Managers already question whether Special abilities matter, or even if a manager can do -anything- to influence the course of the match or season.

Personally I appreciate the game as is. Comments like these make me wish everyone saw the game as so full of unknowns and strategic manager possibilities as I do. I don't think I've mastered the game; my skill and understanding is still the limiting factor. If you don't know what real impact attacking+short+through the middle has compared to normal+ mixed+ through the middle, then there is still much to be learned...

It doesn't seem like a game with much flexibility before it is a different game, a watered down version of a more complex game, whether a manager game or a PES clone. Who looks at chess or Go and needs more rules to discover a novel strategy.