EA FC 24 Reviews

This card is genuinely insane. I have used a lot of top tier CBs this year, (ww yashin, maldini, lucio, rio ferdinand toty etc) this guy is on a level with all of them and even better than a few. I used him for my champs qualifiers and knew i had to write a review straight away. i used him partnered next to rio ferdinand toty in a 4321. In game he’s absolutely huge, never loses a header and has crazy strength. The 3 PS+ work really well together, the jockey for manual defending makes you really notice the difference, then being able to 2nd man press with relentless plus to be able to get a last minute block in with block plus (almost guaranteed with his huge frame) His tackling itself was very similar to a player like VVD, honestly top top tier both on the ground and standing. for a big player he felt fairly quick, however even with a shadow would struggle slightly against certain attackers, however he could usually make up for it through his strength or blocks. his passing is absolutely flawless, potentially apart from the 3* WF, but he is a centre back so can’t expect 5* 5*. Surprisingly i didn’t find this card to be as bad as i expected on the ball, i would compare him to someone like a drogba type player, you wont drop players with right stick dribbling but he’s competent on the ball for his size. However the best thing about this card. Corner headers. 99 jumping with a 6”5 frame and soft aerial playstyle, literally just player lock to him from anywhere, front post, back post, you’ll score. 5-0 in quals and he scored 8. For the price ( and the fact he can be upgraded) this card is crazy value, try him out in game and you won’t regret it.

After packing this goat i did his evolution and played 100 matches with him. With confidence, bro never loses the ball and does not miss a pass. 100% best fullback. Better than cafu imo( I am using thunderstruck)

This guy probably doesn't need a review for you to understand how good he is. I took some time off the game for awhile, and just focused on trading, and grinding menus as I was getting burned out from gameplay. Then I had enough coins to afford this guy. Now during my time off I went down all the way to Division 7, when I got R9 I went undefeated all the way to Division 2. This card will win you games you have no business winning. He will score everything, bully everyone, and I finally understand why he is one of the most sought after cards by Pro players. This guy is an animal. I have had him for 33 games so far and he has dropped 62 goals for me, and he has done it with ease. Regardless of TOTS right around the corner, he is never leaving my team. This is my first year trying him, and he will be my goal in every game after this one. Amazing player, and my favorite player in real life as well.

Short about me: 11-13 wins every Weekend League, 2nd div DR. Playstyle oriented for quick counter-attacks, few passes and relying on strikers effectivness, no tricks used, no crazy pro players moves. 4-4-2 with CDM + CM, Werner fantasy as ST + Henry 91 until now.

Golazo super-duper icon Lineker + crazy evo upgrading major stats sounds great, huh? 5star Weak foot. nice agility, good finishing, stamina, body type, decent playstyles - all seems to be working then why not give him a try? <- This is me buying him for 45k, and starting evo 2 days ago. Resigning from Vidic which i had in club :)

His initial 92 Golazo Icon is still a disaster. I mean what i write here. Clunky, heavy, accelerating worse than Hagi 91, not able to finish 50% of chances, weak foot as a total drama. But come on, he will be better after evo right? RIGHT? He is about to be Werner Fantasy partner so difficult teammate to contest. But hey it's still golazo+evo icon!

Doing his middle-evo versions were pain in the 3 letters. I slapped Engine on him to improve movement and passing a bit as his shooting should be good enough to go. Unfortunately it did not help much. He still felt like truck, and while using R1 to dribble he is more like swimming next to defenders rather than turning or passing through them.

Finally i got his 93 finished card and played with him aroun 20 games in Division Rivals. And.. not much changed. He started to accelerate finally, but still slower than Hagi 91 with 90 pace. Non comparable to Werner at all, like different class of players. I felt like playing with some random 85-rated in-form card rather ten top tier golazo evolved icon. He is able to miss every chance, as well as to score every. There is no repetetiveness in playing this card. No feeling that for sure I am gonna score if do this or that. He is forcing to shoot with his better right foot stronger than every player i played with, even if it's nonsense then he tries Trivela what usually ends up in GK gloves as higher ranked players predict signalized shots with GK movement. But You know it's not worst thing at all.. Once You get used to player which is not deadly finisher, not sprinter, not a game changer at all - you expect just solid simple things. Passing and simple shooting. THIS IS ALSO DISASTER. His passing is lower than average, no magic touches, nothing special that would make him special in playing with 2 strikers. You have to play simple balls and pray it's gonna come to desired player. His passes are slow and predictible, often not accurate.But this is also not worst.

I do not use power-shots. I do not know why, i rather use finesse, rotated shots in some situations as i find them more useful. But right now we talk aboout simple shots. The ones when You tap circle on Pad and exepct simple quick shoot. This guy requires 3 years before every shoot he is taking. IT IS DRAMATIC. I compared it, and it takes similar time to perform power-shot as well as simple normal shoot. This is ridicolous and impossible to understand. At this stage of game every defender is able to block or intercept with extra 1 second of delay. If we think about sliding tackle then it's even more easy to stop this Lineker. Such a shame! I scored 33 goals with him where 30 where to empty box i guess. Finesse shooting is bad, slow and badly rotated. Weak foot tends to miss 50% of chances, while Werner seems to be 10-star Weak foot rated next to him. 4-star WF Henry is totally better than him. Actually Hagi is better finisher than him. This is a comedy.

Regarding physicality it's also terrible. He is not capable to compete with defenders like base Virgil Van Dijk, basic Maldini, basic Lucio. Those are simple cards right now that everyone can afford and use, we do not mention better players like evo Campbell, Dessailly or Toty CBs. Our Lineker is losing every tackle, and is not able to take over any defender with pace higher than 81/82. He is 177cm tall so I expected him to be agile, quick turning and rapid. He is none of described, also not strong, also not sliding-through defeders type of player like Butragueno or Zola sometimes are. I am terrified how mediocre this card actually is... Only one good side of this card is Stamina as i never met any condition issues on him. He is losing almost every header opportunity beside taller and stronger defenders so there is nothing to describe in that matter.

As summary I would say that EA again packs rusty piece of scrap in beautiful graphics, adds crazy numbers under statistics which are not achievable in real gameplay and offers crazy super-turbo evolutions which do not rescue this cards at all. I am ashamed that legend like Lineker has to be proposed in this shape for EA FC24 players, because it feels indeed in game like he is 63 years old. It would be better to put him in game as collectible card for Hall Of Fame album or similar thing. Huge disgrace again.

This is not deadly striker which finishes 95% of chances.

This is not magical gamechanger capable to fix your game in 90+ minute.

This is not player that will positively surprise You and make You switch Your good actual working setup.

This is not player that will be your first choice to use as susbtitute.

This is a player which would be competetive in December, and visibly worse than all TOTY icons incoming soon.

Making this Golazo Evo was waste of resource, waste of time, waste of 40k to buy him.