Player Review

85 - IF

2.0

Javier Pastore - the Invisible Man

By bigfatric, 27-11-2017

I used Pastore's IF card with an Engine chem style in a 4-2-3-1 narrow formation in a 3-man CAM team with 90 Rui Costa and Dybala's NIF. The main reason for using the chap was the green link to my striker, Mbappe.

I always expected him to be the weakest link in the attacking line-up, but even my low expectations weren't met. Pastore feels uncomfortable on the ball, gets knocked around by defenders too easily, and has the annoying tendency of changing his runs right at the point you pass to him. While his passing stats are nearly maxed out by an engine chem it doesn't ever feel like you're getting value for them; Pastore is often in the wrong area when he receives the ball and not strong enough to move the ball to a useful area where his passing skills can be utilised. He netted very few assists for me during my time using him.

What I was surprised with though was his predatory skills. He was often in the right place at the right time to poach easy goals, and he scored more than expected with his head. Being so tall you'd expect him to get a few headed goals but his tally for me in the 50-60 games I played with him was impressive. He also seemed to often be in a good place defensively, and seems to track back even when you tell him to stay up (which can be a blessing or a curse.)

Overall, I've now switched to IF Fekir and life is much better. Perhaps Pastore's card would be better out on the wing or as an RF, but for CAM or CM he's just too weak and lanky to be effective.

Green link to Mbappe
Cheap
Good poaching skills
Gets back on defense

Very weak
Constantly changes his runs right as you pass to him
Feels uncomfortable dribbling
Injury prone

Formation: 4231-2

Position: CAM

Games: 0

GPG: nan

APG: nan

2.0

Overall

2.5

Value

1.0

2.0

Stamina

Pace (5/10)

Shooting (7/10)

Passing (3/10)

Dribbling (3/10)

Defending (6/10)

Physicality (2/10)

See All reviews...

Other Javier Pastore Reviews

Javier Pastore

CRACKING PLUR!!!!

Pastore is a really good CM (one of the best i've used) i would say hes better 2IF Mooy and mooy is really good. some of Pastore's in game stats are a lie like his strength feels like its in the 80s and i have a Hunter chem style on him. Hes long shots are also really really good and he's defending is good as well feels like 80. Pastore barely misses a pass as well. For the price he is defenly worth it and I would pay up t...

Read full review

Javier Pastore

a odd player

i got him in a untradeable pack and i used him in a argentinian/belgian hybrid team because i wanted to see how good he is and he just didn't impress me enough to justify keeping him in the starting 11so i went back to my calcio A team and used him as a sub when the opposition is giving me trouble with a tight defence where strangely enough he's doing very well i use him in cam if i need headers or at full back if i ...

Read full review

We want to ensure that user generated content published on our website is relevant and lawful. So, we have created these House Rules to give you an idea of things to avoid mentioning in your content and posts. Please read these rules carefully before you write anything that will be published on our website. Our website administrators will moderate content and may remove content that is in violation of these rules. Your account may also be suspended for serious or repeated violations. All decisions of our website administrators are final. In very exceptional cases, we may be legally compelled to reveal your account information to the authorities.

Now, onto the rules…

No swearing or offensive language. We want to keep our website engaging for all of its users and this kind of language could put people off using our website.
No comments that are unlawful, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, sexually oriented, homophobic or racially offensive.
No spamming. Please don’t re-post content that is the same or similar to what you have already posted.
No defamatory content. This means no content that is untrue and likely to damage the reputation of another person or an organisation. You could face legal action from the person or organisation that you have defamed, and we don’t want that.
No personal information. Never publicise your own personal information or that of anyone else, such as full name, address, telephone number, email address, etc. This is for your own safety and the safety of everyone who uses our website.
Keep your content relevant. Please keep your content relevant to the topic at hand. If you post something that isn’t relevant, we might remove it.
Do not copy others. Please ensure that all content that you post is written in your own words and does not violate copyright laws.
Do not advertise or link to third party websites. We want to ensure that the promotion of any third party websites is endorsed by us, so please ensure that you do not include links in your content.
NO CAPS LOCK. IF YOU WRITE IN CAPS LOCK IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE RAISING YOUR VOICE. We can hear you just fine without caps lock, so please take it off when writing your comments.