Scouting with Moyes - 'Here as a fan, but I think like a manager'

I americium really enjoying being astatine Euro 2024 arsenic a instrumentality and a pundit, but I still person my manager's caput connected erstwhile I americium watching games astatine this tournament.

I person ever loved going to matches astatine each levels, but being capable to locomotion up to nan stadium and having a brew arsenic 1 of nan group has not ever been possible.

I americium having a break from guidance astatine nan infinitesimal truthful this is my chance. I've been really looking guardant to it, and I americium trying to bask myself successful Germany arsenic overmuch arsenic each nan supporters present are doing.

But, astatine nan aforesaid time, I cognize astir nan activity that goes connected successful nan inheritance to hole nan teams I americium watching - nan decisions nan managers person to make successful nan days starring up to games, what to do successful training and nan mentation that goes into performing connected this stage.

When you really get to understand that, you tin ne'er hide it, because it is nan broadside of shot I person had each my life, and I emotion that portion too.

Going to watch players has ever been a immense portion of nan occupation for me. Scouting for signings was thing I took connected myself arsenic overmuch arsenic I could, and I've still been checking retired players here, whether I already knew astir them aliases not.

For me, nan oculus trial - aliases seeing a subordinate successful nan soma - is ever best. You cannot hit seeing personification unrecorded to make your mind up astir him.

It is awesome to spot them play connected TV but you miss nan things that nan camera is not showing. Things for illustration nan player's cognition and assemblage language, his activity disconnected nan shot and if he is moving good pinch nan team.

Even by spending clip watching nan warm-up, you tin sometimes spot really good group onslaught nan shot aliases really focused they are. You tin prime up each sorts of bits astir their characteristic and what they are for illustration successful different situations by watching them successful those moments.

In nan past, though, I astir apt would not person made a determination astir signing a subordinate connected nan backmost of conscionable seeing him astatine a tourney for illustration this one. I'd for illustration to spell for group I'd been pursuing done nan convention play pinch their club.

But things person moved connected a batch and nan measurement nan marketplace is, it is simply a spot different now. You person to enactment accelerated erstwhile you spot personification you like.

People are each complete players correct distant these days, whoever they play for, because location is truthful overmuch analytical day and in-depth scouting retired location already.

So, whereas I would erstwhile show stories astir really I went to watch Joleon Lescott 24 times earlier I signed him for Everton from Wolves successful 2006, you conscionable could not do that now. You are forced into quicker decisions, different you mightiness miss out.

The past clip I was astatine a European Championship moving for nan BBC was successful 2012, erstwhile I was successful complaint of Everton.

I was asked past which subordinate astatine nan tourney I would motion if money were nary object and my reply was Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ronaldo is still here, 12 years on, which is conscionable unthinkable - but nan reply to that mobility is not arsenic easy now.

Kylian Mbappe would astir apt beryllium nan first 1 who came to mind, but location are truthful galore bully young players retired location now who are conscionable opening to travel connected to nan scene.

Florian Wirtz and Jamal Musiala of Germany person been superb truthful far, and past you deliberation astir immoderate of nan players that England person sewage too.

I cognize a mates of them good from West Ham and I'm thrilled for Jarrod Bowen that he has sewage immoderate minutes astatine this tournament.

Jarrod's travel from Hereford and Hull to nan Hammers and England should beryllium an inspiration to truthful galore young footballers arsenic an illustration of wherever difficult activity tin get you.

Then location is Declan Rice, who has already established himself astatine this level and I deliberation we are talking astir a early England captain.

He lifted a trophy pinch maine astatine West Ham successful 2023 arsenic a skipper and was portion of our squad that vanished sixth and seventh successful nan seasons earlier that.

Now he has stepped up pinch Arsenal and has been outstanding successful a squad pushing for nan title. I cognize a fewer group questioned whether he could do nan aforesaid occupation there, but they person had to eat a small spot of humble pastry because he has done truthful terrifically well.

The absorbing taxable of this tourney is nan adjacent procreation of young players for illustration nan group I've mentioned, but crossed shot I deliberation location is an breathtaking caller procreation of young coaches too.

Another domiciled I person astatine this tourney is arsenic a method perceiver for Uefa, looking astatine tactical and coaching developments.

The crippled is evolving each nan time, pinch caller trends and ideas emerging and everyone looking to find an advantage somewhere.

Even if you look astatine team's kick-offs now, immoderate of them are truthful good planned and structured. That's nan level of item we person reached successful football.

I retrieve galore years agone we would person looked astatine American shot and asked why location are each these coaches for different areas of nan pitch. We person not rather gone that acold yet, but nan crippled is surely heading person successful that direction.

The cardinal for Uefa is that nan trends we place present are fed backmost into football.

They make nan perceiver reports disposable truthful that hopefully, if thing is being done otherwise successful Germany, it drips correct done to nan grassroots and nan really young kids who are training are capable to prime them up.

The measurement truthful galore teams play retired from nan backmost now is an illustration of nan improvement successful football. It has go truthful synchronised, and immoderate of is truthful intricate, it is almost majestically planned.

Pep Guardiola takes a batch of in installments for that, and truthful he should. He has done an atrocious batch of things which group person looked astatine and said 'we request to follow'.

We person to beryllium adjacent though, and retrieve that group for illustration Alan Hansen and Mark Lawrenson were playing retired from nan backmost 40 years ago.

They were 2 fantabulous footballers truthful we mustn't deliberation each this is simply a wholly caller idea.

I besides deliberation we are possibly seeing it being done to extremes, erstwhile sometimes it astir apt deserves much criticism.

Again, pinch my manager's caput on, we are seeing excessively galore goals scored from mediocre play aliases mistakes erstwhile teams bring nan shot retired from nan back.

There is simply a procreation of coaches that says that is not correct, because we are not utilized to giving up easy goals… and location is simply a caller procreation coming done that is almost saying don't interest astir it, we will support doing it.

But erstwhile it comes to European tournaments, aliases nan Premier League, those benignant of decisions will costs you trophies and games and, arsenic a head they could yet costs you your job.

That's why I americium not judge astir group being truthful consenting to fto it support happening moreover if it is going wrong.

There is simply a portion of football, immoderate other you opportunity astir it, wherever I deliberation you want your nine aliases squad to win.

I person ever benignant of focused connected that because I person ever thought that winning was nan be-all and end-all for astir supporters astatine immoderate club.

For me, that is 1 point that won't ever change.

David Moyes was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan successful Berlin.