English Regen Analysis

Some of you may remember the holiday game I did in England last year that reached 2207. I am trying to do the same thing this year now that the last patch and Genie Scout are out, but I will be posting up year-by-year results so you can follow my work on nationalities and regen breakdown. In this first post I will be laying out a sample of future reports by showing what happened with the regen intake created at the start of the game. This game has all English leagues running with a large database on the latest patch and data update.

Blackburn:

I will be following Blackburn's regens as they come through and either stick with them or move to another team. I am doing this because I want to understand how one of the teams in the top divisions manages their youth intake, whether or not they can judge their own talent, and what level PAs a player can reasonably expect to generate from their own youth team. Of course Blackburn did not get any regens at the start of the game, so their section of this report is not as detailed as it will be in the future.

Blackburn are predicted to finish in 8th place this season. The start with a rep of 6700 and 14,226,950 in the bank, with 5,000,000 allocated towards transfers and 472,760 to spend on wages each week. Their average attendance is listed at 23944 while their training and youth facilities stand at 17 and 14 respectively.

Nationalities:

I will determine the nationalities of regens coming through English teams in every season. Please know that this is actually quite difficult to do perfectly, but I will try my best to get good numbers and not miss any regens. I will post the nationalities that were present in the intake at the start of the game. Keep in mind that this may not be representative of a regular intake because the top clubs have not gotten any regens. Also realize that the relatively high number of Welsh regens will always be present because of the Welsh-based teams in English leagues like Cardiff.

93.88% 767 England

0.12% 1 England Angola

0.37% 3 England Australia

0.12% 1 England Cape Verde

0.12% 1 England Egypt

0.12% 1 England Macedonia

0.24% 2 England Ireland

0.37% 3 England Italy

0.24% 2 England Ivory Coast

0.12% 1 England Morocco

0.24% 2 England N. Ireland

0.12% 1 England N. Ireland Italy

0.37% 3 England Nigeria

0.12% 1 England Norway

0.12% 1 England Russia

0.49% 4 England Scotland

0.12% 1 England South Africa

0.12% 1 England St. Vincent

0.24% 2 England Turkey

0.12% 1 England USA

0.12% 1 England Uganda

0.24% 2 England Wales

0.24% 2 Nigeria England

1.59% 13 Wales England

High PA Regens

I will be tracking 170+ PA regens that come through English clubs. I will note their club, position and starting CA and PA and then future CA improvements. Here is one from the first intake

Jim Greenwood England MC Blackpool PA: 178 CA: 112

General Info

I will be tracking some of the other little things of interest that occur in my game in the future. These will include winners of major trophies, large transfers, and some other little regen notes. This year's report is obviously not as complete as it will be in future years.

Highest Regen CA: 112

1 Regen CA>90

Low Regen CA: 12

Low Regen PA: 15

I'm looking forward to this, should be an interesting year.

Any chance of a small preston update?

I saw your report last year and it made for really interesting reading.

I think there will be a much wider range of 2nd nationalities if what i've noticed is anything to go by with more players having 2nd nationalities generally.

Look foward to reading your results

I'm looking forward to this, should be an interesting year.

Any chance of a small preston update?

I'll certainly tell you if they do anything interesting... You probably do not want to hear what happened to them in last year's edition though.

I saw your report last year and it made for really interesting reading.

I think there will be a much wider range of 2nd nationalities if what i've noticed is anything to go by with more players having 2nd nationalities generally.

Look foward to reading your results

What I've noticed so far seems to be a wider range, but less in total. There also seem to be a lot less British regens that are not just English single nationality.

Update forthcoming tomorrow (Wednesday night). Hopefully having a little more to look at will draw a little more attention to the thread.

2009

Blackburn:

Not so good news for my Rovers as Big Sam did not do any better than Paul Ince. He made way for Roland Nilsson, but even he could not save the day as Rovers finish 19th and go down with Newcastle and Stoke. Their reputation falls to 5608 from 6700, but they are predicted to finish 3rd in the Championship. They still have 14,688,980 in the bank, with 4,448,330 for a new season of transfers and 451,900 for wages. The financial situation looks fine even before they unload some of their players. Average attendance has fallen to 17246 from 23944.

Here is the first youth intake. Not a whole lot of good, which may be due to the worse than expected season.

Name Nationality Position PA Initial CA
Martin Kennedy England DL 129 53
Stuart Barton   England GK 124 53
Lewis Williams   England GK 119 47
Darren Leach    England ST 109 46
Lars Krogh England/Denmark DC 100 63
Tony Easton     England GK  91 35
Stefon Hudson  England  GK 89 41
Steven Jackson England DWBL 78 30
Rob Attwell      England  DC 73 41

Nationalities:

0.10%	1	Anguilla  England
92.03%	878	England	
0.42%	4	England	Australia
0.10%	1	England	Denmark
0.21%	2	England	DR Congo
0.10%	1	England	Egypt
0.10%	1	England	Gambia
0.21%	2	England	Ghana
0.10%	1	England	Hong Kong
0.31%	3	England	Ireland
0.10%	1	England	Italy
0.21%	2	England	Jamaica
0.10%	1	England	Morocco
0.21%	2	England	Nigeria
0.52%	5	England	Scotland
0.10%	1	England	Seychelles
0.10%	1	England	South Africa
0.10%	1	England	Sri Lanka
0.10%	1	England	Sweden
0.21%	2	England	USA
0.10%	1	England	Uganda
0.63%	6	England	Wales
0.10%	1	France	
0.10%	1	Ghana	England
0.10%	1	Holland	
0.10%	1	Italy	
0.10%	1	N. Ireland	
0.10%	1	New Zealand England
0.21%	2	Nigeria	England
0.10%	1	Scotland	
0.10%	1	Scotland China
0.84%	8	Wales	
1.89%	18	Wales	England

High PA Regens:

Jim Greenwood from the first intake moved from Blackpool to Fulham. Along with the move he gained 26 in CA from 112 to 138 to move closer to his PA of 178.

Junior Williams     AMC     Doncaster    186  81
Jordan Humphries DCST     West Brom      178  85
Tom Dodds         MC       Bradford      177  102
Alan Sidwell        DWBML Boro           177  77
Ross Moon         DCST    Millwall       176  81
Steve Doyle       SWDC   Northampton	 176  85
Ryan Campbell    MC       Burnley        173  75
Tony Smith        AML      Sheff Utd     170  74

General Info

Manchester United win the title with Liverpool taking the Chapmpions League. Udinese upset Juventus in the UEFA Cup. Liverpool also take the League Cup with Everton taking the FA Cup. The big transfer was Gareth Barry's 26.5M move to Manchester City.

Highest Regen CA: 112

Regen CA>90: 9

Low Regen CA: 1

Low Regen PA: 10

I plan to update again on Thursday.

Interesting that the regens with high PAs seem to be coming mainly from Football League clubs rather than Premiership sides.

Good experiment. I never seem to be able to concentrate on a game long enough to see good regen development...

I'll certainly tell you if they do anything interesting... You probably do not want to hear what happened to them in last year's edition though.

What happened to them?

I followed it last year and didn't they get relegated to the BSP and then, promoted all the way back into the Championship.

2010

Blackburn:

Fortunately Blackburn's stay in the Championship was brief as they finished second and got the automatic promotion. Although they had the chance to play their local rivals Burnley and Preston a couple of times, those matches will not be resuming as Burnley struggle and may drop down to League One shortly. Preston, meanwhile, are on their third manager as John Gregory replaces Joe Royle, who did not do enough to please the board. With the promotion, their reputation jumps up to 6334 from the 5608 it had dropped down to before. They come up with 11439150 in the bank, but the expected income allows them to have a transfer budget of 18166600 and spend 532210 on wages. Their average attendance goes up by 1000 to 18286 while they were also able to upgrade their facilities from 17 and 14 to a perfect 20 for training and 19 for youth. We will see if that has an impact on the quality of regens later.

First, their 2009 crop with their PA, 2009 CA, and 2010 CA:

Martin Kennedy England DL  129 53 58
Stuart Barton  England GK  124 53 55
Lewis Williams England GK  119 47 51
Darren Leach   England ST  109 46 49
Lars Krogh     Eng/Den DC  100 63 66
Tony Easton    England GK   91 35 45
Stefan Hudson  England GK   89 41 41
Steven Jackson England DWBL 78 30 37
Rob Attwell    England DC   73 41 43

Overall, nothing great in terms of development as the worst players had the biggest jump in CA. Here are the new guys as we have at least one potential talent:

Kevin Askey         England MC   172 71
Phillip Cook        England ST   139 58
Michael Worthington England DMRC 131 50
Grant Currie        England DC    97 85
Nick Bond           England ST    97 45
Steve Kennedy       England MC    73 55

Nationalities:

91.42% 735 England	
0.25%  2   England           Australia
0.12%  1   England           Croatia
0.12%  1   England           Macedonia
0.12%  1   England           Gambia
0.25%  2   England           Hong Kong
0.50%  4   England           Ireland
0.25%  2   England           Jamaica
0.12%  1   England           N. Ireland
0.12%  1   England           Nigeria
0.12%  1   England           Poland
0.50%  4   England           Scotland
0.37%  3   England           South Africa
0.12%  1   England           Sweden
0.12%  1   England           Tanzania
0.12%  1   England           USA
0.12%  1   England           Ukraine
0.37%  3   England           Wales
0.12%  1   Equitorial Guinea England
0.25%  2   France	
0.12%  1   Holland	
0.25%  2   N. Ireland	
0.12%  1   N. Ireland        England
0.12%  1   New Zealand       England
0.12%  1   Nigeria           England
0.12%  1   Scotland	
1.12%  9   Wales	
2.49% 20   Wales             England

A bit disappointing really, as numbers of solely English regens seem to have increased this year by around 15%. Most of the non-English or Welsh first nationality players can be attributed to the club's scouting knowledge. Arsenal are responsible for all the French regens so far and Chelsea has a staff member from Equitorial Guinea.

High PA Regens

Jim Greenwood continues for a second season at Fulham, improving from 138 in CA to 160, moving him closer to his PA of 178.

2009:

Name             Nation  Pos   Orig. Club  PA  09  10  Transfer
----------------------------------------------------------
Junior Williams  England AMC   Doncaster   186 81  89
Jordan Humphries England DCST  West Brom   178 85  94
Tom Dodds        England MC    Bradford    177 102 108 Moves to Sheffield Wednesday
Alan Sidwell     England DWBML Boro        177 77  86
Ross Moon        England DCST  Millwall    176 81  94
Steve Doyle      England SWDC  Northampton 176 85  90
Ryan Campbell    England MC    Burnley     173 75  79
Tony Smith       England AML   Sheff Utd   170 74  85

2010:

Trevor Heaney   England	GK   Nottm Forest 194 92
Ben Beadle      England	DWBL Watford      180 117
Tom O'Brien     England	GK   Southampton  179 83
John Booth      England	DCDM West Brom    179 79
Matthew Delaney England	AMC  Chelsea      177 74
Kevin Smith     England	MC   QPR          175 120
Kevin Askey     England	MC   Blackburn    172 71
Jack Saunders   England	DM   Tottenham    172 98
Andy Doherty    England	DC   West Ham     171 73
Ricky Allen     England	DC   Stoke        171 66

General Info

Manchester United take home yet another title, although Liverpool finish behind them only on goal difference with Arsenal a point off the pace. Real Madrid win the Champions League while Sevilla take the UEFA Cup. United also lift the League Cup with Chelsea winning the FA Cup. Mario Gomez's 28M move from Stuttgart to Liverpool made headlines while Man City show that they do not just buy as they sell Mikel Arteta to Barcelona for 29M to earn an 8M profit on his purchase from Everton a year earlier. The World Cup this summer will be of great interest to all

Some other fun stats from this regen intake:

High CA: 120

CA>90: 7

Low CA: 1

Low PA: 2!

The next update will come some time this weekend.

Be interesting to see those regens develop.

KUTGW

This looks very interesting, i'll definitely will be following!

yeh i am interested in this too, i will keep following as I've always loved to see how the game develops!

Askey could be a top player for Rovers, as long as they can manage to keep him.

West Brom have done well for themselves with one of the top prospects each season.

KUTGW

Can you do a screenie of the regen with 1 CA?

I'm pretty sure I have a CA of at least 3.

I'm pretty sure I have a CA of at least 3.

And you are who in the game?

Or are you taking the mick, in which case, good one.

