Got Mr Scout players too. I tend to buy a defender as I actually find them to be more consistent in spite of concerns about 'balance'. But this season there were no DCs worth having so I took a Striker, he gave me 4 days of incompetence and disinterest then a couple of games where the effort of stepping off the bench seemed to drain his lifeforce....then he started performing and scoring.

I've actually managed to hold onto a defender that is in his 4th season now - he's mid 5* and after a slump at the end of last season is ever-reliable again. He's my second most played player after my GK and still holds the team record for assists since in his first 2 seasons he took all the corners.

I have averaged a Scouted player a season.

One of the problems with Scouts is they are not as disposable as others.

But the bigger problem with Scouted players remains, to get them to last as Scout for 3 seasons means being very picky and the rest on the list are only useful for an emergency quick fix imo. A Scouted player should as far as I'm concerned be able, by design, to last as a Scout for the length of his contract through play and standard training so anything over 23 to me is not enough, which is very limiting.