Honestly, the more real the game gets the more nitpicky I get that it isn't as real as it should be. I just think the atmosphere on the PS2 games when they had the crowd shaking option added so much. It was more fun to recruit and build teams, the create a team still worked rather than depending on teambuilder which you can't edit anymore. I can only find about 1/2 the custom sounds I want to load on the PS3 for 14 anymore.
The fun aspect was just higher on the PS2 games for me when it comes down to it.