re: Anyone on the SB going to get FIFA 13 at the midnight release tonight?

Okay I'm going to concede a bit and agree with SFP to an extent.

EA went overboard just slightly with the first touches. I understand what their objective was, but in trying to achieve that they subsequently eliminated 2 aspects of the game: counter attacks and overhead through balls. And while I'm not particularly upset with the former, the latter is quite troubling.

You're telling me that no matter which player I play with, I can't take down an overhead through ball? I played a few matches with Alexis Sanchez and Chile and was frustrated beyond belief. Lifting the ball over the back line while in the final third was working like a charm, but I couldn't even gain possession of the ball with Sanchez after doing so. I wish they would have negated this aspect of the game by increasing defensive positioning just a bit and making it harder to see/complete those passes, rather than making the touches so horrid that you quit trying it all-together.

Also, off the ball defensive positioning is once again awful. I can trap a defender in his own third through pressing, only to have him clear the ball to an unmarked forward. SMGDH