Quote Originally Posted by Amane Ito View Post
It's not a matter of believing, the influence of captain choice has solid evidence and could be proven scientifically, and indeed being proven by many managers who dared to try.

Since nord was not the people who originally developed the game I believe they do not understand the core game mechanics. Now this is a speculation.
Of course they understand!

It's a Free-To-Play (also known as Pay-to-Win) type of monetizing application, and the secret of the game is precisely to keep people speculating.

Gamasutra - Chasing the Whale: Examining the ethics of free-to-play games

It's the first football manager in the history of games where game mechanics is intentionally secret and where the developers themselves intentionally launch confusing soundbytes to spread speculation.