Defending didn't 'suck', it finally required skill. In 25 people relied on the ai to defend for them way too much, and now all of a sudden, when people actually have to defend for themselves, the whole community is throwing their toys out the cot. It's actually sad.
Pre-patch, you had to work for your goals. Saying they were gifted is a pretty good indication that you just couldn't defend pre-patch, because with how dribbling was, you actually had to be incredibly intentional with your inputs. Some players would just spin around in circles, sure, but after like 3-4 games, it became pretty easy to defend against those players because they had no idea what they were doing.
It's pretty sad to see a small part of this community being so quick to torpedo a game that was by far the best on release compared to almost everything we've had in the past. And now it's just FC25 all over again; draw simulator, park the bus and counter, first time through balls, I mean, I could go on and on. I'd way rather have to deal with a few fidget spinners every now and again as opposed to what I've been coming up against post-patch.