Does anyone know any other magazine/website ratings of WE9, other than Famitsu? I'm curious if they play the game enough to realise the downsides, and if they'll just have a glowing review to give to Konami, which will of course result in nothing really being changed for PES5. I think if they had enough media hype that this version had serious flaws in gameplay, maybe they would be forced to implement some fixes.
And for anyone who cares: I've played a lot more now, and am getting better. I've stopped using triangle altogether, which is sad, but it has improved my game. I've never found it hard to dribble, don't know why some people have so much trouble. I now score goals from insdie the box, but they're almost always the back to goal spin and shoot goals, which are rare and not very satisfying. I find that tappign circle lightly kind of chips it ahead, which can be a poor substituion for the old L1+triangle pass. I actually have always like the defending, and don't give up that many fouls. Overall I think i agree with a lot fo the above posts, its just not as fun as WE8:LE. But i'm sticking with my ML, because I watn to see how the development pans out.