Hugo Scheckter

@suttyshow @DavidPalman Thanks for this, super helpful. This is about 15% I think of what there is, a random selection. You can see the bag of what’s left next to it. I seem to remember my shiny book was confiscated at school so there aren’t any in here that I’ve found

@DavidPalman @HugoScheckter Hi mate, impossible to tell value based on that one picture , anyone who gives u an offer is assuming the worst and basing their value on worst case scenario. Slightly a pain but a few photos of 40 laid out next to each other isn’t too time consuming and then I can see cards

Found an old bag of my #pokemon cards from about 20 years ago. Anyone know the best place to understand value?

@DavidPalman They’re from late 90s/early 2000s. No idea on value tbh

@HugoScheckter Fair, I get that! Do you have a number in mind for the bag? Any idea what year(s) they're from?

@DavidPalman Thanks mate but there are like 300 there - think the time it would take won’t be worth it. Appreciate the offer tho!

@HugoScheckter I'm going to a card show in June. If you send me photos of each one individually I'll tell you if you've got anything worth firing off for grading or selling. DM me

@moggehh91 Cheers very useful!

@HugoScheckter The 1999 jungle pikachu on top has a lot of recently sold on eBay at around £18 but there’s also one that was graded a 10 by ace grading that sold for £816 hope this helps Hugo!

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@HugoScheckter REPORT

A 3 person Player Care team costs a Premier League club around £200,000 (approx €240,000) a year in salaries. A 15% reduction in failed transfers - a conservative estimate on the impact of Player Care based on research from Liverpool FC's own Director of Research speaking at a Statsbomb Conference in 2021 - would save that same club around £3M (€3.5M) annually. That's a 15:1 return. Before you factor in squad stability, player happiness, or the reputational cost of a high-profile signing publicly struggling. I'm not saying Player Care prevents every failed transfer - it doesn't - but any support we can put in place to reduce the chances of failure are clearly worth investing in. The clubs we've worked with who do this well don't just see it as pastoral care, they see it as protecting a multimillion pound asset & their performances. Instead of asking us how much it will cost, they ask how they can do it better. Player Care is a spectrum, not a binary in terms of whether clubs have it or not. At The @PlayerCareGroup we've developed a set of 170+ peer reviewed Player Care standards for the 1st team, helping clubs worldwide implement & improve their Player Care provision. In 2024 we commissioned a report into 'failed' transfers and the backgrounds, languages & ages of those players to dig more into the value of proactive Player Care. For a full copy of the findings, comment REPORT below or DM me.

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@HugoScheckter Sounds very interesting Hugo, would love to read the full report.

Introducing the Conversation Circle. An offline, printed tool to better facilitate conversations between trusted adults & young athletes. We explain more here: youtu.be/7aYmSGRTVyE

@sport_simon Thanks Simon, appreciate the comment and your continued support!

@HugoScheckter Sounds exciting Hugo! Can’t wait to find out more. Have a lot of respect for the way you have built your business and how you conduct yourself.

Running a business is hard - as we ramp up to launch our first physical product on Friday, the last 6 months have been challenging in many new ways. If anything, I'm an accidental entrepreneur - I never dreamed of running my own business or making huge profits. By many metrics, I'm not a very good one either. I've not taken a penny of funding since launching 5 years ago, we don't focus on scale, profitability or reach. We don't do paid social and we don't pay for referrals, have sponsors or any partner companies. I've got a business degree, but so much of what I do is on gut feel. Does this 'feel' like the right direction for us, or for me? Will I be proud of this? Will I be excited by this? Will this help people? If any of the answers are no, we tend to leave what we're considering on the side. For the last half a year, much of my focus has been away from what I've known my whole career - sport, interpersonal connections, proactive support - and onto lead times, minimum order quantities, inventory management & even the ever changing world of tariffs. My belief is that by doing the latter, we'll improve the former - through deliberate, practical tools to aid intergenerational relationships. On Friday at 3pm UK, we'll show you what we've been working on. It might not have the best margin or go viral - but I'm bloody proud of it, bloody excited for it, and I know it'll help people. Stay tuned! @PlayerCareGroup

The Premier League's top six was gatecrashed 11 years ago. Ronald Koeman's Southampton, featuring Nathaniel Clyne, Morgan Schneiderlin, Sadio Mane, Dusan Tadic, Victor Wanyama, James Ward-Prowse, Toby Alderweireld and Graziano Pelle among others, were disrupting England's elite.

5. Regular check ins for staff & players in the coming weeks - I've only lost 1 final, and it stayed with me for years. We didn't lose because of an individual error or in the last minute, and it still hurt like crazy. Keep in touch with the people in/around the team, giving them space where needed & setting them up with professional welfare support where needed. On a personal note, delighted for my old colleague Sadio Mane today - great to see his continued success. Anything else I've missed?

4. Understand the heat of the moment - let the coach/manager say what they need to, let senior players talk in the safety of the changing room, and then have a clear plan of what's happening next. I remember when we lost the cup final with Southampton in 2017, we had to attend a club party afterwards - I'd never felt so low but it was important that everyone knew the plan. Of course nobody wanted to go, but it was important in the moment to show support to those who had supported us.

Like many of us, I watched last night's #AFCON final with a keen eye - especially with the drama at the end of the 90 mins. It made me think back to my 500+ games leading Player Care & Team Ops experience with Premier League teams, and the key points I'd try to consider in the moment. #AFCON2025 #Senegal 1/5

The instagram trend of looking back to 2016 reminded me of a great period with #SaintFC, so many good memories!

A little surprise for our soon-to-be mum, Claire Emslie. We’ve upgraded mother’s room, a space designed to support and celebrate our players through every stage of life. We’re proud to create an environment where parents and parents-to-be can thrive on and off the pitch.