Football recruitment analyst and LOANS manager! - Mike Still - #91
The Chris Gill Podcast
Using data in recruitment
Mike outlines data's role: early filtering, model-based ranking, pros/cons with low minutes and trusting context.
Football recruitment analyst and LOANS manager! - Mike Still - #91This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here: https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals Use code YOUTUBE for an extra 10% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️Mike Still is the loans manager at CAA Base, one of the biggest football and talent agencies in the world.In his current role, his job is to maintain contact with football clubs and to ensure the collection correct loans and pathways for players that CAA Base represent.Before this, Mike spent over 10 years working at both Leyton Orient and Colchester which included academy analysts, first team analysis and recruitment
0:00 - Introduction
2:59 - Mike joins and gives background
6:30 - Mike's journey of getting into analysis
11:33 - Interning at Southend and Tottenham
15:09 - Moving to Colchester and realising there's so much to learn
20:03 - First team analysis at Colchester
23:54 - Low budgets and lots of travel
27:59 - Transitioning to recruitment analyst, longevity of the analyst
35:12 - The role of the recruitment analyst and advice
41:18 - Using data in the recruitment process
49:37 - Other considerations that stats maybe don't cover
52:03 - Starting to manage to loan players at Leyton Orient
59:55 - Opposition scouting
1:04:38 - Leaving the club setting and joining CAA Base
1:11:08 - What is Mike doing in his current role?
1:17:54 - The process of finding someone a loan deal
1:19:59 - More advice, book recommendations, wrap up
Related EpisodesTom Spring (Head of Scouting): https://youtu.be/T5OZNL8MLOA
Liam Henshaw (Data Scout): https://youtu.be/Wbd_BmceRJs
Books Mentioned
Soccernomics: https://amzn.to/3KoswM8
Soccermatics: https://amzn.to/3MaOtyN
21st Club: https://amzn.to/3Kzfonc
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