Ghost Into Space

I wasn't sure where to put this issue but following the 24.2 update, it seems that we are now unable to upload a profile picture for our manager's. There used to be an option in 'Preferences' (somewhere within the section in the below image I believe) where we could select a file from our computer but it seems to have now disappeared...

I wasn't exactly sure where to put this but it kind of falls under scouting. I recently added a shortlist to my save which has around 600 players on it and for some reason, they all got added to the social media feed / following section but under the 'players' section (as well as the 'shortlist' section). If I remember rightly, this never happened in previous versions of Football Manager. I know there is a 'remove all' button at the bottom instead of removing them one by one but there were players already on that list that I wanted to follow so I have had to go back and follow them again.

I've noticed that every team that we play against who play with a back four almost always use the IWB and IFB roles even when it is not realistic to real life. I get that some teams do play with those roles (Manchester City) but I have played against Tottenham and Chelsea for example who most certainly don't use those roles in real life as their full backs are very much more suited to being wide playing full backs. I get that the new IFB role is exciting (and one of my tactical options includes it too) but for every single AI team to have that set up makes it seem very unrealistic. I've been watching a couple of the content creators too on their saves and I have noticed the exact same thing happening in their games too. These are my opposition line ups for the first 5 games of the season (the only team that didn't have one of these roles were Sheffield United as they played with three at the back instead):

I have saved a game setup so that I can have the exact same set up for each save every time I start a new one and I have noticed that the player count is (very) different between the 'Original game' mode and the 'Real World' game mode. As you will see below, the game setups (leagues, start date and everything else) are identical but for some reason, the player count is completely different and by quite a lot as well - About 50,000 players in difference. Is there a reason for this?

Not necessarily an issue to report but more of a question - So in the ‘real world’ mode, I get that the players move to their new clubs on the date it happened in real life but it seems that any new contracts signed by players already at the club are implemented too - Is that right? If yes, I guess the other question is how far into the future does that go? For example, I’m running a save with Arsenal and Martin Ødegaard has already agreed to a new contract (quite a big wage increase as well - nearly double) which will start on 22nd September just like it did in real life but that’s quite far into the future? Just curious as this will affect my wage budget in the future so it would be good to know so that things can be planned with the squad and finances accordingly.