Player Review
90 - Icon Moment
so i've seen loads of people hating on this card, going so far so as to say that there are GOLD cards more value for money than his SBC. Lies. Absolute lies. For such a card, 450 K (and soon to fall because fodder will crash down) is a STEAL. Let's dive in, shall we?
- PACE-91 (+5 with Engine)
Brilliant. His inherent stats being so high, getting a +5 from the chemstyle, and being a short 5'9 makes him a tough player to chase down.
2. SHOOTING-93
lies. absolute lies. It feels like a 99 in game ngl. His 4* WF feels almost like a 5*. If he shoots, it's going in. Simple as.
One thing i do want to mention is his positioning. With that 95 POSITIONING, all it takes is a decently placed through ball to split apart the defense. In the 30-ish games ive used him, 90% of my goals came from Through-Balling the defenders' line, Wright's sprint towards the goal, and the inevitable goal. With that Positioning, i rarely found the need to dribble with him since he always got into a good position.
3. Passing- 72 (+6 with Engine )
crossing and FKA? Abysmal. Curve? Abysmal. short passing and vision? Decent. Like i said, he is not going to be that guy who puts through balls in behind, HE is the person who gets on the end of those through balls.
4. Dribbling- 84(+5 with Engine)
Huge L for most. However, with an engine, it's actually quite decent. He doesn't dribble like Prime Cruyff, but he does the job. And like i said, with the elite positioning, you aren't gonna be needing to dance around in the box with him.
VERDICT-MAYBE
Hang on, lemme finish. this is a good card. absolutely. even more so if you don't have a lot of coins or fodder. BUT. I'd recommend waiting for some time, right until he expires, to see if EA release some better icon SBCs that cost around 500K. That's what i'll be doing, since it seems like the smartest option. There's no point in grinding him out only to have EA release a prime Lineker card which is better for around the same price.
good pace
brilliant shooting
dribbling is decent, not the best
passing is sub-par
most people need at least 4*SM