BRING BACK WIDTH ADJUSTMENT + FIX FORMATIONS AND ROLES!
Chemistry and Positions
EA needs to drop the realism gimmick.
This is a game, not a simulation. It makes no sense that a professional RW cant play LW because of position locks. Top athletes can adapt - maybe less effective, but still functional! The old chemistry drop (10 to 7) made far more sense when playing someone out of position.
Let us manage our own club. It should be our tactical choice - not a system restriction. Bring back managerial freedom!
Menus and Game Modes Neglect
Every year we are told menus are revamped, yet they are never finished.
Once sales targets are met, support stops. We were promised stadium customization back in 2021. Four years later, we still cant search or filter stadiums, kits, or badges, or the option to search for long sleeve kit.
Moments mode was meant to be a fast, fun alternative to Squad Battles.
It hasnt been updated for months.
Formations and Tactical Imbalance
Formation behavior has hit rock bottom.
Old, balanced systems are now unplayable because of Roles and neglected tactical tuning.
4-3-2-1 needs a narrow variant with a CDM and inside forwards (LF/RF).
4-2-3-1 and 4-2-2-2 play like a 4-2-4. CAMs push too high.
4-4-2 (standard): CMs move higher than LM/RM, even with balanced instructions. Wide players ignore all defensive duties.
Inside forwards, wingers, and wide midfielders do not respond to any defensive role.
CMs: Defensive midfielder, yet the description says offers themselves in attacking phase. Wasn't he a defensive midfielder?
4-4-2 (2) CDM: Far too wide wingers, wide CDMs, wide strikers and unsynchronized. Huge gaps between lines, no compactness.
Gameplay / Rewards
Finishing is horrible. Power shots, driven shots, finesse - all unreliable unless tied to a PlayStyle+, which still is barely good enough.
Competitive balance is gone; Division 1 players can lose to Division 10 opponents in chaotic, random matches because of the lack of tactical variation, lack of skill gap, and lack of attacking mechanics.
Rewards/Red Picks were never the issue – the content inside them was. Bring them back with better rewards and Evo integration.
Skill Expression and Reward
Players who have mastered advanced mechanics – cancels, directional exits, ball rolls, McGeady cancels – aren’t rewarded anymore. The game rewards straight-line running and low-effort play over creativity or precision.
Draft and Motivation
Draft is the same as FIFA 19 – outdated interface, broken chemistry, repetitive teams. There’s no excitement left.
Nobody pays 80 dollars to scroll menus and look at 45 different store packs.
What EA Needs To Do:
Add new and updated formations, including modern systems used by top managers.
Rework and update all other formations.
Manually fix formation width, attacking and defensive AI, and player positioning across all setups. Or give us the option ASAP until you bring back the Legacy system from FUT 23.
Reduce the distance between the striker and the rest of the team – attacks constantly break apart.
Fix 4-4-1-1, where CAM and ST push too far forward with no support. CMs should act as deep-lying playmakers who defend, not statues, and wingers must actively attack and defend until you bring back the Legacy system from FUT 23.
Fix 4-2-3-1 so half-wingers actually track back, and Playmaker + Build Up creates a CAM that defends realistically like the come-back-on-defence mechanic until you bring back the Legacy system from FUT 23.
In 4-4-2 and 4-4-1-1, CMs should behave closer to CDMs, not acting like shadow strikers leaving all defensive duties until you bring back the Legacy system from FUT 23.
Wingers in 4-4-2, 4-4-1-1 etc. must be able to track back, not stand still watching the defence suffer until you bring back the Legacy system from FUT 23.
Buff finishing outside the box.
Give all wingers the opportunity to play on both wings until you bring back the Legacy system from FUT 23.
Bring back Red Picks.
Fix Moments.
Fix transfer market filters (stadiums, kits).
Fix 4-2-3-1 CAMs and 4-2-2-2 half-wingers so they defend and stay compact.
Fix CM behavior in 4-4-2 and 4-4-1-1 so they don’t stand still waiting to crash the box until you bring back the Legacy system from FUT 23.
Allow wide midfielders and wingers to defend.
Provide more Role+ and Role++ options for wide midfielders.
Allow wingers to play in central formations (4-3-2-1 / 4-2-3-1 / 4-2-2-2) until you bring back the Legacy system from FUT 23.
Add a Defend and Support instruction for LM, RM, RW, LW, and CAM.
Add a Stay Central option for CAM and ST.
All these solutions would be half-decent until you bring back the legacy system.
The game hasn’t been half-decent since the switch from FIFA to FC IQ. IQ is the biggest lie of them all.
The tactical system peaked in 23, where we had 33 chem but could still play players out of position, like RW Jairzinho lining up at LW.
Does EA even realise how insanely hard it is to build a good team now?
No red picks, no icon picks, no icon swaps, barely any player picks.
I haven’t packed anything useful since FIFA 23.
Example of why, EA should allow us to field our best XI:
Pretty sure, i had nothing else than bronzes left in the club, after grinding, Cruyff, Jairzinho, Kaka, Alonso, Zidane, Cafu, Ramos all were SBC!
Everything is untradeable, so after months of grinding you sit with great players you can’t even fit.
Imagine packing Jairzinho or Zidane and wanting them in 4222 or 4231 – what then?
Zidane at CDM?
Kaká out wide in 4411?
It’s not a free game.
We grind every week, coin balance sits at 10–20k, and we still get punished.
And then I'm expected to bench Kaká or Jairzinho because the game won’t let me use my own players where I want?
Just let us place our best cards anywhere like before.
Stop forcing restrictions.
We play the game – give us control over our own squads.
