Hard to tell without knowing your entire team. If possible I would try to rebuild by replacing 2 or 3 players every season from now on. Like buy 18 yo fast trainers and develop them up to 7 stars.


1.) In my experience lately, well trained players still give you an advantage, especially in matchups with similar quality, but you will have a hard time facing for example a 100-110% untrained squad with a 80-90% well skilled squad, at this point it's everybodys game I would say. So maintaining a higher overall quality helps as well.

2.) Training for sure.