Player Review

92 - TOTY Nominee SBC

4.5

Fantastic Player (Gareth Bale)

By ReaperEU, 21-01-2019

I've been using Gareth Bale TOTY SBC for about 50 games now in my Squad, and I have to say that he was worth every coin I spend on him.

I use him as RS in a 4222 formation (link to my team in the description), and he is doing an amazing job in that position.

Bale is fast. Like really fast, and in combination with his 87 base strength that makes him almost unstoppable for every defender if you play a through ball.

The finesse shots he's taking are going in like every time, even if I fail the timed finish. And if you hit the green first-touch timed finish, it's not even a problem for him to score goals from 35mtrs or even more distance.

His dribbling is very clean, but not comparable to the likes of Mbappé, Messi or Neymar, I would compare him with CR7, sadly without 5 Star Skills.

His passing is very good as well, but I think that should be standard if a players got 85+ passing.

He's also doing an incredibly good job after corners, thanks to his height (1,85m), jumping (95) and his heading accuracy (89).

But I feel like the most important upgrade this card got was the +6 on his stamina. When I was using the normal Bale a few months ago, I really enjoyed him, but he had to be substituted at the 70th minute.

The biggest problem I see at this card is not even his 3 Star week foot, because he basically doesnt use it very often, but that he can hardly fit into many squads, as the only ways to link him are either Casemiro, Modric, Carvahal IF, Griezmann or Kondogbia.

However, as at the time I am writing this review, his sbc cant be done anymore, I just want to give the people that have done him a little advice for how you should play him:

dont let him play as your only ST, because you want to make sure that hes on the right side of the field most of the time
make sure not to tell him to defend in his players instrucions, because that would be very bad as his stamina isnt that high

Fast
Strong
Amazing finishing, also ok finishing with his LF
very good dribbling
heading, especially after corners

hard to link
balance makes his dribbling feel weird sometimes
1.4 million coins for an untradeable card

Formation: 4222

Position: RF

Games: 46

GPG: 1.30

APG: 0.67

4.5

Overall

3.0

Value

5.0

4.0

Stamina

Pace (10/10)

Shooting (10/10)

Passing (10/10)

Dribbling (9/10)

Defending (3/10)

Physicality (9/10)

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