Player Review

92 - PL POTM

5.0

Incredible at the back & front

By Jaaye, 19-01-2019

Now, you may think "It's not worth the money" or "It's untradable so useless if/when he gets a higher IF" etc, but I'm not bothered about putting money into untradable cards if I want it and let me tell you I CERTAINLY don't regret putting the money into this card.

I've used VVD's Regular Gold, 86 IF & 87 IF and they were all very solid in defence, with a few mistakes here and there which can be expected. This POTM VVD is truly exceptional at the back because not only is he ridiculously strong in a tackle, he's got the pace to catch pretty much anyone running towards goal. I've noticed his positioning is excellent and is very rarely caught out. I've mentioned his tackling is insane, this is because he has missed roughly 1 tackle per game I've used him whilst still completing on average 13 tackles per game.

Furthermore, not only is he good in defence, he has been relentless upfront during corners. Whilst using his previous cards, they would pop up with a header every now and then, but very rarely. This POTM VVD is currently averaging a goal every other game. If you get a corner and you have this guy in your team, you know you'll have a very high chance of it ending up in the net thanks to Virgil's forehead.

I've used a lot of defenders so far in FIFA 19, such as Ramos, Umtiti, Varane, Gold & IF Koulibaly & Prime Sol Campbell and none of them have matched up to this POTM card. Don't get me wrong, they haven't been awful, fairly good in fact, but this card honestly just blows them out the water with his reliability all over the pitch.

DEFENCE - Extremely solid, very rarely does he miss a tackle/caught out of position

STRENGTH - Ridiculously strong in a tackle and can push anyone off the ball

SPEED - Can catch pretty much anyone running towards his goal

CORNERS - Very good chance of him pulling off a bullet header to the top corner

UNTRADABLE - You can't sell him, but I honestly don't care giving the performances he does

Formation: 4321

Position: CB

Games: 22

GPG: 0.45

APG: 0.05

5.0

Overall

4.5

Value

4.0

5.0

Stamina

Pace (7/10)

Shooting (6/10)

Passing (7/10)

Dribbling (5/10)

Defending (10/10)

Physicality (9/10)

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