I've already covered that - his team now is the same as at the start of the season, so how did he get into this Cup? He has four 1* players in his squad, which reduces his overall quality by 10%, so still way ahead of the highest Q of the other teams in this Cup.

If he had started the season at a similar quality and improved the squad to the level it is, then I would have said fair enough, can't match that, get on with it. But as it is, he was in the wrong Cup to start with.