Agreed. I'm avoiding ANY EA game in the future.
This game is clearly rigged, designed to frustrate you, and make believe that the issue is your players. As a result, you will buy player packs from the store to boost your squad. Unfortunately, this is short lived as EA continues to release better and better players.
My current issue is that they are putting their thumb on the scale and stalling my progress. I just won the gauntlet. I need to keep playing to finish all the objectives. They keep matching me against cheaters, who will quit the game immediately after scoring.
I was able to finish my last match, but it was a complete waste of time. EA downgraded all my players to bronze. The passing was beyond awful. I pressed "X" for a simple square pass to my CM and the game reacted like it was a "Y" pass to my ST. The STs kept running behind my opponent's CBs and marking themselves. There was a huge input delay between my button presses and the actions on the screen. My players were missing shots outside the 6 yard box. My finesse shot+ was catching practice for the GK.