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ExileBFG said:
Their recruitment is superb. They always get their business done extremely early (almost as if they'd prepared who they want, scouted and sounded out BEFORE the window opens - bizarre). And then the players they bring in are usually highly promising and exciting for next to nowt. Everytime they sign someone I'm always thinking hed be worth a punt but it's just totally under the radar, perhaps because they do strike so early whilst our entire club are still on the beach. We should genuinely be looking at poaching whoever is running the scouting there.
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Then it all falls apart surprisingly
Julio said:
They look very strong. What happened with them last season means nowt
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What happened to us last season appears to mean a lot to some folk on here
 
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Better than us at the moment but they’re always streaky as fuck. People should be looking at Doncaster, unbeaten with 2 games in hand.
 
Ivan toney apart they are a good side and play some nice football. Unlucky to drop off last season but if they keep up this form they will be up there. Will be tough to get out this league this season. When forest went down to league one it took them 3 seasons to get back up with good sides and now they have spent a very long time in the championship. Hope we dont do a forest.
 
ExileBFG said:
Their recruitment is superb. They always get their business done extremely early (almost as if they'd prepared who they want, scouted and sounded out BEFORE the window opens - bizarre). And then the players they bring in are usually highly promising and exciting for next to nowt. Everytime they sign someone I'm always thinking hed be worth a punt but it's just totally under the radar, perhaps because they do strike so early whilst our entire club are still on the beach. We should genuinely be looking at poaching whoever is running the scouting there.
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Aye, that's why they struggle to get out the league and when they actually do, return almost instantly. Exactly why we shouldn't be looking at wbo runs their scouting.
 
gazza.1990 said:
Aye, that's why they struggle to get out the league and when they actually do, return almost instantly. Exactly why we shouldn't be looking at wbo runs their scouting.
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They also spend no money and have a club policy to sell anyone who's in the last year of their contract. Add to that, as a club they have about a tenth of the lure or pull we have. None of which has anything to do with scouting. Now back to the point. In spite of all those things, over the past two summers they've built a team that is full of exciting young players that gave ours the run around and are highly sellable assets at the cost of next to nothing. Full of pace and strength all over too, what a novelty. Even if they don't go all the way, which they may not for a variety of factors - the fact they constantly sell their biggest assets every summer but manage to roll on and compete towards the top is testament to consistently good recruitment. Exactly why we should be looking at their recruitment.

Or do you prefer Tony Cotons approach? Desperately phoning clubs in the last week of the window to see who's available?
 

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