Please Improve Manager Career Mode!

I have bought this game every year in the past six years. When I first started playing, everything was amazing. I loved every bit, probably because I didn't have any big expectations. I only got frustrated because I lost a game or made a big mistake. 

Over the years, I have gradually expected more and more from the game. To be honest, I have almost not played anything else than Career Mode or more specific, Manager Career Mode. I absolutely love it! The problem is that I feel like I am playing the same game every year with minimal improvements. You don't understand how many times I have been frustrated over a simple thing such as not being able to train penalties and freecick accuracy in development plan. There are so many little improvements that I wished I could fix myself, and I have tried to do so many times! But after maybe an hour I realize it's not worth it. 

EA, can you please listen to us? We need more improvements! Yes! I understand that you might earn more from Ultimate Team, but at this point, haven't you already earned enough? At least enough to also focus on Career Mode?

Here are the improvements I want that I could think of:

Penalties, freecicks, corners and set pieces

 - Make it possible to train penalties and freecick accuracy in development plan.

- Make it possible to focus on one player to have a special penalty run up.

- Make it so that penalty takers don't miss every time when you simulate a game.

- Make it harder to consistently hit the target when taking penalties. The only times I miss a penalty is either if I fail my timing or the keeper becomes inhuman. I wish pressure in taking penalties was different from game to game ( for example shooting a penalty in a final would be harder than in a normal league game), having to aim more when shooting and maybe even have a special run up that makes it possible to see first where the keeper is diving, then shoot. Also, when I shoot penalties, I often feel like the AI knows where I am shooting before I take the penalty and there is a certain chance if the keeper saves or not (not depending on if it is a good penalty or not). In other words, taking a penalty feels like spinning a wheel and there is a chance I could score.

- I feel like freecicks is quite hard to score, especially this year. I don't think I have ever scored a goal when the wall is less than four people my whole life. Maybe it is a skill issue, but still, it should be easier. I have really tried to learn how to do it, but I am unable to. And this year, I have maybe scored two or three freecicks. Many people say it's easier this year, but I disagree. I wish at least someone can teach me how to do it more easily.

- Corners is some of the most unrealistic thing in the game right now. In real life, scoring a corner is happens quite often. Especially for Arsenal! I feel like winning a aerial duel is impossible when attacking! When I defend and there is a corner against me, I almost win the duel every time. It should be easier to score a header!

- In set pieces too, when it's too far out to shoot, you rarely score I think at least. Probably because it is impossible to win a header when attacking.

Gameplay

- Hitting the target should maybe be harder. I feel like when I watch highlights of matches, players miss the target more often than in FC 26.

- I think the AI is very passive and takes rarely chances. This year is better, but still makes almost no mistakes.

- I don't like the difficulties. Feel like it is either too hard or too easy. I want to be able to loose against a terrible team, but also be able to win against team that are much better than mine.

- Often I don't feel like a player's attributes shows in the game. For example pace. A player with 99 pace can get caught up by a player with 65 pace.

Tactics

- I wish changing tactics mid game was more accessible. Also, I feel like every team have the same tactics. Never loose the ball and play very passive. I miss that the AI actually used more tactics. For example: If there were 5 minutes left in a game and the score was 2-1. The team with one goal should be very offensive and the team leading should be very defensive.

Development and playstyles

- I think the way players go up in overall is unrealistic. A 30 year old player who scores 35 goals one season might not go up in overall nor value. I think this i s stupid. Form should have more impact on the overall. Young players should also be able to go down in overall! They never do, even if they don't score a singe goal or get a single assist.

- A players rating after a match is quite unrealistic. I wish it was harder to get 10 in rating, and also harder to get 4 in rating. Getting 4 in rating for a keeper is quite normal I think. This is probably because the amount of chances for an AI is not that many, but the chances they get are 100% expected goals and the keeper can't prove himself.

-  Players should be able to develop their own playstyles. It would make the game more fun. Especially after simulating five years in a career.

Buying players, selling players, negotiating and extending contracts

- Sometimes it is irritating to find players to buy. I rarely use scouts to find players to buy. I feel like they don't know what they are talking about. Maybe being able to set a target value for a player that you want in the scout instruction.

- You should be able to set your own value on a player with some limitation. Say you have a player that is crucial for your team, but is 29 years old and only 83 rated. He does really well, but doesn't go up in rating and value. His value is 40 million, but you think he at least is worth 55 million. And every team refuses to pay anything more than 45 million. This is something I have been frustrated over many times.

- Negotiating should take a little more time? I feel like it is too easy and too quick. I could buy 10 players on deadline day if I wanted to. Also, taking a plane to meet up with a manager, only to then make the manager leave the room immediately because you offered as much money as the player's value is stupid. You should maybe even be able to ask what they want first I think. And maybe not meet up at first, but after agreeing meet up and sign papers? Just a suggestion.

- You shouldn't be able to sign contract with a player that easily. The way you do it now is to agree on the role, amount of years, release clause and wages. It doesn't matter if the player want to move from playing with Real Madrid to start playing for Derby County. All that matters is the money really. Also, accepting the wages to a player should be more serious. I almost never care about the wages a player demands.

- You should be able to refuse to extend a players contract without him become super mad. The behavior of a player should be more realistic. If a player does really well and gets enough playtime and plays in a very good team, then extending the contract is realistic. If a player does really well and gets enough playtime, but plays in a smaller team, then extending the contract is less realistic.

Youth Academy

I REALLY wish there was more to do with the youth academy. I understand if getting the approval to have a 14 year-old in the game is hard, but it would be fun to have the big young stars in the game. I wish I could buy players into my youth academy from other academies. I wish I could take players in the first team into the academy. And I wish youth academy in the game was more like in real life.

International football, team names and player faces

- I don't really understand why the World Cup and all the other international competitions aren't in the game. It shouldn't be that hard to be allowed and have license to have this in the game. The same with a lot of team names (Italian clubs).

- Managing an international team should be more work. And I don't think that you should be able to manage both a club and a nation at the same time.

 - I wish every player had a face in the hub. It is boring using a young player when he doesn't have a face in the squad hub.

Managers and making faces

- I wish it was possible to use managers who aren't currently managing any teams. At least the big managers.

- For me making faces is a little confusing. Is it possible to save a face you made? Please make it easier to understand and more user friendly.

Other

- When making a player in the settings, I wish you could decide the potential. And when you finished making the player, you can't edit the face and more unless you delete the player and start over.

- For some reason, when starting to play a match or when starting second half, the game begins to lag badly! I have to close and start the whole game to fix it. This is on PC.

- More freedom in Career Mode is something that I wish I had. Some of the things that I have suggested might reduce the amount of freedom. Therefore maybe make it into a setting that could be turned off and on.

This is what I could think of for now. I will probably be able to think of more later, but this is enough. I really hope that you EA take this into consideration and make more improvements every year. Maybe even updates throughout the year? I do love the game and I buy the game every year even if I promised not to. This is because I am desperate for more improvements in the game, and I get a LITTLE tricked every year when I watch the trailer thinking you did something. I also regret spending WAY to much money on your game. That is the outcome every year for me, hopefully that changes soon. LOVE YOU EA, but I am also disappointed of you. This took me a lot of time to write, so I hope you EA do something with your game.

(Sorry if my English is bad, but I think you get the message.)