I managed to get Cardiff into the Premiership in my first season via the playoffs. My second season was a real struggle, stayed up by 2 points.
I have now got a slightly better squad coming together and my 4-4-2 tactic is starting to work.
I always pick the 'for the fans' option before the game and at half time.
Current team:
GK Jamie Ashdown
RB Kevin McNaughton/Chris Gunter
LB Olivier Veigneau
DC David Braz Oliveira Filho
DC Matthew Upson
RM Jonathan Franks
CM Phil Jagielka (defensive)
CM Nuri Sahin/Joe Ledley (attacking/playmaker)
LM Lulinha
ST Cameron Jerome
ST Damien Le Tallec
Won 2 drawn 3 lost 1 so far in
Prem (only loss was against Man Utd) scored 5 conceeded 4.
Tactic can be found here:
http://hosted.filefront.com/dancemuzik/
Let me know how you get on if you use it.