Muskrat, I am with you about crying, but there is something with a cup system if you cannot get passed the 1/8th finals with a 6 star team full with special abilities. There is nothing with tactics there, you just face stronger teams. I haven't complained about the first 15 seasons, but it is getting old now to get kicked out of the cup without ever having a chance. Again, in the cup you get punished for playing good and keeping your team. You get rewarded if you sell the whole team at the end and just keep some 3 stars in your team to get a low rating. That is just plain stupid. It should be about the quality during the whole season. That way it isn't possible to cheat.
I was just checking my trophy stats and I found something interesting. This is on IOS and checked how I have been doing. Go manager -> Trophies and here is something I want to confirm with other players. I ended second in first season. Then I go the trophies of the second season. I win the league and the CL over there. Below the prices it says level 2. Below the cup trophy it says level 4? Is that how the cups are rated? Next season league and CL lvl 3, Cup level 6. In season 11 I see lvl 10 under my league trophy, but lvl 15 under the cup. Does anybody know if these are somehow connected to your powerlevel for the cup?