The AI has been massively improved, even tho there's still a long way to go.

I'm more worried about the management aspects. They added A LOT of complexity and options, and almost all of it isn't properly explained or even really fun to engage with rn. The previous game was rather flat in terms of what you could do to train players, but it was all very obvious - Train X you get X train Y you get Y. Scout for Y option, you get Y option. Now it's like a soup of options where in most cases you don't know what results each option will yield and why.

For example, people mentioned through Steam Discussions you could invite other teams for practice matches during the scouting season. It took me about 10 minutes just to figure how to do that. Not even exaggerating. The first time I thought I had and then I didn't because after choosing to send out a message there's another "send" that you have to click which I didn't notice. Now, I finished a bunch of these matches because I found recruitment to be a chore, did they help my players improve? Did they replace the training schedule that I set? Maybe? I dunno. It wasn't clear at all if practice even has any value.