Smart Playlists Working on iTunes 9, Not on iTouch

Updated to iTunes 9
Everything is fine
Except my smart playlists (Recently added, top 25 most played) are not working properly. They display as they should in iTunes 9 but when you sync it to the iPod Touch, it displays 25 random songs.
I've deleted the smart playlists, synced, remade them, synced, didn't work.
Deleted, remade them, different names, synced, didn't work.

To an extent thank goodness, I thought I was going mad.
I too have this issue with iPhone & Itunes 9.
All my smart playlists on my iphone are in random order, but the one which is bothering me the most is my 25 most played, which contains stuff I don't think I have ever played.
Looking at smart playlist on my itunes or on expanded tree for iphone when connected to itunes has the correct listing but random on my iphone.
Let hope they fix this soon.
John

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