The gameplay difficulties of FIFA 16

I got to admit to not be the best FIFA player out there, but I have played constantly in the last 15 years with a few exceptions (none in the last 4 releases). In FIFA 15 UT, I was constantly in between division 1 and 2, but now I fail miserably around 7th, having relegated two times in a row from 5th.

I am seeing posts about high-pressure teams etc, and I understand why most of my opponents are overwhelming my players all over the pitch, but I have a few more issues which I don't quite understand:

I am using the default control assistance and using a Logitech gamepad. The thing that troubles me the most is that my Fifa 16 coins xbox 360 are either too long, too short or in the wrong direction. I had not had this problems in FIFA 13, 14 or 15. I am barely succeeding in placing 1 out of 8 through balls or so;

my players fail to accelerate after receiving a through ball. Most of the times their defender gets in close to my forward/winger and they manage to get the ball off me; I feel like I get dispossessed off the ball too easily. On the other hand, the opponents seem to ease past my defenders rather easily. If I get to touch their players, they most often than not are able to get away; my strikers are Remy/Falcao/Sturridge/Benteke, and my defenders are Walker/Zabaleta/Clichy/Azpilicueta. The opponents around the 5-7 division have similarly paced strikers/defenders.

when the opponent has a player touching a player of mine which has the ball at his feet, most of the time I fail to send out a pass/cross in any direction of the pitch, as they are somehow blocking it. When the opponent is having the ball of his feet, I feel the rate at which I block his actions is less (might be subjective here, but I don't think so);

the amount of goals scored at the near post is ridiculous;

I am using the normal tactics, and sometimes I hit team pressure from the D-pad. But my defenders are all over the place but not near their ST/CAM. There are huge gaps between my defenders and my midfielders (I am playing 4-1-2-1-2 with LM/RM). The CDM is either Ramires or Matic. But the gaps in my own half are too wide and their strikers manage to make runs easily.

I am unable to understand the lack of acceleration of my forwards compared to my Fifa 16 account and the fact that when I have the ball I am getting too easily dispossessed. Is anyone else observing this issue compared to FIFA 15?

See more at http://www.fut16coin.com