yeah beats me what they mean by cheats. I think when they play a game and win 20-zero and receive man of the match and unbelievable player of the century in one game every game then perhaps they will be happy and simply say wow how amazing the game is, since i'm always winning.
so teammates should always score when they shoot?
when they shoot and hits the side of the net, it's not a cheat. the program is such that if they get a chance (within a certain angle) close to the goal they will go for it. and yes it happens many times and yes it hits the side net too. but that's part of the program. there are times that the shooting angle becomes really bad and they don't shoot. instead they try to dribble and pass again. This was worse in earlier versions where AI used to shoot anyway (applies to opposition AI) whenever he receives the ball even if there was no chance of hitting the net.
I have tried to play a similar mode to BAL on previous versions by fixing the controller on 1 player and it was not playable. Try it. you might appreciate the AI improvements in this one.