And 2nd most productive Cat 2 academy behind Leeds.
Clearly lots of factors in play and "productive" in terms of games played won't always mean better but an indication that for the time being at least one part of club continues to function well.
http://trainingground.guru/articles/academy-productivity-rankings-2017/18 
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Leeds had there problems to.
I always think these stats are a bit unfair on Swansea (and Cardiff) as they only count English players produced, and not Welsh ones!
My point was that 3 or 4 clubs who's fans have been, publicly, very unhappy with their yet they have still invested in the clubs academies.
Even if you say Duchatelet funded it then he hasn't improved it or put it in place. He just milked it, he's not created it or added anything.
The opposite in fact with not building the training ground, not funding basics like water or breakfasts or overnight stays.
Remember the 18 to 20 year olds playing now we're mostly recruited 10 years ago so long before Duchatelet got his hands on the club.
It makes perfect sense for those 3 clubs to be high up the list. They all had well established, well run academies before their respective toxic owners took over which has helped keep their team’s head above water.
In Roland’s case, the best you could say is he has largely kept his meddling out of academy affairs. He seemed to identify it was already well run and selling graduates for profit was always a foundation stone of his business plan, as far as he had one.