Quote Originally Posted by tomu741 View Post
Probably because you cant compete at the highest level without spending money?
The highest level is, by definition, only for a few players.
As Staggy says (and he's been playing for about the same length of time as I have, and doing it for free), you learn to find a level you can compete at.
I'll qualify that with after about level 80 I've probably only won about 6 or 7 trophies, compared to the 100 or so up until then, but I'm up against almost 100% pay to play opponents.
I've got a level 17 team which is actually a lot more fun, even though I can't get videos I can still use Youth Academy players straight into the first team as it's around 80%, I'll meet players who've spend a couple of $$ but nothing like the hundreds of $$ a season you find higher up.