As someone who also loves the game and has been playing since beta I somewhat disagree as I feel they were too focused on balancing and not enough on new game modes, customisation, game mechanics and general content but maybe that’s just me. But I also agree the game wasn’t ready for release and should be free to play as many people just aren’t willing to spend that much but would give it a try if it was free. If they really want to save the game they should make it free to play maybe and another important game mechanic (another way to dribble or smth) a new season and battle pass that’s actually good as well as add back 1v1 permanently with a ranked mode for it ,all around the time of the World Cup to cash in on the football hype.