I'd got a DC/DR just now, but it was a 89% 25 y.o... at least better than having only 1 DR in a squad.
For recommendations? Nah, I've been getting STs since... I've lost count, the past 20 weeks?
Scouts? Maybe. Same for negos.
But they can't beat a manager playing smart and bidding on old players with his only token, and winning the auction. Thank you, I don't need DRs now. But I'd got not a single Nordgen in the season beginning.