Benitez in the stands featuring an upcoming opponent. I'm not having a pop, it just occurred to me that you never see a camera zooming onto Rafa at other grounds.

 

Does he trust his scouting system so much or does he think he can get what he needs from watching tapes over and over again? Personally I think you get a better view of the game actually being there and seeing the entire pitch and players movement off the ball rather than the Sky angles, but if it works for him then fair enough.

[TheHitman]

He goes in fancy dress does our Rafa, or he sends montse she knows her onions..

[Funkasy]

Matt Damon was doing the scouting for us today.

[Guest davelfc]

There's a "one Bourne' every minute" joke in there somewhere, but I'm not touching it.

[Cardie]

Given their respective records I'd say Moyes would be doing his team a favour if he stopped scouting in person.

[Wor Horse]

You're doubting Rafa Benitez watches teams before we play them? Rafa Benitez? Rafael Benitez? Rafael Benitez, the spanish manager? Rafael "Rafa" Benítez Maudes? That one? The one who manages Liverpool?

 

I highly doubt he even thinks about the opposition before we play them let alone picking his team for who we're playing.....

 

Oh wait.

[fin-bat]

Rafa doesn´t do scouting, he meditates on mountains.

[bigbak]

I suspect he uses DVDs and that ProZone business to get better insight.

[Torvald Utne]

Rafa doesn't go the game.

[Juan Galonso]

That Macia cunt should be out and about on Saturdays scouting opposition teams and players but from what I am told he is always at our home games.

[Newport]

Matt Damon was doing the scouting for us today.

 

Erm, don't you mean Jason Bourne?

[hamstrung]

If you need to scout Chelsea 3 days before you play them, then you're probably a bit of a thicko.

[Jose Jones]

That Macia cunt should be out and about on Saturdays scouting opposition teams and players but from what I am told he is always at our home games.

 

Yeah? I think I always assumed Macia just pissed about in Spain – with the occasional trip to a big European game when he fancied a nice little citybreak.

[Maldini]

We have a team of scouts who watch opposition teams every week. Mike McGlynn is in charge of it. Dave McDonough does the technical analysis.

[Anubis]

Doesn't Benitez also obsessively watch recordings of the oppositions matches weeks in advance? I'm sure I read that somewhere.

[Melchett]

If you need to scout Chelsea 3 days before you play them, then you're probably a bit of a thicko.

 

You could probably say that about most opposition teams, if a manager that's been in a league for 3+ years doesn't know enough about most teams he faces, then he ain't up to much.

[Roger Hunt]

If you look back next door but 1 to him was Mick McGlynn our Assistant Chief Scout

[lostinspace1970]

By going to the games, you can always pick up things that pro zone won't tell you. It wont tell you whose back the crowd is on, who is looking out of sorts etc....

 

I'd also prefer to make my own judgements as much as possible rather than relying on someone else

[GJM]

If you need to scout Chelsea 3 days before you play them, then you're probably a bit of a thicko.

 

Quite. If attending that match told him anything about Chelsea that he didn't know already, then I would be worried.

 

With the technology available these days, managers actually attending the game to watch future opposition seems almost quaint.

[Victor Ganges]

It's just an excuse to fiddle their expense reports. Everyone does it these days, apparently.

[Tom R]

i reckon he just does what he does when he signs players - watching few clips on youtube and taking the word of a complete loser like Macia.

[Maldini]

Yeah, if only Rafa was more meticulous!

[Kevin D]

We have a team of scouts who watch opposition teams every week. Mike McGlynn is in charge of it. Dave McDonough does the technical analysis.

 

Piss easy job,that. I'd be shocked if it was anymore than them repeating, every week, that we should give the ball to Torres and ,for the love of fuck, not play Lucas.

 

Another example of Rafa wasting resources.

[Fowlers God]

he doesnt need to- he puts his trust in Lucas

[Guest Ulysses Everett McGill]

Yeah, if only Rafa was more meticulous!

 

I thought the common consensus was that he's too cautious and should just "go" for teams and let them worry about us?

 

It's as if the run to Istanbul and Athens never happened