Gave a try to the combo Kilay-Parham. The games are much much less frustrating, I didn't feel cheated in the games I played. I think its more enjoyable than vanilla for sure, but I did notice that the AI was a little too "forward, forward" all the time, which could lead to end-to-end matches, can't remember if it was like this in vanilla. Beat Manchester City 3-0, they didn't really threaten me, next game I almost couldn't beat Southampton.
I'm playing TP, 14min, PA1, Shot Manual. I'd like to go down to pro with manual passing, but I can't for the life of me complete a pass on manual. It ends up in the crowd 99% of the time.