THE LOWDOWN EPISODE #28 - HOW TO RECRUIT AT THE TOP? w/ DAVID WEBB

There are few people better qualified to give an insight into top flight recruitment than David Webb. Having initially begun his career with sights on an academy manager's role a trip to Germany changed all of this. Not long after David moved into recruitment roles at Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur & Bournemouth where he helped achieve a historic promotion to the Premier League. After this unprecedented success David soon moved into the boardroom with spells as technical director at Östersunds and most recently head of football operations at Huddersfield Town. David's story is one of lifelong learning and here he shares many of the lessons behind his success. Listen to learn more about;

- What is required of the modern day technical director?

- How a trip to Germany caused him to pivot?

- What does a high performance environment look like?

- What it was like to work daily with Mauricio Pochettino & Eddie Howe?

- How to use resource constraints to your advantage?

- How to compliment data alongside traditional scouting processes?

- Why David is continuously adapting and refining for his next challenge?

Timestamps;

00:00 - 08:38 - Career path

08:39 - 12:33 - Modern Technical Director

12:34 - 16:44 - Common recruitment mistakes

16:45 - 23:46 - Southampton & Mauricio Pochettino

23:47 - 29:48 - Bournemouth & Eddie Howe

29:49 - 33:10 - Data

33:11 - 41:35 - Huddersfield Town

41:36 - 48:28 - The next challenge

48:29 - 52:03 - Advice