Here is one poor player:

2011

Blackburn:

Rovers made a steady return to the Premier League with a 15th place finish. Their reputation was boosted to 6449 from 6334. The financial situation improved as they have 18677720 in the bank and 9392280 for wages and 630250 for wages. Attendance was barely improved with an average of 18367.

2009 Class:

Name           Nation  Pos PA  09 10 11
_______________________________________
Stuart Barton  England GK  124 53 55 59
Lewis Williams England GK  119 47 51 51
Darren Leach   England ST  109 46 49 51
Lars Krogh     Eng/Den DC  100 63 66 69
Tony Easton    England GK   91 35 45 52
Stefan Hudson  England GK   89 41 41 42
Steven Jackson England DWBL 78 30 37 44
Rob Attwell    England DC   73 41 43 43

2010 Class:

Name                Nation  Pos  PA  10 11
__________________________________________
Kevin Askey         England MC   172 71	74
Phillip Cook        England ST   139 58	64
Michael Worthington England DMRC 131 50	54
Grant Currie        England DC    97 85	85
Nick Bond           England ST    97 45	49
Steve Kennedy       England MC    73 55	55

2011 Class:

Name              Nation  Pos PA  11
____________________________________
Eliot Marrow      England MC  119 37
Danny Brennan     England AML 116 47
Matthew Brooker   England MC  113 56
Lawrence Marriner England DWBL 96 52

Nationalities

94.04% 758 England		
0.25%  2   England   Australia	
0.12%  1   England   Cambodia	
0.25%  2   England   Ghana	
0.12%  1   England   Hong Kong	
0.12%  1   England   Ireland   Turkey
0.12%  1   England   Italy	
0.12%  1   England   Jamaica	
0.12%  1   England   Latvia	
0.25%  2   England   N. Ireland	
0.12%  1   England   Nigeria	
0.25%  2   England   Scotland	
0.25%  2   England   Turkey	
0.25%  2   England   Uganda	
0.12%  1   England   Wales	
0.25%  2   Italy	
0.12%  1   Nigeria   England
0.12%  1   St. Lucia England
0.62%  5   Wales	
2.36%  19  Wales     England

High PA Regens

Jim Greenwood has moved from 160 to 166 in CA, edging him closer to his PA of 178. He has also made a couple of starts for England, making him a real success for that initial crop of regens.

2009:

Name             Nation  Pos   Orig Club   PA  09 10 11  Transfers
__________________________________________________________________
Junior Williams  England AMC   Doncaster   186 81 89 101 St.Pat's Athletic '11
Jordan Humphreys England DCST  West Brom   178 85 94 105 
Tom Dodds        England MC    Bradford    177102108 114 Sheff Weds '10
Alan Sidwell     England DWBML Boro        177 77 86 104 
Ross Moon        England DCST  Millwall    176 81 94 116 Motherwell '11
Steve Royle      England SWDC  Northampton 176 85 90 101 Cardiff '11
Ryan Campbell    England MC    Burnley     173 75 79  84 Sheff Utd '11
Tony Smith       England AML   Sheff Utd   170 74 85  97 St. Pat's Athletic '11

2010:

Name            Nation  Pos  Orig Club    PA  10 11 Transfers
__________________________________________________________________
Trevor Heaney   England	GK   Nottm Forest 194 92 97
Ben Beadle      England	DWBL Watford      180117120
Tom O'Brien     England	GK   Southampton  179 83 92 Wigan '11
John Booth      England	DCDM West Brom    179 79 81
Matthew Delaney England	AMC  Chelsea      177 74 78
Kevin Smith     England	MC   QPR          175120127 Derby '11
Kevin Askey     England	MC   Blackburn    172 71 74
Jack Saunders   England	DM   Tottenham    172 98103
Andy Doherty    England	DC   West Ham     171 73 84
Ricky Allen     England	DC   Stoke        171 66 75

2011:

Name           Nation  Pos  Orig Club     PA  11
__________________________________________________________________
James Hall     England MC   Man Utd       177 68
Richard France England DC   Man City      176120
Lee Hinton     England DRC  Wolves        174 84
Kevin Gregory  England AMRC Leyton Orient 171 72
Josh Griffiths England ST   Lincoln       170 74

I might remove those nationalities from the next report since it seems a waste of space when all of them are English.

General Info:

Italy won the World Cup by defeating France. Manchester United won their third consecutive title within this game. Juventus won the Champions League with Inter taking home the UEFA Cup as consolation. Manchester City lift the League Cup with Fulham winning the FA Cup. In former player watch, Dean Windass got tired of not playing at Hull or Chester and took the managerial reins at Hampton & Richmond. The big money transfer of the year was Manchester City's 35M purchase of Raul Garcia from Liverpool.

In other 2011 regen intake news:

High CA: 120

CA >90: 6

Low CA: 1

Low PA: 6

This has been interesting so far KUTGW Will also be fun to see how the Premier League changes

Hey nice analysis you are doing. Can you provide a screenie of Jim Greenwood. Would be interesting to see how he looks as he has made some England starts.

Good start!

No movement for Preston apart from managerial movement

Good update. Looks like this year's batch of regens has a smaller range of nationalities than previous years.

The good news is that I have another update. The bad news is that Genie Scout is not working for me (I have gone all the way to 2015). We will see if I can find a way to get around it. Let that not get in the way of the update for 2012.

Blackburn

Roland Nilsson did some good things in his tenure, which Fulham took notice of. He moved on to Craven Cottage. Rovers decided to replace him with Darren Ferguson. I suspect thtat this decision would not be taken all that well in real life. He kept the team hanging around the level at which he inherited as we finished 12th. The reputation increased from 6679 from 6449. The financial situation is about the same as they have 18667110 in the bank with 11832800 for transfers this season and 630250 for wages. Attendance stays roughly the same with an average of 18658. There will be some more interesting regen news as a few of them are being released and moving on.

2009:

Name           Nation  Pos  PA 09 10 11 12 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Martin Kennedy England DL  129 53 58 76	81 
Stuart Barton  England GK  124 53 55 59	61 Cambridge
Lewis Williams England GK  119 47 51 51	57 Released
Darren Leach   England ST  109 46 49 51	54 Released
Lars Krogh     Eng/Den DC  100 63 66 69	73
Tony Easton    England GK   91 35 45 52	54 Released
Stefan Hudson  England GK   89 41 41 42	44 Released
Steven Jackson England DWBL 78 30 37 44	46 Released
Rob Attwell    England DC   73 41 43 43	43 Released

2010:

Name                Nation  Pos  PA 10 11 12 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Kevin Askey         England MC  172 71 74 79
Phillip Cook        England ST  139 58 64 72
Michael Worthington England DMRC131 50 54 55
Grant Currie        England DC   97 85 85 88
Nick Bond           England ST   97 45 49 55
Steve Kennedy       England MC   73 55 55 55

2011:

Name             Nation  Pos  PA 11 12 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Eliot Marrow     England MC  119 37 39
Danny Brennan    England AML 116 47 49
Matthew Brooker  England MC  113 56 62
Lawrence MarrinerEngland DWBL 96 52 57

2012:

Name             Nation  Pos  PA 12 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Fabian MacDonald England GK  154 69
Steve Elder      England ST  150 69
Tom Drew         England DL  127 52
Nathan Wood      England GK  116 43
Phil Mason       England DC  112 59
Chris Barratt    England DLC 111 56
Mark Fuller      England AMR 108 59
Danny Fearn      England AMRC105 46
Neil Stone       England AMRL 98 52
Daniel Griffiths England MC   97 68

Nationalities

0.20%  2   DR CongoEngland
91.65% 911 England
0.80%  8   England Australia
0.10%  1   England Bulgaria
0.20%  2   England Ghana
0.10%  1   England Guinea-Bissau
0.10%  1   England Holland
0.20%  2   England Ireland
0.10%  1   England Italy
0.30%  3   England Jamaica
0.10%  1   England Malawi
0.10%  1   England Morocco
0.10%  1   England Nigeria
0.10%  1   England Saudi Arabia
0.40%  4   England Scotland
0.10%  1   England South Africa
0.10%  1   England St. Vincent
0.30%  3   England Wales
0.10%  1   Ireland	
0.10%  1   Mexico  England
0.50%  5   Nigeria England
0.10%  1   Portugal	
1.51%  15  Wales	
2.62%  26  Wales   England

High PA Regens

Jim Greenwood continues his success with Fulham as his CA leaps ten points to 176, only two short of his 178 PA.

2009:

Name             Nation  Pos   Orig Club   PA  09 10 11  12 Transfers
__________________________________________________________________
Junior Williams  England AMC   Doncaster   186 81 89 101 119 St.Pat's Athletic '11
Jordan Humphreys England DCST  West Brom   178 85 94 105 122
Tom Dodds        England MC    Bradford    177102108 114 177 Sheff Weds '10
Alan Sidwell     England DWBML Boro        177 77 86 104 117
Ross Moon        England DCST  Millwall    176 81 94 116 129 Motherwell '11, Millwall '12
Steve Royle      England SWDC  Northampton 176 85 90 101 108 Cardiff '11
Ryan Campbell    England MC    Burnley     173 75 79  84  92 Sheff Utd '11
Tony Smith       England AML   Sheff Utd   170 74 85  97 112 St. Pat's Athletic '11, Barnsley '12

2010:

Name            Nation  Pos  Orig Club    PA  10 11 12  Transfers
__________________________________________________________________
Trevor Heaney   England	GK   Nottm Forest 194 92 97 105 Aberdeen '12
Ben Beadle      England	DWBL Watford      180117120 121 Bradford '12
Tom O'Brien     England	GK   Southampton  179 83 92 100 Wigan '11
John Booth      England	DCDM West Brom    179 79 81  83
Matthew Delaney England	AMC  Chelsea      177 74 78  95
Kevin Smith     England	MC   QPR          175120127 129 Derby '11
Kevin Askey     England	MC   Blackburn    172 71 74  79
Jack Saunders   England	DM   Tottenham    172 98103 109
Andy Doherty    England	DC   West Ham     171 73 84 102 Preston
Ricky Allen     England	DC   Stoke        171 66 75  84

2011:

Name           Nation  Pos  Orig Club     PA  11 12 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
James Hall     England MC   Man Utd       177 68 75
Richard France England DC   Man City      176120121
Lee Hinton     England DRC  Wolves        174 84103
Kevin Gregory  England AMRC Leyton Orient 171 72 77
Josh Griffiths England ST   Lincoln       170 74 75

2012:

Name              Nation  Pos   Orig Club PA  12 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Chris Smith       England AMRC  Fulham    189 87
Denny Graham      Wales   AML   Liverpool 174 64
Ryan Browne       England SWDRC	Everton   171 82
Cameron Jenkinson England AML   West Brom 171 78

General Info

Arsenal win the title to wrestle it from Manchester United's domination. Juventus repeats as Champions League winners while Barcelona grab the UEFA Cup. Arsenal also add a domestic trophy to their cabinet in the form of the League Cup while Bolton take the FA Cup. People will be talking about Liverpool's second major purchase from Atletico Madrid in the form of Sergio Aguero who cost 40m. If you are wondering where Liverpool are getting the money, their latest takeover involved a Malaysian consortium.

More numbers:

Highest CA: 116

CA>90: 3

Low CA: 1

Low PA: 4

A third great regen for WBA, they could really be building a foundation for the future here. It's interesting that none of these regens have made moves to any of the biggest clubs yet, with Wigan probably being the biggest club to sign any of them. A sign of the teams' scouts missing the talent, or are they looking abroad instead?

In the 2009 batch, Tom Dodds' CA is listed as increasing by over 60 points this year. Typo, or huge improvement?

And there were quite a few Nigerians coming in this year, were they all from different clubs or maybe a few from one with a Nigerian staff member?

And one last thing, which teams have been winning the youth leagues so far?

KUTGW

Good thread, I'll be keeping an eye on this. If your Genie Scout isn't working try using FMRTE, it does pretty much the same job for experiments like this

As a West Brom fan, I'm delighted we're starting to churn out some youths .

A third great regen for WBA, they could really be building a foundation for the future here. It's interesting that none of these regens have made moves to any of the biggest clubs yet, with Wigan probably being the biggest club to sign any of them. A sign of the teams' scouts missing the talent, or are they looking abroad instead?

In the 2009 batch, Tom Dodds' CA is listed as increasing by over 60 points this year. Typo, or huge improvement?

And there were quite a few Nigerians coming in this year, were they all from different clubs or maybe a few from one with a Nigerian staff member?

