Having made a half decent team and played 50 or so more Rivals games, I quite like this FIFA so far. Of course there are many flaws and problems, but nothing game breaking as yet.
This is in large part due to AcceleRATE - next gen only. If people don't know, this means traditionally slower players are actually useable as they can hit a high sprint speed, although need a longer run up. This is also affected by chem styles too, so you can modify the chem to change their sprint style.
I'm currently using Harry Kane at striker to test this out, and it works. Once through, nobody can really catch him. Pogba is also very quick, Kroos, etc, and a lot of centre backs like Laporte, all now useable.
It's also worth learning the Trivela shot (outside of the foot) - holding L2.