Its putting lipstick on a pig to be fair.
Press Conferences....
The Match engine is not markedly improved
The UI is fresh, but both unnescessary and not an improvement
Changing the tactics from sliders is a regression
Once again the Juve players are fucked on stats
Overall, FM is slipping so much that I'm not sure if its still the one
As a counterpart to what you said, I would say:
press conferences-never will be that great anyway, would need a ton of work and data for them to really good
ME is smoother, but it's true that it's nothing amazing
the UI is nice in that it's more flexible, but it's not put together very well. The light colours also suck, can't try the dark skin with my demo
For the average player, the tactical changes are great, one no longer needs to have a somewhat bizarre obsession with sliders and notches in order to design good tactics. It does create another layer between the player and the actual match mechanics, which is unfortunate, but for most people I think it's a definite improvement. It now speaks the same language as the fans