If $2 1/2 million isn't a mountain of money then I wonder how much you have? Probably 10 times me.
Not x10 the cash but maybe x9 lol.
I've just been around a while now and i have seen a lot of plans fail and have had a few of mine fail as well, getting to Div 2 and been competitive against the top team and just making up the numbers in the lower part of Div 2 are 2 different story's. I got burnt training all stars before and having them cap and slow down in training about 3X slower, and there is nothing worse than having a player you have trained for 3-5 seasons cap.