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3.0
Class in the 2000's, Doesn't Correlate in FUT
By callmejoe, 16-04-2021

Alright lads, I'll start off by saying I'm an Arsenal fan. His flowing hair and silky skills gracing the Highbury grass will long remain a happy memory of mine. I was glad to see that he was a relatively cheap player (bought him for 166K) and I was pretty excited to get him into my team. I had Son at LW before, and while I think the South Korean is absolute class, I was glad to get a Sp*rs player out of my team for an Invincible. However, I was wary because the main stats for Pires were similar (with the exception of passing) were similar to Son, for roughly 120K more - I should have trusted my gut. I typically build up play on the right side, with TAA, VVD, and Odegaard providing me an excellent trio of passing out from the back, I swing a diagonal to my LW to get in behind the defense and Pires is unfortunately not that guy. He doesn't have the burst of other wingers, his shooting is average, and while his passing is very good, being a right-footer on the left without terrific pace means that he has to use his weak foot for the majority of crosses. I ended up selling him after a while despite using hunter and deadeye and ended up being much happier with standard Sadio Mane.

When instructing him to come short, he is great at receiving the ball at his feet, making a dribble move, and progressing the play forward. Playing him on the left he can provide a killer through ball to an onrushing LCM to really force the opposition defense into making a decision. Very good dribbling too.

I don't know how I feel this way, even with a hunter chemistry style, but he just feels slow. Cutting back onto his right foot to shoot seems to be slower than both Mane and Son, and I didn't feel like he was a game-changer for my squad. I'm disappointed because I really liked him as a player IRL, but for whatever reason he doesn't get the job done in FUT.

Formation: 433-2
Position: LW
Games: 20
GPG: 0.30
APG: 0.35
3.0
Overall
2.5
Value
2.0
GC
4.0
Stamina
Pace (6/10)
Shooting (6/10)
Passing (9/10)
Dribbling (9/10)
Defending (4/10)
Physicality (4/10)