| Andy Belk — Patreon 14:41 - Oct 8 with 4832 views | Northernr |
Club's head of recruitment Andy Belk is our latest Patreon interview. Read it for free on site, or listen in any of our Patreon subscription tiers - thank you for your ongoing support in that.
Interview I've wanted for a long while, and I know a few of you were intrigued too, slightly awkward as recruitment is so secretive but thanks to Andy for agreeing to it and being as open as possible...
 Andy Belk — Patreon 8th Oct 2021 14:39LFW takes a peek behind the curtain at the notoriously secretive business of player trading as we sit down with the club's head of recruitment Andy Belk to discuss how the current squad was brought together, modern scouting, the influence of data on decision making and the impact of Brexit.  3
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| Andy Belk — Patreon on 15:10 - Oct 8 with 4757 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Been looking forward to this.
Thanks man. |  |
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| Andy Belk — Patreon on 15:22 - Oct 8 with 4730 views | Jeff |
Just to quickly mention that we've now got the Patreon Audio available via RSS feed as well, so you can now listen to it via apple podcasts or whichever podcast platform you normally use... |  |
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| Andy Belk — Patreon on 15:26 - Oct 8 with 4720 views | Maggsinho |
Enjoyed that, fascinating stuff from him.
Surely we can work out the one that got away between us? |  | | |
| Andy Belk — Patreon on 15:50 - Oct 8 with 4638 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Excellent. Will read and listen to that a few times.
Thanks lads. | |
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| Andy Belk — Patreon on 15:52 - Oct 8 with 4624 views | Rangersw12 |
Very interesting interview
Out of interest did he tell you off record who was the player that we missed out on?
(obviously don't expect to you to tell us) |  | | |
| Andy Belk — Patreon on 16:06 - Oct 8 with 4570 views | BazzeR |
Was Armando Broja the player we narrowly missed out on ? | | | |
| Andy Belk — Patreon on 19:42 - Oct 8 with 4209 views | paulhoop2 |
Hi Clive great work never thought I’d see an interview with recruiter! Out of curiosity who else is lined up ? | |
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| Andy Belk — Patreon on 20:41 - Oct 8 with 4107 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Andy Belk — Patreon on 19:42 - Oct 8 by paulhoop2 |
Hi Clive great work never thought I’d see an interview with recruiter! Out of curiosity who else is lined up ? |
Haaland, I think.
Oh, I may have misunderstood the question. | |
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| Andy Belk — Patreon on 21:00 - Oct 8 with 4076 views | derbyhoop |
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| Andy Belk — Patreon on 00:34 - Oct 9 with 3844 views | Myke |
Absolutely fascinating interview Clive, thanks a million. One thing I find really interesting. We all assumed that Austin, Jo Jo, Jorgi and Field were 'save us from relegation' signings. Almost a knee jerk reaction to our perilous position last xmas. Yet, according to Andy, all the analytical work had been done months previously. So does that mean all four would have been brought in regardless of our league position or indeed regardless of whether Warburton kept his job or not, post Swansea? | | | |
| Andy Belk — Patreon on 07:15 - Oct 9 with 3715 views | Dixie_CT |
| Andy Belk — Patreon on 15:26 - Oct 8 by Maggsinho |
Enjoyed that, fascinating stuff from him.
Surely we can work out the one that got away between us? |
Great interview, thanks Clive.
I wonder if the one we missed out on was Kabore at Man City or Ben Davies at Liverpool? |  | | |
| Andy Belk — Patreon on 07:24 - Oct 9 with 3710 views | 1JD |
| Andy Belk — Patreon on 07:15 - Oct 9 by Dixie_CT |
Great interview, thanks Clive.
I wonder if the one we missed out on was Kabore at Man City or Ben Davies at Liverpool? |
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| Andy Belk — Patreon on 08:07 - Oct 9 with 3672 views | mcqpr10 |
Reassuring to hear we have an organised scouting system. For any club, if you get recruitment right everything else falls into place.
Would love to know what our scouting system was like under paladini 2006-07. | | | |
| Andy Belk — Patreon on 09:38 - Oct 9 with 3569 views | CliveWilsonSaid |
| Andy Belk — Patreon on 07:24 - Oct 9 by 1JD |
Kwadwo Baah |
Isn’t that our new betting partner?
