The problem is that the balance shifted back to attacking again. Which I personally think is the wrong move. It’s not the most attractive way to patch the game but the community is always happier when scoring is more rewarding and defense are smarter with their covering because it forces inventive play. I guarantee this isn’t the last shift. Once there is better defender cards released that everyone can afford, it will shift again.
It’s simply not rewarding again because you can’t defend certain types of things (women strikers, spinners) wing/cut back/pass into Pina/goal type plays. It’s basically how everyone in the higher divisions plays right now. AI defending helped that because you could cover more than one pass at once.
Now, we all have to be all out on attack all game because defending doesn’t matter anymore, you will concede every game no matter what. This is why every pro started going with the 451 with basically just 4 at the back, they’re just hoping to score more of the same crappy goals than their opp.