A personal thank you from me. At least this great post proves one thing, that me and some other users are not lunatics
It would be so great to add depth to the game but I fear an explanation from the devs will just show the dirt hidden under the rug for such a long time.
Basically you can condense this game to "better team better chance of winning". So many features who are just visual. Not way to properly study your team during live matches since even that is a "simulation of a simulation".
We love this game and we are here so please to the devs give us at least some guidelines not everybody was here 3 years ago.