I took cardiff up first season and I splashed out on lemos from Las palmas for around 7.5m for centre back. As for striker I had bonazoli on loan. Only just started the season so not sure if they'll turn out good
I think it's because your an inexperienced manager and they want you to prove they can trust you as a manager before opening the cheque book. 2nd season at a club they will usually loosen the purse strings a bit if you done well in the first season. Ffp is obviously important as well but I'm not...
Don't know if this helps but I'll give it a go.
I play 4231 but if I'm trying to squeeze a result I'll switch to 4141 with everyone except my strikea either on defend or support. My TI's are stick to positions, slower pace, retain possession, less expressive, shorter passes.
As for corners I'd...
I play a 4231 with cardiff, against better teams I'll play counter with my dlp on defend and b2b on support with my wing backs on support along with my left wing which seems to give me plenty of defensive cover, sometimes I'll play counter against the smaller clubs as well to try and draw them...
Cardiff city;
In
Jack Stephens Southampton (750k rising to £1.3m)
Norbert alblas ajax (120k)
George cooper crewe (600k)
Milos pantovic bayern munich (85k)
Mahatma otoo sognal (61k )
Diego poyet on a freebie
Out
Bruno manganese Norwich (2.6m rising to 4.1m)
Didn't really want to sell manga...