Player Review

92 - Icon

5.0

frustrating yet brilliant

By aadamsshaw, 27-02-2019

lineker was my first ever icon, looking at stats he looked to be the best option for me after selling messi for being too lazy. He started off like a house on fire, scoring goals for fun, with hunter his pace is insane and with the tries to beat defensive line trait he makes insane runs in behind to make easy 1 on 1 chances. However, his shooting is so rendom, his shots are usually like cannons, finding the corner and devestating however on some occasions (especially low driven shots) he scuffs the ball so badly the ball goes miles wide, it makes no sense how such a monster can go from so good to so bad, ive played 191 games with him, all online and hes scored 227 goals so hes definitely a game changer, i just wish his shooting was more consistent, if it was hed be the best striker on the game and i cant even think how many goals he would have scored for me

his dribbling is good enough, he has good control of the ball. his passing is nothing to shout about, in fact apart from his short pass hes pretty useless, however he still has 99 assists in 191 online games so its no real issue. dont expect him to be winning many headers, he does seem to be incapeable of getting off the floor however on the rare occasion when he does actually head the ball he will be scoring it. his finesse shots because of his poor curve arent really too great but he can still score a good few, but i prefer just to use him as brute shot power and finishing.

pace

runs in behind

finishing

weak foot feels like 5 star

mediocre passing

cant win many headers

sometimes scuffs shots

Formation: 41212-2

Position: ST

Games: 191

GPG: 1.19

APG: 0.52

5.0

Overall

4.0

Value

5.0

Stamina

Pace (10/10)

Shooting (9/10)

Passing (7/10)

Dribbling (9/10)

Defending (5/10)

Physicality (7/10)

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