Dizzee, I don't need smooth sailing, but I can do without the frustration of maintaining a high Q team without excessive spending or wasting precious time farming. The key for me is, managing my expectations so a low Q team gives me many times more enjoyment. Also, with a strong squad, you can really only get dissappointed. I'ld rather win with a LQ team vs "stronger" opponents then just scraping by, troll after troll with a HQ team.

This is 1 team at start of this season.
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This team is still competing for the treble, with some upgrades during the season. The upgrades were 3* free agents and 1 or 2 3 star fast trainers. I find you have way more options to play this way, as you don't have to engage in a rat race for much needed quality. (and Tokens) It easily outperforms my high Q team at the same lvl, just looking at results. This is purely because of pairing.

I do agree with you on the matchperformance vs playerquality though.