Totaly agree with you Brian! It does'nt make sense. I was only loosing last season and finished in last place.. Ok, I didn't wan't to win bacause I decided to tank. But it's odd that a team that only lost suddenly at season start wins against stronger teams. Or in your case always won, now loosing. But season just started. I'm sure it won't stay like this for long. There are always loosing and wining streaks in the game.
Regarding Buying Tokens. It does'nt make any sense to spend real money in this game. I never did. If you upgrade your team you may have a small advantage in current season, but after seasons over you're going to compete in a new leaugue where everybody is stronger than you again. And I believe more and more that quality is NOT the most important thing in T11 on the short term. But on the long run quality will prevail.