I struggled to make 5th last season. It was my first, and I was just getting to grips with proper training and tactics toward the end. I wasn't expecting to have a flying start in the second season, but so far I'm comfortably on top after 7 wins and winning in the cup also. I've been training the players up daily, playing friendlies for experience, and to rotate the squad, make sure everyone is getting a game of some kind - I've got the orders worked out better and have been buying sensibly - not just jumping at the first seemingly good player on the market - but waiting for particular skill sets as back up - I have a squad of 22 players, back up for all positions. I think I'm doing so well this season because half the players in my league are not training their teams very well. Some of them still have a lot of 1-3 star players, and they're easy to beat.