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The best academies for CHEAP regens in FM19
Mad comment
I think Steve Taylor is getting more out of these matches than the average journalist.
52 year old goalkeeper finally announces his retirement date
Just another glitch in The Matrix ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Leicester Road - Season 1 finished - Tier 10 team, no transfers allowed
I think Barca have pulled a good April Fools joke
I hope this regen is DENCH
Introducing Bobby Schiek. 26 year old, left-footed speed demon. 62 goals and 22 assists, what a bloke.
League with most domestics cup competitions?
Just when I thought I'd seen it all!
Well would you look at that
So that's a no on the extra coaching facilities then? What about the youth coaching facilities?
Checkatrade Trophy is so underrated
Yeah that’s about right
Who is FM's favourite country, league and team?
When they call your 37 year-old captain a "weak link"
Looking over my fm19 saves and i think this guy was my best transfer, 4,4 mln euro.
Think the Board wanted to give the youngsters some confidence

Posted: 22 Oct 2019 10:25 AM PDT

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The best academies for CHEAP regens in FM19

Posted: 22 Oct 2019 10:31 AM PDT

Here is the .xslx file so you can download it and sort the table however you want: FM19 cheap academies

I've been slowly building a list of the best super-cheap academies in Football Manager for a while now and figured other people might find it useful. There's some explanation of the methodology below, but first of all here's the complete list:

