Early Impressions: Bit of a Mess on PS5

Absolutely spot on. I too am an ordinary bloke (OAP) who would like to play a game that is in fact enjoyable. After all the hype, and hoping that this years would be THE game of all games, sadly nothing of the sort. There is too much wrong with it.

For me, defending is a struggle, not because EA have made it harder, but simply because my players are slow, won't jockey, and more importantly wont react to a tackle button unless it's delayed.

My number one issue, is the state of the tactics. You set up your main team, go to a match, and you have a different tactic on the pitch! Then if you enter "Team Management" to correct things, you can't change players over, and you can't get back to the game you were playing, resulting in a loss. Also, I currently only have 2 tactics slots. If I create a New Tactic, it will overwrite one I already have. This was all fine before the last update. It is now a game that can be impossible to play, certainly not enjoyable, and makes you wonder how things can get this bad.

Have a look at the "Bug Reports" section of this forum, see how many posts actually have a reply on them. Very few which is concerning, not from EA nor Admin, most posts have a big fat "0" next to 'Replies.' I'm not sure how many Admin's there are on here, or even what they actually do, they seem to be Conspicuous by their absence. There are a lot of automated answers, or a cut and paste stuff when there is a silly issue  such as "The crowd have the wrong shirt on" and stuff like that, but you rarely see anything constructive. Sad.