Player Review
87 - Signature Signings
First off: I am NOT a professional player neither I "sweat" in my games I play (which means I play football and not FIFA Street on the pitch). I might be one of the few of a dying (or maybe extinct) species of FIFA players, but that's how I roll. My playstyle impacts this review a lot, so if you have a different playstyle you might experience different results. At the Weekend League I grind until Rank 3 and I play in the Elite Division in Rivals with 1766 Skillpoints.
Let's get to my review:
I've got him as an untradeable card in the 82+ Upgrade-SBC and I was stoked. Finally a Striker who can link to my Neymar and can give him full chem. I've completed the Gelson Martins SBC right after that to have Ben Yedder full chem and I was ready to try him out. In the first 6 Games he underperformed like no-one else and I was thinking that he is just overhyped like the new release of the Puma Yeezy 360 NoScope Royal Butter Limited Edition in Red with salmon accents. After the 6 games however he unlocked his true potential - scroing left, right and center, moving like a gazelle and leaving a trail of dust whenever he runs.
I play him in a 4-2-3-1 as a single Striker with Benzema as the CAM in the middle. In the 38 games I played him he scored 37 goals and created 9 assists. The only other player with similar results I played was the 86 Flashback Pedro.
Is Ben Yedder worth the 700-900k (depending on your Platform)? - I don't know Jeff. - But seriously, I think yes, especially when you can link him, so he has full chem. I personally think he would go better with a second Striker as Backup (or a second player in general), because when he is alone upfront with defenders chasing and catching up his physical stats won't do you good.
Overall I take him as a W, because untradeable and he is fitting into my team.
- has movement like a gazelle
- can score 9.5/10 shots inside the box
- will leave trails of dust when running
- sometimes not good ball control
- takes some games to get his potential
- physical stats not that great