Quote Originally Posted by Skidz View Post
The way I play to great success is to have a full 22 man squad, play my best team in the league and my seond 11 in the CL and cup, My second 11 is an identicle team to my first just less quality.I have never got passed the 1st round of the cup but I always make the group stages of the CL and that is finr with me!, this keeps my second team playing plenty games, my first squad is free to win the league, as soon as the new season starts my winning league team becomes my second team!
Afraid I have to disagree with all of you...it's my personal opinion that you should have 2 teams, but that you should assess which of the games requires the stronger/weaker team depending on the quality of opposition/situation.

I find you can play the entire group stage of the CL with a second team and still qualify, but will play a first team if my league opposition is weak that day.

I almost always play a first team in the cup, as the rewards are significantly higher than the league. Unless it's a top-of-the-table clash.
I'm always in a league with 4/5 of my friends, so it's always very competitive. I realise others don't always have that.