Last season, I took a gamble before POs with buying Hon Kee and Clements. Financially it hasn't been great since. The viable SFs on the market go for 2,5+M, and once I can buy one, I'll probably be 0-15
Then you shouldn't be looking after one. If you pay less for an average player, not only will you miss your objective but you'll also be broke, which isn't the best situation to come back from D.2
Of course I don't want you to drop, but a wrong reinforcement, or a good one coming to late is no help at all.
Still, you can play bottom of the league and still experience goals to achieve : you may use your time to train youngsters, or you can try to finish last in order to get the first draft pick (Eagles managed to put his hands on a real treasure this season) - of course it's quite a gamble : maybe there's no star to draft or maybe you'll not spot him.
If everything else goes awry, remember you got 1 M for promotion + attendance boost which is nice to get. Sell the players you don't intend to take with you in D.2 shortly before play-offs in order to get the best price for them, and get back down with a sound financial balance and a balanced roster.
Indeed, but if I want to do it correctly, I'll need at least 5 seasons preparation.
Luck was a factor, but my choices of tactics, players and financials can still improve as well.
Maybe not that long. You're not far from being able to claim your first BBBL wins, but you fell a little short. Remember that a top notch D.2 side will still struggle above and the competition is way more fierce.
But once again, I'm sure that the only way of doing this efficiently is training, so keep it up :)