*trying to play SB

I don’t know how I have smashed my controllers and TV up playing this trash game. Why is SB soo hard this year. I finally got Elite 1 the other week and then EA decided to do what it does best and go against what the community wanted. Why have they made it harder when it was already bugged. Please tell me how a bronze team with no chem can ping the ball around and use 5 star skill moves and score 30 yard finesse shots but my TS Xavi can’t make normal passes, my Finesse + players can’t score finesse shots etc. They swarm you in a second, can’t run with the ball cause it’s magically taken off of your feet. Can’t pass around them cause it gets intercepted 99% of the time. It’s been soo painful. It’s the one mode I’ve loved played to chill out and put a film on and play. This year it’s been a sweat fest like playing FUT champs used to be. I ain’t even attempted to play rivals yet cause what is the point.

Been playing FIFA since 1996. I’ve been top 100 in FUT champs during FIFA 17-22 then the game went soooo downhill rapidly and now it’s just absolute trash. What is the point in playstyles when they don’t work bar Low driven and rapid. Incisive is terrible, all the defending ones are a joke cause you can time a tackle to perfection and not get it but the ball will bounce to their next attacker. Centre backs running away from the attacker in opposite directions so it leave the goal free for them. Man I could start a whole YT channel with clips from these games. Just makes no sense. Then once the 16 games are done and you play it’s like the script is turned off. I’ve been in settings and the sliders are always in favour of the AI doesn’t matter how many times I change it. I just want one mode to be able to try out these different players and try skill moves and shoot from everywhere.

There is not one fun mode on the whole game. EA fail year after year with this. With COD you have multiplayer if you want to be competitive or Warzone, then you have Campaign and Zombz if you want something fun to do. Can list loads of games. But I want to enjoy my free time not sitting there with the thoughts of snappy my £200 controllers and throwing them at my TV. I never raged like this fighting for top 100. What am I supposed to do just uninstalled cause EA won’t listen to feedback. Every patch they make the game worse, the gameplay is soo sluggish and it’s against AI.

If I load up Assassins creed, Mortal Kombat, Wo long, COD, God of war etc I come off chilled and had fun with FC26 it’s just regret that I bothered buying the game. I said I wasn’t going to after how bad it was last year but then mates were like get it and we can play clubs and then I thought I’ll try out UT and see what changes have been made and honestly hate myself for it. 

I wouldn’t mind if I was trash at the game but the fact I know I’m good and can’t even comfortable beat 87-90 teams on legendary is winding me up.  It’s been worse this week I’ve taken 4 L’s where my players might aswel have not been on the pitch the movement was soo bad.

[Title edit - CM]