Thanks Clive. Really good interview I listened to the first half hour or so last night. Interesting that Andy has been at the club for 13 years or so. I assumed that he was more recent. It sounds like our transition to using stat based recruitment has been a slow and organic process. It was good to hear that a lot of the scouting is still done on the sidelines at matches. Andy said it’s the only way to really get to know a player’s attitude on the pitch and how they interact with referees. Refreshing. [Post edited 9 Oct 2021 9:41]
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| Andy Belk — Patreon on 10:08 - Oct 9 with 3494 views | rsonist |
| Andy Belk — Patreon on 07:24 - Oct 9 by 1JD |
Kwadwo Baah |
"a big, big club came in and took him at the last minute.. They’ve just loaned him out but he’s young and he’s done well. "
Baah went to ... Watford... and hasn't been loaned. |  | | |
| Andy Belk — Patreon on 10:46 - Oct 9 with 3429 views | QPROslo |
| Andy Belk — Patreon on 20:41 - Oct 8 by BrianMcCarthy |
Haaland, I think.
Oh, I may have misunderstood the question. |
Yes, Haaland's current injury problems suggest the right profile for us.... He's out for the ongoing games which will decide if he will grace the next World Cup, or more likely after Norway's 1-1 in Turkey, not now. | | | |
| Andy Belk — Patreon on 13:39 - Oct 9 with 3230 views | terryb |
Based on age & how sucessful his loan spell is (as it was last season) I will chuck in the name of Conor Gallagher as a possibility. I'm also basing this on Andy Belk stating that we would be very surprised at the person.
It may be that The Pensioners talked him into signing a new contract for them rather than leaving & joining us.
It's only speculation of course, but we need something to keep us going until next Saturday! | | | |
| Andy Belk — Patreon on 19:09 - Oct 9 with 2939 views | HammersmithR |
I know for a fact 100% we were due to get Billy Gilmour on loan last summer from them. He then got injured. But it had been lined up for many months. He’s now on loan at Norwich. | | | |
| Andy Belk — Patreon on 21:32 - Oct 9 with 2808 views | TacticalR |
| Andy Belk — Patreon on 15:22 - Oct 8 by Jeff |
Just to quickly mention that we've now got the Patreon Audio available via RSS feed as well, so you can now listen to it via apple podcasts or whichever podcast platform you normally use... |
I tested the link with the Pocket Casts app and it worked fine. This is much more convenient than downloading manually.
It sounds like the good thing about what Andy Belk and co are doing is that we have now got a guiding intelligence and some consistent methods and principles to work to rather than trying to wing it as we did in the past. |  |
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| Andy Belk — Patreon on 22:58 - Oct 9 with 2721 views | CliveWilsonSaid |
| Andy Belk — Patreon on 21:32 - Oct 9 by TacticalR |
I tested the link with the Pocket Casts app and it worked fine. This is much more convenient than downloading manually.
It sounds like the good thing about what Andy Belk and co are doing is that we have now got a guiding intelligence and some consistent methods and principles to work to rather than trying to wing it as we did in the past. |
Basically apart from allowing us to easily purchase tickets or buy proper beer.
We're doing alright. | |
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| Andy Belk — Patreon on 17:37 - Oct 10 with 2348 views | PinnerPaul |
Thanks - very interesting. | | | |
| Andy Belk — Patreon on 20:48 - Oct 10 with 2210 views | davman |
Excellent as ever, Clive.
Only thing missing for me was whether we will start using the same techniques for managers. Warbs has given us a style now, his successor needs to be similar... |  |
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| Andy Belk — Patreon on 02:56 - Oct 11 with 2046 views | simmo |
Firstly the link for RSS worked great and now it's in my Acast list, good work Andy.
The interview itself - thanks Clive. This kind of insight is great and especially pertinent in the last 18 months.
I really like that he's worked his way through the QPR system but interested to know if his role has become more prominent due to necessity, or if its a conscious choice of the club to embrace more data/analytics.
Clearly his input is important, especially when making a final decision, but you get the feeling that the likes of Dozzell are the real data focused picks, as opposed to the Austins where it seems more about the 'intangibles' - although I'm sure Andy doesn't agree with the latter.
The De Wijs signing was especially fascinating as in reality he wasn't playing, was injury prone and didn't seem an obvious 'safe' signing. But actually his data showed he did everything we needed him to do and more - despite the negatives...
I feel like one part of the transfer committee that wasn't really discussed is the medical dept, it's pretty clear to me that we're signing people with the assumption that our med guys can either keep them healthy enough to play, or manage them in a way that a rotation is possible so we don't miss out too much for their inevitable unavailability. I'd like to know if that part of the data is evaluated...
Great interview mate - look forward to the next [Post edited 11 Oct 2021 2:58]
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