FIFA16 pros and cons

Hey guys,
Just wanted to know to see how your finding the game thus far?
What you like or dislike about it.

- So far im finding the passing to be terrible, achieving any kind of passing flow has been impossible.  I'v only played a few friendlies against other FFW members but i noticed this happened in all the games.  Where we would have like rally of INTERCEPT, PASS, INTERCEPT, PASS, and so on happen for like a good 4-5 rallies in a row.  This never happened in F15.  I know the defense has been "upgraded" but thats just got a very arcade feel.  I know its not me, cause its happened vs everyone i played this far.
- Also i know passing has been set to manual, and thats fine with me, as I used to ply with manual settings in F15, but anyone notice how its not consistent?  One time pressing the pass button for a extended length of time will result in a completely different pace on the ball the second time, even tho you hold pass down for the same amount of time?
- The last thing is speed nurf, and this one bothers me the least, but i had CR7 get cough up to by Busquets.  Now I know what they are doing there, but thats just bad balance.  I know the same speed nurf happened in F15 release and then it was patched by 1st update.  

What do you guys think? are you happy with this version compared to its predecessor?