Team	Nation	Training facilities	Youth facilities	YF rating	YA rating	Total	Status	Newgen spawn date
Whitecaps Academy	Canada	Good	Great	15	11	26	Amateur	January (early)
Boca Juniors (COL)	Colombia	Adequate	Excellent	16	14	30	Semi-professional	January (early)
Carlos Sarmiento	Colombia	Average	Excellent	16	17	33	Semi-professional	January (early)
Envigado	Colombia	Good	Excellent	16	18	34		January (early)
El Nacional	Ecuador	Good	Great	14	15	29		January (early)
Molde FK	Norway	Great	Great	14	12	26		January (early)
Rosenborg BK	Norway	Great	Great	14	13	27		January (early)
Stabæk Fotball	Norway	Good	Excellent	16	15	31		January (early)
Vålerenga	Norway	Great	Great	15	14	29		January (early)
Cerro Porteño	Paraguay	Great	Excellent	16	14	30		January (early)
Libertad	Paraguay	Excellent	Great	15	15	30		January (early)
Atlanta United Academy	USA	Superb	Great	14	11	25	Semi-professional	January (early)
DCU Academy	USA	Great	Excellent	17	12	29	Semi-professional	January (early)
Dynamo Academy	USA	Great	Great	14	10	24	Semi-professional	January (early)
Earthquakes Academy	USA	Great	Great	15	11	26	Semi-professional	January (early)
FC Dallas Jrs	USA	Excellent	Superb	17	11	28	Semi-professional	January (early)
Galaxy Academy	USA	State of the art	Superb	18	12	30	Semi-professional	January (early)
LAFC Academy	USA	Excellent	Great	14	12	26	Semi-professional	January (early)
NYC Academy	USA	-	-	17	12	29	Semi-professional	January (early)
NYRB Academy	USA	Great	Excellent	16	13	29	Semi-professional	January (early)
NYRB II	USA	Below average	Excellent	2	3	5		January (early)
NYRB U-23	USA	Below average	Excellent	3	1	4	Amateur	January (early)
RSL Academy	USA	-	-	17	12	29	Semi-professional	January (early)
SKC Academy	USA	Superb	Superb	18	12	30	Semi-professional	January (early)
Sounders Academy	USA	Great	Great	15	11	26	Semi-professional	January (early)
Timbers Academy	USA	Great	Great	14	9	23	Semi-professional	January (early)
Union Academy	USA	Great	Superb	18	12	30	Semi-professional	January (early)
Chvalia Pinsk	Belarus	Below average	Great	15	11	26		February (early)
Dinamo Brest	Belarus	Average	Great	15	13	28		February (early)
RGUOR	Belarus	Good	Excellent	17	17	34	Semi-professional	February (early)
Olimpia	Paraguay	Good	Great	15	14	29		February (early)
Ajax Cape Town	South Africa	Superb	Superb	18	15	33		February (late)
Diambars South Africa	South Africa	-	-	14	12	26	Amateur	February (late)
Stars of Africa	South Africa	-	-	14	12	26	Amateur	February (late)
Toronto FC III	Canada	Excellent	Superb	15	16	31	Semi-professional	May (late)
Alajuelense	Costa Rica	Good	Superb	14	13	27		May (late)
Saprissa	Costa Rica	Great	Great	14	14	28		May (late)
Marathón	Honduras	Average	Great	15	18	33		May (late)
AKA Burgenland	Austria	Great	Great	14	14	28	Amateur	June (early)
AKA St. Pölten NÖ	Austria	Excellent	Excellent	17	15	32	Amateur	June (early)
AKA Vorarlberg	Austria	Excellent	Excellent	16	13	29	Amateur	June (early)
Austria Wien	Austria	Great	Excellent	17	15	32		June (early)
FC Admira Wacker Mödling	Austria	Excellent	Excellent	17	17	34		June (early)
FC Liefering	Austria	Good	State of the art	17	12	29		June (early)
Red Bull Salzburg	Austria	Superb	State of the art	20	19	39		June (early)
Rheindorf Altach	Austria	Great	Great	14	10	24		June (early)
Sturm Graz	Austria	Great	Excellent	16	17	33		June (early)
