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5.0

John Barnes - Monster!!!

By Dontpushit, 30-09-2019

Being a big Liverpool fan I was excited to see Barnes added to the game this year and was even more happy with his game changing contribution to my forward line...

This guy fits the meta perfectly with his pace shooting and slick dribbling in game.. but what gives him that special "icon feel" are his physical attributes, At 6ft tall with a Hulk like body shape, if defenders do catch you up they just bounce off.

I paid 600k for this beast and honestly cant see him leaving my team before TOTY. If you're reading this because you're considering buying, do it... Up until this point I'd been using Eden Hazard and Barnes is another level entirely!

Physical - 10/10 Think a LW Cristiano Ronaldo

Dribbling - 9/10 Fast and light on the ball (gets a 9 here due to lack of 5* skills)

Shooting - 10/10 Finishes well from in and outside the box

Passing - 8/10 short passes have the perfect weight, long passing i can't comment on... LF's don't play many long passes

Pace -9/10 Not quite mbappe, but use the right stick dribbling and you're not getting caught

Doesn't have an afro on his in game face like the card

Lack of 5* skills (but you cant have everything for this price)

Formation: 4321

Position: LF

Games: 8

GPG: 1.75

APG: 0.63

5.0

Overall

5.0

Value

5.0

Stamina

Pace (9/10)

Shooting (10/10)

Passing (8/10)

Dribbling (9/10)

Defending (5/10)

Physicality (10/10)

5.0

The MONSTER

By Tuddi77, 20-12-2019

John Barnes is an absolute monster on the field. This guy has the speed of Adama Traore, the shot of R9 Ronaldo and strength like Ruud Gullit. John Barnes pushes every right back off the ball and outruns Kyle Walker like he was Mertesacker. Put hunter on him and you will never lose a 1v1 situation again. His body shape is so strong as well. He is so quick and agile on the ball and his 4* 4* star weak foot and skills is really nice to use. At first, I thought he was right-footed so I played 20 games without knowing he was left-footed. But that wasn't even a problem he scored 14 goals in the first 20 games with his right foot. You may think "how expensive is he?", well he is currently 350K on Xbox. I mean you can get one of the best left-wingers in the game for such a low price. That is absolutely amazing and quite hilarious. If you have the money, go get him that's for sure.

Amazing pace - runs like he has fire in his ass.

Scores bangers and shoots like an elephant - elephants can shoot up to 240km/h

Strenght

Defending - he is really good at pushing the opponent's wingers off the ball

Balance 76 - but tbh you can't feel it when playing with him

He is bald in-game - not the afro on the picture

Formation: 4231

Position: LW

Games: 60

GPG: 0.53

APG: 0.47

5.0

Overall

5.0

Value

4.5

5.0

Stamina

Pace (10/10)

Shooting (9/10)

Passing (9/10)

Dribbling (9/10)

Defending (7/10)

Physicality (9/10)

4.5

English R9

By Billabong21, 14-10-2019

This guy feels like a cheat so early on in the game... First of all, I highly recommend you position change him to a ST in game. He definitely can play on the wing, but he'd be wasted there. Then I'd recommend using a sniper chem style. With a pace boosting chem style you can't increase his agility enough and it's noticeable, unless you play him on the wing and use an engine chem style. But once I put sniper on him he felt much smoother and became stupidly clinical. This guy puts away everything, his left foot reminds me of Bale's from last year. He's also fast and strong. So if he doesn't initially burn the defender with pace, there's a good chance you can just shrug them off. Especially with people focusing on faster but weaker CB's such as Militao this year. It's a shame he didn't get the 5* WF I feel he deserved, but so far I've had no problems finishing on his right. Oh, and you get the bonus of having great passing stats for a ST which I also feel is more relevant this year. It's nice to finally have a great English forward Icon and I can't wait to try his prime. I'd say the only thing I would want on this card is a bit more acceleration. Other than that he's a complete striker for me.

Finishing

Dribbling

Strength

Passing

4* 4*

No stand out weaknesses as a ST

Tiny bit more acceleration would be nice

Formation: 442

Position: ST

Games: 31

GPG: 1.19

APG: 0.39

4.5

Overall

4.5

Value

5.0

Stamina

Pace (9/10)

Shooting (10/10)

Passing (8/10)

Dribbling (9/10)

Defending (5/10)

Physicality (8/10)

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