It is fun to watch, I appreciate it. Wouldn't mind option for more, but i think it has limits before it looks too far from what we expect to see when watching fútbal. I hope (and think) they'll keep adding animations; I think I've seen new ones in some updates. It's hard to believably, compellingly model from a math and programming perspective, I imagine.

If you pay attention, I think you can learn to identify many visual clues. Or at least make better educated guesses. Tackling strength and passing focus are a good place to start. I've helped myself as a manager by experimenting with tactical change and sort of loosening up, if you play high press usually, drop to low for 20 minutes and see what happens