Alleo, your squad looks decent to me but obviously not good enough to compete at the very top.
What I do is first and foremost make sure my first choice 11 is as good as possible, even if it means my other 7/8 players are 1*.
Obviously this is tough for you as you can't get free condition packs so you probably have to rotate.
Like others have said, try get on the transfer market early in the morning or late at night, I got occasions at level 3 where I could sign good 34 quality (I think) players for 1 or two tokens.