After more then 6 years of Top Eleven and a lot of activity in pretty much all Top Eleven communities I can say that I got at that point where I struggle to understand the game and this is kinda sad for me because after all I will have to answer you on some questions and I would not be able to provide high quality answers.
It's kinda sad that after more then 7 years of Top Eleven we still do not know some basic stuff like: does age matter? does nationality matter? does weight matter?
This might sound silly for you but you must know that there are actually people who guide based on these information so they are wasting their time for literally nothing in case these things actually do not have any effect.
I understand the concept of discovering but the thing with Top Eleven is that we cannot actually do a proper test, is just impossible and please do not tell me you can do it or if you can please prove me you can do it 95/100 and then I will believe you but I bet you won't be able.
Most of us who provided content here like Tutorial, Guides, Advices, always or almost always had our team over the average level or sometimes we were much higher then our opponents, it's reality and that's why we managed to win so much not just because we were truly better then all our opponents.
What I truly want is to see developers coming and clarifying some stuff cause it's impossible to play the game nowadays and people do not know a lot about the game "engine".
EXAMPLE - support bonus (up to 15%) it's actually a lie and we almost never receive that much. In reality we only receive a small amount from it. So please Top Eleven, why would you lie us like that? Just tell us straight the reality and how much of that bonus we do actually get so we know better what to do next. This is also observable with "open eyes" by anyone who played the game for a while. This information was actually public many years ago by a Top Eleven developer / employee , not sure exactly what was his role at that time.
EXAMPLE II - results are controlled, it's pretty much like playing in a controlled environment. I do not claim the results are fixed but they are controlled and those who played the game for more then 3 years now can confirm this easy as we witnessed to the disappearance of high scores like 15-0, 18-0. Top Eleven tried to create a more realistic result system but at the same time they messed up the results and the worst thing is, playing with a result limitation how on earth can we overturn big defeats ? It's literally almost impossible at the moment to do it.
EXAMPLE III - statistics are useless as most of the information that comes there is added as "extra", on live text or live animation sometimes I see my players only 2,3 times per game and yet at the end I see I had 20 shoots which are just extra numbers in order to create realistic game statistics.
Sometimes I'm reading managers questions and literally dodge them cause I just cannot answer them to the most simple questions like: Do age matter? Do nationality matter? Lucky I do not feel so guilty cause also the developers never tried to answer them so I'm "saved" to say like that.
The only thing left in this case is to share my opinion but at the same time I have to think if somehow I don't put that poor manager on a pointless road and give him fake hopes.
Even before we didn't knew much but the result were clearly more stable then they are now. You knew that if you have over a star above your opponent you might draw or lose but that was rarely, now I see managers who are 6,7,8 stars and they are losing against other managers whoa re 3,4 stars and sometimes against inactive teams.
NOTE: This thread is addressed to developers but if you think you understand the game please help me to do it as well!