Position Profiles
A scouting profile for each position in the pro game: centre back, full back, the number 6, box-to-box midfield, the modern winger and the centre forward.
Defence
Centre Back Scouting: What to Watch in a Defender
Anyone can spot a defender who heads it away. Centre back scouting is about what happens in the ten seconds before the duel and the pass after it.
2026-09-25
Inverted Full Back: How the Role Changed Scouting
The modern full back defends a flank and plays in the middle. What changes in a scouting report when the role is inverted.
2026-09-20Midfield
Defensive Midfielder Role: Scouting the Number 6
Some number sixes destroy and some conduct, and a few do both. What a scout watches in the ten metres ahead of a back four.
2026-09-14
Box to Box Midfielder: The Engine Room, Scouted
The box to box midfielder is the most romanticised role in the game and the easiest to overrate. What the data can and cannot support.
2026-09-08Attack
Inside Forward: How Clubs Scout the Modern Winger
Two players line up in the same place and play two different sports. Scouting the inside forward means scouting the space, not the position.
2026-09-03
Centre Forward: How Scouts Profile a Number 9
A number nine is measured on goals and hired on everything else. How clubs decide which kind of forward the team can actually feed.
2026-08-29