Originally Posted by
El Pistolero
Reducing quality is the only way for stability. I've been there, always going out in prelims facing teams 3 levels above me while I had a 4* team.
You don't have to sell your whole squad, you don't have to sell your best players. If you keep 8 of your first 11, replace the other 3 with 3*s and have 3 3* subs and no more than 14 players you'll drop overall quality drastically and you will face fairer competition. Keep those 3*s as long as possible eventually they will be 1* and it will be better and better. As soon as day 3 comes I bid on negotiations for decent players who will appear as unwanted low quality to other teams. Fill up your subs, try to get players with more than one position.
I have a DC/DMC playmaker, DL, DC, DR def wall 31 year old, ML, freekick taker MC and a freekick taker striker. That is all I need.
I will have to sacrifice these players, even though the sub MC has over 10 goals.