AR Tuzo	Mexico	Great	Superb	14	11	25		June (early)
Atlas III	Mexico	Good	Great	14	11	25	Semi-professional	June (early)
Chivas III	Mexico	Good	Great	15	11	26	Semi-professional	June (early)
Escuela Chivas	Mexico	Good	Great	15	11	26	Semi-professional	June (early)
Pachuca III	Mexico	Great	Superb	14	11	25		June (early)
Pumas III	Mexico	Good	Great	14	10	24		June (early)
Pumas Naucalpan	Mexico	Good	Great	15	12	27	Semi-professional	June (early)
Pumas Premier	Mexico	Excellent	Great	1	1	2		June (early)
U del Futbol	Mexico	Great	Superb	14	11	25	Semi-professional	June (early)
Auckland City	New Zealand	Good	Great	14	14	28		June (early)
Lech Poznań	Poland	Great	Great	14	16	30		June (early)
Zagłębie Lubin	Poland	Good	Great	15	15	30		June (early)
Crvena Zvezda	Serbia	Great	Great	15	15	30		June (early)
FK Partizan	Serbia	Excellent	Excellent	16	16	32		June (early)
FK Vojvodina	Serbia	Great	Great	14	14	28		June (early)
Altınordu	Turkey	Excellent	Excellent	16	16	32		June (early)
Gençlerbirliği	Turkey	Great	Great	15	11	26		June (early)
Hacettepe SK	Turkey	Below average	Great	14	3	17		June (early)
Osmanlıspor	Turkey	Excellent	Excellent	16	9	25		June (early)
FK Sarajevo	Boznia & Herzegovina	Great	Excellent	16	14	30		June (mid)
Beroe Stara Zagora	Bulgaria	Great	Great	14	14	28		June (mid)
Botev Plovdiv	Bulgaria	Excellent	Excellent	16	15	31		June (mid)
Levski Sofia	Bulgaria	Great	Great	14	15	29		June (mid)
Litex Lovech	Bulgaria	Great	Great	14	13	27		June (mid)
Ludogorets Razgrad	Bulgaria	Excellent	Excellent	17	15	32		June (mid)
Septemvri Sofia	Bulgaria	Good	Great	14	15	29		June (mid)
Dinamo Zagreb	Croatia	Great	Great	14	17	31		June (mid)
HNK Rijeka	Croatia	Great	Great	14	13	27		June (mid)
Esbjerg fB	Denmark	Good	Excellent	16	15	31		June (mid)
FC Midtjylland	Denmark	Great	Great	15	16	31		June (mid)
FC Nordsjælland	Denmark	Great	Great	15	17	32		June (mid)
Burton Albion	England	State of the art	State of the art	20	4	24		June (mid)
Bury	England	Great	Great	15	11	26		June (mid)
Luton Town	England	Great	Great	14	10	24		June (mid)
Solihull Moors	England	Below average	Great	3	6	9		June (mid)
Vardar Skopje	FYR of Macedonia	Great	Excellent	16	12	28		June (mid)
1860 Munich	Germany	Great	Superb	18	11	29		June (mid)
1860 Munich II	Germany	Great	Superb	7	1	8	Semi-professional	June (mid)
FC Kaiserslautern	Germany	Great	Great	14	10	24		June (mid)
Kaiserslautern II	Germany	Great	Great	7	1	8	Semi-professional	June (mid)
Karlsruher SC	Germany	Great	Great	14	12	26		June (mid)
Olympiakos	Greece	Great	Excellent	16	14	30		June (mid)
PAOK	Greece	Great	Great	15	15	30		June (mid)
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	Israel	Great	Great	14	12	26		June (mid)
FC Ashdod	Israel	Good	Excellent	16	13	29		June (mid)
Alto Adige	Italy	Great	Great	15	12	27		June (mid)
Sheriff Tiraspol	Moldova	Excellent	Great	14	12	26		June (mid)
SMS Łodź	Poland	Great	Great	15	15	30	Semi-professional	June (mid)
AD Oeiras	Portugal	Great	Great	15	13	28	Amateur	June (mid)
CD Nacional	Portugal	Great	Great	15	11	26		June (mid)
Padroense	Portugal	Good	Great	15	12	27	Amateur	June (mid)
SC Braga	Portugal	Excellent	Great	15	16	31		June (mid)
SC Braga B	Portugal	Excellent	Great	8	1	9		June (mid)
Vitória de Guimarães	Portugal	Excellent	Great	14	16	30		June (mid)
