Behaviours NBTTT
What Americans call “intangibles”. In other words, the aspects to a player which you cannot determine through stats and film alone.
Manning seems to be clear that this is the problem. Attitude, work rate, team ethic, and just generally not being a c**t.
What I hear is that Knapper is so focused on the data that he’s not doing his homework on the intangibles. He’s not phoning people who managed them before, former team mates etc. And now Manning is frustrated that they’re not living up to his KPIs based on their historical performance and doesn’t understand why.
The thing about intangibles is that they are the hardest of all to influence and therefore one of the most important aspects to research before recruiting.
All boils down to inexperienced, and excel sheet recruitment to me, and paying the price for it that any chance experienced recruiter would have seen coming.
Posted By: Legacy Fan on October 20th 2025 at 18:58:55
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- Behaviours NBTTT (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Oct 20, 18:58:55
- Wot I hear (NCFC) - Real Man, Oct 20, 20:20:06
- Sometimes owners and parents get behavioural specialists in for their (NCFC) - footymadman, Oct 20, 20:05:50
- Isn't it about taking a gamble on yourself to be able to change the behaviours (NCFC) - Sainz and Sinners, Oct 20, 20:02:28
- I can tell Makama is rubbish with my own mince pies.. (n/m) (NCFC) - Goosebumps, Oct 20, 19:35:34
- People said that about Sarge, they claimed he won a prize to play for us (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Oct 20, 20:57:04
- 👍💛 (n/m) (NCFC) - Goosebumps, Oct 20, 21:15:13
- If that’s what you see I fear that your mince pies are sausage rolls. (n/m) (NCFC) - Boyer, Oct 20, 20:18:35
- People said that about Sarge, they claimed he won a prize to play for us (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Oct 20, 20:57:04
- I remember reading about when the club bought Gibson (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Oct 20, 19:20:36
- But surely not all of our recruitment can be good on pitch performance (NCFC) - camcan, Oct 20, 19:18:46
- It’s not bad luck. It’s bad research. Ok you can be unlucky of (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Oct 20, 19:42:16
- But I mean surely someone would have had both (NCFC) - camcan, Oct 20, 20:50:19
- It’s not bad luck. It’s bad research. Ok you can be unlucky of (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Oct 20, 19:42:16
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