Can anyone remember the name of that Portuguese guy we gave a trial to based on a few grainy YouTube videos?
Scouting has undeniably come on leaps and bounds in the last 10-15 years with the weighting given to the stats/data side of things increasing massively. Ultimately nothing compares to seeing a player live, imo, and I highly doubt any club recruits players on the data/video side of things alone (happy to be corrected)
I've got to say, it does make me laugh how some posters seem to know every single player we're linked with and profess with absolute confidence that they are 'exactly what we need' or a 'cracking signing' without every having seen them play live.