Think the best example of a young player at the start of the game developing is Jonny Lamb at Perfect Tactics, He is basically the Fenton Morrow I had when I begun the game, young player with a decent rating Morrow was a 18 year old 5*22 player when I started and he was sold at the start of season 6 when he was only 3 stars. Think every starter team seems to get this 1 young star player in their squad each. A squad of about 18 players with random ages and mostly 3* players but you do get 1 or 2 gems in there.
Yeah mine was a 4* wasn't lucky enough to get a 5*
Season 1 League: Winners
Season 2 League: 2nd, Champions League: Runners up
Season 3 League: 1st, Champions league: Quarter Finals, Cup: Play-Off
I did the same, instead of going for scouts i preferred a bunch of 19 yo 4* 29Q generated by engine at season start. All of them are fast trainers, and all of them are 6* since last week too, probably retaining the 6th * early next season as well. I tend to get attached to my players expecially when you invest on them and see them grow, rather then going on scouts which grants numbers but in the end don't level really at an admirable pace. I do think scouts longevity is about 2-3 season max excluding PT, which anyways i find useless on them. due to the very little reward it poses.
My only thought is i didn't find any 18 yo on transfer list this season apart for the lately arrive DMC which since when replaced the scout ross brang the team to finally good performances.
I only started doing it this season to get a group for the next few years
In the lower levels you can have 3* and 4* players in your starting line-up and still qualify for the Champions League easy... I won a league by 18 points with a 3* average team with leaving it on auto-pilot all season.
Cool. Well as it's basically maintenance time I'm gonna watch some Chuck Norris in the expendables 2