Over the last few days i've come to realise that a lot of the problems we've all spoken about with regards to responsiveness and inconsistent gameplay... are most likely down to servers and wifi. I've upgraded my wifi this week from 300mb to 550mb and whilst my ping is still the same (Generally anywhere between 14-22) , the gameplay feels SO much more responsive and faster. This was during gameplay today so it remains to be seen whether it all falls apart when the servers are busier but even with a minor increase to my wifi speed, the gameplay improvement has been significant.
I still do think there's major flaws with the way the game has been built though, with the biggest being AI defending pressing/interceptions. Custom tactics have become way too open to abuse to the point where the AI is doing the majority of the work for certain players. I still stand by my previous points that in any online video game, user input should be the most important factor in deciding who wins and loses, and in this game there's far too many examples where user input isn't the overriding factor in the end result