Exactly the same problem here. Dude is the matchmaking. The matchmaking is **bleep**ed this year they don’t know what they’re doing. The relegation is baseless but the match making is worse. In previous fc my average rank is Div 4 now I can’t even make it to Div 6 to play Futchamps. Anytime I’m just one match away from reaching Div 6 guess what happens? The same person who has been playing now lose all my matches and get relegated to Div 8 and even in Div 8 I still lose and experience the same issue you are talking about. Elite Div players playing like Krugers.
In FC 25 I was able to reach to Div 3 in the First 2 or 3 weeks of the game but now it seems matchmaking is a lot harder. Having to manual defend this year isn't a issue for me since I've always went away from abusing the park the bus ai meta that made fc 25 unenjoyable but for me it seems having meta players seems even more broken than last year. Numerous occasion someone just runs down the line cause they have a rapid plus player and my fullbacks just cant catch up it seems no matter what i do. I've had issues with right stick switching responsiveness as well with cbs. even after the last patch center backs will glide wide to cover a player your already manual trying to defend. We will see with the path EA is taking this FC I have confidence they will actual fix and address things this year.
