Player Review
88 - FUT Birthday Obj
My mans is free just do his objective, you can not go wrong. Not to mention it is relatively easy. With that out of the way... you need to put a shadow on him. That would also be my first con. The fact that shadow is expensive and without it he has 80 awareness. Fortunately he has enough pace to begin with and gets 90+ with Shadow. That coupled with the elite defending, his height, decent agility and elite strength is the perfect formula for a striker bully. I run him in a 41212(2) as the CDM on stay back+ aggressive interceptions and cutting passes. These factors lead to him defending so well. Heads on against him you have no chance. He obliterates the attacking chance and starts yours with his superb passing. If you switch onto a different defender and let him do his thing, he will come out of no where to... well... cut the passes. If the attacker runs past him he most of the time is fast enough to keep up and definitely strong enough to push him off the ball or good enough to tackle cleanly. After that you just send your attackers to the front and he passes well enough to initiate the attack. Standout cons would be his shooting, but you don't need him scoring goals. His balance is horrifyingly low, but his strength kind of makes up for it. Surprisingly his stamina sits all the way at around 20% after the 75 mins mark. Luckily everyone else is tired then as well, but I did not expect that coming from 88 stamina. So expect him to occasionally be quite far upfront. Heading wise he is a okay but could be improved on.
Overall he is a superb defender with good AI and good passing. The pace needs to be upgraded with Shadow, which also upgrades is relatively low defensive awareness. You don't need him to shoot but make sure not to sprint with him all too often. Instead just jockey and anticipate the next pass.
Defending
Passing
Strength
Aggression
AI
Pace with shadow
bully
Med/Med
Balance
80 awareness
heading