1. It depends from your league draw.
If there are teams in your league, with many 5* players, it's tough. Maybe try to find some 5*, 30 y.o., with 1T.

2.Stay away from scouts - T academy players and young expensive players
3. It's not very common to find young free agents so must keep looking many times the market. That's your only advantage.
4. Forget the idea about training and selling players. This is only if you have many extra sources or you are in a higher level and sell them through negotiation list - earning some T too.
5. YES. Giving sp for special abilities you destroyed your team. The only thing you can do now is to complete those sa and find a "crowded" hour to sell them so earning some extra money from possible bidding wars.
6.Forget the cup. Loose on purpose
7. Don't power train him (this is only if you have extra sources). When he get his 4* sell him and get the money.
8. Find a MC, 28-30 yo, 5*, with 250-300K.
9. Try to reach the next star first
yes, you started with a wrong way.


One -two things you can do is
buy some T but not spend them if not go deeper in the game
try go for farming if you have in your country
stay in the same league (tanking - loosing the promotion on purpose) and save some sources for the next season

Try to read many threads from Guides/Tutorials section .
some useful threads of mine
http://forum.topeleven.com/tutorials...ew-player.html
http://forum.topeleven.com/tutorials...ey-tokens.html
http://forum.topeleven.com/team-show...t11-group.html

* If you want to ask, don't quote whole post, just a phrase you want to make a question and the name - @Nik