Am I being stupid, or is there no way of hitting the ball harder? My lond range shots just end up trickling through to the keaper.

Maybe Im too used to FIFA :)

There's a power bar. Hold down the shoot button until it gets to around 3 quarters and you should bang it.

That bar is for setting the hight of the shot isnt it? Not the power of it.

The button is analogue.

Tap it lightly and quickly = low, soft shot.
Bang it quickly = low & hard
etc
etc

To do a hard pass press the R1 button and pass button.
This also applies to shooting