And one last thing, which teams have been winning the youth leagues so far?

KUTGW

Tom Dodds should be at 117 and not 177 CA. The number of Nigerians was unusual for this year, and seems to be from different clubs. This number would not have been unusual last year, which shows how things have changed in this version. As for big teams not signing the players, it seems that a lack of CA is the big obstacle for now. This leads me to believe that the biggest clubs do not scout PA as much as some people complain about. It seems like teams are not even good at determining which of their own players have talent and a lot of these 170+ PA players have not improved very much at all so far.

Good thread, I'll be keeping an eye on this. If your Genie Scout isn't working try using FMRTE, it does pretty much the same job for experiments like this

I will try to use FMRTE soon if there is no Genie fix in sight, but I am not sure if the search features will be powerful enough for me to use. Also I would strongly prefer being able to run it without the game on.

As a West Brom fan, I'm delighted we're starting to churn out some youths .

The talent is certainly coming through, but the players might not be improving enough to reach their full potential.

Just to let you know, I have been following this and its a great read

I will certainly keep following as its a very interesting topic. Kutgw!

2013:

Blackburn

Blackburn have to deal with another managerial change as Darren Ferguson decided to leave for Everton and Stale Solbakken from Kobenhavn was the choice of the board. The team finished in 15th with their reputation rising from 6679 to 6672. The financial situation improved as the balance went up to 24349460 and there will be 12321830 for transfers and 630250 for wages. Attendance does not fluctuate much at 18574. There is starting to be a bit of movement for some of these regens.

2009:

Name           Nation  Pos  PA 09 10 11 12 13 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Martin Kennedy England DL  129 53 58 76	81 88 Chester '13
Stuart Barton  England GK  124 53 55 59	61 64 Cambridge '12, Glentoran '13
Lewis Williams England GK  119 47 51 51	57 59 Kettering '13
Darren Leach   England ST  109 46 49 51	54 57 Carshalton '13
Lars Krogh     Eng/Den DC  100 63 66 69	73 77
Tony Easton    England GK   91 35 45 52	54 55 Stalybridge '13
Stefan Hudson  England GK   89 41 41 42	44 Retired
Steven Jackson England DWBL 78 30 37 44	46 Retired
Rob Attwell    England DC   73 41 43 43	43 43 Havant & Waterlooville '13

2010:

Name                Nation  Pos  PA 10 11 12 13 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Kevin Askey         England MC  172 71 74 79 82
Phillip Cook        England ST  139 58 64 72 79
Michael Worthington England DMRC131 50 54 55 61
Grant Currie        England DC   97 85 85 88 90
Nick Bond           England ST   97 45 49 55 59
Steve Kennedy       England MC   73 55 55 55 55 Released

2011:

Name             Nation  Pos  PA 11 12 13 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Eliot Marrow     England MC  119 37 39 40
Danny Brennan    England AML 116 47 49 56
Matthew Brooker  England MC  113 56 62 67
Lawrence MarrinerEngland DWBL 96 52 57 58

2012:

Name             Nation  Pos  PA 12 13 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Fabian MacDonald England GK  154 69 71
Steve Elder      England ST  150 69 94
Tom Drew         England DL  127 52 53
Nathan Wood      England GK  116 43 49
Phil Mason       England DC  112 59 65
Chris Barratt    England DLC 111 56 57
Mark Fuller      England AMR 108 59 64
Danny Fearn      England AMRC105 46 49
Neil Stone       England AMRL 98 52 54
Daniel Griffiths England MC   97 68 68

2013:

Name               Nation  Pos PA  13 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Sean Thompson      England GK  182 78
Danny Anderson     England ST  155 84
Christos Mertakkas Eng/Cyp DC  151 65
Matt Godden        England ST  150 62
Leo Edwards        England ST  138 57
Michael Traore     Eng/Gam ST  134 60
Peter Fairhurst    England AMC 128 52
David Cook         England DRC 119 60
Steve Furlong      England GK  107 45

Nationalities:

91.42% 895 England	
0.10%  1   England Angola
0.61%  6   England Australia
0.10%  1   England Cyprus
0.10%  1   England Gambia
0.31%  3   England Ghana
0.20%  2   England Hong Kong
0.41%  4   England Ireland
0.10%  1   England Israel
0.20%  2   England Ivory Coast
0.20%  2   England Jamaica
0.10%  1   England Mauritius
0.20%  2   England N. Ireland
0.51%  5   England Nigeria	
0.10%  1   England Pakistan	
0.20%  2   England Poland	
0.10%  1   England Saudi Arabia	
0.20%  2   England Scotland	
0.10%  1   England Scotland     Ghana
0.20%  2   England South Africa	
0.41%  4   England USA	
0.10%  1   Ghana	   England	
0.10%  1   Ireland		
0.41%  4   Ireland England	
0.10%  1   Spain		
0.92%  9   Wales		
2.45%  24  Wales England

High PA Regens:

Jim Greenwood gains one point of CA to get to 177. He also engineers a move from Fulham to Boro. He is becoming an England regular, but more on that later.

2009:

Name             Nation  Pos   Orig Club   PA  09 10 11  12  13  Transfers
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Junior Williams  England AMC   Doncaster   186 81 89 101 119 131 St.Pat's Athletic '11
Jordan Humphreys England DCST  West Brom   178 85 94 105 122 130 Celtic '13
Tom Dodds        England MC    Bradford    177102108 114 117 122 Sheff Weds '10, Inverness CT '13
Alan Sidwell     England DWBML Boro        177 77 86 104 117 123
Ross Moon        England DCST  Millwall    176 81 94 116 129 139 Motherwell '11, Millwall '12, Leicester '13
Steve Royle      England SWDC  Northampton 176 85 90 101 108 116 Cardiff '11
Ryan Campbell    England MC    Burnley     173 75 79  84  92 97  Sheff Utd '11
Tony Smith       England AML   Sheff Utd   170 74 85  97 112 139 St. Pat's Athletic '11, Barnsley '12, Celtic '13

2010:

Name            Nation  Pos  Orig Club    PA  10 11 12  13  Transfers
__________________________________________________________________
Trevor Heaney   England	GK   Nottm Forest 194 92 97 105 110 Aberdeen '12, Everton '13
Ben Beadle      England	DWBL Watford      180117120 121 132 Bradford '12
Tom O'Brien     England	GK   Southampton  179 83 92 100 107 Wigan '11
John Booth      England	DCDM West Brom    179 79 81  83  85
Matthew Delaney England	AMC  Chelsea      177 74 78  95 115
Kevin Smith     England	MC   QPR          175120127 129 133 Derby '11
Kevin Askey     England	MC   Blackburn    172 71 74  79  82
Jack Saunders   England	DM   Tottenham    172 98103 109 113
Andy Doherty    England	DC   West Ham     171 73 84 102 116 Preston '12, Wolves '13
Ricky Allen     England	DC   Stoke        171 66 75  84 100

2011:

Name           Nation  Pos  Orig Club     PA  11 12 13 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
James Hall     England MC   Man Utd       177 68 75 83
Richard France England DC   Man City      176120121122 Aston Villa '13
Lee Hinton     England DRC  Wolves        174 84103123 Nottm Forest '13
Kevin Gregory  England AMRC Leyton Orient 171 72 77 80
Josh Griffiths England ST   Lincoln       170 74 75 79

2012:

Name              Nation  Pos   Orig Club PA  12 13 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Chris Smith       England AMRC  Fulham    189 87 95
Denny Graham      Wales   AML   Liverpool 174 64 66
Ryan Browne       England SWDRC	Everton   171 82 88
Cameron Jenkinson England AML   West Brom 171 78 88

2013:

Name           Nation  Pos  Orig Club   PA  13 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Sean Thompson  England GK   Blackburn   182 72
Stuart Hall    England AMLC Leeds       180 89
John Sullivan  England AML  Arsenal     178 95
Curtis Shaw    England DL   Aston Villa 174124
Kevan Thompson England GK   Chelsea     174 82
Joe Whitehead  England DWBL Wigan       172 79
Humood Ali     Eng/Sau AMC  Crewe       172 74
Aidan Dennis   England DC   Norwich     170 73

General Info:

England win Euro 2012! In other new, Manchester United resume their winning ways to capture another title. Real Madrid win the Champions League with Chelsea taking the UEFA Cup. The domestic cups also reside in London with Arsenal winning the League Cup and Tottenham taking the FA Cup. The big transfer of the year was Ruben de la Red's 33M move from Arsenal to Liverpool.

Some other interesting notes from the regens this year:

High CA: 124

CA >90: 9

Low CA: 1

Low PA: 5

None of the regens have made any spectacular gains in ca, is this because they are not playing regularly, even the ones at a lower level like gregory and griffiths from 2011

None of the regens have made any spectacular gains in ca, is this because they are not playing regularly, even the ones at a lower level like gregory and griffiths from 2011

I would suspect that those at top teams are not playing regularly enough and the ones at lesser teams are not playing at a high enough standard. It seems that the players who moved to St. Pat's or Scotland have shone the most improvement.

This forthcoming update is the latest that I have. I am still trying to get a scouting tool that will suit my needs. In the meantime, I will try to do some screenshots. Go ahead and drop in any requests that you have.

2014

Blackburn:

Rovers may have found a good manager as they finished in 6th to qualify for the Europa League (or UEFA Cup, which is kind of what I have been typing in all of my other updates). Their reputation takes a nice jump to 7216 from 6772. The bank balance is even healthier this season as it now stands at 30914690. They will have 15794690 for transfers with 630250 for wages. Attendance will finally pick up as the average increases by over 2000 to 20722.

2009:

Name           Nation  Pos  PA 09 10 11 12 13 14 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Martin Kennedy England DL  129 53 58 76	81 88 93 Chester '13
Stuart Barton  England GK  124 53 55 59	61 64 64 Cambridge '12, Glentoran '13
Lewis Williams England GK  119 47 51 51	57 59 61 Kettering '13, Boston Utd '14
Darren Leach   England ST  109 46 49 51	54 57 62 Carshalton '13, Dag & Red '14
Lars Krogh     Eng/Den DC  100 63 66 69	73 77 83 Forest Green '14
Tony Easton    England GK   91 35 45 52	54 55 57 Stalybridge '13, Gateshead '14
Stefan Hudson  England GK   89 41 41 42	44 Retired
Steven Jackson England DWBL 78 30 37 44	46 Retired
Rob Attwell    England DC   73 41 43 43	43 43 Retired, Havant & Waterlooville '13

2010:

Name                Nation  Pos  PA 10 11 12 13 14 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Kevin Askey         England MC  172 71 74 79 82 83
Phillip Cook        England ST  139 58 64 72 79 88
Michael Worthington England DMRC131 50 54 55 61 76
Grant Currie        England DC   97 85 85 88 90 94
Nick Bond           England ST   97 45 49 55 59 61
Steve Kennedy       England MC   73 55 55 55 55 56 Newport Co.'14

2011:

Name             Nation  Pos  PA 11 12 13 14 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Eliot Marrow     England MC  119 37 39 40 40 Released
Danny Brennan    England AML 116 47 49 56 61 Released
Matthew Brooker  England MC  113 56 62 67 70
Lawrence MarrinerEngland DWBL 96 52 57 58 59 Released

2012:

Name             Nation  Pos  PA 12 13 14 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Fabian MacDonald England GK  154 69 71 75
Steve Elder      England ST  150 69 94112
Tom Drew         England DL  127 52 53 57
Nathan Wood      England GK  116 43 49 55
Phil Mason       England DC  112 59 65 67
Chris Barratt    England DLC 111 56 57 60
Mark Fuller      England AMR 108 59 64 64
Danny Fearn      England AMRC105 46 49 54
Neil Stone       England AMRL 98 52 54 56
Daniel Griffiths England MC   97 68 68 68

2013:

Name               Nation  Pos PA  13 14 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Sean Thompson      England GK  182 78 89
Danny Anderson     England ST  155 84 92
Christos Mertakkas Eng/Cyp DC  151 65 68
Matt Godden        England ST  150 62 70
Leo Edwards        England ST  138 57 67
Michael Traore     Eng/Gam ST  134 60 63
Peter Fairhurst    England AMC 128 52 58
David Cook         England DRC 119 60 71
Steve Furlong      England GK  107 45 49

2014:

Name              Nation  Pos   PA  14 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Lee Roberts       England FC    159 69
Tom Birch         England DRC   150 70
John Browne       England ST    136 60
Mike Hitchen      England GK    122 79
Christian Knowles England ST    121 60
James Scott       England AMRST 117 45

Nationalities:

92.07% 824 England	
0.22%  2   England Albania
0.34%  3   England Australia
0.11%  1   England China
0.11%  1   England Egypt
0.11%  1   England Gambia
0.11%  1   England Ghana
0.22%  2   England Hong Kong
0.89%  8   England Ireland
0.11%  1   England Morocco
0.22%  2   England Nigeria
0.45%  4   England South Africa
0.34%  3   England Turkey
0.11%  1   England Wales
0.11%  1   England Zimbabwe
0.34%  3   Ireland	
0.11%  1   N. Ireland	
0.11%  1   Nigeria England
0.11%  1   Norway	
0.22%  2   Turkey  England
0.56%  5   Wales
3.02%  27  Wales   England

High PA Regens:

Jim Greenwood is still holding steady at CA 177 at Boro.

