Player Review
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Due to me being a huge Chelsea Fan, Prime Lampard was a goal of mine to have during Fifa 19. I finally had enough coins to buy him this weekend and was so happy to put him in my squad. I wanted to have Lampard as a player to get up the pitch and bang in long shots every game, but was met with a different play style. With his H/M work rates, playing him at CM would be a perfect place to have him attack and defend to always be in position for shots and be able to create play for the rest of the team. However, he seems to not like to attack up the pitch. He sits back a little too much and rarely makes runs. With this being said, when we did attack and could get a shot off it went in 9/10 times. One easy way to combat his lack of attacking I found was to play him central CAM stay forward. He was able to stay up and play the final ball through into space for a close finish from a striker, and also be able to intercept the quick build-up play from the opponent to open the attack up to catch the opponent off guard. The shot power and long shot combo on the card is phenomenal. His time finesses from outside the box, if aren't blocked by AI defending, seem to always go in top bins. His passing is phenomenal as well. His long balls are put on a tee for attackers to run onto and rarely fail, his through balls have the perfect weight and are played into the right space, and his short passing make it easy for 1-2 passes to spread out play. His dribbling is surprisingly good even though he is not as agile as other players. The major con I can see is his pace, which is very obvious from face value of the card. He is not going to be able to outrun defenders on counter attacks but doesn't need to. He can easily just play the ball long to counter and will help you very much to catch the defense lacking. If you need an attacking player to bang in 2 goals a game I do not recommend this card. If you need a strong player who can make perfect passes for build-up play and bang in long shots every game from 18 yards and back, this card will be a massive help for your team.
Passing (Long chipped through balls being the more impressive)
Long Shots
Physicality and Strength
Dribbling
Stamina
Pace
Attacking Positioning on ocassion