Hi all. I'm starting my 2nd full seaon now on lvl 3. I don't count the 2 or 3 matches in my 1st. I was kinda shocked to see my just assembled team lose a star after season 1. lol So I scraped by enough tokens to get me a bankloan for season 2, the smallest available. That's the only investment I have made. I made some money buying free agents and selling them during the season and around half way through the season my team was 5+ lvls stronger, by the end 10 then the runner up. Endresult season 2: League 1st, CL 1/4 finals, Cup prelims knocked out.

Season 3. Got my team about ready now and am somewhat happy about my new players. Judging by the quality of the teams in my CL roster I have a good chance. One team comes close to mine, the rest seems much weaker. Then again, I had the highest quality in the roster last season too.... The Cup was a total disaster. Home 3-2, away 1-0, knocked out by conceded home goals. Against an illegal (3N-1-3N-3N) formation no less. I countered with 4-3-2W-1. What I particularly don't like about it, is that the Cup is the only competition to play vs teams with similar quality. I dont feel there's much to learn from just playing much weaker opponents. Anyway, my avg team quality is 27,5 atm, if anyone with 25-30-ish quality is in need of a sparring partner (like me), feel free to send me a PM.

I do have a few things I wonder about. I get the feeling that the stronger my team became and thereby the qualitydifference in matches, the more my team underperformed. My best matches were played with mostly subs last season. Further, looking at my recent loss in the Cup, it seems that very small details can make a very big difference, and that a team who has all his quality in his 3 strikers is never to be underestimated (as I didn't watch it), no matter how poor or illegal his formation is.

Cheers and Good Luck all