1. I think the bread is either too light or too heavy and I haven't found a perfect balance anywhere yet.
2. They are filled with tons of meat. While it seems that the meat is what Americans usually desire on a sandwich, I feel that it takes away from other flavors - the cheese, veggies, spreads. Believe it or not, your palate wants to taste things other than meat sometimes too!
3. Last but not least is the issue of cheese. Where did all the flavorful cheese disappear to? Don't sandwiches deserve tasteful, interesting cheese?
There IS good news, though. It seems that I have found the best medicine for our sandwich boredom and it is called Muffuletta.
The muffuletta sandwich was developed in Central Grocery in New Orleans, an Italian grocery store founded in early 1900's.
The muffulleta sandwich is prepared with muffuletta bread with sesame seeds, marinated olive oil salad, several kinds of meats and 2 kinds of cheeses. 
Although it is seemingly full of meat, the ham, pepperoni, capicola and salami are sliced thinly, as to not take away from other flavors of the sandwich. The olive oil salad is made of marinated veggies that usually would never see an inside of a sandwich, such as carrots or cauliflower. Talk about original and impressive! Now, dig in!
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