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3.0

Base Socrates - Wasted Potential

By skydragon484, 31-10-2020

I needed to make some changes on my team due to chemistry issues created by my Paulinho card. I decided a Brazilian icon CM would be an ideal fix to my problem. Not having enough to afford the next tier of midfielders and not wanting Rivaldo I decided to settle with base Socrates. On the surface this card looks fantastic with blistering offensive stats and the physicality to match. He is 6'4 with awesome heading and scoring in the box. His five star week foot combined with four star skills is nearly perfect. However, one stat ruins all of this: balance. His 56 balance is poor to the point that it ruined this card for me despite me loving his shooting and passing abilities. He is pushed off the ball so easily despite a relatively high 82 strength. After originally using a hunter for pace I eventually decided to switch to engine to try and boost his balance. The boost just wasn't enough and he continued to struggle against physical midfielders. Essentially, you can't keep the ball on him for too long because of how easy it is to push him over. He isn't agile enough to consistently dribble around players and because of this is very limited in what he can do. It really is sad because I wanted more than anything for this card to work but it just didn't feel like he could keep up in division 2.

Scores absolute bangers
Weak foot allows him to score from anywhere
Fantastic passing
Great headers
Very tall
Decent pace especially with chem style
Great nation

Pushed off ball easily
Isn't fast enough to consistently outpace other midfielders
Struggles to win the ball with poor defensive abilities
Expensive

Formation: 433-4

Position: CAM

Games: 35

GPG: 0.77

APG: 0.71

3.0

Overall

2.0

Value

3.0

4.0

Stamina

Pace (7/10)

Shooting (10/10)

Passing (10/10)

Dribbling (6/10)

Defending (3/10)

Physicality (4/10)

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