Did EA actually say that they're releasing a patch or was it just a rumour?
My mate said there's a patch coming out to fix issues like the sideways running when through balls are played, and also the advantage rule. He got told that though, and the Fifa forums aren't really helpful because they don't confirm that a patch is on its way, and whenever someone asks, it never gets answered by EA either way.
They HAVE to bring one out though. If they make us wait til 2010 to have these big issues fixed, I won't be pleased.
EDIT: And RB14...
Apparently, there's a bug where if you make transfers using the team management thing and save them, when you play online, all the players you transferred to whatever team will appear in the reserves list, so again...another issue that needs sorting.
Talking of online, so does disconnecting. You may say "...but you still get the win" - Fact is, you don't. If they press start and quit, yes, you get the win, but something tells me they're unplugging their router/ethernet cable to disconnect, making the game void. It's annoying. I played a guy earlier twice, who I was all over in both games - Won the first 2-0, he won the 2nd 2-1 in Extra Time. I was 2-0 up in the third game and about to take a penalty to make it 3-0. He disconnected on purpose, and the game was void.