I don't think there's much to choose between motion and R&G for percentage of outside shots, but the game does adjust shooting tactics to take account of the defensive matchups, so maybe our guys were better at jump range than the Austrians? Or their defence was more inside focus so forcing us to shoot from further out? Just guesses really...
As for the community, dabomby and I have been using the in-game chat the last couple of domestic league matches. It's actually quite a cool feature, and a real shame that more people in England don't use it - it's easy, and it's right there when you're watching your own team's game, so it doesn't require a special effort or anything.
How about we make a plan for us all to be in the chat for 'England' during next Saturday night's round of domestic fixtures. We can at least chat a little while we watch our game, and maybe a few newbie managers will drop in, and we can be sociable with them? That might be a mechanism to create a little more community around the England set-up?