I have been using this with Aris Salonica in Greece.Just got into season 4 and I have got promoted to the top division (the easy bit) then consolidated with 4th and 3rd place finishes and a cup win followed with a cup final defeat. Bear in mind we are working with no transfer budget and competing against teams with vast budgets compared to ours (olympiakos are light years ahead) then this is definitely levelling the playing field. Also got he Greece managers job to go with it.
Follow the the guides for player recruitment - concentrate on getting bravery, determination, teamwork and work rate. All my players have at least 10 in all four. Did I add I sign no player over 24? Find that personality is hard to find with our money constraints, so I know this could be a lot better if we had the money to do so.
thanks for the tactic, it is definitely worth the effort in getting it to work!