Ideas
I just bought this game specifically to play player career and oh my god it is SUPER annoying and frustrating. If I play on professional difficulty I can literally walk through the opposition and score 9 or 10 goals a game, which is super boring. So I upped it to World Class and all it has done is made my team mates thick as pig**bleep**. They go side to side and back again. As an attacking player I have to run all the way back, demand the ball, try force a 1-2 or something and even then, after lots of messing about and creating a space my AI teammate will just pass it backwards to someone it a terrible position instead of into the space I've made. If you dont do this 1-2 method you have zero chance of breaking down the defence as they remain in shape 100% of the time and your AI teammates just tap side to side until they inevitably lose the ball, even if they pass to you the CPU will immediately suction onto you like a limpet and take the ball off you (no matter of they're in front, to the side or even behind you).
So basically my options are play on professional and have a boring and unrealistic 10-0 win every single game (Bradford city against Liverpool no less 😂, i mean, I know Liverpool are having a hard time at the moment but, c'mon) or a frustrating war of attrition that maybe ends 1-0 if I manage to coax a decent 1-2 out of a teammate or 0-0 because the CPU can't actually structure an attack and score.
Switched it off and I'll play something else. Waste of money.