SA and why the game is ruined
The game has gotten extremely RNG based ( passing tackling and skill moves) that there is virtually no real benefit to not having smart assist on The recent update ruined the game for every good player in the sense that the game is luck based, meaning that good players can easily get unlucky and lose to bad players now. Hence some “good” users are turning on SA so as to reduce the “luck” factor in the gameplay. This was in comparison to much better gameplay pre update, where skilled and clever users were actually rewarded for their football iq and passing. Personally I used to play a tiki taka style of football where I pass about in the final 3rd of the pitch waiting for my opponent to step up too high or make a mistake. ( This is how most top clubs irl play). After the update the passes have become so random and terrible that it is impossible to play that way successfully. A light through ball with minimum power somehow manages to go too far ahead of my players. I want to add that SA users are not particularly to blame for using it but instead its konamis fault that in a way encourages them to do so. In conclusion konami is to blame for the surge in SA users as their lousy gameplay that favours noobs post update.