blue166 Honestly, it is great to read. Sometimes you get annoyed, angry, and need to vent, or simply need to get more out of what you see.
I appreciate you taking the time to explain it. You've made some good distinctions here, especially between simply slowing the game down and having a natural match tempo where different styles of football are effective. Bringing up crossing, headers, set pieces, defending, player inertia, and the repetition of certain attacking patterns helps clarify what you're looking for in Online Seasons. Those are the important parts.
This stands out too, though: having a good win-loss record but not enjoying the matches themselves. Regardless of what mode, its a competitive game. Either online, with your friends, or just your own journey. That says quite a bit about your experience beyond simply winning or losing. I also appreciate the comparison with eFootball and your reminder about saving substitutes and reserves. You've given a detailed explanation of what you feel is missing from the experience and why those differences matter to you.
These are the types of conversations that get more eyes on them because they are more than just one-liner responses, and they give quite a lot of detail about not just what you need changed but why. Why does it bother you? Well, it bothers me because I do not feel it is immersive enough for me to keep playing.... Something like this says a lot, and it opens up more questions about what can be changed in the future.