Against the cpu , the cpu must interfer in some ways! I set up a league 4stars as i have started to find that in 3 star mode I was winning most games.
But in 4 star mode it's a new ball game, the cpu teams even some of the lesser one's play the ball around like Brazil of 1970, the league I set up (my team celtic) I added Rangers and all the other places were filled by ManU ManC Arsenal Chelsea Bolton Liverpool and so on.
I play 15min games, so 1 game of the season (league not ML) I got beat 3-2 the in the 2nd I drew 1-1 against Newcastle with the cpu scoring in stoppage time, my keeper booted a long clearance deep into there half and it was 1st timed back with Shearer looking 8 or 9yrds offside my keeper was out passed the penalty spot and as the ball came down just outside the box shearer got his head to it and sent a lobbed header over my keeper for 1-1.
Most game were like this or Id get beat 2-0 or 3-0, I was 3-0 down to Bolton and came back to 3-3 that was a struggle.
And with games going this way I had at this point W6 D4 L4 , Arsenal were top with W11 D2 L1 , 10 points clear of Chelsea in 2nd place. I wss midtable I was on 22 points to Arsenal's 35. I played them next and as expected I was quickly 2-0 down even thought I had hammered away at them, shots were blocked and saves aplenty to keep me out and the odd ball or 10 running away from the player I was passing to.. I nicked a goal back just before half time 2-1.
This is where is gets nuts, in the second half I scored 5 with some ease to run out 6-2 winners, and in the next game I beat Liverpool 5-2. Then against Rangers it was back to struggle just winning 3-2 and against Southampton just scrapping a 2-1 win..
Something is not right here , all games against lesser team or teams of same ability are very close and a struggle, yet the teams that are or were sitting 1st 2nd and 3rdin the league your Arsenal's Chelsea's and Liverpools I hit for 6 4 and 5.. and beat them with ease. Yet I played the same system 3-5-2 in each game, but I play a basic game and I don't change it that much in each game... so I think that the cpu has a lot to do with the results...