Player Review

Leon Bailey is an absolute offensive machine, with the absolute pace, lying at 98 acceleration and 99 sprint speed, not even Varane catches him, and applying a marksman as a ST gives him a huge RPP of 93, as well as bumping every offensive stat, bar aggression, into the 80's, with the lower ones being 82 strength, 85 composure and 80 long passing. however on the opposite side, excluding the pace, an insane base 94 positioning, 99 shot power and 99 shot power. His dribbling is also not to be taken lightly, with a stunning 98 agility, 99 ball control and 99 dribbling.

Pace- 10/10 Leon Bailey is blistering, up there with 91 Futties Alessandrini (fifa 18), TOTS Lozano (fifa 18) and 87 UEL Ryan Kent (fifa 20) as one of the fastest players I have ever used in fifa. Through his blistering pace you gain both the ability to play as a get in behind ST, Wide Midfielder and a high pressing CAM. The base stats are already good enough, there is absolutely no reason to increase his pace. It's already as good as its going to get, unless you boost the dribbling, which will make him feel faster on the ball, and even then, the increases will be marginal.

Shooting- 8/10 For me this was great, but not perfect. The outside of the foot shot trait gives him a sense of unpredictability with shooting, as well as the amazing base 94 shot power and 91 long shots as well as the 90 curve affecting the finesse shot, his shooting from outside the box is very consistent, generally scoring where you expect him to with finesse angles, but its unlikely he'll hit something outrageous. From use the only thing that stopped him from being a 10/10 with shooting is the 88 finishing, which although being palatable, he did miss 1 or 2 I thought he should score.

Passing- 7/10 I really don't know what to say about his passing, he played almost exactly to his stats, with 90 vision and 80 long passing he was able to set up assists nicely, but was it perfect, not at all, in my opinion this was the weakest of Bailey, and although he was excellent in scoring and ended up with a high number of assists at 11 a lot of them were very simple across the face passes that can be accredited more to his blistering pace then the passing stats on the card, although I'm sure their where times where the 86 short passing definitely helped his case. Not something to write home about, but does its job just fine.

Dribbling-9/10 This is the next part of Baileys card that really stunned me. I knew it was going to be good going into it, but with the Average body type, there was definite worry that it could negatively affect the card. Let me tell you, that did not happen. The combination of 98 agility and 95 balance as well as the huge 95 dribbling, this card felt spectacular. He weaved in and out of defenders with ease, having locked up the likes of Prime Maldini, RTTF Varane, Showdown Klaiber and FFS James, at times it felt like no-one could stop this card, he was just a joy on the ball, and made me enjoy the game, which is very rare for FIFA 21.

Defending- 5/10 Bailey's defending is an interesting one, he definitely claimed the ball back for me a couple times, re starting the attack on a press after possession loss tactic, but due to his weaker stature, lying at 72 strength and a whopping 24 interceptions, he definitely wasn't great in this category, however the pace being as high as it is, he could definitely track back and with the Average body type, he seemed to be ok at it, he's definitely not 5 at the back ,wing back material though.

Physicality- 6/10 On a physical side, this card is not good, quite weak, even with the marksman, pushing the stat from 72 strength to 82 strength, he still got out muscled by any relatively strong defender, the stamina at 90 is a nice touch to the card, giving him some decent longevity, that can easily last a full 90 minutes, and will finish out extra time if need be.

My Honest Opinion:

I really like Bailey, I wont say he's for everyone, the average body type can annoy some, and the lack of high tier passing can definitely send someone the wrong way, but his dribbling can easily be compensated for with the marksman and he can become a beast for you, getting on to any half chance in and around the box, creating a constant threat to the opponent. He just isn't perfect, so for me it's a 4/5 stars

My play style recommendations:

best position/s: ST or RM/RAM

best chemistry style: Marksman (st), Deadeye (rm/ram)

best green links: EOAE Bender (RB)- only 10 chem usable green link

best instructions: Stay forward- will naturally get in behind with the pace, and allows him to drop back to pick up the ball and push it forward