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Read the game like a professional club.
Video first, data to verify, the stadium to understand.
The Hybrid Player Scouting Report: the template that connects what you see, what the data says and what you can only judge live. Built by a UEFA A coach and professional scout working in top-flight European football.
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The method
Data describes what happens. It does not explain why.
Data scouts and "eye" scouts argue about which is better. It's the wrong argument. Each stage of the hybrid method covers the blind spots of the others, and the order matters.
Video first
Form your own impression before you open any numbers, so data cannot anchor your judgement.
Data to verify
Use the numbers to confirm or challenge what you saw. Every gap between eye and data is a question, not an answer.
The stadium to understand
Tactical intelligence, body language, reactions to mistakes and off-ball work are read best from the stand.
A gap between what you saw and what the data says isn't an error. It's information, and often exactly where other clubs get it wrong.
What's inside
The Hybrid Player Scouting Report
- How to use itThe 4-step method and the 1-5 scoring scale.
- Player profileBio, contract, injury history, agent, market value.
- Context of observationEvery match you watched, live or on video, with system and role.
- EvaluationPhysical, technical, tactical and mental grids, each with a "Source" column.
- Data verificationWhat you saw vs what the data says, and 5 questions for when they disagree.
- VerdictThree-line summary, strengths, risks, projection, fit and an A-D recommendation.
Three lines, one method
Evaluate players. Read matches. Coach the team.
Scouting, match analysis and coaching usually live in separate rooms. MC5 Football connects them with the same method: video first, data to verify, the stadium to understand.
MC5 Scout
Evaluate players like a professional recruitment department.
- Hybrid Player Scouting ReportFree
- Hybrid Scouting Toolkit€39 · soon
- The Hybrid Method course€149 · in development
- AI report generator€10-20/mo · in development
MC5 Analysis
Read a match the way a professional analyst prepares it for the staff.
- Opposition report templateFree · soon
- Match analysis workflowin development
MC5 Coach
Turn what the analysis shows into training sessions and match plans.
- From analysis to trainingin development
- Youth development frameworkin development
Who's behind it
Built by a UEFA A coach and professional scout working in top-flight European football.
Trained in match analysis, with years of work on players across international markets. MC5 Football teaches the method behind that work: video first, data to verify, the stadium to understand. Applied to players, to matches and to the training ground.
It stays anonymous on purpose. What matters here is the method, not the name on the badge.
- The method, never the clubNo club names, no internal processes, no confidential information.
- No live targetsExamples use well-known players, completed transfers, past matches or anonymised cases. Never players currently being scouted or opponents currently being analysed.
- Public data onlyNo screenshots or data from licensed platforms. You learn a method that works with what you can access.
Start with one player
Your next report starts here.
Download the Hybrid Player Scouting Report and use it on the next player you watch.