Basically you have a choice, Manipulate the squad every season to effectively prepare yourself to win the CUP each season OR play normally and challenge to win the League and Champions League and forget about winning the cup each season, the lack of progression in the cup will hurt many higher level managers due to the fact not enough game $ is coming into the club each season and playing in the CL each season becomes even more important than before.

Because of the new system the treble is out of reach for many managers each season especially the token buyers that this new cup structure doesn't favour the higher rated token spending teams.