Player Review
88 - SBC
First of all, this is my first review so im sorry if i miss some aspects, but i just had to tell the community how great this guy is.
I was able to link him in a 4 3 3 with mertens and an Icon wich limited my squadbuilding a bit but he was totally worth it.
He played for me as the right side cam in 4231 in company of mertens TOTGS and Eriksen Winter-refresh with Belotti Storyline as the lone striker.
I was at first a bit worried about his low reactions and composure stats, but a Sniper-Chem fixed the isssue.
But now about the gameplay and ohhhh boy let me tell you!
With his 99 acceleration he speeds past defenders with ease. If a defender is able to catch up, you can deal with him easily too. Its really in those situations where he excells. He lacks the strength to shield off defenders, but his incredible smoothness on the ball, his lean body type, his 4 Star Special moves and his awesome dribbling stats give him the ability to create space on his own.
And when he gets into the right position, he is definetly able to finish the job. He scores bangers left and right for me, litteraly (because of his 5 star weakfoot). With 99 finishing and 92 Shot Power i cant really complain, even though his longshot-stat is a bit low for this stage of the game.
Because of his agility and dangerous finesse shots he draws a lot of attention towards him wich also creates space for my lone striker. His passing stats are alright, not really awesome, but ingame its enough to play a 1-2 or a through-ball to mertens or Belotti.
I tried him as a wing trying to feed him with long through-balls from gerrard (prime) and eriksen, but even though his pace stats are great, defenders are able to catch up on him in these situations because of his 90 Sprint Speed resulting in them picking the ball off him because of his low physicality. So i would really recommend using him in a 4231 type of formation, where you can abuse his ability to be effective in tight space and avoid sprintining duels on the wing.
His Stamina is enough to last 90 minutes, but after that it gets kinda rough and you have to sub him out.
I would really recommend him if you have more of a dribbling-relying gamestyle instead of an pass-oriented one.
He does pretty alright as an Supersub and for that price (a lot of silverpacks, because of them he cost me only around 60k), i would say go for it, even if you cant link him.
-Agility, Dribbling and Balance
-Acceleration
-4*5*-Combo
-Positioning, Finishing and Shotpower
-In-Game-Feeling
-effectiveness in tight spaces
-Price (revenue out of silverpacks lower the price significantly)
-Linkability (few belgium options and some eredivise, but squadbuilding is definetly limited)
-Strength
-Sprintspeed
-Longshots bit low
-Passing not good enough to play pure CAM