Pls tell your experience of the new version. It's not necessary, if it's your own or of watched games of your friends,

The reason is, I saw many strange things the last few weeks. I can't say, if it started with version 2017 or a bit later, but everyone of my friends see the same things:

Some examples only from today:

-) my wife was 20% better on quality, was better on stats, ended 0:0, because oppo-keeper saved all.
-) FA-member played vs on opponent, who lost ALL games, wasn't managed. He was much better on stats (13:5 SoT), but oppo-keeper saved 8. He won luckly in last 10' 4:3...
-) a friend played vs 15% weaker team, was also better on stats (10:5 SoT), oppo-keeper saved 7. Game ended 3:3.
--) same friend played vs the opponent, who beat me, because keeper saved nearly all. This time, manager watched the game... and he lost 3:0 to my friend. My friend was 12% weaker...
-) my cousin lost at league vs 30% weaker team, who wasn't watched, but he was overall much better). At CL, he won vs 5% stronger team 4:0, opponent watched the game.

On my own:
at CL, I played vs 25% weaker team, not managed, not active, so not watched. We won "only" 5:0. At league, we played vs 10% weaker team, which conceeded only one goal this season and won all games. Manager watched the game - and we won 11:1...

I lost the cup last season vs a team, which wasn't watched from at least Top 16 (he was an ingame friend and I thought, he is strong, so I watch all of his games). He won all this games, no matter, if he was better, because his keeper saved nearly everthing. At final, he also wasn't watching, his keeper saved again...

I also checked my losses/draws of the last 2 seasons - all, except one, were vs unwatched teams (without FA - at FA, if my team lost, opponent manager was there, so it's okay)


So I think, unwatched (not unmanaged!!) teams are better these days. I think, the AI is too strong. It shouldn't be, that active managers/players got trolled by AI. I understand, that's not possible, to watch all games (last season I also missed some), but bad luck to you. If the active one change formation/tactics and nothing changes at the game, because AI "counters" it instandly, it's annoying for all manager, who take the time to be on their games.