From what it appears when over at my friends and checking out his game, it hasnt really changed or improved much from my post above. Still crap prospects with no really changes and lower ranked teams not really getting better. My friend is now 10 years in. I stopped playing during hour 9 of the EA Play trial as It was not worth it to me. It doesn't seem like it has changed much from not just my views on the gameplay but look around the board, not many people are happy, The only real change to Franchise mode that i like is the New hub (whic still runs slow) and the Contract changes, everything else is just a carryover of issues from previous games. The conversation system my friend says gets really annoying after about 5 seasons of having to use it to develop players, etc. Choose X factor goals, etc. These are all things that could be done in a menu, Realistically the only thing that should be in the conversation systems is the morale / Contract talks