What’s his record like signing players since leaving us?
If you want to look up some of his signings, you probably want to look at any player Brighton signed from Europe in 2017/18/19 or any player Luton signed from 2022 onwards. Not all of them will be his work but a number will be.
1. Charlton 2007-15 (Chief Scout) 2. Fulham 2015-16 (Senior Scout - 15 months) 3. Brighton 2016-19 (European Scout) 4. Stoke 2019-20 (Head of Recruitment - 5 months, brought in under Nathan Jones) 5. Luton 2021- (under Nathan Jones and then various others since)
I think the key thing is that he’s worked with Nathan Jones at Charlton, Stoke and Luton in the past. NJ clearly rates his work and they must get on well.
Have Luton not just had consecutive relegations, with parachute payments ?
Yes. And Jones failed at Soton and Stoke, but luckily for us, those who make appointments consider positives as well as negatives, and if Chapple could help Jones get Charlton up into the Premier league, I'm sure few would complain.
What interests me is who recommended and did the scouting for Lloyd Jones, Edwards, Ramsey, and Small to play for Charlton as they need some praise if it was the same person 👏🏼
Big Phil Chapple earned his stripes with Powell and Dyer with the team that was accumulated for the 100+ season so would be a decent reunion if PC still has a good network.
Have Luton not just had consecutive relegations, with parachute payments ?
Yes. And Jones failed at Soton and Stoke, but luckily for us, those who make appointments consider positives as well as negatives, and if Chapple could help Jones get Charlton up into the Premier league, I'm sure few would complain.
Oh agreed. I still think it’s almost impossible to do that now (or statistically ever) .
What’s his record like signing players since leaving us?
If you want to look up some of his signings, you probably want to look at any player Brighton signed from Europe in 2017/18/19 or any player Luton signed from 2022 onwards. Not all of them will be his work but a number will be.
1. Charlton 2007-15 (Chief Scout) 2. Fulham 2015-16 (Senior Scout - 15 months) 3. Brighton 2016-19 (European Scout) 4. Stoke 2019-20 (Head of Recruitment - 5 months, brought in under Nathan Jones) 5. Luton 2021- (under Nathan Jones and then various others since)
I think the key thing is that he’s worked with Nathan Jones at Charlton, Stoke and Luton in the past. NJ clearly rates his work and they must get on well.
East Terrace Junior tells me the Brighton highlights are Gross, MacAllister, Bissouma, Dan Burn.
What’s his record like signing players since leaving us?
If you want to look up some of his signings, you probably want to look at any player Brighton signed from Europe in 2017/18/19 or any player Luton signed from 2022 onwards. Not all of them will be his work but a number will be.
1. Charlton 2007-15 (Chief Scout) 2. Fulham 2015-16 (Senior Scout - 15 months) 3. Brighton 2016-19 (European Scout) 4. Stoke 2019-20 (Head of Recruitment - 5 months, brought in under Nathan Jones) 5. Luton 2021- (under Nathan Jones and then various others since)
I think the key thing is that he’s worked with Nathan Jones at Charlton, Stoke and Luton in the past. NJ clearly rates his work and they must get on well.
East Terrace Junior tells me the Brighton highlights are Gross, MacAllister, Bissouma, Dan Burn.
Whether he had a hand in them who knows?
Bissouma and Groß more than likely, the other two weren’t playing in Europe so would have been from someone else
Have Luton not just had consecutive relegations, with parachute payments ?
Yes. And Jones failed at Soton and Stoke, but luckily for us, those who make appointments consider positives as well as negatives, and if Chapple could help Jones get Charlton up into the Premier league, I'm sure few would complain.
Oh agreed. I still think it’s almost impossible to do that now (or statistically ever) .
Not saying it’s easy but Ipswich have done it recently, plus off the top of my head Southampton, Leeds, Luton, Sheffield United have all been in League One and got to (or back to) the Prem. Sunderland may well add to that list too.
Bloody difficult, but certainly statistically not impossible!
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assuming you meant Phil Chapple 😁
2. Fulham 2015-16 (Senior Scout - 15 months)
3. Brighton 2016-19 (European Scout)
4. Stoke 2019-20 (Head of Recruitment - 5 months, brought in under Nathan Jones)
5. Luton 2021- (under Nathan Jones and then various others since)
I think the key thing is that he’s worked with Nathan Jones at Charlton, Stoke and Luton in the past. NJ clearly rates his work and they must get on well.
all joking aside it’s a good thing and something I would regard as getting the foundations right rather than roles for mates a la Andy Scott.
" Bambi on ice" anyone ?
Big Phil Chapple earned his stripes with Powell and Dyer with the team that was accumulated for the 100+ season so would be a decent reunion if PC still has a good network.
Definitely forget all the promotions they had before that.
Whether he had a hand in them who knows?
i saw him a few times in the Directors box last season and he is always up for a chat but also VERY guarded about who he is looking at.