Early access gameplay was the closest we ever came to an enjoyable and fair FC/ FIFA title. The AI on defense seemed minimal, the attack felt fluid yet authentic and responsive. Except for some of the manual defending commands not working consistently or at all the game was much better than what I played over the weekend or within the last 11 years.
Prior to the live tuning changes made after 1.1.0 I felt as though you guys had attacking in a good spot. The only problem was it came after you made defending much too simple. The 1.0.2 title update made it so AI defenders drop deeper and stay nearly shoulder to shoulder while the user only has to sprint back with one of their attacking players or a midfielder to cut off passing lanes while holding second man press or chase the ball carrier while the AI defends and covers everything else.
The developers made a huge mistake by not reverting the buffs made to the user controlled teams AI defenders along with the nerfs made to controlled sprint.
Please consider nerfing the defensive AI back to early access regardless of whatever "bugs" might've been present and nerf the speed of controlled sprint back to what it was prior to the live tuning update. These two things will make the game feel much more playable and offer a better balance than what we're currently playing.
Make your changes to combat the current meta of the game as it is incredibly ridiculous and makes absolutely no sense from an esports point of view.