Vitória de Guimarães B	Portugal	Excellent	Great	8	1	9		June (mid)
Servette FC	Switzerland	Average	Excellent	16	16	32		June (mid)
Dnipro	Ukraine	Great	Excellent	17	16	33		June (mid)
Dnipro Football Academy	Ukraine	-	-	15	15	30	Semi-professional	June (mid)
DUFS Dynamo Kyiv	Ukraine	State of the art	State of the art	12	15	27	Semi-professional	June (mid)
DUFS Vorskla	Ukraine	Average	Great	10	12	22	Semi-professional	June (mid)
DUFS Zorya	Ukraine	-	-	15	7	22	Semi-professional	June (mid)
Karpaty	Ukraine	Great	Excellent	16	12	28		June (mid)
Kovel-Volyn	Ukraine	Good	Great	11	12	23	Semi-professional	June (mid)
PFK Sumy	Ukraine	Adequate	Great	14	9	23		June (mid)
Shakhtar Football Academy	Ukraine	-	-	17	11	28	Semi-professional	June (mid)
Volyn U19	Ukraine	-	-	15	10	25	Semi-professional	June (mid)
Bentleigh Greens	Australia	Average	Great	14	8	22	Semi-professional	June (late)
Central Coast (NPL)	Australia	Below average	Great	2	3	5	Semi-professional	June (late)
Central Coast Mariners	Australia	Great	Great	14	14	28		June (late)
FC Bulleen Lions	Australia	Good	Great	14	9	23	Semi-professional	June (late)
Melbourne City	Australia	Superb	Superb	18	14	32		June (late)
Melbourne City (NPL)	Australia	Superb	Superb	18	14	32	Semi-professional	June (late)
Beerschot-Wilrijk	Belgium	Average	Great	14	13	27		June (late)
Baník Ostrava	Czech Republic	Great	Great	15	16	31		June (late)
Slavia Praha	Czech Republic	Superb	Excellent	16	16	32		June (late)
Sparta Praha	Czech Republic	Excellent	Excellent	17	17	34		June (late)
Viktoria Plzeň	Czech Republic	Great	Great	14	15	29		June (late)
Zbrojovka Brno	Czech Republic	Average	Great	14	15	29		June (late)
AFK Csíkszereda	Romania	Good	Great	14	15	29		June (late)
LPS Banatul	Romania	-	-	15	1	16	Semi-professional	June (late)
MŠK Żilina	Slovakia	Great	Great	14	15	29		June (late)
NK Maribor	Slovenia	Great	Great	14	13	27		June (late)
CA Huracán	Argentina	Good	Great	14	9	23		July (early)
Dep. Español	Argentina	Adequate	Great	11	5	16		July (early)
Estudiantes	Argentina	State of the art	Excellent	17	12	29		July (early)
Independiente	Argentina	Great	Great	14	10	24		July (early)
Instituto ACC	Argentina	Average	Great	14	11	25		July (early)
Lanús	Argentina	Excellent	Great	15	12	27		July (early)
Newell's	Argentina	Great	Great	14	13	27		July (early)
River Plate	Argentina	Excellent	Excellent	16	15	31		July (early)
Vélez	Argentina	Excellent	Superb	18	13	31		July (early)
RTD Academy	Ghana	Adequate	Great	15	15	30	Semi-professional	July (early)
ADO Den Haag	Holland	Average	Great	15	13	28		July (early)
Ajax	Holland	Superb	Superb	18	18	36		July (early)
Ajax Amateurs	Holland	Adequate	Superb	2	2	4		July (early)
AZ	Holland	Superb	Superb	18	17	35		July (early)
FC Twente	Holland	Excellent	Great	14	15	29		July (early)
FC Utrecht	Holland	Great	Great	15	15	30		July (early)
Feyenoord	Holland	Excellent	Excellent	17	18	35		July (early)
PSV Eindhoven	Holland	Superb	Excellent	17	17	34		July (early)
SC Heerenveen	Holland	Excellent	Great	15	15	30		July (early)
Sparta Rotterdam	Holland	Good	Great	15	15	30		July (early)
Vitesse	Holland	Superb	Excellent	16	14	30		July (early)
ASEC Mimosas	Ivory Coast	Good	Great	15	17	32		July (early)
Académie JMG Mali	Mali	-	-	17	15	32	Amateur	July (early)
FC Ebedei	Nigeria	Average	Great	15	15	30	Amateur	July (early)
