Player Review

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4.0

Not Bad Not Amazing Either

By Callmerichards, 14-01-2021

I opened the Mid Icon pack seeing the Netherlands flag in hopes that it'd be Cruyff or Gulllit but it was Bergkamp. Don't get me wrong he is definitely better than Litmanen, Inzaghi, Laudrup, etc, and he does have flashes of greatness but playing Fut Champs in January where everyone has superteams I find that he lacks the ability to keep up with other players in current FIFA. First, ( let's start with the positives. (BTW I've played him in CAM and Striker so I can have a full grasp of his abilities.)

He has superb ball control, ball rolls, and body feints that help create space for a goal. When I learned of his dribbling abilities it surprised me as he's 6 foot. He also has great through balls contrary to his 83 Passing stat on his card and his week foot seems to be almost as good as his preferred foot. The last positive of this card is his strength. Obviously, Bergkamp is no Ronaldo he lacks the speed to beat his man but his 74 strength added with his 85 pace does help him barely slip past defenders like Ramos, (Sometimes) Van Dijk, Aidoo (Objective Card), and Diego Carlos who aren't on Varane, Joe Gomez, or Adama Traore (FutFreeze) level of speed.

Moving onto his Weaknesses. When faced with fast defenders like Varane, Joe Gomez, and Adama there is not a chance that he'll beat them even struggling to beat them when receiving a through ball when he's meters ahead of them. Knowing this I changed the way I played so I could use him at his highest potential therefore, I used lots of body feints and ball rolls to create space so I could put his finesse shot trait to use but to my surprise, I'd find out that his finesse shot isn't consistent at all! The shots I'd take with him were directly in front of the next as well and these type of shots were easily scored by players like Aoaur Freeze card, Lewandowski, and Werner. If I were to put it as a rating I'd give his finesse shots a 6/10 as some of them do go in but some manage to somehow not go in. These last two weaknesses are picky but if you're choosing icons you have to be picky and these weaknesses are Agility and Skill Moves. His Agility wasn't too surprising as he has only 84 agility and he's 6 feet tall but if you put an engine on him I guarantee you'd see a difference and this weakness could turn into a pro but I didn't put an Engine on him because I wanted him to be as fast as possible and he only has 4-star skills again not really a massive problem but 5-star skills would be nice.

Overall he's very

Great Dribbling (Ball Control, Ball rolls, and Body feints)

Great Passing Abilities particularly through balls

Decent Strength

Weak Foot is just as good as his Preferred Foot despite it being 4 stars

Great Nation for Links

Not Too Expensive

Not very Fast (Can't beat Defenders like Gomez and Varane.)

His shooting isn't consistent surprisingly and his Finesse Shot isn't consistent either

No 5 Star Skills

Formation: 4321

Position: ST

Games: 38

GPG: 1.53

APG: 0.45

4.0

Overall

4.0

Value

4.0

3.0

Stamina

Pace (7/10)

Shooting (7/10)

Passing (9/10)

Dribbling (9/10)

Defending (5/10)

Physicality (7/10)

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