Yes you can.
Tank every second or third season, then you can build your team on your own terms, not on the terms of Top Eleven, which make it impossible for players training to keep up with yearly promotion.
You also end up with hundreds of reds/greens/blues as you are not using any when tanking.
It's a far more realistic way of playing than getting promoted every single season and having to play catch-up year after year just to compete.
And it's free.