Player Review
93 - TOTS
Let me go out and say, how thankful we can be that we only needed to win 6 DKT matches to get this guy.
Games so far: 22
Goals: 1
Monday morning, I got him and thought how I was going to link him up. Ended up getting (89) Van Der Sar on a cheaper bid.
Pace: His pace is really noticeable when he tries to catch fast attackers. He has 81 acc and 87 spr. spd. You need to move him yourself in order to catch the like of Lozano, Messi etc. Those small guys are the problem this fifa, but with decent positioning he catches everyone.
Shooting: I never attack really with my defenders, so it's quite irrelevant. I tried two shots against a guy in DKT semi final, but both were blocked.
Passing: You can expect good things with 95 short passing and 93 long passing. He plays at LCB for me and with that 4* weak foot he really plays some good balls at times, when a early run is made. So far no complaints about passing from him.
Dribbling: His touch is brilliant and the 76 agility helps in that aspect. I don't dribble or make any drag backs with my defenders, because I always have one touch and pass it away to someone else.
Now balance is one part, I was worried about when EA released the info on this card and I thought his balance would affect this card, because I've used CR7, Lukaku and they always seemed to be weaker due to their balance, but he hasn't shown any weakness in that yet, as his hold up play with L2 is quite decent when pressing.
Defending: 10/10
Now with this card you get almost all stats above 90 except interceptions, which is 86. Let's start with tackling, where he again just proves how good of a value he is compared to other Icons, TOTS players. He doesn't make a mistake in tackling, because he just seems massive ingame and blocks everything. Interceptions are quite surprising here. I expected him to be worse than Prime Ferdinand, but he does better interceptions than Rio and that might be because he hast much higher agility.
Physicality: 10/10
Not much to it as he has great jumping (haven't lost a near post duel as of yet), stamina (never get's tired), strength to withhold anyone and aggression that helps him win those battles against your Lukaku etc.
Pace
Passing
Physicality
Defending
Agility.
Goes above expectations
Hard to link with, if you don't have Icons.