I am finding it frustrating with the animations half a second behind what instructions I have given on the game pad, the ball either runs away from the player, the tackle comes after the player has gone, the shot is taken too late so the defender can get a block in. The AI is really very frustrating especially when defending against pace, and I am with you on the lower rated players being like Messi. I played West Ham the other day and Enner Valencia just ran rings round my defence because of his pace and dribbling.