Competetive gameplay AI

I think a lot of people are using precision over assisted these days with shooting. So that is a middle ground where there is more shot error but the rewards tend to be better if you get accuracy and power right. And rightly so. Assisted shooting should be banned from online competitive play just like legacy defending was some time back.

I personally think that if someone keeps spamming the heck out of 2nd man press then team shape should suffer. There has to be some consequences for someone constantly using it. So I think spaces should appear where at least one player would have been.

I definitely see AI defenders moving position, either coming from wide inwards or centerbacks moving out wide to cover.

If worried about shape then double tapping R1/RB tells them to mark tight when out of possession. It helps with closer marking. It won't save you (and rightly so) But it will help with shape (within reason).

I agree but my point wasn't that they don't make gaps, its that the gaps are so large it is beyond reasonable.  Also the auto switching allows people to just spam tackle and have success.  Fouls are non existent a lot of people just run into you and many slide tackle you in the box and even if they get a card they almost never get red cards which does nothing to discourage toxic game play.  I don't think the hundreds of people complaining about the same thing over and over are mostly noobs or casuals and if it wasn't a huge noticeable problem it wouldn't be one of the most complained about features in the game.   It is already inferred in the game resembling reality and the rules of the game that the points you made are part of the game but they are over exaggerated.  No one wants any of the things you said not to be in the game.  We want them to be more realistic.  Technology advances each year and each year the game should resemble the game more not less. But thanks for your input.