Quote Originally Posted by Der_Ryan_M View Post
Regarding scouts, they are mixed, some are faster trainers and some a bit slower. However I don't have numbers or anything, because I rarely buy scouts and if so, they are more of a gap filler than anything, so I never powertrain them... I just noticed this with their different development in games.

And I doubt in auction 50% are super FTs. They became really rare. This season I had to buy a lot of players before I got a fast trainer in every position I needed one.
Auctions - follow the FT value table; high level managers could get a 2nd low level team by recommendation into the same server to double-check before bidding
Daily/Recommended: usually marginally slower than first class FT; hidden performance value is among the highest
Scouts: Age of 22yo or above already jeopardises training value: never bought 1, never would do because of its poor value
Academy: A lottery without doubt; a very expensive way to ‘gamble’ 100s of T when the same amount of T would be enough to win a great one in auction and powertrain; probably only justified when a certain high-star replacement into the team is needed and also receive significant SAs via special sponsor boosts prior to joining