1. THE DISINCENTIVE TO TRY TO WIN
Maybe some thought should be put into the apparent disincentive to try during a season. For example , your team is in "Div 1 " as I have heard it called and for whatever reason your team is sitting 6th -8th halfway through the season with no realistic possibility of winning the League , your also out of CL and Cup. If you continue to try to win then you may get to 5th position and go up a level and be punished 20% of your total team level just the same as if you win the League. It is far too common for people in this situation to say oh well , cant win a trophy so lets tank it for the season finish 9th or lower , stay here and not lose the 20%.
Would it not be a good idea that only the top 4 lose 20% and 5-8 only lose 10% for the next season ? It might encourage a few more managers to keep trying for longer rather than opt out of a season.
2. KEEPING PLAYERS FOR LONGER
There seems to be a problem with the player progression in this game where the prize recruit is an 18 yo player ( because he learns faster ) at the expense of older players ( even 22 -23 is considered old because of the learning curve). It would be better in my opinion that an older player maintains the skill level for longer and is still able to learn reasonably quickly until maybe age 28 and then starts to decrease at an ever increasing rate per year. It would also be good if the 18 -21 yo players didnt learn quite as quickly , balance it out and encourage managers to hold onto players longer. In real life no team that hasnt got a player over 21 ever won an open League yet here that is all you see , teams with average age of around 19-20 winning everything. Also in real life a footballers prime is usually considered to be between 23/24 and 28/29 so wouldnt it be better for the game all round if that could be replicated.
Just a couple of thoughts...............