Rough stretch...
I guess the frustrating side of it is facing that Champions League opponent who has that 33.5 quality average against my 25, both at level 3. All his freaking starters are young scouts. It looks like he spent zillions of tokens to build that team. It took aggressive tactics to contain them for a 1:2 loss in the second leg... and injure his keeper
Ah well. At least we're still second in our group, and second in a tough league.