Couldn't agree more. It's actually sad, because for a moment rivals was actually enjoyable. In past, I've usually started most game cycles by just playing squad battles until I have a good enough team to start competing in online matches.
This year, I decided to just dive straight into the deep end and focus on Rivals and eventually champs. But honestly, I've been qualified for champs for like a month now and genuinely have no interest in playing. EA makes it so obvious when they're swinging the momentum in a players favour, and it just turns every game into a soulless sweat fest.
Everyone uses the same formations, player and tactics, and even then, I still lose. I got to the point where I was pretty good at manually tracking runs and reading passes. But now, even if I make the right read or time my tackles perfectly, my opponent is still able to get a shot off.
I feel your pain bro, trust me. I'm at the point now where I genuinely don't know if I can be bothered stressing myself out with this game anymore, and honestly, I might just stick to anything EA hasn't made for now.