This guy is a monster ingame.
I got all the tokens less than 1 day after icon swaps came because I couldnt imagine a team withot this card and for 7 TOKENS.
this guy outruns every attacker he goes in for eery tackle and he always ALWAYS comes out with the ball.
Hes always helping the defence and somehow he just teleports and helps the attack as well, his shooting surprised me, he finished all the chances close to the goal but he was very inconsistent from long range. with a catalyst his passing was exceptional and he felt really good on the ball.
Along side his 98 aggresion he made every player scared of him.
Gattuso is by far the best value for tokens for me
Everything apart from long range shooting
long range shooting
I picked this Gattuso card from icon swaps for I needed a good defensive midfielder. I started him at cam then switched him to cdm later in game. If there is one thing you should know about gattuso it's that he might take a while to get used to.After I got used to using him he would win every challenge he went in for.He is definitely worth the grind. He is one the short side at 5 foot 10. He is worth the grind considering he only took me 3 days so for playing the game for 3 days to get an op icon (in my opinion).
Defending,His physicality,His short passing is actually quite good,pace for a cdm
Dribbling,Shooting but if your playing him cdm that doesn't matter
So I packed Valencia Libertadores out of the untradeable Libertadores player pack a while back, and I had mixed feelings about it: I really liked the card, kind of meta and fun to use, but it was impossible to link in my team. Then, when Icon Swaps 3 came out, I was really excited about Gattuso PIM: I could play my Valencia on 7 chem with him, I needed a CDM and he looked genuinely good.
I managed to get the 7 tokens in a few days, and without hesitation did his SBC. I'm not the best player (I'm a div 6 / gold 1 player), but I now played over 200 games with him, and I'll be honest with you when I say that I'm kind of disappointed.
He replaced my 88 Verstraete in my Bundesliga team, as the more defensive-minded CDM, in a 4231 alongside 90 Kimmich, who's my box-to-box miedfilder. He was an improvement to my team, but he isn't as good as Kimmich for me and now I kind of regret doing him.
His main cons are pace and dribbling. I'm the kind of player who holds possession, and both my CDMs need to help me pass the ball around and build attacks. Kimmich is very good at it, but it seems like Gattuso always needs that one or two extra touches to position himself well before delivering good passes.
So I applied an engine on him, but he still just didn't feel as responsive as you'd want to, and not fast enough.
As I hold possession, I get countered a lot. My back four are very quick (there's a link to my squad if you wanna check), but Gattuso couldn't match the speed of my opponent's attackers. So I applied a catalyst on him. His pace was better, but still not quite enough (85 with catalyst), and he felt too sluggish.
I'm not a skiller, but his 2* skill moves could upset you. His 3* weak foot is also kind of an issue. I like my players to be able to pass the ball with both feets, and his left foot is not very good.
I played two FutChamps with him, but this weekend I felt like I needed to change him. It might be the planned obsolescence, but it felt like every game he made sluggish touches and got pushed of the ball by my opponent players. And that's very dangerous when it's your CDM and you get countered if he loses the ball. I used PIM Roy Keane to replace him. He's not endgame, but he was just better.
However, Gattuso isn't all bad. He has amazing short passing when you slap an engine or a catalyst on him (91 short passing), and he got me a couple of assists. His defending and agressivity are amazing, no need to upgrade those. The only small con on the defensive side is his strength. Even though it says 89, he got pushed of the ball a few times by my opponent, and he can struggle against tall players. The work rates are very good for a CDM though, he's all over the pitch when you're defending and he stays behind when you're attacking. I like it when one of my CDMs is ten metres behind the other when I'm attacking, it always gives me different pass options. And him and Kimmich are very complementary in this way. Plus the dynamic image is really cool.
Overall I'd say that he isn't the best choice for Icon swaps. You may wanna pick him if you're low on coins and absolutely need a CDM, but if I had to do it again I would've saved up to get a better CDM and done the Prime Icon pack. If you're thinking about picking him after the next batch of swap tokens, I don't recommend you to do it. But if ever you do take him, I think that a catalyst would be the best chemistry style.
- Agressivity
- Defending
- Passing
- Icon links
- Work rates
- The 97 reactions is really nice. The 86 composure is also helpful
- Stamina, didn't mention it but he can run all over the pitch for 120 minutes no problemo
- Still quite a good free CDM with Icon swaps
- Iconic player, it's always nice to play with players you like in real lifes
- Beautiful hair
- Shooting, didn't mention it in the review but he can't shoot to save his life
- Dribbling, he feels too sluggish on the ball
- Pace, even though it's still kind of okay for a CDM
- Gets pushed of the ball sometimes
- Skill moves, even though that's not why you get the card
- Weak foot
- Heading
I had base Gattuso in my squad for a while and was very happy with him. Then icon swaps came I was over the moon for a Momentum Gattuso for only 7 tokens!
