Player Review
85 - Rare
Now I'll start this by saying this by saying I can understand how this card could be amazing but unfortunately that wasn't the case for me.
Rating: 3.5/5
Pace: His pace didn't feel bad it just didn't feel good just not the 98 it's listed at with Hawk. The main real I think for this is he seems to stand still alot, this isn't usually so bad but 96 acceleration isn't what I felt. I tried different tactics using LB + X for off the ball runs and he seemed to act like he was going to make a run before stopping and slowly jogging forward. I've played with slower players as wingers that have great passing but I guess maybe I could have just been working with him wrong.
Shooting: Shooting was one of his overall downfalls, I was excited to use this card especially with hawk as it gave him such stats like 97 Shot Power, 89 Positioning, 88 Long Shots and 86 Finishing. I feel this really isn't the case, whilst his close range shots aren't too bad they never seemed to go in no matter the technique used, finessing, lowdrive, near or far post, I'm pretty sure the only goal I scored was a rebound. Long shots I've struggled with all fifa so maybe this isn't just this card but I was hoping the 97 show power and 88 long shots would give me a chance but sadly not.
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Passing: 79 passing is fairly accurate I'd say, unfortunately his long passing isn't the greatest at 64 but this isn't something I did too much, his short passes make for nice 1-2's and his crossing allows him to make some nice low driven crosses to the near post or long crosses to the back post but don't expect this to happen consistently.
Dribbling: His dribbling was fairly nice and tight, nothing ground breaking but not a massive downfall.
Defending: Didn't do much defending tbh, have my LF & RF on stay forward, occasionally made a standing tackle or a sliding interception but wasn't a common occurance.
Physical: It might be just me but even with a hawk and his strength being 74 he just felt so weak. Maybe it's cause he always seemed to be starting from a standing position but even a standing tackle seemed to throw him off the ball or even make him stumble enough for the defending player to win the ball and launch an attack. Running at pace (If/When he manages to get upto speed) is fairly nice and seems he doesn't get bullied too easily but still possible.
All in all this card isn't bad but for the 87k I paid for him, I can't get behind that cost. I went back to Bailey who cost roughly 85k less, he just seemed to be more suited to my playstyle and paid off when I needed him.
6'0 so fairly tall, especially for a winger.
When running at pace can be fairly hard to push off the ball.
Can whip in some nice crosses.
Barely seems to make runs and when he does, seems alot lot slower than card shows.
Quite expensive at 85k + (When I bought him he was 87k)
Only 3 star weak foot.
Shots weren't the best despite the shots.