Does any of it really matter?

[Incredipede]

Formations: They surely matter. If you play with the wrong formation, you lose. That's the main thing of the game I think, however you can also lose when playing with a counter formation.
Red Arrows, Blue Arrows: I don't really know if they work. I never play with arrows.
Player Morale: I realized that when I have low morale my players decide to "kill" themselves, however that happens in full morale games too.
Player Condition: Probably makes sense, my players perform like idiots when they play with low condition.
Special abilities: I don't think they make any difference, my players without special abilities play awesome too, so...
Attacking, Hard Attacking, Defending, Hard Defending: In my opinion they work, atleast when I use them they actually change the way my team plays I think.
Long-, Short- and Mixed Passing: I rarely use that, but when I play attacking I use Short Passing, don't really know if it makes a difference.
Playing down on Left-, Right- and Both Flanks, playing through the middle: That's what I use the most, in my opinion that really matters, as example if I have an AML and an AMR I play on both flanks, otherwise my players are too stupid to attack.

[rastaman70]

Formations: They surely matter. If you play with the wrong formation, you lose. That's the main thing of the game I think, however you can also lose when playing with a counter formation.

Not true. you can play with the wrong formation and win and that has been proven so many times. illegal formations are "wrong" formations and win constantly. there seems to be no formation that always beats a specific formation and any formation can beat any formation at any given time.

Red Arrows, Blue Arrows: I don't really know if they work. I never play with arrows.

who knows if they work. supposedly nordeus says that they make the player play a different position on attack or defense, whetehr that is true or not is up for debate.

Player Morale: I realized that when I have low morale my players decide to "kill" themselves, however that happens in full morale games too.
Player Condition: Probably makes sense, my players perform like idiots when they play with low condition.

look at the thread cracicot made if it is still hanging around and look at what itayfranko says and you can see that morale and condition mean absolute crap most of the time. I am sure thare are times where it makes sense and can cause injury if they are low, but even that is up for debate. If a team with zero condition and zero morale with an illegal formation can win then what is the use? i have stopped giving blue paks for one of my accounts to see if that does anything and all of them are cuurently red meaning in the 50% range and I am sitting seventh and trying to lose and won 2 and tied one of my last 3 games.

Special abilities: I don't think they make any difference, my players without special abilities play awesome too, so...

ageed. I see many people win leagues handily with hardly any players with SA. useless.

Attacking, Hard Attacking, Defending, Hard Defending: In my opinion they work, atleast when I use them they actually change the way my team plays I think.

who knows what they do exactly. Nordeus hasnt officialy said what they do, unless I am mistaken only forum members have explained them and how would they know. logic only goes so far in this game at the best of times.

Long-, Short- and Mixed Passing: I rarely use that, but when I play attacking I use Short Passing, don't really know if it makes a difference.
Playing down on Left-, Right- and Both Flanks, playing through the middle: That's what I use the most, in my opinion that really matters, as example if I have an AML and an AMR I play on both flanks, otherwise my players are too stupid to attack.

2 obvious ones that dont need explanation

so again does anything in this game really matter? I am going to dedicate one account next season to go illegal formation and no morale or condition and give results like itayfranko to see if it can be replicated. only then will the hardcore cheerleaders see the reality.

[Incredipede]

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Well, those were my assumptions, but yeah, no one really knows if anything actually matters.