It's definitely an improvement, but that Messi goal - he acts pretty strangely before he hits it, if you ask me. As he receives the ball (beating the nearest defender and getting in-front of him) he turns sideways to face away from the goal, when there's plenty of space between himself and the last defender he could run into (to get closer to goal) - then sort of shuffles a bit before he hits the shot.
Definitely an improvement - but all I'm saying is, no community mod can TRULY fix the AI. It's got much deeper problems than that and IMO, the only people who will truly be able to make the game better is the developers. Whether they will patch it based on feedback remains to be seen.
To me it looks like he is shielding it... intentionally he turns back because of the pressure, then uses his body to prevent any tackle coming in. One thing that I dont see is the AI wanting to get the ball out of their feet when dribbling, its all very tight and twisty, which is OK in some situations but at the same time you want them to exploit the space like you say.
I cant comment too much as I dont have the full game, ive relied on opinions of trusted people and videos to back up their evidence. Everything up until this point as put me off the game, but that video has shown me that there is alot of potential there. Is it a false dawn? Maybe, I know there is alot of other stuff that will, can and could pop up... BUT that game shown by True Brits looked like a fun game to play in and if I could get that experience 7 out of 10 games, it would be value for money to me.