First of the game is not fixed! unless someone can come up with 100% proof I wont believe it! , as for you training your players up to scout level thats good but do not get to illusioned that they are ony scout players by quality or * they are not special ability scouts bought from the scout list and so are weeker!, also as the levels go up your tactics will not win everytime, you have to adjust them to suit! I have not yet seen any manager with a perfect record!! no one who has won every league every season!!, so as you meet higher quality teams around you it is then upto you to think of ways in which you can get the best out of your team!. As for your stats when I first joined I finished 4th as I was finding my feet and reading guides from July The Fourth and others as how and what to do! they taught me alot and since then I have won 7 leagues in a row and a champions league!. I am on course to win the league this season and in the semis of the CL again!, this is no fluke, no prematch fix or rubbish like that!, it is down to me having a good understanding of how the game plays!. I have spent plenty of hows over the last few months monitering tactics and formations and in my own games I have turned losses into wins altering things during live matches!!! so there is the proof that you get out what you put in.