I understand that the first two weeks are hectic but even after this period is over it's still crazy, what's the point in getting a 5* player at this point anyway? for him to only be a weak 5* player during the next one. It's important to get these players now to compete in the cup and champions league, I suffered a bad season because of it!
I know about knocking players off at the last second, but when It comes to bidding against those in that region, it's not even worth it! (my original post did include this but got taken down) the sad truth that nobody likes hearing I guess...
Most Valuable TIP - QUIT THE GAME! go play something else. OR stop having any lofty expectations of this game, just go through the motions and play the best you can and save your tokens for a few seasons then quit after you make your team good, play a good illegal formation and put on hard tackle and just quit. people hate strong bots like that.
All games have stupid rules, this game works for me, it's simple I don't have to check it 24/7 and I'm far from bored so why should I quit the game, my expectations are far from high and the issue I complain about is not an individual one, everyone seems to feel the same. It's just very frustrating, like i've said, that bidding is a joke, especially if those specific regional players are online, they also seem to be online all the time!