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3.5

Slow but solid

By WICK6DKR6ATUR6, 29-01-2022

Rio Ferdinand is the biggest waste of icon swaps tokens that you could possibly use. I know what I said. Although he can defend, at this stage of the game (30/01/2022), he is too slow. Now I'm not some meta rat, but I don't enjoy conceding goals based on pure pace. I was nearly humiliated in a game vs an opponent using Diaby SIF because mid Ferdinand does not have the pace to provide adequate cover. At this very moment, I am using a backline consisting of the defensive pairing of Collins WW and Akanji IF. And although I had to replace my defensive casanova WW Semedo with WW Azpilicueta to link Ziyech, it was worth it just to replace Ferdinand with a superior cb in Akanji. I won't lie, the best partnership my mid Ferdinand ever had was with the very pacy WW Collins. This is simply because Ferdinand has neither the pace nor the physicality to thwart many of the attackers that are now in this game.

On the positive side of things, Rio hardly misses a tackle. At least, when he is there to be able to make the tackle.

Personally I play with a high defensive line, so mid Rio absolutely does not fit my tactic. However I do see potential for success with this card if you play with a deep(er) line.

All in all, I would say that the lack of versatility with this card due to its lack of pace renders it useless to me. Competitively speaking, a cb like this will not do the job. During this WL I frequently found myself having to sub off this card for Showdown Darmian, which grew tiresome for me.

Formation: 433-2

Position: CB

Games: 175

GPG: 0.00

APG: 0.00

3.5

Overall

3.0

Value

2.0

4.0

Stamina

Pace (3/10)

Shooting (1/10)

Passing (5/10)

Dribbling (2/10)

Defending (9/10)

Physicality (6/10)

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