[treyraq]

I'll give you my take--

I WAS going to hold off for awhile to read some reviews and get a feel for the majority of impressions from folks here. Maybe even wait for a price drop. But then, when SCEA announced that they had fixed the Franchise issues AND that trade logic was improved, I was sold. Well, I feel suckered now, as those any many issues from the past few years are STILL common in '11.

On the bright side, as I've never really played that many games since the first couple of months of '09 (I'm a big fan of Manager mode Franchise only) I can say that the gameplay of '11 seems polished and very improved. I've even been trying the Road to the Show for the 1st serious time the past 4 days. Although, I can feel this mode would get stale for me after a month or two because the same Franchise issues will come into play sooner or later.
Plus, I just think a lot of the menus and screen navigations in the game need an overhaul...which is a huge issue (for me) that I have put up with in the past due to getting very involved in Franchise mode.

I say, if you can afford it and you're not a big Franchise guy, go for it.
If you are however, you might want to wait for a price drop or for them to finally get their hands dirty fixing this game. Might be another year of "next year" with this series...hopefully not.

**I just read your post again, and I would tell you to seriously stick with '10 if you don't "play as much as you would like to anyway". Play '10 some more and practice your game...after a month or two you might be so involved at that point you could care less what version you have. Heck, I'd even tell people with '09 to wait until next year at this point.
That will give you time to wait for a used '11 or to find out if they're fixing enough of this year's issues to make it worth it.