2009:

Name             Nation  Pos   Orig Club   PA  09 10 11  12  13  14  Transfers
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Junior Williams  England AMC   Doncaster   186 81 89 101 119 131 137 St.Pat's Athletic '11, Crystal Palace '14
Jordan Humphreys England DCST  West Brom   178 85 94 105 122 130 143 Celtic '13
Tom Dodds        England MC    Bradford    177102108 114 117 122 130 Sheff Weds '10, Inverness CT '13
Alan Sidwell     England DWBML Boro        177 77 86 104 117 123 125
Ross Moon        England DCST  Millwall    176 81 94 116 129 139 139 Motherwell '11, Millwall '12, Leicester '13
Steve Royle      England SWDC  Northampton 176 85 90 101 108 116 130 Cardiff '11, Coventry '14
Ryan Campbell    England MC    Burnley     173 75 79  84  92  97 100 Sheff Utd '11
Tony Smith       England AML   Sheff Utd   170 74 85  97 112 139 147 St. Pat's Athletic '11, Barnsley '12, Celtic '13, Crystal Palace '14

2010:

Name            Nation  Pos  Orig Club    PA  10 11 12  13  14  Transfers
__________________________________________________________________
Trevor Heaney   England	GK   Nottm Forest 194 92 97 105 110 117 Aberdeen '12, Everton '13
Ben Beadle      England	DWBL Watford      180117120 121 132 140 Bradford '12, Wigan '14
Tom O'Brien     England	GK   Southampton  179 83 92 100 107 116 Wigan '11
John Booth      England	DCDM West Brom    179 79 81  83  85  86
Matthew Delaney England	AMC  Chelsea      177 74 78  95 115 127
Kevin Smith     England	MC   QPR          175120127 129 133 133 Derby '11
Kevin Askey     England	MC   Blackburn    172 71 74  79  82  83
Jack Saunders   England	DM   Tottenham    172 98103 109 113 117
Andy Doherty    England	DC   West Ham     171 73 84 102 116 131 Preston '12, Wolves '13
Ricky Allen     England	DC   Stoke        171 66 75  84 100 112

2011:

Name           Nation  Pos  Orig Club     PA  11 12 13 14 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
James Hall     England MC   Man Utd       177 68 75 83 98
Richard France England DC   Man City      176120121122123 Aston Villa '13
Lee Hinton     England DRC  Wolves        174 84103123140 Nottm Forest '13
Kevin Gregory  England AMRC Leyton Orient 171 72 77 80 90
Josh Griffiths England ST   Lincoln       170 74 75 79 84

2012:

Name              Nation  Pos   Orig Club PA  12 13 14 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Chris Smith       England AMRC  Fulham    189 87 95105 Brighton '14
Denny Graham      Wales   AML   Liverpool 174 64 66 73
Ryan Browne       England SWDRC	Everton   171 82 88 99
Cameron Jenkinson England AML   West Brom 171 78 88 98

2013:

Name           Nation  Pos  Orig Club   PA  13 14 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Sean Thompson  England GK   Blackburn   182 72 89
Stuart Hall    England AMLC Leeds       180 89103
John Sullivan  England AML  Arsenal     178 95105
Curtis Shaw    England DL   Aston Villa 174124127
Kevan Thompson England GK   Chelsea     174 82 85
Joe Whitehead  England DWBL Wigan       172 79 99
Humood Ali     Eng/Sau AMC  Crewe       172 74104
Aidan Dennis   England DC   Norwich     170 73 81

2014:

Name           Nation  Pos   Orig Club      PA  14 Notes
__________________________________________________________________		
Eddie Turner   England MC    Hull           198	86
Joe Galley     England AMRCFCCrystal Palace 179	86
Richard Hudson England ST    Tottenham      179	85
Thomas Taylor  England AMLC  Bristol City   176	78
Kenny Ince     Wales   GK    Cardiff        176	93
Alan Woodard   England DWBL  QPR            175	79
Mark White     England AMR   Boro           173	82
Ian Tynan      England DC    Crewe          171	78
Daniel King    England ST    Bournemouth    170	80
Matt Harwood   England ST    Doncaster      170	65

General Info

Arsenal complete a stunning domestic treble with solid win in the league and strong cup performances. As a result, they have the money to make purchases like the 28.5M buy of Freddy Adu from Juventus. Manchester United will not be too unhappy about missing out on the title as they do capture the Champions League crown. Palermo win the UEFA Cup. From this regen intake, the high CA was 113 with 9 over 90. On the low end there were regens with a CA of 1 and a PA of 4.

I'm loving this thread by the way, really good work here

Is it just me or is it really worrying that out the 8 high PA regens from the first year, none of them has reached a CA of 150 or more in 5 years?

Not very realistic if you ask me... I wonder if it's a flaw with FM09 itself or if it's just the AI managers that are abusing the players (bad training, not enough first team/reserve etc)?

Because if you look at some of the regens that people have posted in several threads here, some appears to have gotten a CA of at least 180-190 in 3-4 years of development... So perhaps the AI is just really horribly bad at developing players??

This thread definently raises a lot of interesting questions about regens in FM09

I'm loving this thread by the way, really good work here

Is it just me or is it really worrying that out the 8 high PA regens from the first year, none of them has reached a CA of 150 or more in 5 years?

Not very realistic if you ask me... I wonder if it's a flaw with FM09 itself or if it's just the AI managers that are abusing the players (bad training, not enough first team/reserve etc)?

Because if you look at some of the regens that people have posted in several threads here, some appears to have gotten a CA of at least 180-190 in 3-4 years of development... So perhaps the AI is just really horribly bad at developing players??

This thread definently raises a lot of interesting questions about regens in FM09

Like roversawh7 said it could be that they are at big clubs and just not getting enough playing time, the AI never seems to give youth players any games, you often see 20yo's never having played a game, if they have its often on loan.

Good news!

I have figured out how to fix Genie Scout. Retire your holiday manager and create a new one if the game has trouble loading the people. Obviously this fix will not work all so well if you are just using Genie to give you a little help in the game. I will plan on updating on Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

Just read through this, quite interesting seeing how the regens develop.

2015:

Blackburn:

Solbakken's quick success with Rovers meant that bigger clubs came calling. He moved on to Chelsea and was promptly replaced by Gordon Strachan. He guided them to 11th. The team's reputation stayed pretty static at 7271, while the team stayed strong in the financial sector with 31874460 in the bank and 20794290 for transfers and 691070 left for wages. Average attendance rose to 21781. In other Rovers-related news, both Burnley and Preston will be playing in League One next year.

2009:

Name           Nation  Pos  PA 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Martin Kennedy England DL  129 53 58 76	81 88 93 98 Chester '13
Stuart Barton  England GK  124 53 55 59	61 64 64 64 Cambridge '12, Glentoran '13
Lewis Williams England GK  119 47 51 51	57 59 61 65 Kettering '13, Boston Utd '14, Carshalton '15
Darren Leach   England ST  109 46 49 51	54 57 62 74 Carshalton '13, Dag & Red '14
Lars Krogh     Eng/Den DC  100 63 66 69	73 77 83 88 Forest Green '14
Tony Easton    England GK   91 35 45 52	54 55 57 60 Stalybridge '13, Gateshead '14, Braintree '15
Stefan Hudson  England GK   89 41 41 42	44 Retired
Steven Jackson England DWBL 78 30 37 44	46 Retired
Rob Attwell    England DC   73 41 43 43	43 43 Retired, Havant & Waterlooville '13

2010:

Name                Nation  Pos  PA 10 11 12 13 14 15 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Kevin Askey         England MC  172 71 74 79 82 83 87
Phillip Cook        England ST  139 58 64 72 79 88 95
Michael Worthington England DMRC131 50 54 55 61 76 82
Grant Currie        England DC   97 85 85 88 90 94 95
Nick Bond           England ST   97 45 49 55 59 61 62 Stalybridge '15
Steve Kennedy       England MC   73 55 55 55 55 56 Retired, Newport Co.'14

2011:

Name             Nation  Pos  PA 11 12 13 14 15 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Eliot Marrow     England MC  119 37 39 40 40 40 Bradford PA '15
Danny Brennan    England AML 116 47 49 56 61 66 Burscough '15
Matthew Brooker  England MC  113 56 62 67 70 77
Lawrence MarrinerEngland DWBL 96 52 57 58 59 61 Stafford '15

2012:

Name             Nation  Pos  PA 12 13 14 15 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Fabian MacDonald England GK  154 69 71 75 78
Steve Elder      England ST  150 69 94112119
Tom Drew         England DL  127 52 53 57 61
Nathan Wood      England GK  116 43 49 55 61
Phil Mason       England DC  112 59 65 67 70 Released
Chris Barratt    England DLC 111 56 57 60 64
Mark Fuller      England AMR 108 59 64 64 64 Released
Danny Fearn      England AMRC105 46 49 54 56 Released
Neil Stone       England AMRL 98 52 54 56 57 Released
Daniel Griffiths England MC   97 68 68 68 68 Released

2013:

Name               Nation  Pos PA  13 14 15 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Sean Thompson      England GK  182 78 89 92
Danny Anderson     England ST  155 84 92 99
Christos Mertakkas Eng/Cyp DC  151 65 68 75
Matt Godden        England ST  150 62 70 85
Leo Edwards        England ST  138 57 67 68
Michael Traore     Eng/Gam ST  134 60 63 72
Peter Fairhurst    England AMC 128 52 58 60
David Cook         England DRC 119 60 71 79
Steve Furlong      England GK  107 45 49 51

2014:

Name              Nation  Pos   PA  14 15 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Lee Roberts       England FC    159 69 74
Tom Birch         England DRC   150 70 74
John Browne       England ST    136 60 65
Mike Hitchen      England GK    122 79 82
Christian Knowles England ST    121 60 66
James Scott       England AMRST 117 45 52

2015:

Name          Nation  Pos PA 15 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Jake Marsden  England DC 130 53
Paul Waghorn  England GK 130 53
Martyn Ryan   England ST 129 51
James Harvey  England ST 127 48
Paul Robinson England DMC126 53
Adam Harris   England AMC 88 61

Nationalities:

0.12% 1  AustraliaEngland
0.12% 1  DR Congo England
91.93%786England	
0.12% 1  England  Angola
0.23% 2  England  Australia
0.12% 1  England  Canada
0.12% 1  England  DR Congo
0.12% 1  England  Holland
0.12% 1  England  Hong Kong
0.12% 1  England  Iraq
0.70% 6  England  Ireland
0.12% 1  England  Italy
0.12% 1  England  Kenya
0.12% 1  England  Morocco
0.12% 1  England  N. Ireland
0.23% 2  England  Nigeria
0.12% 1  England  Norway
0.23% 2  England  Scotland
0.12% 1  England  Seychelles
0.23% 2  England  South Africa
0.12% 1  England  Sudan
0.47% 4  England  USA
0.23% 2  England  Wales
0.23% 2  England  Zimbabwe
0.12% 1  Ireland	
0.12% 1  Nigeria  England
1.17% 10 Wales	
2.34% 20 Wales    England

High PA Regens:

Jim Greenwood is as good as he ever was with a 177 CA.

