I know it comes across that way but no, I was saving my resources and putting lower effort throughout many seasons in the past. The squad doesn't get frequent player additions anymore. My stash is now regularly at around 200-300 tokens and the distribution of green-blue-red packs is maintained at around 1000-4000-2000, no actual purchasing apart from the premium sponsor rewards. Then an 18 year old youth academy target striker showed up and reaped the rewards.
Admittedly there were a couple of occasions a few months ago when I got lucky in the draw frenzy, once going all the way to level 60. That probably allowed me to get back on winning track sooner than I normally would have.