Problem with reports due to "Connected" items change - Yes this IS a problem

Problem with reports due to "Connected" items change - Yes this IS a problem

Now that the change has been made to use "connected" items I can no longer run the reporting I need in CRM.  I should be able to start with Deals as the parent, connect down to the Account (Account_Name) on the deal as the child, then to any child items related to that Account such as Contacts.  I am trying to do this today, pull all contacts associated to the Account on the deal.  I can no longer do that since the Account is no longer listed as a child in reporting, it is now just in the field list of the deal fields.  You can see in my screenshot it now shows Account(connected record child 1) which is not the Account on the deal.  I'm not going to go through 500 deals and add the Account as the connected record.  Please advise.