2009:

Name             Nation  Pos   Orig Club   PA  09 10 11  12  13  14  15  Transfers
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Junior Williams  England AMC   Doncaster   186 81 89 101 119 131 137 135 St.Pat's Athletic '11, Crystal Palace '14
Jordan Humphreys England DCST  West Brom   178 85 94 105 122 130 143 145 Celtic '13, Bristol City '15
Tom Dodds        England MC    Bradford    177102108 114 117 122 130 139 Sheff Weds '10, Inverness CT '13
Alan Sidwell     England DWBML Boro        177 77 86 104 117 123 125 131
Ross Moon        England DCST  Millwall    176 81 94 116 129 139 139 140 Motherwell '11, Millwall '12, Leicester '13
Steve Royle      England SWDC  Northampton 176 85 90 101 108 116 130 138 Cardiff '11, Coventry '14
Ryan Campbell    England MC    Burnley     173 75 79  84  92  97 100 105 Sheff Utd '11
Tony Smith       England AML   Sheff Utd   170 74 85  97 112 139 147 126 St. Pat's Athletic '11, Barnsley '12, Celtic '13, Crystal Palace '14

2010:

Name            Nation  Pos  Orig Club    PA  10 11 12  13  14  15  Transfers
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Trevor Heaney   England	GK   Nottm Forest 194 92 97 105 110 117 127 Aberdeen '12, Everton '13
Ben Beadle      England	DWBL Watford      180117120 121 132 140 147 Bradford '12, Wigan '14
Tom O'Brien     England	GK   Southampton  179 83 92 100 107 116 119 Wigan '11
John Booth      England	DCDM West Brom    179 79 81  83  85  86  92
Matthew Delaney England	AMC  Chelsea      177 74 78  95 115 127 129
Kevin Smith     England	MC   QPR          175120127 129 133 133 133 Derby '11
Kevin Askey     England	MC   Blackburn    172 71 74  79  82  83  87
Jack Saunders   England	DM   Tottenham    172 98103 109 113 117 121
Andy Doherty    England	DC   West Ham     171 73 84 102 116 131 139 Preston '12, Wolves '13
Ricky Allen     England	DC   Stoke        171 66 75  84 100 112 113

2011:

Name           Nation  Pos  Orig Club     PA  11 12 13 14 15  Notes
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
James Hall     England MC   Man Utd       177 68 75 83 98 109
Richard France England DC   Man City      176120121122123 123 Aston Villa '13
Lee Hinton     England DRC  Wolves        174 84103123140 145 Nottm Forest '13, Leeds '15
Kevin Gregory  England AMRC Leyton Orient 171 72 77 80 90  99 Derby '15
Josh Griffiths England ST   Lincoln       170 74 75 79 84  92 Swindon '15

2012:

Name              Nation  Pos   Orig Club PA  12 13 14 15  Notes
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chris Smith       England AMRC  Fulham    189 87 95105 118 Brighton '14, Nottm Forest '15
Denny Graham      Wales   AML   Liverpool 174 64 66 73  81
Ryan Browne       England SWDRC	Everton   171 82 88 99 104
Cameron Jenkinson England AML   West Brom 171 78 88 98 109

2013:

Name           Nation  Pos  Orig Club   PA  13 14 15  Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Sean Thompson  England GK   Blackburn   182 72 89  92
Stuart Hall    England AMLC Leeds       180 89103 115 Nottm Forest '15
John Sullivan  England AML  Arsenal     178 95105 125
Curtis Shaw    England DL   Aston Villa 174124127 131
Kevan Thompson England GK   Chelsea     174 82 85  86
Joe Whitehead  England DWBL Wigan       172 79 99 116
Humood Ali     Eng/Sau AMC  Crewe       172 74104 130
Aidan Dennis   England DC   Norwich     170 73 81  88

2014:

Name           Nation  Pos   Orig Club      PA  14 15 Notes
__________________________________________________________________		
Eddie Turner   England MC    Hull           198	86 89
Joe Galley     England AMRCFCCrystal Palace 179	86 94
Richard Hudson England ST    Tottenham      179	85 91
Thomas Taylor  England AMLC  Bristol City   176	78 83
Kenny Ince     Wales   GK    Cardiff        176	93 97
Alan Woodard   England DWBL  QPR            175	79 84
Mark White     England AMR   Boro           173	82 88
Ian Tynan      England DC    Crewe          171	78 79
Daniel King    England ST    Bournemouth    170	80 91
Matt Harwood   England ST    Doncaster      170	65 65

2015:

Name           Nation  Pos    Orig Club  PA 15 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Sam Goodwin    England ST     Hull      178 65
Craig Williams England DWBL   West Brom 178 78
Paul Jennings  England DMC    Liverpool 176 68
Ray Walton     England DRLAMR West Brom 175 75
Mick McGinty   England AMC    Derby     174 96
Josh Welsh     England ST     Everton   170 65

General Info

Uruguay dials the World Cup back to its humble origins by reaching the finals, but Brazil beats them as the hosts to lift the trophy. In past player managerial news, Sol Campbell has already made it to his third management post, while Maniche has started his trek at Cambridge City and Raul has been named manager of Hull. Gonzalo Higuain's 25.5 M move to Manchester City from AC Milan created buzz, but not as much as Liverpool's title drought ending this season. Manchester United will not be taking it too hard as they have retained the Champions League crown and CSKA Moscow take the UEFA Cup away from the traditional top leagues. Crystal Palace created some rare variety on the domestic front with their League Cup victory but Manchester United completed a cup double with the FA Cup.

More regen stuff:

High CA: 112

CA >90: 6

Low CA: 1

Low PA: 3

Lol, Palace won the League Cup. Definitely Football Manager

Another couple of quality youths for West Brom, with the others starting to develop quickly. Could we become a powerhouse!?

The regens from Blackburn still haven't really reached any sort of CA that would see them break into the first team. Just one of the regens at Blackburn has exceeded 100 CA so far (Steve Elder) and he is on 119 CA which is still not really good enough for Blackburn.

The most promising talent at Blackburn is Sean Thompson (182 PA) but he isn't developing very quickly. He has only improved by 14 CA in 3 years. That would suggest that in 15 years (at the same level of progression) he would only reach 148 CA, and assuming he was 16 when he first came through the system, then he would be 31 and most likely on the decline.

kutgw!

2016:

Blackburn:

Gordon Strachan's first full season at the club leads to an uneventful 10th place finish. The club reputation rises from 7271 to 7409 after the higher finishes of the past few years. 11668780 of 30287800 will be available for transfers for the next year while 800410 is set aside for wages. Average attendance is unchanged at 21781. These updates are starting to get quite long. I may have to split parts up to better show you what is going on.

2009:

Name           Nation  Pos  PA 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Martin Kennedy England DL  129 53 58 76	81 88 93 98106 Chester'13
Stuart Barton  England GK  124 53 55 59	61 64 64 64 64 Cambridge'12,Glentoran'13,Gainsborough'16
Lewis Williams England GK  119 47 51 51	57 59 61 65 70 Kettering'13,Boston Utd'14,Carshalton'15,Stoke'16
Darren Leach   England ST  109 46 49 51	54 57 62 74 75 Carshalton'13,Dag & Red'14,Sutton Utd.'16
Lars Krogh     Eng/Den DC  100 63 66 69	73 77 83 88 91 Forest Green'14
Tony Easton    England GK   91 35 45 52	54 55 57 60 63 Stalybridge'13,Gateshead'14,Braintree'15,Hereford'16
Stefan Hudson  England GK   89 41 41 42	44 Retired
Steven Jackson England DWBL 78 30 37 44	46 Retired
Rob Attwell    England DC   73 41 43 43	43 43 Retired,Havant & Waterlooville'13

2010:

Name                Nation  Pos  PA 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Kevin Askey         England MC  172 71 74 79 82 83 87 92
Phillip Cook        England ST  139 58 64 72 79 88 95107
Michael Worthington England DMRC131 50 54 55 61 76 82 88
Grant Currie        England DC   97 85 85 88 90 94 95 97
Nick Bond           England ST   97 45 49 55 59 61 62 62 Stalybridge'15
Steve Kennedy       England MC   73 55 55 55 55 56 Retired,Newport Co.'14

2011:

Name             Nation  Pos  PA 11 12 13 14 15 16 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Eliot Marrow     England MC  119 37 39 40 40 40 42 Bradford PA'15
Danny Brennan    England AML 116 47 49 56 61 66 68 Burscough'15
Matthew Brooker  England MC  113 56 62 67 70 77 85 Aldershot'16
Lawrence MarrinerEngland DWBL 96 52 57 58 59 61 61 Stafford'15,Redditch'16

2012:

Name             Nation  Pos  PA 12 13 14 15 16 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Fabian MacDonald England GK  154 69 71 75 78 83 
Steve Elder      England ST  150 69 94112119120
Tom Drew         England DL  127 52 53 57 61 69
Nathan Wood      England GK  116 43 49 55 61 70
Phil Mason       England DC  112 59 65 67 70 73 Billericay'16
Chris Barratt    England DLC 111 56 57 60 64 67
Mark Fuller      England AMR 108 59 64 64 64 64 Farnborough'16
Danny Fearn      England AMRC105 46 49 54 56 Retire 
Neil Stone       England AMRL 98 52 54 56 57 58 Bath'16
Daniel Griffiths England MC   97 68 68 68 68 68 Bury'16

2013:

Name               Nation  Pos PA  13 14 15 16 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Sean Thompson      England GK  182 78 89 92 99
Danny Anderson     England ST  155 84 92 99108
Christos Mertakkas Eng/Cyp DC  151 65 68 75 79 Released
Matt Godden        England ST  150 62 70 85 91
Leo Edwards        England ST  138 57 67 68 73 Released
Michael Traore     Eng/Gam ST  134 60 63 72 75 Released
Peter Fairhurst    England AMC 128 52 58 60 63 Released
David Cook         England DRC 119 60 71 79 82
Steve Furlong      England GK  107 45 49 51 54 Released

2014:

Name              Nation  Pos   PA  14 15 16 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Lee Roberts       England FC    159 69 74 88
Tom Birch         England DRC   150 70 74 80
John Browne       England ST    136 60 65 74
Mike Hitchen      England GK    122 79 82 85
Christian Knowles England ST    121 60 66 67
James Scott       England AMRST 117 45 52 59

2015:

Name          Nation  Pos PA 15 16 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Jake Marsden  England DC 130 53 63
Paul Waghorn  England GK 130 53 59
Martyn Ryan   England ST 129 51 54
James Harvey  England ST 127 48 50
Paul Robinson England DMC126 53 54
Adam Harris   England AMC 88 61 61

2016:

Name            Nation  Pos PA 16 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Phil Hughes     England ST 128 56
Sam Dickson     England MC 122 52
Phil Pratt      England WBL106 53
Kevin Hopkins   England ST 109 59
Ben Styles      England MC 105 58
Warren Costello England DL  94 45

Nationalities:

92.83%803England	
0.23% 2  England Australia
0.12% 1  England Brazil
0.12% 1  England China
0.12% 1  England Egypt
0.12% 1  England Ghana
0.12% 1  England Hong Kong
0.12% 1  England Ireland
0.23% 2  England Italy
0.23% 2  England Kenya
0.12% 1  England Luxembourg
0.12% 1  England Morocco
0.23% 2  England N. Ireland
0.35% 3  England Nigeria
0.12% 1  England Norway
0.46% 4  England Scotland
0.12% 1  England Singapore
0.35% 3  England USA
0.23% 2  England Wales
0.35% 3  Nigeria England
0.12% 1  Scotland	
0.81% 7  Wales	
2.31% 20 Wales   England
0.12% 1  Wales   Germany

High PA Regens:

Nothing new to report on Jim Greenwood.

