Player Review

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3.5

Not As Good As You'd Think

By Reblox, 17-01-2018

So I decided to pick up Pires' untradeable 91 card and I can tell you it was the biggest mistake I've ever done. Its 500k that's gone down the drain and I'll never get back. You may notice the way I rated him on his Pace, Shooting, Passing and Dribbling, dont get me wrong, he was incredible as a player but as soon as any player (and I mean any player) got near him he'd be shoved off the ball quicker than you can say "Ref!". His 60 Strength and 47 Aggression is the reasoning for this. My play style quite often relies on a bit physique from the players and I thought with him being 6'2" he'd be competent enough. Boy was I wrong. I played him as a LF, CAM and ST and neither particularly worked well. He may have racked up 58 goals and 44 assists in 76 games but it should be so much higher, most of these goals came from one on ones, rebounds and easy tap ins. He missed most of the more difficult chance which a player like him should be scored relatively easily with a Maestro card on him.

If you're going to use his card you're going to want an Artist chemistry style on him (ups his balance to a reasonable stat) just to give his as much of a fighting chance as possible when going shoulder to shoulder with any player. I'm not saying don't get him because he may be perfect for someone else but if you're a player like me that goes shoulder to shoulder a lot then I'd avoid Pires where possible.

Pace

Dribbling

Passing

Inside the box finishing

Physical

Heading

Shooting from distance

Formation: 4321

Position: LF

Games: 76

GPG: 0.76

APG: 0.58

3.5

Overall

2.0

Value

3.5

4.5

Stamina

Pace (9/10)

Shooting (7/10)

Passing (8/10)

Dribbling (8/10)

Defending (2/10)

Physicality (2/10)

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