Again, comes back to selecting the "right" people to play online games with you. There are assholes in any gaming community that ruin the fun. Start games with people you know, on your friends list or the folks on PlanetCricket with their PS3 usernames visible, that way if they constantly "disconnect" you think they are doing it to get around losing the game legitimately you contact them here on the forum or name n' shame them...
It makes 100 % sense what you are saying Biggs. There`s just a couple of problems at the moment with this proposal.
1. There is not a huge list of Games on the Online Custom matches. I`ve only ever seen 2 listed at most , mostly its a barren affair , so the first one that comes along , we jump on the wagon , just too gratefull to finally get a game going after hitting the triangle button for 10 minutes.
2. Ive gone the route of sending friend requests to about 30 guys on the PSN list on this website , but most havent accepted it yet , or have accepted , but couldnt be arsed to arrange a match. And thats you included
3. As soon as the critical mass is reached where we can afford to be picky who we play against , then it will certainly become easier to avoid the players with the AI of a fly , that just bowls yorkers the whole day etc. etc.