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4.5

Marco Fantastic - The Ultimate Poacher

By wdavies417, 07-05-2019

Well, I'm assuming almost everyone looking at this card will be looking at doing his SBC, and that's how I got my hands on him. I'm a big admirer of Van Basten and thus I wanted to complete this SBC ASAP, and being pretty fairly priced it seemed well worth it. Decent packs back which gave me some money back from it but after two weekend leagues and a few rivals games I'm glad I did go ahead and get him. It takes a while to get used to him and was frustrating at first, but once you play with him in different play styles and formations you soon find out how to use him to his full potential. I played him as the solo striker in a 4231 with Eusebio behind him, and it works wonders. His hold up play is fantastic, and with a pacey boy behind him you can rip up defensive lines like there's no tomorrow. I've used a few different chemistry styles with him but have settled on architect. He gets a big passing boost, which is definitely needed and takes his usability in hold up play to the next level, and a good physical boost for his strength and jumping. He profiles similar to flashback Ibra, but having both I personally prefer MVB. His dribbling is noticeably much better and his agility makes him a much more fluid player to use imo. Oh, and he definitely scores absolute worldies. If you're looking to get a great icon, and not expect him to play the sweaty meta that an R9, Neymar, CR7 etc. would fulfil, he's a great card that I've had a great return from and a lot of fun using him.

Dribbling is a massive pro for him, he's incredibly agile for his height.

Shooting obviously, enough said.

Strength, he shields the ball very well.

Standing tackles, he genuinely puts in a mean stand tackle and is a workhorse to regain possession.

Strength, I know this was a pro, but he's not strong on the ball in motion, gets pushed off easier than Ibra (for example).

3 star skills, with his agility, 4 stars would go a long long way, limits him a fair bit, but you just have to play around that, big shame though.

Pace, he's not fast, even with a chem style.

Formation: 4231

Position: ST

Games: 74

GPG: 1.05

APG: 0.26

4.5

Overall

5.0

Value

4.5

Stamina

Pace (7/10)

Shooting (10/10)

Passing (7/10)

Dribbling (9/10)

Defending (7/10)

Physicality (8/10)

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