2009:

Name             Nation  Pos   Orig Club   PA  09 10 11  12  13  14  15  16  Transfers
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Junior Williams  England AMC   Doncaster   186 81 89 101 119 131 137 135 143 St.Pat's Athletic'11,Crystal Palace'14
Jordan Humphreys England DCST  West Brom   178 85 94 105 122 130 143 145 157 Celtic'13,Bristol City'15
Tom Dodds        England MC    Bradford    177102108 114 117 122 130 139 144 Sheff Weds'10,Inverness CT'13
Alan Sidwell     England DWBML Boro        177 77 86 104 117 123 125 131 136
Ross Moon        England DCST  Millwall    176 81 94 116 129 139 139 140 146 Motherwell'11,Millwall'12,Leicester'13,Crystal Palace '16
Steve Royle      England SWDC  Northampton 176 85 90 101 108 116 130 138 148 Cardiff'11,Coventry'14,Bolton'16
Ryan Campbell    England MC    Burnley     173 75 79  84  92  97 100 105 113 Sheff Utd'11,Aberdeen'16
Tony Smith       England AML   Sheff Utd   170 74 85  97 112 139 147 162 167St. Pat's Athletic'11,Barnsley'12,Celtic'13,Crystal Palace'14,Valencia'16

2010:

Name            Nation  Pos  Orig Club    PA  10 11 12  13  14  15  16  Transfers
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Trevor Heaney   England	GK   Nottm Forest 194 92 97 105 110 117 127 132 Aberdeen'12,Everton'13
Ben Beadle      England	DWBL Watford      180117120 121 132 140 147 152 Bradford'12,Wigan'14
Tom O'Brien     England	GK   Southampton  179 83 92 100 107 116 119 120 Wigan'11
John Booth      England	DCDM West Brom    179 79 81  83  85  86  92  98
Matthew Delaney England	AMC  Chelsea      177 74 78  95 115 127 129 141
Kevin Smith     England	MC   QPR          175120127 129 133 133 133 141 Derby'11,Celtic'16
Kevin Askey     England	MC   Blackburn    172 71 74  79  82  83  87  92
Jack Saunders   England	DM   Tottenham    172 98103 109 113 117 121 124
Andy Doherty    England	DC   West Ham     171 73 84 102 116 131 139 135 Preston'12,Wolves'13
Ricky Allen     England	DC   Stoke        171 66 75  84 100 112 113 121 Crystal Palace'16

2011:

Name           Nation  Pos  Orig Club     PA  11 12 13 14 15  16  Notes
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
James Hall     England MC   Man Utd       177 68 75 83 98 109 116
Richard France England DC   Man City      176120121122123 123 129 Aston Villa'13,Celtic'16
Lee Hinton     England DRC  Wolves        174 84103123140 145 169 Nottm Forest'13,Leeds'15
Kevin Gregory  England AMRC Leyton Orient 171 72 77 80 90  99 106 Derby'15
Josh Griffiths England ST   Lincoln       170 74 75 79 84  92  95 Swindon'15,Barnsley'16

2012:

Name              Nation  Pos   Orig Club PA  12 13 14 15  16  Notes
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chris Smith       England AMRC  Fulham    189 87 95105 118 129 Brighton'14,Nottm Forest'15
Denny Graham      Wales   AML   Liverpool 174 64 66 73  81  88 Wigan'16
Ryan Browne       England SWDRC	Everton   171 82 88 99 104 110
Cameron Jenkinson England AML   West Brom 171 78 88 98 109 117

2013:

Name           Nation  Pos  Orig Club   PA  13 14 15  16  Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Sean Thompson  England GK   Blackburn   182 72 89  92  99
Stuart Hall    England AMLC Leeds       180 89103 115 133 Nottm Forest'15
John Sullivan  England AML  Arsenal     178 95105 125 128
Curtis Shaw    England DL   Aston Villa 174124127 131 134
Kevan Thompson England GK   Chelsea     174 82 85  86  88
Joe Whitehead  England DWBL Wigan       172 79 99 116 125
Humood Ali     Eng/Sau AMC  Crewe       172 74104 130 159 West Ham'16
Aidan Dennis   England DC   Norwich     170 73 81  88 101

2014:

Name           Nation  Pos   Orig Club      PA  14 15 16 Notes
__________________________________________________________________		
Eddie Turner   England MC    Hull           198	86 89 94
Joe Galley     England AMRCFCCrystal Palace 179	86 94103
Richard Hudson England ST    Tottenham      179	85 91107
Thomas Taylor  England AMLC  Bristol City   176	78 83 93
Kenny Ince     Wales   GK    Cardiff        176	93 97100
Alan Woodard   England DWBL  QPR            175	79 84 92
Mark White     England AMR   Boro           173	82 88 98
Ian Tynan      England DC    Crewe          171	78 79 78
Daniel King    England ST    Bournemouth    170	80 91105
Matt Harwood   England ST    Doncaster      170	65 65 67

2015:

Name           Nation  Pos    Orig Club  PA 15 16 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Sam Goodwin    England ST     Hull      178 65 65
Craig Williams England DWBL   West Brom 178 78 83
Paul Jennings  England DMC    Liverpool 176 68 71
Ray Walton     England DRLAMR West Brom 175 75 77
Mick McGinty   England AMC    Derby     174 96 98
Josh Welsh     England ST     Everton   170 65 67

2016:

Name            Nation  Pos  Orig Club       PA 16 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Dave White      England GK   Boro           187 87
Craig Malcolm   England MC   Pompey         184 93
Ken Cattermole  Wales   DC   Swansea        179 78
Jason Kelly     England DL   Leicester      178113
Charlie HoughtonEngland GK   Ipswich        178 79
Shane Gibbons   England DWBMRCrystal Palace 177 99
Paul Cole       England ST   Aston Villa    171 99

General Info:

Interesting news for all you Czechs out there as Pavel Nedved takes control of Wigan and Tomas Ujfalusi grabs the reins at Fulham. Kevin Phillips, on the other hand, managed to get himself hired and fired by Walsall all in the same season. The top transfer is a regen for the first time as Liverpool spend 24.5M to pry Frenchman Bilal Granier from Aston Villa. Manchester United return to their title winning ways while Juventus and Lazio make an Italian sweep of the European trophies. Arsenal win the League Cup while Chelsea win the FA Cup. The highest regen CA was 113 with a total of 11 above 90 CA. On the low end of the scale were CA 1 and PA 8.

great update kutgw

Blackburn still don't have any impressive regens really, and the new batch has followed that trend.

Humood Ali from the 2013 batch looks like he will be a great player. I'm assuming he is 19/20 now, and with a CA of 157 will be really good.

Kutgw!

The only time I have seen Blackburn consistently turn out decent regens were in the 08 version when they briefly became the most dominant team in the land. This is even with perfect facilities.

Humood Ali will be a good one. This bodes well for England fans everywhere because he has chosen to represent them. Saudis will rue the fact that they could have had their best ever player.

2017:

Blackburn:

Gordon Strachan was clearly not happy with midtable mediocrity and gave Rovers fans quite a scare with a 17th place finish. While the fans are calling for his head, all signs point to him keeping it for another year. As a result of the downturn in results, reputation takes a sharp dive by over 250 points to 7154. The money situation is not much better with 14032390 in the bank, but 18221390 to spend for transfers and 800410. Average attendance tails off slightly to 21599. In positive news, the youth facilities have joined the training facilities at a perfect 20.

2009:

Name           Nation  Pos  PA 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Martin Kennedy England DL  129 53 58 76	81 88 93 98106107 Chester'13
Stuart Barton  England GK  124 53 55 59	61 64 64 64 64 64 Cambridge'12,Glentoran'13,Gainsborough'16
Lewis Williams England GK  119 47 51 51	57 59 61 65 70 72 Kettering'13,Boston Utd'14,Carshalton'15,Stoke'16,Salisbury'17
Darren Leach   England ST  109 46 49 51	54 57 62 74 75 75 Carshalton'13,Dag & Red'14,Sutton Utd.'16
Lars Krogh     Eng/Den DC  100 63 66 69	73 77 83 88 91 94 Forest Green'14
Tony Easton    England GK   91 35 45 52	54 55 57 60 63 64 Stalybridge'13,Gateshead'14,Braintree'15,Hereford'16,Eastleigh'17
Stefan Hudson  England GK   89 41 41 42	44 Retired
Steven Jackson England DWBL 78 30 37 44	46 Retired
Rob Attwell    England DC   73 41 43 43	43 43 Retired,Havant & Waterlooville'13

2010:

Name                Nation  Pos  PA 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Kevin Askey         England MC  172 71 74 79 82 83 87 92 96
Phillip Cook        England ST  139 58 64 72 79 88 95107115
Michael Worthington England DMRC131 50 54 55 61 76 82 88 91
Grant Currie        England DC   97 85 85 88 90 94 95 97 97
Nick Bond           England ST   97 45 49 55 59 61 62 62 62 Stalybridge'15
Steve Kennedy       England MC   73 55 55 55 55 56 Retired,Newport Co.'14

2011:

Name             Nation  Pos  PA 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Eliot Marrow     England MC  119 37 39 40 40 40 42 43 Bradford PA'15,Chelmsford'17
Danny Brennan    England AML 116 47 49 56 61 66 68 68 Burscough'15
Matthew Brooker  England MC  113 56 62 67 70 77 85 88 Aldershot'16,Rochdale'17
Lawrence MarrinerEngland DWBL 96 52 57 58 59 61 61 61 Stafford'15,Redditch'16

2012:

Name             Nation  Pos  PA 12 13 14 15 16 17 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Fabian MacDonald England GK  154 69 71 75 78 83 87
Steve Elder      England ST  150 69 94112119120124
Tom Drew         England DL  127 52 53 57 61 69 76
Nathan Wood      England GK  116 43 49 55 61 70 75
Phil Mason       England DC  112 59 65 67 70 73 74 Billericay'16
Chris Barratt    England DLC 111 56 57 60 64 67 71 
Mark Fuller      England AMR 108 59 64 64 64 64 64 Farnborough'16
Danny Fearn      England AMRC105 46 49 54 56 Retire 
Neil Stone       England AMRL 98 52 54 56 57 58 60 Bath'16
Daniel Griffiths England MC   97 68 68 68 68 68 68 Bury'16,Kidderminster'17

2013:

Name               Nation  Pos PA  13 14 15 16 17 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Sean Thompson      England GK  182 78 89 92 99104
Danny Anderson     England ST  155 84 92 99108110
Christos Mertakkas Eng/Cyp DC  151 65 68 75 79 97 Oldham'17
Matt Godden        England ST  150 62 70 85 91 95
Leo Edwards        England ST  138 57 67 68 73 81 Barnet'17
Michael Traore     Eng/Gam ST  134 60 63 72 75 81 Exeter'17
Peter Fairhurst    England AMC 128 52 58 60 63 Retired
David Cook         England DRC 119 60 71 79 82 98 
Steve Furlong      England GK  107 45 49 51 54 58 CambridgeC'17

2014:

Name              Nation  Pos   PA  14 15 16 17 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Lee Roberts       England FC    159 69 74 88 98
Tom Birch         England DRC   150 70 74 80 92
John Browne       England ST    136 60 65 74 82
Mike Hitchen      England GK    122 79 82 85 87
Christian Knowles England ST    121 60 66 67 73 Released
James Scott       England AMRST 117 45 52 59 66

2015:

Name          Nation  Pos PA 15 16 17 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Jake Marsden  England DC 130 53 63 71
Paul Waghorn  England GK 130 53 59 65
Martyn Ryan   England ST 129 51 54 60
James Harvey  England ST 127 48 50 54
Paul Robinson England DMC126 53 54 57
Adam Harris   England AMC 88 61 61 61

2016:

Name            Nation  Pos PA 16 17 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Phil Hughes     England ST 128 56 67
Sam Dickson     England MC 122 52 55
Phil Pratt      England WBL106 53 56
Kevin Hopkins   England ST 109 59 63
Ben Styles      England MC 105 58 64
Warren Costello England DL  94 45 51

2017:

Name           Nation  Pos  PA 17 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Jake Harding   England AMR 134 56
Anthony Robson England ST  118 43
Ross Foreman   England ST  113 58
Glenn Leonard  England DWBL106 58
Ben Lennon     England ST   94 61
Andy Jones     England DR   71 55

Nationalities:

92.10%769England	
0.48% 4  England Australia
0.24% 2  England Hong Kong
0.60% 5  England Ireland
0.12% 1  England Jamaica
0.12% 1  England Morocco
0.48% 4  England Nigeria
0.12% 1  England Norway
0.12% 1  England Poland
0.12% 1  England Scotland
0.24% 2  England South Africa
0.12% 1  England Tanzania
0.12% 1  England Turkey
0.12% 1  England USA
0.12% 1  England Wales
0.12% 1  England Zambia
0.12% 1  Ghana   England
0.12% 1  Holland	
0.12% 1  Luxembourg	
0.12% 1  N. Ireland	
0.12% 1  Nigeria England
0.48% 4  Scotland	
0.12% 1  Sweden	
0.96% 8  Wales	
2.51% 21 Wales   England

High PA Regens:

Jim Greenwood=Legend (I am running out of ways to say that he has a CA in the 170s and is playing at Boro)

2009:

