This one really is a "Diablo of CM 03-04". I'll try to explain.
First of all, note: I am using pr0's transfer updates
So I picked AC Milan. I had a team that would battle for 4th or 5th place considering the attributes my players had(My GK and defence is only strong area, rest was average/****). Media prediction in 1st season was like 4th I think.
How I finished:
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2nd season, I bought bunch of average/good players(no superstars or excellent ones) such as:
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The season is still on-going(Juve tougher this season):
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but, my player(Lapadula) best striker at the moment of the league and most MoTM awards at the moment:
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(Higuain with finishing 20 is 8th player with 14 goals, you'd expect him to be in top 3)
Some match screens:
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Now, I know that some of you might will think or say:"But you're AC Milan it's easy". Trust me it isn't, specially in beginning when you have godamn Montolivo with over 100k wage and average attributes. I have beaten Arsenal twice in the group stage of UCL with only 35M spent in transfer window, Arsenal spent 103M.
You see, I may have gotten less popular players but I still managed to beat RM, Juve, Inter, Arsenal. Tehnically if we compare their players and mine, in terms of attributes, their players are better but that's why this tactic saves me and produces excellent results.
Also two more things:
1. Don't be surprised if you draw 6-8 times or lose 2-4 times while your attackers are still learning to be SS, once they learned it it's going to be much less draw and defeats.
2. I tried in other save experimenting and setting tactic to Control and Attacking. That didn't work well for me, I highly recommend to stick to Counter aka the original tactic.
Mr.Knap thank you for making this game less frustrating.