I still loved his base card and play with him occasionally. His evo with those upgrades will be insane.
Is he a waste as a stayback CM/CDM? My other attacking/b2b CM is Zidane and I love the man so don’t want to replace him.
He performs really well as an RM for me. I cannot describe how good his passing is.
You really can’t go wrong with either but probably Neymar if you can link him. 5/5 is huge.
Personally I'd not spend this much on a keeper. Use any high rated keeper who gives you maximum chemistry, all keepers are so inconsistent anyway. If you need an icon keeper then I'd just complete Schmeichel if you have fodder. Coins are better spent somewhere else.
Generally speaking you'll always find players for close to fodder price who can perform on at least a 90% level of really expensive cards. In really tight matches that extra ~10% performance can be decisive but most of the time it doesn't really matter. I'm a div 3 and 11-14 WL win player and I don't think that I could reach better results even if I could somehow afford really the best players for each positions. Improving at the game and abusing **** mechanics would help though. :)
I know that the gambling SBCs generally suck but I always be like "hey, maybe I'll have some luck this time". I've spent a lot of resources on Hero and Icon SBCs, even bought some guaranteed Icon packs in the store for the first time since Fifa 21 and I literally got nothing useable. Don't be like me, keep your fodder for something else.
Got him from the 89 max icon SBC. I've played the champs qualifier with him and sadly he's as bad for me as I expected. He can run. And that's all. Passing is awful, finishing is disappointing and even women can push him off the ball.It's a shame becuase I liked him as a player when I was young but in this game thanks to the dumb attacking AI and very OP defensive AI which turns every player into prime Maldini you just simply cannot be efficient with non meta players...
I’ve only packed English icons with the casino SBC. I hope that EA is trying to send me a sign that this legend will be my big pull one day.
Tried him in a few rivals game already in div3. Better than stats would suggest, his body type is great. Gonna use him for a few weeks. But that's why I think he's at least a small L, I can't see him in my squad in mid december. The likes of Eto'o, Vieira, Ribery etc. will be good until TOTS but not this card sadly. Still it could be worse with a Keane pull for example...
Small L I guess
My favourite CM this year. Hope that we can evo him one day.
Nobody has a crystal ball but most likely every cards will drop a lot next week due to black friday. 89 and under icons will be also affected by today’s icon SBC (if it is really released today).Personally I’d sell every tradeable card that worth more than fodder price.
I cannot find a better striker under 1 million coins (excluding his IF ofc)
Benched Messi for him. Top 3 gold attacker in the game. Him and Benzema in a 2 striker formation is deadly.
How is he compared to Benzema?
Feel you bro
Need him to link Llorente but I really miss Courtois...
Used him for more than 50 rivals+champs game now as a CM/CDM. He’s really insane, bosses the midfield. I really don’t understand why is he dropping recently as on top of his very good ingame performance he’s the only top tier link to Messi and RTTK Di Maria.
Thanks for the review mate!I have OTW Felipe untradeable. Would you recommend this card over him?
Agree with you mate. If you don't like a player then don't make a false review. And thanks. I was just about to sell my god tier prime MvB to test Henry out. But after this and all that negative reviews from the community about Henry I won't.
Hero Rashford would be my choice. But I'd personally go for an icon. For ~700k you can buy 90 Butragueno on PS4. Prime Van Basten is even cheaper and he doesn't disappoint me in Division 1.
I don't think CR7 is much better. Maybe slightly. But he needs to be used in a different way than Mbappe. His dribbling and speed is worse but you get strength and aerial threat in exchange. You should try out the loan CR7 before purchase him but if you like Mbappe both irl and ig I'd stick with him.
Nice review as always. May I have a question about your CDMs? Do you use one on stay back and the other on balanced? If so is it Fabinho who is on balanced? How is he as a b2b midfielder?
Would you recommend him as an LCAM over 92 Neymar?
I use 90 Butra with Inaki. Totally agree with you. Also I think they are perfect together.
Thanks for the review mate! Picked him up yesterday with Butragueno upfront. Insane duo.
Thanks for the review mate! I really liked watch him play irl however unfortunately he's out of my budget but I'd like to try some icon players. Have you tried any other of them except Gerrard? Who would you recommend over NIF Messi in a CF / ST position? I've been looking 88 Raul for a few days now but not sure if he's worth it. I love Messi both irl and ig but I also keen on trying out new players without downgrading my squad...
I guess we can say that you agree with me then. :D Anyway I think it always depends on your budget. I beleive that every team needs to be balanced if you want to win most of your games. This card in a 2-3 mil squad is a no for me. Too much for one player in that cir***stances in my opinion. But this card in a squad at least 4-5 mil is worth considering.
Honestly I was thinking about buying him. However atm he costs almost 1,5 mil (PS4). I think that's too much even if he's that good. From 1,5 mil you can buy NIF Messi and SIF Suarez and you still have 200k.I don't like the expression value for coins because obviously NIF Rodrigo will always be a better value for coin than CR7 since CR7 is not 400 times better than Rodrigo. But in this case if I were you I'd purches IF Mbappe (770k atm) as he has a huge chance to get upgraded in a month and he is obviously better value for coins and also can play on a similar level.
Thanks for the review again! I have been using his NIF for the past 3 WLs now and for me he works best as ST.
His NIF card is fantastic for me as an ST in 4231 / 4222.
Been thinking of Dybala for a while as I added Salah to my squad and Grizi went from RST to RCAM in 4222 and Salah RST.But Griezmann is a game changer for me. My only current issue with him atm is his h/h workrate and 81 stamina... He looses speed noticable around minute 70. But it wasn't an issue at all when I played him at ST.
Thanks for the review!Been using his NIF card for more than a month now. One of my favourite so far.Thinking about upgrading to his UCL card but not sure if it's worth the price.I know that he will get a one rating upgrade this year but the next possible upgrades will only come next year in late February / early March.