Name             Nation  Pos   Orig Club   PA  09 10 11  12  13  14  15  16  17  Transfers
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Junior Williams  England AMC   Doncaster   186 81 89 101 119 131 137 135 143 155 St.Pat's Athletic'11,Crystal Palace'14
Jordan Humphreys England DCST  West Brom   178 85 94 105 122 130 143 145 157 165 Celtic'13,Bristol City'15,Sheff Weds'17
Tom Dodds        England MC    Bradford    177102108 114 117 122 130 139 144 145 Sheff Weds'10,Inverness CT'13,Sheff Weds'17
Alan Sidwell     England DWBML Boro        177 77 86 104 117 123 125 131 136 146 Cardiff'17
Ross Moon        England DCST  Millwall    176 81 94 116 129 139 139 140 146 156 Motherwell'11,Millwall'12,Leicester'13,Crystal Palace '16
Steve Royle      England SWDC  Northampton 176 85 90 101 108 116 130 138 148 163 Cardiff'11,Coventry'14,Bolton'16
Ryan Campbell    England MC    Burnley     173 75 79  84  92  97 100 105 113 125 Sheff Utd'11,Aberdeen'16
Tony Smith       England AML   Sheff Utd   170 74 85  97 112 139 147 162 167 168 St. Pat's Athletic'11,Barnsley'12,Celtic'13,Crystal Palace'14,Valencia'16,Real Madrid'17

2010:

Name            Nation  Pos  Orig Club    PA  10 11 12  13  14  15  16  17  Transfers
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Trevor Heaney   England	GK   Nottm Forest 194 92 97 105 110 117 127 132 137 Aberdeen'12,Everton'13
Ben Beadle      England	DWBL Watford      180117120 121 132 140 147 152 159 Bradford'12,Wigan'14
Tom O'Brien     England	GK   Southampton  179 83 92 100 107 116 119 120 125 Wigan'11,Sunderland'17
John Booth      England	DCDM West Brom    179 79 81  83  85  86  92  98 104
Matthew Delaney England	AMC  Chelsea      177 74 78  95 115 127 129 141 144 Fulham'17
Kevin Smith     England	MC   QPR          175120127 129 133 133 133 141 150 Derby'11,Celtic'16
Kevin Askey     England	MC   Blackburn    172 71 74  79  82  83  87  92  96
Jack Saunders   England	DM   Tottenham    172 98103 109 113 117 121 124 133 Hibernian'17
Andy Doherty    England	DC   West Ham     171 73 84 102 116 131 139 135 137 Preston'12,Wolves'13,Swansea'17
Ricky Allen     England	DC   Stoke        171 66 75  84 100 112 113 121 134 Crystal Palace'16

2011:

Name           Nation  Pos  Orig Club     PA  11 12 13 14 15  16  17  Notes
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
James Hall     England MC   Man Utd       177 68 75 83 98 109 116 123
Richard France England DC   Man City      176120121122123 123 129 134 Aston Villa'13,Celtic'16
Lee Hinton     England DRC  Wolves        174 84103123140 145 169 172 Nottm Forest'13,Leeds'15,Sunderland'17
Kevin Gregory  England AMRC Leyton Orient 171 72 77 80 90  99 106 115 Derby'15,Doncaster'17
Josh Griffiths England ST   Lincoln       170 74 75 79 84  92  95 101 Swindon'15,Barnsley'16,Huddersfield'17

2012:

Name              Nation  Pos   Orig Club PA  12 13 14 15  16  17  Notes
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chris Smith       England AMRC  Fulham    189 87 95105 118 129 143 Brighton'14,Nottm Forest'15
Denny Graham      Wales   AML   Liverpool 174 64 66 73  81  88  96 Wigan'16,Lincoln'17
Ryan Browne       England SWDRC Everton   171 82 88 99 104 110 112
Cameron Jenkinson England AML   West Brom 171 78 88 98 109 117 119

2013:

Name           Nation  Pos  Orig Club   PA  13 14 15  16  17  Notes
_________________________________________________________________________________________
Sean Thompson  England GK   Blackburn   182 72 89  92  99 104
Stuart Hall    England AMLC Leeds       180 89103 115 133 144 Nottm Forest'15,Bristol City'17
John Sullivan  England AML  Arsenal     178 95105 125 128 130
Curtis Shaw    England DL   Aston Villa 174124127 131 134 137
Kevan Thompson England GK   Chelsea     174 82 85  86  88  89
Joe Whitehead  England DWBL Wigan       172 79 99 116 125 136
Humood Ali     Eng/Sau AMC  Crewe       172 74104 130 159 166 West Ham'16,Man City'17
Aidan Dennis   England DC   Norwich     170 73 81  88 101 111

2014:

Name           Nation  Pos   Orig Club      PA  14 15 16 17  Notes
______________________________________________________________________________________________		
Eddie Turner   England MC    Hull           198	86 89 94  98
Joe Galley     England AMRCFCCrystal Palace 179	86 94103 108
Richard Hudson England ST    Tottenham      179	85 91107 119
Thomas Taylor  England AMLC  Bristol City   176	78 83 93  99 Leicester '17
Kenny Ince     Wales   GK    Cardiff        176	93 97100 104 QSth '17
Alan Woodard   England DWBL  QPR            175	79 84 92  98
Mark White     England AMR   Boro           173	82 88 98 113 Celtic '17
Ian Tynan      England DC    Crewe          171	78 79 78  78
Daniel King    England ST    Bournemouth    170	80 91105 115
Matt Harwood   England ST    Doncaster      170	65 65 67  69

2015:

Name           Nation  Pos    Orig Club  PA 15 16 17 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Sam Goodwin    England ST     Hull      178 65 65 67
Craig Williams England DWBL   West Brom 178 78 83 88
Paul Jennings  England DMC    Liverpool 176 68 71 83
Ray Walton     England DRLAMR West Brom 175 75 77 85
Mick McGinty   England AMC    Derby     174 96 98106 Ipswich'17
Josh Welsh     England ST     Everton   170 65 67 71

2016:

Name            Nation  Pos  Orig Club       PA 16 17  Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Dave White      England GK   Boro           187 87  90
Craig Malcolm   England MC   Pompey         184 93 102
Ken Cattermole  Wales   DC   Swansea        179 78  90
Jason Kelly     England DL   Leicester      178113 118
Charlie HoughtonEngland GK   Ipswich        178 79  83
Shane Gibbons   England DWBMRCrystal Palace 177 99 102
Paul Cole       England ST   Aston Villa    171 99 107

2017:

Name           Nation  Pos Orig Club   PA 17  Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Adam Griffiths England AMC Fulham     179 84
Louis Burke    England MC  Arsenal    177 80
Joseph Mutale  Eng/Zam MC  Newcastle  172 94
Phil Palmer    England DM  Southampton172 93

General Info:

Italy tops Holland in Euro 2016, but that's not the only news out of that country as Manchester City make a large purchase by spending 21.5M to bring Yoann Gourcouff from AC Milan. Arsenal win the title while Valencia and Barcelona win the two continental competitions to ensure a second year of the same country taking both. Manchester United lift the League Cup while Liverpool grab the FA Cup. The high CA among regens this year is 117 with 7 in total above 90. Unfortunately for some regens, they have been created with the lowly CAs and PAs of 1 and 2.

Blackburn and West Brom should be ashamed of themselves for the poor job they've done with Askey and Booth from 2010.

Interesting experiment roversawh7. It looks like AI player development is roughly linear as the player ages and highly dependent on playing time; I'd bet that the players who are growing the most quickly in CA (~10/year) are getting decent playing time since most of them are at Championship sides.

They may also have higher levels of determination, professionalism, and ambition compared to the rest of the pack. Might be something worth checking on now and again for a better understanding of why certain players are growing while others essentially stagnate.

Really interesting this, great work!

I was wondering if you could check if there was a correlation between the number of players signed in the season prior to the youth intake, and the quality of the regens? I've heard that this has a big effect on the quality of newgens that you produce, i.e. that the more players you sign, the poorer the quality of newgens.

Cheers!

Interesting experiment roversawh7. It looks like AI player development is roughly linear as the player ages and highly dependent on playing time; I'd bet that the players who are growing the most quickly in CA (~10/year) are getting decent playing time since most of them are at Championship sides.

They may also have higher levels of determination, professionalism, and ambition compared to the rest of the pack. Might be something worth checking on now and again for a better understanding of why certain players are growing while others essentially stagnate.

From what I have seen, professionalism does seem to play a role whereas the other two are not necessarily as high in the fast developers. That said, I would suspect that external factors like training quality, availability of tutoring, and correct evaluation by their team all seem to play a very important role.

Really interesting this, great work!

I was wondering if you could check if there was a correlation between the number of players signed in the season prior to the youth intake, and the quality of the regens? I've heard that this has a big effect on the quality of newgens that you produce, i.e. that the more players you sign, the poorer the quality of newgens.

Cheers!

This would be kind of difficult to keep track of at a satisfactory level because of the observations I would need to do to set a sufficient sample size. I have often wondered how the game determines the amount of regens that you will receive, as it can vary from 4 to 10 or more from year to year. It may have to do with squad size. I would suspect that the quality of your side does not have that large of an effect on regen quality or the top teams would only get worthless regens.

2018

Blackburn:

Rovers finished in 14th this year under Strachan, which was safe but hardly interesting. Reputation barely changes at 7137. The financial situation improves a bit with 20111710 in the bank and 20732170 for transfers and 800410 in wages. Average attendance rises a bit at 22384.

2009:

Name           Nation  Pos  PA 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Martin Kennedy England DL  129 53 58 76	81 88 93 98106107111 Chester'13
Stuart Barton  England GK  124 53 55 59	61 64 64 64 64 64 64 Cambridge'12,Glentoran'13,Gainsborough'16
Lewis Williams England GK  119 47 51 51	57 59 61 65 70 72 78 Kettering'13,Boston Utd'14,Carshalton'15,Stoke'16,Salisbury'17
Darren Leach   England ST  109 46 49 51	54 57 62 74 75 75 75 Carshalton'13,Dag & Red'14,Sutton Utd.'16
Lars Krogh     Eng/Den DC  100 63 66 69	73 77 83 88 91 94 96 Forest Green'14
Tony Easton    England GK   91 35 45 52	54 55 57 60 63 64 64 Stalybridge'13,Gateshead'14,Braintree'15,Hereford'16,Eastleigh'17
Stefan Hudson  England GK   89 41 41 42	44 Retired
Steven Jackson England DWBL 78 30 37 44	46 Retired
Rob Attwell    England DC   73 41 43 43	43 43 Retired,Havant & Waterlooville'13

2010:

Name                Nation  Pos  PA 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Kevin Askey         England MC  172 71 74 79 82 83 87 92 96 97
Phillip Cook        England ST  139 58 64 72 79 88 95107115130
Michael Worthington England DMRC131 50 54 55 61 76 82 88 91 95
Grant Currie        England DC   97 85 85 88 90 94 95 97 97 97
Nick Bond           England ST   97 45 49 55 59 61 62 62 62 62 Stalybridge'15,Harrogate'18
Steve Kennedy       England MC   73 55 55 55 55 56 Retired,Newport Co.'14

2011:

Name             Nation  Pos  PA 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Notes
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Eliot Marrow     England MC  119 37 39 40 40 40 42 43 Retired,Bradford PA'15,Chelmsford'17
Danny Brennan    England AML 116 47 49 56 61 66 68 68 68 Burscough'15
Matthew Brooker  England MC  113 56 62 67 70 77 85 88 97 Aldershot'16,Rochdale'17,Derby'18
Lawrence MarrinerEngland DWBL 96 52 57 58 59 61 61 61 61 Stafford'15,Redditch'16

2012:

Name             Nation  Pos  PA 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Notes
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Fabian MacDonald England GK  154 69 71 75 78 83 87 90
Steve Elder      England ST  150 69 94112119120124127
Tom Drew         England DL  127 52 53 57 61 69 76 78 Stevenage'18
Nathan Wood      England GK  116 43 49 55 61 70 75 78
Phil Mason       England DC  112 59 65 67 70 73 74 76 Billericay'16,Bray Wanderers'18
Chris Barratt    England DLC 111 56 57 60 64 67 71 78
Mark Fuller      England AMR 108 59 64 64 64 64 64 64 Farnborough'16
Danny Fearn      England AMRC105 46 49 54 56 Retire 
Neil Stone       England AMRL 98 52 54 56 57 58 60 60 Bath'16
Daniel Griffiths England MC   97 68 68 68 68 68 68 68 Bury'16,Kidderminster'17

2013:

