After update 12.2.2, help, please.

I have not been able to play the game for a couple of months or so because of real life committments. I have noticed the new update. I had also lost all track of what I was up to in my previous save. So, I began an new one. Is it my imagination or has the game been made harder? I am playing as Portsmouth and find that I am finding it very difficult to progress. I also notice that no-one has posted in the Portsmputh thread since early in April. Is this the reason? Is anyone able to enlighten me, please?

Over one hundred and sixty views, but not one response. Am I the only one to notice or have some teams been reassessed?

They did change morale slightly I believe. I think it was made so it wasn't so easy to gain constant superb morale from team-talks or something like that. On the contrary, I seem to now often get abysmal morale very easily. Perhaps this is what you're experiencing?

There was a change made so that if you have a low reputation, players of a better reputation are quite understandably less likely to take you seriously, and so will be less influenced by your team talks. It makes it a little more of a challenge if you have a low reputation.

Thanks for the information, gentlemen, much appreciated.