I'm assuming that football is your only gaming sport, then. Even the other sports game that I own, with at least 2 patches, sometimes 3, there are some people that aren't happy because the patch/patches didn't fix a certain area.
I'm not sure what expectations were when Josh mentioned between patch number 1 and patch number 2 that he stated it's a very touchy area of adjusting stats because if you adjust/ touch one area, another area will be affected. That brought out a yellow caution flag to me when I read that.
I don't agree with your assessment, either. Sounds like you didn't purchase 08 or 09 because those of us that did know that 10 is much better than 08 and 09 and appears to be headed in the right direction.
It's not a perfect game and does need areas to improve upon. There is no denying that.