since new patch
Since new patch defenders are non existent and let the players run by them, goalkeepers have no hands and save nothing, game is an absolute shambles now and your company deserves to be shut down.
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Manual defending is finally important and is rewarded. That's why I think the change is good.
Nah, you still need your defence to have some shape and to have the ability to close down and make tackles. It is horrific now.
For too long the game has been too easy to defend. Now players have to anticipate what the opponent is going to do and switch to a defender to make a tackle or intercept whereas before it was all done for you. This is a big improvement and finally rewards people who are skilled on manual defence rather than those who just run back with a midfielder and let the ai do all the work for them
Fine in theory but you can only control a player at a time and it also assumes switching, tackling etc do as expected. Currently, on my gameplay at least it isn’t and it is awful. The amount of ridiculous penalties has increased too. Every challenge and blocked shot is a penalty.
"Manual defending is finally important and is rewarded. That's why I think the change is good."
I agree partly. Manual defending should be rewarded. however there must be balance. And, again EA there solution to fix an issue is to completly break the other thing.
Same with headers, they were first OP, now impossible to score.