Génération Foot	Senegal	Average	Excellent	12	15	27		July (early)
Kaizer Chiefs	South Africa	Excellent	Great	15	12	27		July (mid)
Mamelodi Sundowns	South Africa	Great	Great	14	14	28		July (mid)
SuperSport United	South Africa	Excellent	Great	15	15	30		July (mid)
Académie Mohammed VI	Morocco	-	-	15	14	29	Amateur	July (late)
Albirex Niigata	Japan	-	-	14	10	24		September (late)
Verdy	Japan	-	-	15	15	30		September (late)
Atlas Académicos	Mexico	Below average	Great	14	12	26		September (late)
Sanga	Japan	-	-	14	14	28		October (early)
Nagoya Grampus	Japan	-	-	14	12	26		October (mid)
Wadi Degla	Egypt	Great	Great	14	13	27		November (mid)
Breiðablik UBK	Iceland	Great	Great	15	13	28		November (mid)
HK	Iceland	Great	Great	15	12	27		November (mid)
ÍBK Keflavík	Iceland	Great	Great	14	10	24		November (mid)
Njarðvík	Iceland	Great	Great	14	7	21	Semi-professional	November (mid)
Ungmennafélagið Fjölnir	Iceland	Great	Great	15	12	27		November (mid)
ES Sahel	Tunisia	Great	Great	15	15	30		November (mid)
ES Tunis	Tunisia	Excellent	Great	15	15	30		November (mid)
Kashima Antlers	Japan	-	-	14	10	24		December (early)
BK Häcken	Sweden	Excellent	Great	15	14	29		December (early)
IFK Norrköping	Sweden	Excellent	Great	14	15	29		December (early)
Kalmar FF	Sweden	Great	Great	14	14	28		December (early)
Malmö FF	Sweden	Excellent	Great	15	17	32		December (early)
Atlético Mineiro	Brazil	Superb	Great	15	11	26		December (late)
Colo-Colo	Chile	Excellent	Excellent	16	16	32		December (late)
O'Higgins	Chile	Great	Great	15	12	27		December (late)
Universidad Católica	Chile	Excellent	Excellent	16	15	31		December (late)
Universidad de Chile	Chile	Superb	Excellent	17	15	32		December (late)
EGB	Peru	Great	Great	15	15	30	Semi-professional	December (late)
Real Garcilaso	Peru	Great	Good	14	12	26		December (late)
Regatas Lima	Peru	-	-	12	12	24	Semi-professional	December (late)
Danubio FC	Uruguay	Adequate	Great	14	18	32		December (late)
Defensor Sporting	Uruguay	Adequate	Great	15	19	34		December (late)
Nacional	Uruguay	Average	Great	14	17	31		December (late)
Peñarol	Uruguay	Average	Great	15	14	29		December (late)
Gamba Osaka	Japan	-	-	14	13	27		December (mid)
Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan	-	-	14	12	26		December (mid)
Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	-	-	15	12	27		December (mid)
AFA (ANG)	Angola	Great	Great	15	10	25	Amateur	-
Banants	Armenia	Good	Excellent	16	14	30		-
Pyunik	Armenia	Great	Excellent	16	17	33		-
Shirak	Armenia	Average	Great	15	13	28		-
Desportiva	Brazil	Average	Great	14	7	21		-
Tavria	Crimea	Average	Great	15	7	22		-
NK Zagreb	Croatia	Excellent	Great	14	12	26	Semi-professional	-
FAS	El Salvador	Adequate	Great	15	13	28		-
Siquinalá	Guatemala	Great	Great	15	15	30	Semi-professional	-
Tobruk	Israel	Basic	Great	14	13	27	Semi-professional	-
FK Kairat	Kazakhstan	Excellent	Great	15	14	29		-
FTs Kairat	Kazakhstan	-	-	16	15	31	Semi-professional	-
Chivas Los Ángeles	Mexico	Adequate	Great	9	7	16	Semi-professional	-
Palmeiras (POR)	Portugal	Average	Great	11	11	22	Semi-professional	-
Pôle Espoirs Réunion	Réunion	Adequate	Great	15	10	25	Amateur	-
Kryvbas	Ukraine	Adequate	Great	15	5	20	Semi-professional	-
Dayton Dutch Lions	USA	Adequate	Great	7	6	13	Amateur	-
IMG Academy	USA	Great	Excellent	16	9	25	Amateur	-
IMG Academy Bradenton	USA	Great	Excellent	8	1	9	Amateur	-

