I agree with Yellow here...Also looks like having an NT player from an other country helps a lot too.
My last 4 weeks merch:
24/01/2011 Weekly Merchandise profit $ 105 490
31/01/2011 Weekly Merchandise profit $ 132 301
07/02/2011 Weekly Merchandise profit $ 137 158
14/02/2011 Weekly Merchandise profit $ 139 582
5 local players (on the regular rotation), 2 of them playing on the Cyprus NT. 1 Turk NT who regularly gets playing time. Only one player on the statistical leaders, and he is 3rd from the end. My top was $ 146 998 last season, and i didnt make any significant changes on my team. Just one player sold, and i bought one for his replacement.