It's certainly doable and is something I have thought about before. The levels of Youth Recruitment are: Let's continue with our previous hypothesis that Brazilian clubs can produce 2 S tier players, 3 A tier and 4 B tier. The section also allows you to filter the list even more, with a very handy Nations dropdown menu under the Filter button. For that you have to look at where this info comes from.. To start off with you have to check which staff member has been allocated responsibility in this area, (and change it if needed). Then we have our affiliates, (we have 7), 2 of which are in playable leagues. One of the largest Football Manager Communities/Forums on the internet. Or does it mean the position that the HoYD, (because he's compiling the report remember), thinks that the player wants to play in. For example: Brazil has the highest Youth Rating in the game, so signing young players from brazil makes sense. I will just do 1 little thing each time. i did some analysis myself in my topic but nothing compared to what you are doing. I'm not sure about the exact amount, but it cost me around $2M every time I upgraded with an Argentine first division club. Filling out the squads is a no brainer to me. 77/153 68/146 69/142 72/157 78/177 83/187 70/146 73/153 67/134 76/155 His PA ranges from 142-187 which according to my basic understanding doesn't fit him into any 1 of the existing ranges. Those letters will keep going down until the youth intake actually comes in. If you have any particular area that you would like me to look at then please feel free to mention it. Sports Interactive 2016 Youth intake day signals the arrival of 'newgens' - players that were not previously in the game but have been generated and enrolled by SI. The dates that regens are added into the game are known as Youth Intake days. He's going about it completely the right way. Youth intake day signals the arrival of 'newgens' - players that were not previously in the game but have been generated and enrolled by SI. It is commonly believed that the 1st intake of each save, (for all clubs), is boosted for some reason. I say that with special reference to the fact that we know that the "Youth Intake Preview" is a relatively new addition as a feature, so if they changed that what else have they changed. After all, a L20 Training Facility is a flippin enormous investment. After a short trial period, you will get to decide which newgens will join your academy, and which will have to look for a new club. With often no communication from SI Towers we can't have known that things have changed, and it's only have much playing that we decide that we think they have changed, but we don't know how they have changed. Fair play, you're right that I may have remembered that from a previous version and it's all changed since then. The facilities at the club. It contains a comprehensive list of potential people that are fit for the position based on the exact same values we just went over. A high PA young player with low CA is not likely to get 1st team opportunities, (because he's not good enough right now), so he would probably benefit from going out on loan. This isn't the players in your Youth Team or players on Youth contracts no matter what squad they are in.