thenileking said:
Keep buying, selling, and training players. This game is unfortunately extremely hostile to beginners and is barely entertaining enough to play until you are at least into division 4.

*Work on improving junior coach above all else. Pick a position to train and commit fully to it. Your goal is to have 99 junior and senior coach.
*Everything else including staff, stadium, catering, schools, and other garbage can wait. You have your entire SM career to figure it out.
*Guard your high progression juniors with your life. Need more? Buy moderately high progression ones cheaply until you can afford monsters and build an Excellent 5 star school without wasting time with lesser schools.
*Try to schedule friendlies with upper division players who have slots available in calendar.
*Make 2 or 3 awesome advanced formations. Tweak and perfect them. Make copies and adjust accordingly to your opponent. Don't excessively take or give any advice to anyone.

Good luck.