Welcome on board. That Quentin Mayes is a good player, the rest is ehm, crap. The first suggestion is to read to rules and finish the manager challenge (for money, you know). And if you read
Tubby's thread, for instance, you can find a lot of info.
Or just fire away, we're eager to help.
Best tip of the day: try to arrange a friendly for today (or tomorrow). That's going to be difficult, because most players arrange their matches in advance. But if you look in the advertisements sections (somewhere halfway the left column) there's a friendlies section. Post an ad there, and start challenging people. Playing a match is important, because otherwise your playerd don't get trained.
Next up: deciding what you want to train. Goalkeeping is very easy to start with.