Yeah I got through to the semi's in my second season of the cup I think when I beat several opponents much stronger that me. Knowing I wasn't going to win the whole thing made it more relaxing as I was happy getting the prize money for each match but this season I threw the cup in the qualifiers as I have more money than I can spend and would rather have less games so I can put more quality into the champ league and normal league. Having stronger people in the same league gives you something to aim for and more satisfaction from a win but having someone stronger than you is one thing, having someone with an average quality of 40+ with 7-8 stars at manager level 3 when most teams are an average of... 25-30? Seems a little silly. Maybe you just got to look at it as, if the guy wants to win a facebook game SO badly that he spends that much real money, let him have it kinda thing...

Although the token comment that people are replying to was just a quick thought to start my post, the main annoyances are the other 2 that people have avoided, haha