I agree, strip down and go right back to basics. What are the priorities? Gameplay etc.
Maybe have a look at all the sliders. My feeling is, with so many sliders we can all have the exact same game, but we will all be playing a unique version with different slider settings. Which I believe could be one of the big reasons why some guys have issues or bugs that others don't have. So I would say get rid of some of the unnecessary sliders and build from there.
Ask the creative guys doing all the work in the academy what tools they need to create even better quality players, bats, uniforms and stadiums and give them the best user friendly tools and give them freedom to be creative.
Get input from the patient guys doing all the testing to put all their findings to good use so we can have some decent physics, pitch wear etc.
Make a list of all Little Timmy's requests and prioritize the ones that would make the game more immersive and leave the fancy things for a few months down the line.
I don't know if we as a community should be proactive and make a "wishlist" or something of the sorts and give it to BA and help unlock the game's full potential?