What are the best teams?

If we're going on Genie Scout ratings (more on that below), Red Bull Salzburg have a near perfect 39/40 score, alongside a "State of the Art" youth facilities description in the game. If you get in early you can snag some very cheap regens from them, but wait too long and their prices shoot up.

Some semi-pro and amateur teams score impressively high on the list. RGUOR score 34/40, Carlos Sarmiento score 33/40, while Académie JMG Mali and AKA St. Pölten NÖ (both amateur) both hit 32/40. FM favourites ASEC Mimosas also get 32/40.

Note, however, that a country's youth rating is also very important. Clubs like Marathón (Honduras) and Pyunik (Armenia) score really highly for their facilities, but as their respective nations have low youth ratings, the quality of their regens may take a hit. For that reason, lower league clubs in nations known for the quality of their youth players are a great place to start - I recommend C.A.I. de Chubut in Argentina for this. Though they only have a "good" youth facilities rating (and thus aren't in my list), they seem to consistently produce super-cheap regens in the region of £10k - £30k by virtue of their nation's high youth rating.

Methodology

Some of these teams were found on the recommendation of other FM players (ASEC Mimosas, RGUOR), some I stumbled upon myself (FC Ebedei, RTD Academy), while others were discovered using Genie Scout. Every team in this list has a "youth facilities" description of "Great" or better, although there are a few exceptions. I supplemented this list by using Genie Scout, wherein a "YF rating" of 14 or 15 corresponds to the "Great description". There are likely more teams out there that could go in this list, so let me know and I'll add them.

However, using Genie Scout led to some slightly strange occurrences. Real Garcilaso, for example, have a YF rating in Genie Scout of 14 but the team's in-game youth facilities description is "Good", whereas every other team that has that YF rating is described as "Great" or better.

At other times, teams have very low scores in Genie Scout but still have high scores in their in-game descriptions. In most cases this happens with B teams, which I assume inherit their descriptions from their parent clubs, but it's not always the case. For example, Solihull Moors have a youth facilities description of "Great", but a Genie Scout YF rating of 3/20. Someone will have to explain this discrepancy to me I'm afraid!

Some teams (Académie JMG Mali, Verdy, etc) don't have in-game descriptions of their facilities, but Genie Scout reveals them to be very high quality, so they've been included too.

I've added a column totting up the Genie Scout YF (youth facilities) and YA (youth academy) scores, in case it's of interest. I've also added the rough date when each team spawns its first batch of regens in the first season; the exact date changes every season. The first season timing may vary slightly for you. If this column has a dash it's because I've never been able to get this club to spawn regens at all. Also, Japanese teams seem to have random dates, possibly because the league is unplayable.

Finally, the definition of "cheap" is obviously flexible, but I've tried to include as many teams as I can. I've ignored some leagues entirely (the Big Five), while elsewhere only certain teams had to be excluded (e.g. Porto, Sporting and Benfica in Portugal always demand ridiculous fees, but other Portuguese teams are way cheaper. Obviously, amateur and semi-pro teams will usually give you the cheapest players.

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Mad comment

Posted: 22 Oct 2019 10:50 AM PDT

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I think Steve Taylor is getting more out of these matches than the average journalist.

Posted: 22 Oct 2019 03:20 PM PDT

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52 year old goalkeeper finally announces his retirement date

Posted: 22 Oct 2019 12:04 PM PDT

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Just another glitch in The Matrix ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Posted: 22 Oct 2019 06:44 PM PDT

$Just another glitch in The Matrix ¯\_(ツ)_/¯$

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Leicester Road - Season 1 finished - Tier 10 team, no transfers allowed

Posted: 22 Oct 2019 10:31 AM PDT

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I think Barca have pulled a good April Fools joke

Posted: 22 Oct 2019 03:52 PM PDT

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I hope this regen is DENCH

Posted: 22 Oct 2019 09:39 AM PDT

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Introducing Bobby Schiek. 26 year old, left-footed speed demon. 62 goals and 22 assists, what a bloke.

Posted: 22 Oct 2019 10:41 AM PDT

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League with most domestics cup competitions?

Posted: 22 Oct 2019 07:51 PM PDT

Looking to see what the longest season in terms of domestic competitions is? I know Brazil is very long. Any others?

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Just when I thought I'd seen it all!

Posted: 22 Oct 2019 11:39 AM PDT

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Well would you look at that

Posted: 22 Oct 2019 01:42 PM PDT

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So that's a no on the extra coaching facilities then? What about the youth coaching facilities?

Posted: 22 Oct 2019 02:07 PM PDT

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Checkatrade Trophy is so underrated

Posted: 22 Oct 2019 11:29 AM PDT

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Yeah that’s about right

Posted: 22 Oct 2019 07:39 PM PDT

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Who is FM's favourite country, league and team?

Posted: 22 Oct 2019 11:10 PM PDT

What team, league or country have you noticed consistently improving dramatically across different saves? I have noticed that the Scottish league always becomes on of the top 20 leagues in Europe within 10 years, that could be because I always have that league loaded but I'm sure other people have noticed similar occurrences.

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When they call your 37 year-old captain a "weak link"

Posted: 22 Oct 2019 12:31 PM PDT