First, just because the series had been around for twenty years, the current generation has been around about 7/8? Some bugs should've been fixed and such, not disagreeing there, but you can't diagnose the bug situation as a two decade thing.
I've noticed the second thing too but this is either a bug or the game not picking the right table to draw data from or not drawing data at all. Just don't pick a downplay that says 0-0, it isn't ideal but it's an easy workaround for now.
Freezing issues is on a case by case basis, I haven't had the game freeze once while others swear the game freezes every other game. It might be a faulty disc, issues with the code, etc. There is a huge amount of factors it could be and since in a sense it hits a niche market, without them getting a hold of the system and the same copy of the game, they are going to have a hard time figuring out the issue, it sucks for those that do have freezing issues but there is a good majority that don't and since it's not a unified issue it's not just a matter of looking where the code gives errors.
I do agree with the replay speech though.