Nope, first time in 21 years I won't be buying it. I've got already diminished playtime since FM17, but I still got that buzz around September/October that I "just had to have it and play it". Not now, maybe I got older or lost interest, but I feel it's just not much to look forward to this time.
You're correct about the poster having one client and being focused on their needs, compared to SI. But, what if, just if, the SI's feel about the game direction is wrong? Hypothetically speaking.
Do you like the game's direction last few years? I don't to be honest as most of the features that are put in new iterations could be places in a bigger patch, call it 22 v2.0 for instance.
I still remember where we got new features during the winter patch, FM08 it was, and studio was much, much smaller.