My favorite aspect of the game is actually squad building and I like seeing the players growth and hope they can be at the top of their game for as many seasons as possible in my team .A shorter seasons is nice if you are out of competitions but players won't have as many time to grow and most important important how many teams will be in a league 8??? You can still make some preparations for the next seasons if you are out of competitions, less matches means less packs spent.
Yes the current auction really sucks and doesn't let you have the satisfaction of the old one even thou I'm now used to it.