Hate to quote myself but just to update on this tactic. I ended up winning the Serie A, Champions Cupp and the Italian Cup all in the same year so, yeah, its working.
Was hired to AC Milan and decided to start using this tactic. The second season with Milan I used it 50/50 with my own tactic and was able to finish 4th up from 8th the year before. The next season I used to 85% of the time and won Serie A.
Now I'm using it exclusively, I have 71 points...