I flush the cloud and it works for maybe one game - then same problem. It will kick me back to the title screen and try to reconnect 9 times. After the 9th try i get the message "Unable to connect to EA servers Please check your internet connection and try again.". It then only works again if I flush and repeat. Works for maybe (maybe!) one game then the same problem.
As for the new front end, I guess I am just old school. It takes a while for each app to load and I do miss the ability to put VPN settings directly into the router as well. It literally takes like 20 - 30 seconds for the apps to load. Maybe its a problem with the router itself as my geo-filter clearly isn't working either.