Name               Nation  Pos PA  13 14 15 16 17 18  Notes
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Sean Thompson      England GK  182 78 89 92 99104 111
Danny Anderson     England ST  155 84 92 99108110 110
Christos Mertakkas Eng/Cyp DC  151 65 68 75 79 97 109 Oldham'17,Luton'18
Matt Godden        England ST  150 62 70 85 91 95 110
Leo Edwards        England ST  138 57 67 68 73 81 Retire,Barnet'17
Michael Traore     Eng/Gam ST  134 60 63 72 75 81  94 Exeter'17,Chesterfield'18
Peter Fairhurst    England AMC 128 52 58 60 63 Retired
David Cook         England DRC 119 60 71 79 82 98 114
Steve Furlong      England GK  107 45 49 51 54 58 Retire,CambridgeC'17

2014:

Name              Nation  Pos   PA  14 15 16 17 18 Notes
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Lee Roberts       England FC    159 69 74 88 98108
Tom Birch         England DRC   150 70 74 80 92 95
John Browne       England ST    136 60 65 74 82 97
Mike Hitchen      England GK    122 79 82 85 87 89
Christian Knowles England ST    121 60 66 67 73 87 Accrington'18
James Scott       England AMRST 117 45 52 59 66 70

2015:

Name          Nation  Pos PA 15 16 17 18 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Jake Marsden  England DC 130 53 63 71 76
Paul Waghorn  England GK 130 53 59 65 72
Martyn Ryan   England ST 129 51 54 60 65
James Harvey  England ST 127 48 50 54 59 Released
Paul Robinson England DMC126 53 54 57 60 Released
Adam Harris   England AMC 88 61 61 61 62 Released

2016:

Name            Nation  Pos PA 16 17 18 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Phil Hughes     England ST 128 56 67 76
Sam Dickson     England MC 122 52 55 60
Phil Pratt      England WBL106 53 56 61
Kevin Hopkins   England ST 109 59 63 66
Ben Styles      England MC 105 58 64 65
Warren Costello England DL  94 45 51 55

2017:

Name           Nation  Pos  PA 17 18 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Jake Harding   England AMR 134 56 58
Anthony Robson England ST  118 43 51
Ross Foreman   England ST  113 58 64
Glenn Leonard  England DWBL106 58 65
Ben Lennon     England ST   94 61 67
Andy Jones     England DR   71 55 57

2018:

Name         Nation  Pos PA 18 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Luke Bridge  England DC 153 74
Ian Stewart  England GK 135 66
Richie Logan Scot    GK 124 51
Paul HarrisonEngland ST 113 75
Lee Blakeman England MC 109 52
John Parker  England MC 104 68
Ben Brown    England MC 101 61
Gary Dillon  England AMR 71 51

Nationalities:

0.12% 1  DR CongoEngland
90.18%762England	
0.12% 1  England Albania
0.12% 1  England Australia
0.12% 1  England Canada
0.12% 1  England Ghana
0.12% 1  England Guinea-Bissau
0.24% 2  England Hong Kong
0.12% 1  England Iraq
0.83% 7  England Ireland
0.24% 2  England Italy
0.36% 3  England Ivory Coast
0.36% 3  England Jamaica
0.12% 1  England Kenya
0.12% 1  England Mauritius
0.12% 1  England Morocco
0.12% 1  England N. Ireland
0.12% 1  England N. Ireland   Turkey
0.24% 2  England Nigeria
0.24% 2  England Scotland
0.12% 1  England South Africa
0.12% 1  England Swaziland
0.12% 1  England Tajikistan
0.36% 3  England Turkey
0.12% 1  England USA
0.71% 6  England Wales
0.12% 1  Ghana   England
0.24% 2  Holland	
0.12% 1  Italy	
0.12% 1  Nigeria England
0.12% 1  Scotland	
1.07% 9  Wales	
2.49% 21 Wales   England
0.12% 1  Wales   USA

High PA Regens:

Jim Greenwood is still Jim Greenwood. Jim Greenwood still plays for Boro. Jim Greenwood still has CA 177.

2009:

Name             Nation  Pos   Orig Club   PA  09 10 11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  Transfers
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Junior Williams  England AMC   Doncaster   186 81 89 101 119 131 137 135 143 155 167 St.Pat's Athletic'11,Crystal Palace'14
Jordan Humphreys England DCST  West Brom   178 85 94 105 122 130 143 145 157 165 165 Celtic'13,Bristol City'15,Sheff Weds'17,Tottenham'18
Tom Dodds        England MC    Bradford    177102108 114 117 122 130 139 144 145 144 Sheff Weds'10,Inverness CT'13,Sheff Weds'17,Aston Villa'18
Alan Sidwell     England DWBML Boro        177 77 86 104 117 123 125 131 136 146 159 Cardiff'17,Everton'18
Ross Moon        England DCST  Millwall    176 81 94 116 129 139 139 140 146 156 159 Motherwell'11,Millwall'12,Leicester'13,Crystal Palace '16
Steve Royle      England SWDC  Northampton 176 85 90 101 108 116 130 138 148 163 163 Cardiff'11,Coventry'14,Bolton'16,Crystal Palace'18
Ryan Campbell    England MC    Burnley     173 75 79  84  92  97 100 105 113 125 134 Sheff Utd'11,Aberdeen'16
Tony Smith       England AML   Sheff Utd   170 74 85  97 112 139 147 162 167 168 169 St. Pat's Athletic'11,Barnsley'12,Celtic'13,Crystal Palace'14,Valencia'16,Real Madrid'17

2010:

Name            Nation  Pos  Orig Club    PA  10 11 12  13  14  15  16  17  18  Transfers
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Trevor Heaney   England	GK   Nottm Forest 194 92 97 105 110 117 127 132 137 150 Aberdeen'12,Everton'13
Ben Beadle      England	DWBL Watford      180117120 121 132 140 147 152 159 164 Bradford'12,Wigan'14,Arsenal'18
Tom O'Brien     England	GK   Southampton  179 83 92 100 107 116 119 120 125 125 Wigan'11,Sunderland'17
John Booth      England	DCDM West Brom    179 79 81  83  85  86  92  98 104 109 Norwich'18
Matthew Delaney England	AMC  Chelsea      177 74 78  95 115 127 129 141 144 147 Fulham'17
Kevin Smith     England	MC   QPR          175120127 129 133 133 133 141 150 154 Derby'11,Celtic'16,West Brom'18
Kevin Askey     England	MC   Blackburn    172 71 74  79  82  83  87  92  96  97
Jack Saunders   England	DM   Tottenham    172 98103 109 113 117 121 124 133 135 Hibernian'17
Andy Doherty    England	DC   West Ham     171 73 84 102 116 131 139 135 137 150 Preston'12,Wolves'13,Swansea'17
Ricky Allen     England	DC   Stoke        171 66 75  84 100 112 113 121 134 151 Crystal Palace'16

2011:

Name           Nation  Pos  Orig Club     PA  11 12 13 14 15  16  17  18  Notes
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James Hall     England MC   Man Utd       177 68 75 83 98 109 116 123 126
Richard France England DC   Man City      176120121122123 123 129 134 138 Aston Villa'13,Celtic'16,Bolton'18
Lee Hinton     England DRC  Wolves        174 84103123140 145 169 172 173 Nottm Forest'13,Leeds'15,Sunderland'17
Kevin Gregory  England AMRC Leyton Orient 171 72 77 80 90  99 106 115 118 Derby'15,Doncaster'17,West Brom'18
Josh Griffiths England ST   Lincoln       170 74 75 79 84  92  95 101 107 Swindon'15,Barnsley'16,Huddersfield'17,Rochdale'18

2012:

Name              Nation  Pos   Orig Club PA  12 13 14 15  16  17  18  Notes
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chris Smith       England AMRC  Fulham    189 87 95105 118 129 143 157 Brighton'14,Nottm Forest'15
Denny Graham      Wales   AML   Liverpool 174 64 66 73  81  88  96 108 Wigan'16,Lincoln'17,Sligo Rovers'18
Ryan Browne       England SWDRC Everton   171 82 88 99 104 110 112 117
Cameron Jenkinson England AML   West Brom 171 78 88 98 109 117 119 123

2013:

Name           Nation  Pos  Orig Club   PA  13 14 15  16  17  18  Notes
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Sean Thompson  England GK   Blackburn   182 72 89  92  99 104 111
Stuart Hall    England AMLC Leeds       180 89103 115 133 144 155 Nottm Forest'15,Bristol City'17,Bolton'18
John Sullivan  England AML  Arsenal     178 95105 125 128 130 135
Curtis Shaw    England DL   Aston Villa 174124127 131 134 137 143
Kevan Thompson England GK   Chelsea     174 82 85  86  88  89  92
Joe Whitehead  England DWBL Wigan       172 79 99 116 125 136 165
Humood Ali     Eng/Sau AMC  Crewe       172 74104 130 159 166 170 West Ham'16,Man City'17,Liverpool'18
Aidan Dennis   England DC   Norwich     170 73 81  88 101 111 126

2014:

Name           Nation  Pos   Orig Club      PA  14 15 16 17  18  Notes
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Eddie Turner   England MC    Hull           198	86 89 94  98 103
Joe Galley     England AMRCFCCrystal Palace 179	86 94103 108 117
Richard Hudson England ST    Tottenham      179	85 91107 119 128
Thomas Taylor  England AMLC  Bristol City   176	78 83 93  99 108 Leicester'17
Kenny Ince     Wales   GK    Cardiff        176	93 97100 104 108 QSth'17
Alan Woodard   England DWBL  QPR            175	79 84 92  98 105
Mark White     England AMR   Boro           173	82 88 98 113 128 Celtic'17
Ian Tynan      England DC    Crewe          171	78 79 78  78  78
Daniel King    England ST    Bournemouth    170	80 91105 115 117
Matt Harwood   England ST    Doncaster      170	65 65 67  69  71

2015:

Name           Nation  Pos    Orig Club  PA 15 16 17 18 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Sam Goodwin    England ST     Hull      178 65 65 67 68
Craig Williams England DWBL   West Brom 178 78 83 88 96
Paul Jennings  England DMC    Liverpool 176 68 71 83 92
Ray Walton     England DRLAMR West Brom 175 75 77 85 96
Mick McGinty   England AMC    Derby     174 96 98106114 Ipswich'17
Josh Welsh     England ST     Everton   170 65 67 71 73

2016:

Name            Nation  Pos  Orig Club       PA 16 17  18  Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Dave White      England GK   Boro           187 87  90  92
Craig Malcolm   England MC   Pompey         184 93 102 116
Ken Cattermole  Wales   DC   Swansea        179 78  90 103
Jason Kelly     England DL   Leicester      178113 118 127 Litex'18
Charlie HoughtonEngland GK   Ipswich        178 79  83  89
Shane Gibbons   England DWBMRCrystal Palace 177 99 102 118
Paul Cole       England ST   Aston Villa    171 99 107 113

2017:

Name           Nation  Pos Orig Club   PA 17 18 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Adam Griffiths England AMC Fulham     179 84 92
Louis Burke    England MC  Arsenal    177 80 94
Joseph Mutale  Eng/Zam MC  Newcastle  172 94102
Phil Palmer    England DM  Southampton172 93 96

2018:

Name           Nation  Pos Orig Club      PA 18 Notes
__________________________________________________________________
Lewis Simpson  England DMC Leeds         189 85
Harry Cook     England GK  Everton       182104
Neil Arnold    England GK  Derby         181104
Andrew ThompsonEngland GK  Sheff Weds    178 82
Scott Hamilton England GK  Aston Villa   175 65
Lee Atkins     England GK  Bolton        173 93
Rob Walker     England DMC Crystal Palace173 75
Chris Haverson England MR  Stoke         173 94
Liam Martin    England DRL Southend      171 93
Shaun Smith    England DWBLAston Villa   170 65
Liam Darlow    England DRC Leeds         170 73

General Info:

More manager news as Sol Campbell and Dean Windass find more teams willing to take them on in the forms of Southend and Torquay. Christian Poulsen also comes to England to manage, starting at Scunthorpe. Newcastle also make major management news with the return of one of their saviors... Yes, Newcastle have hired Kevin Keegan again. I think we all could get pretty good odds on Keegan joining Newcastle in 2018! Transfer news was dominated by Carlos Vela's 23.5M move from Arsenal to Real Madrid, where he contributed to a Champions League victory, while AC Milan took home the UEFA Cup. Manchester United win another title while the other side of Manchester is hardly wallowing in self-pity as City grab both domestic cups. In this crop of regens, the high CA was 104 with 9 players starting above the 90 mark. 1 and 3 represented the absolute low end of the ability scale.