How about EA try to concentrate on one thing.
I like EA FIFA games mainly because it is FIFA and because it is like properly registered by almost all the clubs.
The problem is EA has to be dropped as FIFAs representative, because year after year their games get horribly worse. I mean not just the sports games either, all games EA publish are horribly burnt out in terms of gameplay. I would like ubisoft or codemasters to lead the next FIFA 2010 and EA loose all rights to the game.
EA has to stick with what it is doing, it so rightly know the customer and has added Managements games to nearly every game, but combining this with actual map play has got to be the worst decision ever in computer games. I think most American Football fans would agree that EA f**ked that up too.
EA next time you make a game, strip it bare and make a good multiplayer league system and a great match to play, with more moves ( I mean a hell of a lot of more moves, not just a Ronaldo step over, I think the common football fan didn't think to himself, "wow ronaldo the best player in the world because he can do a stepover!!! gawwd ! ") EA Screw the management system even the bloody custom edit team if it gives you more time to focus on a better match to play.
EA the reason Champ manager 2 was a hit isn't the same reason as to make sports management games, you completely missed the point as a games manufacturer.
EA the reason people buy your games is because its been registered by all leagues, I bet if it was any worse they would still buy the damn game, but thats no reason to think we want something other than a football match on our consoles. WE JUST WANT TO PLAY A GOOD GAME.
FIFA 07 is crap because of its heavy reliance on pop songs, which aren't bad songs but bloody ell, whats it got to do with anything, I would buy guitar hero, you fools.
FIFA 07 is a crap game mainly because evertime i play a match my on field player have no functionality as football players, sure the good players run faster than the bad players, but really there is nothing to show that a good player is doing anything in game to make himself a great player.
I'm not talking huge fu***ing cut scenes like in NBA BALLERS THE CHOSEN ONE evertime I want ronaldo to step over (luckily this doesn't happen in FIFA 07 but I bet if EA had a word in edgeways the bloody well would)
I am talking about what actual ball control, clever shimmies, and feats, differentials and moves a player can do all in a space of a few steps. I am also talking about a wealth of moves, so sometimes you'll play a player and say wow, I love playing with this team because hes the only person in the game that does that like that.
I am fed up of the England team, or any team actually just running faster, and running into other team members, loosing the ball so easily when dribbling past a player and also some really poor A.I.
I hate the fact that a good team is mainly just better because it runs fast but my player can actual run between the ball and the front legs of the opposition player and still not come away with the ball, and this leads me on to fouls, its like EA said to itself some commentators are right, all referess are right so we'll base the game on the that, but lets not actually read the rules of football. Its not like they got it wrong, but there is still a huge huge huge way to improve what so many male gamers in England want to see. Defenders.
I wouldn't mind seeing cut scenes between matches either, of real life players telling us about their real lifes, I.E a video or maybe even 40 to 50 videos. Make them interesting, educational and cool too. And if you make them in CGI I will personally shoot the guy who made that decisicion.
I must admit I haven't played FIFA 09, or played FIFA 07 to its full. But with its potential why the hell would I want to. Its sucks proper. Its like playing Jason Lee in the next FA Cup final. It might happen, but its horrible.
I will though continue to play, for a few reasons, graphics aren't too bad and its the only game where I can play as my supported football team, Portsmouth FC.