Hi
    been playing cm and fm for more than a decade with plug and play tactics/wonderkids found online, one thing is confirmed - there will be times when the team will be on winningless streak no matter what you do, then goes back to winning ways
    Been playing Newcastle for 4 seasons, currently mid season year 5
    1) i signed max 3 players in a season (exception of 1st and 2nd season) , max 5
    2) rarely change coaching staff unless they were signed up by other teams
    3) when losing 2-3 games or not winning at all 2-3 games, will change to another tactic temporarily
    4) all 3 tactics trained to at least accomplished before season starts, not sure if there is a way to train until fluid for all ?
    5) train players according to the tactic used
    6) rotate players during the season
    my team after 4 seasons :
    GK - Livakovic / w. farinez
    DR - Hakimi achraf / emil krath
    DL - Theo Hernandez/ jetro willems
    DC - Bastoni / matthias de ligt
    DC - Jamaal Lascalles / Schar / malang sarr
    MC - Sergio Gomez / Gravenberch / longstaff
    MC - Sandro Tonali / marco veratti
    AML - Vinicius Junior / Jadon Sancho
    AMC - Thiago Almada
    AMR - Allan Saint Maximin / adam hlozek
    ST - Erling Haaland / Pellegri / Arp
    
    over the 4 seasons, all the time, will win for 7-8 games, then no matter what i do, rotate players, change tactic, they will not win, at best will draw for few games, after 3-6 winningless game, will slowly go back to winning ways
    when good in form, i can beat liverpool, Manchester City / Utd / Chelsea / Arsenal (home or away), then drop in form and will lose to bottom teams/ newly promoted/
    what makes me angry is that when in  L-L-L-L-D-D  form, no matter which top players that i play, they simply will not perform at all... haaland , vinicius junior all wont hit target against teams with worst defensive record!
    and then when the form starts to pickup, D-D-W-W-W , no matter which players i play, they will score hattrick, assist like nobody business..... yes, as all my strikers are injured, i pick someone from youth team with crappy below 10 stats, and he scored twice when i beat manchester city ( AWAY ) with 10 men ! final score 3-2. all the fringe/emergency backup players will suddenly have 8-9 ratings every single games,
    heck on my most recent season, i lost to 20th team , then beat real madrid in champions league, then lost to 18th team, then beat PSG, then lose to some newly promoted team , do they segregate, champions league has own form, league has own form, not related to each other
    haha
    how should i improve ?
**currently on year 5, mid season, played 20, won 13, drawn 1, lost 6
sigh