Originally Posted by
khris
"Silly ways such as changing names of players, their jersey numbers and badges."
lol confuse the system, basically xD
Regarding:
"By losing friendlies- I hope the game engine recognises this as one of those lost matches"
I can confirm you that nope, friendlies and regular season are different game features, the game don't save a losing streak that comes from friendlies.
Personally I think that what works mostly is to prepare 2 "very different" tactics -opposite practically- and be ready to change important players during the match... as it re-calculates the simulation.