He is defensively top notch, I have him on Stay Back, Cut Passing Lines and he intercepts so much. He is a rock before the defense. I would advise to have a playmaking CDM next to him because Gattuso can't shoot and passing is alright-ish. Just defend and give it away.
Gattuso is great at what he does, he is relatively cheap and even free with low effort with Icon Swaps. I would recommend any version of him, this being the best.
-Cheap
-Intercepting
-Defending
-Physical
-Being Gattuso
-Pace is OK
-Not a playmaker CDM
This is an absolute beast. I got in weekend league 2 ranks higher because of him. Don't play him to much forward, because of his shooting and dribbling. Is is only a cdm and not a cm.
His defending and physical skills are insane.
His short and long passing.
Balance quite good for a cdm
His pace could be a bite more but with a chem style like engine or catalyst its perfect for a cdm.
Agility could be a bit higher.
His shooting is the worst part of this card. His shooting is bad so he can't come forward so just let him stay back in front of your defenders.
Needed an icon in my squad for the links, i stopped playing FUT from January to May so i couldn't get all the Swaps tokens so i did him.
I played him next to Gabriel TOTS, Sabitzer TOTS and now Renato Sanches TOTS. His interceptions are always on point but that's the only thing he got. He gets a pass right once every 5 pass. Should've taken the Prime Icon Pack.
- Interceptions
- Strenght (kinda)
PASSING
PASSING
pace
PASSING
PASSING
-sorry for my english:-) -
I got Gattuso from icon swaps, so i didn´t spent money for him. The defending and physicality is amazing! He win almost every tackling. His shooting is not the best but it doesn´t matter for a CDM. But his passing is not very good. He failed a lot of passes. That's the only thing I don't like about him. But maybe it´s just my skill and not gattuso (or EA). (-:
- Very good defending
- Amazing physicality
- with catalytst very fast for a CDM
- only 7 icon swaps tokens for him is really cheap
- not the best passing and shooting
Gattuso. Clutch factor level 300. His tackles are sublime. Constantly cleaning up. He hits tackles with such power that he almost always gets the ball. His pace with the catalyst in the CDM role is good enough. His strength is superb and he never runs out of energy. His passing range with catalyst chem style is good. His passing is generally reliable. His animation choices when tackling are superb. He is Mr. Reliable. One of my longest serving players. But my main compliment is, he plays for the badge.
Tackling.
Strength
Stamina.
Passing.
Shooting.
Pace isn’t up to scratch when filling in for full backs.
I got gattuso in Icon swaps as I needed a cdm to link my team together. I did know that his pace, agility, balance and dribbling were low but as I had planned to keep him deep and not in a position where he would need to be a creative force in the team. However, he turned out to be terrible. I played him cdm in a 4231, next to objectives Fred with 91 sane, TOTSSF Giovinco and headliners Traore at CAM, and 92 Dalglish at striker.
Feels like a bus, his low agility, dribbling and pace meant that as soon as he won the ball (which, when he got in a position to tackle he was good at to be fair) he was unable to get away and too often lost the ball straight away.
Low pace meant that he rarely got near to the opposition player in position so he was pretty much invisible for the whole game. I played him for the first half of the weekend league but ended up dropping him for 87 socrates who I already had in the club to play cdm next to objectives Fred.
I have now fully replaced him with TOTSSF Anselmo playing on 7 chemistry and am probably going to put him straight into the next guaranteed TOTSSF pack sbc.
- good at tackling
- decent short passing
- links the whole team together (icon links)
- stamina (easily ran out the whole game)
- pace
- low agility and balance turns him into a bus
- shooting (rarely gets in a place to shoot but if he does may as well pass sideways or backwards so the chance isn't wasted)
- height (for a cdm to sit next to objectives Fred I would have preferred a taller player)
- dribbling (very low dribbling partnered with low pace means that when he wins the ball he can't get away from the player he just tackled)
- 2 star skill moves is way to low, would prefer minimum 3 star for my cdm
I used him in a 4-1-2-1-2 of CDM and it gave me excellent performance, even in spite of his shot i did not see it as bad although you don't have to do longshots with him, his passing is normal and a little more than that,and by his defense and physical I will only say that it is incredible, it feels a little slow but it is incredible to just defend and pass it. If you are thinking of doing it, just do it.(sorry for my bad english)
Everything apart from shooting and dribbling or pace.
Shooting
Dribbling