Roadmap

The direction of travel.

Here is what we are exploring for later. They are ideas, not promised features or release dates, and we will update them as we learn from players and the game.

Free Version today

Pro version in the future

ChiefScout Free

The complete scouting and recruitment product you can use today. Everything in it stays free. Nothing that is in Free now will be moved behind a paywall.

Possible directions for ChiefScout Pro

Further ahead, a ChiefScout Pro upgrade may add deeper intelligence: interpretation, synthesis and decision support built on top of what Free already does. Pro is not available and cannot be bought, and nothing about it is scheduled. The directions below are the kind of thing Pro could explore. Its scope is not final, its timing is not committed and none of it is decided.

The Connected Scout vision

From a need to a decision, and beyond.

One workspace that carries a recruitment idea from the first need to the final call and back again.

  • Today in ChiefScout Free
  • Exploring a concept, not available yet
  1. Need Today

    Record a recruitment need.

  2. Discover Today

    Search against it.

  3. Assess Today

    Profiles, Meta, Estimated Max PA, Squad Fit.

  4. Compare Exploring

    Candidates against each other and the incumbent.

  5. Challenge Exploring

    Counter-evidence before you commit.

  6. Scenario Exploring

    Alternative plans for the window.

  7. Decide Today

    Candidates and shortlists. The call is always yours.

  8. Remember Today

    Needs and candidates persist between sessions.

  9. Monitor Exploring

    Follow targets across successive saves.

Six exploratory directions

What could come next.

Build a better squad

See the shape of your whole squad, not just the next signing: who starts, who is thin, who is ageing out and who could come through.

In Football Manager termsYour first-choice right-back is 33 and the academy has no obvious successor. Where are the gaps before they become emergencies?

Exploring Concepts

  • Best XI
  • Squad depth by position
  • Succession planning for ageing or expiring players
  • Academy opportunities that could fill depth

Make better transfer decisions

Put the options side by side and understand why one fits a need better than another.

In Football Manager termsThree left-backs are on your shortlist and one is already at the club. Which is actually stronger for this need, and what drives that?

Exploring Concepts

  • Candidate comparisons
  • Incumbent comparisons
  • Explainable, need-specific assessment that shows what it weighed

Discover transfer opportunities

Spot the moments worth acting on across the market, not only the players you already had in mind.

In Football Manager termsA striker’s contract is running down at a club that has just signed two others in his position.

Exploring Concepts

  • Transfer Intelligence and Market Radar
  • Contract opportunities
  • Positional competition at other clubs

Look beyond the obvious

Test a favourite before you commit. Surface what argues against a target and what you still do not know.

In Football Manager termsThe shortlist favourite looks ideal. What would make you hesitate, and is his wage still Unknown at the moment you must decide?

Exploring Concepts

  • Transfer Red Team
  • Relevant counter-evidence from the data you hold
  • Decision-blocking unknowns, flagged rather than guessed

Follow your recruitment

Keep watching the people you care about as the seasons move on.

In Football Manager termsTrack an 18-year-old winger across successive saves: did his attributes move the way you hoped?

Exploring Concepts

  • Scout Watches
  • Observed player development
  • Changes across successive saves

Explore alternative plans

Lay out more than one way to build the window and compare them before you commit to any.

In Football Manager termsPlan A sells the veteran and signs a free agent. Plan B keeps him a year and buys a youngster. What does each window look like?

Exploring Concepts

  • Scenario Studio
  • Alternative transfer-window strategies

Follow along.

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