Sorting out playlists after iTunes Match

I just completed my iTunes Match thing, and i was happy.
But then realised that i can't sync particualr playlists using iTunes, to my iPhone.
Why is this. Why can't i sort my music, the way i used to, using iTunes, then syncing up the playlists that i want and th emusic that i want.
What i'm seeing is this;
Instead of the usual sync opions. Now i'm afraid to sync my iPhone incase it removes or adds music that i don't want on my iPhone at this time.
Is there a way to get the out Sync opions back?

And so now i discover that all my iPhone playlists are gone, all the music is there, but i have no playlists, nothign.
Do i need to recreate all my playlists again using my iPhone?
If so, i wish i'd never used iTunes Match now. Its just created more problems then it sovled.
Thanks Apple, thanks for infoming me that i'd lose all my playlists on my iPhone, and now have to spend god knows how long rebuilding them.
PUT THE IPHONE MUSIC SYNC OPIONS BACK TO THE WAY THERE WERE!
If not, then i guess i might end up taking all my DRM free music someplace else, couse i feel, lately using Apple is far much like hard work.

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