I'm not so sure, I preferred last years version as there were less exploitable weaknesses in the gameplay.
I've had that issue with the invisible ball a few times now, but I've only noticed it in Seasons and when playing a quick game against a friend, as I play Ultimate Team mostly it doesn't really crop up very often for me. Although next year I don't think I'm going to bother with Ultimate Team, the novelty is wearing off after they've so blatantly cashed in on it so much the greedy ****.