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Player Review
89 - Hero
It's been a long time since I've written a player review, but I thought I should write one to help anyone thinking about buying Ginola.
I took the plunge and bought Ginola for 1.4 million after watching his price slowly rise up from the initial release. At the time I thought it was a lot, but it looked like a bargain given how good he is and that his price rose to over 1.7m.
A few points to start. I play in Div 2 and usually get my 8 wins in champs then throw the rest. I've used a lot of strikers this year such as Son, Neymar, Mbappe, CR7, Messi, Baby R9, Mid Eto'O. Ginola may be better than all of them, at least for me. I previously played Ginola at CAM behind CR7 and Mbappe and although he was great, I had heard he was a better striker, so I tried him there (With Hunter as the chemistry style).
The main highlights for me with this card were
- 5*/5*, obviously. I'm not a crazy skiller, but there are a few moves (Sombrero flick, elastico, the new spin move) that I use often and of course, Ginola can do them. It's also very reassuring to know you can smash a shot in with either foot and not have to worry about getting onto his left.
- Pace. With hunter, his pace reads as 99 Acceleration and 99 Sprint speed. I've always been kind of uncertain on whether chem styles really affect pace that much, but Ginola can certainly fly by a pacey center back to catch a through ball.
- Shooting. As mentioned above with the 5* weak foot, his shooting is great on either foot. Power, finesse, volley, scores all types of goals for me.
- Passing. Strikers that can pass are always nice to have, especially with midfielders that can shoot in the team. Ginola can pull off those max power through balls you just hope make it up to the runner pretty easily.
- Heading. I had CR7 and he's probably the best header of the ball I've used, however, Ginola isn't that big of a gap behind him. At 6'1 with 90 jumping, I've scored a fair number of corners and crosses with him.
- Lastly, dribbling. Very agile on the ball. Not like he's Vini Jr or Mbappe, but he can easily get around a defender with some tight dribbling. He seems like one of those players that can just recover the ball off a tackle when he has absolutely no right to do so.
Overall, I think the price tag is completely justified. Being French and strong linking to every Ligue 1 player is of course a huge plus, but the only player in this game I've used that stands out to me more than Ginola is Mid Zidane, and for 1.4m at the time of writing (Will probably be way less after the Hero packs go out in December) I think he's one of the best cards you can buy.
Pace
Shooting
Dribbling
Passing
Heading
Strength
5*/5*
Links
Maybe stamina? I generally sub out my strikers towards the 70th minute to get some pacey players up front in hopes I can steal a goal back, but he can easily play the full 90 if you don't run him back all game.
