Player Review

89 - Flashback SBC

5.0

The Elephant Man No More

By OnTheLaw, 30-01-2020

DIEEEGOOOOO COSTAAA THE ELEPHANT MAN! Well, hes the elephant man no more. Where should I begin with this monster? Well, this is my first ever review, and so I am just going to write on each of his base stats and a short summary. Here they are:

PACE: Surprisingly good, I thought his pace would be like Suarez or Lewa, not too fast but not the slowest. But he has surprised me. When he starts making a run, you can play him in behind early and he will get there ahead of the defender. He was constantly beating even fullbacks to the ball, and outpaced players like Smalling or VVD even with an anchor chem style. But against faster defenders like Eder Militao or Diego Carlos, he simply used him pace and his strength in order to get in behind. Obviously its not the high end pace we have come to expect with this fifa with players like mbappe or auba, but it is adequate. 8/10

SHOOTING: Just look and it will be evident. 92 shooting. Doesn't need to be boosted. Like Lewa, its broken everywhere. He scores EVERYWHERE. He has scored form the narrowest angles I've ever scored from. You just have to aim his foot anywhere at the goal and let it fly. His 4* WF feels more like 5* as well. The only downside to his shooting is that his finesse shots aren't as broken as Suarez, but he will usually score them. Also the most clinical finisher I've ever used. 10/10

PASSING: Adequate on basic, very good with Catalyst. He can make those short passes and through balls, just not long balls or anything like that. 9/10

Dribbling: pretty bad, he turns like a truck, but what I do I play him in a 2 striker formation and so if he has his back to goal I just pass it off to my other striker and he runs in behind. But anyway, his composure is top-notch, but thats the only other thing that matter in this category for me. Only because of his reactions and composure he gets a 6/10

Defending: Surprisingly, he won almost every tackle he made and when he lost the ball he tackled it back so 8/10.

Physicality: 99 strength, 99 aggresion. Need I say more? 10/10

In the end, not a meta card, but if you were looking for fun, a card that wins games, bullys VVD, a clinical finisher, and a legend, this card is legendary. To end off, I quote a FUTBIN comment from this card: "RIP his wife"

His shooting

Strength

Pace (surprisingly)

Stamina

Weak Foot because it feels like 5

Shooting works, even first time shots on his wf

Passing

Hold up play

His shooting anywhere

One twos

His price

Links ( very linkable, for example two meta players like adama traore and saul)

Did I mention his shooting?

His agility and balance

His turning

His 3* skills

His jumping

Formation: 442

Position: ST

Games: 28

GPG: 1.29

APG: 0.79

5.0

Overall

5.0

Value

5.0

Stamina

Pace (8/10)

Shooting (10/10)

Passing (9/10)

Dribbling (6/10)

Defending (8/10)

Physicality (10/10)

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