Gabe, Adi is right IMO, this is not about seeking self pity it's about awareness for others.
A sort of warning if you will,
Sure we see snippets at the lower levels of what Adi is pointing out, just not as frequent and we tend to brush it aside as we often get back to winning ways.
I had a similar result in the CL final last season the guy had a team full of 6* & 7*, whilst I had one scout a couple of 5* the rest 4/3*.
Throwing the odd curve ball (result) noone has a problem with but when it is constant as it seems at the very top, it makes you wonder just what is the motive behind such obvious ..... shall we say manipulation of the codes within the program.