Player Review

87 - Flashback SBC

4.5

Scared of his passing? Don't be.

By Raumdeuter25, 02-02-2022

Got lucky (or unlucky, if that's your opinion) to get Kante from the Year in Review Player Pick, and he fit my team perfectly so I thought well, why not give him a go? And I have to say, he definitely hasn't disappointed. Obviously even with the 77 physicality, his ball winning and interceptions don't fail to amaze me, even at this stage of the game, which I imagine is a result of his unique body type and animations. He is literally barging anyone off the ball - small and rapid players like Zola or taller strikers with better bulk like CR7, Lukaku and Haaland.

However, what really surprised me was his remarkable dribbling. His height (or rather, his lack of height) partnered up with his agility and pace means he can carry the whole team forward by dancing past tackles. For my play style, as I play without a CAM, I require CDMs to be able to carry the ball forward and distribute them to my strikers or wide players, and he fits the role perfectly.

As for his passing, which I know put a lot of people off from doing him, his 73 stat that is on the card does no justice to how he feels in game. His vision, short passing and long passing are 76, 80 and 77 respectively, so I would imagine the 73 is only due to his low curve, crossing and free kick accuracy, none of which are terribly important for his position and how he feels in game. His short passing is quite good, as is his vision, but his long passing is just about adequate.

In terms of value for money, that's a little harder to judge as he was roughly 350k, but that was quite early on in the game. However, now his normal card is under 200k and has been for just over a month since the Winter Wildcard promo, I would say that this one would be worse value, but considering the state of the game, its players and gold Kante's price when this SBC was released, if you did it then and he's just rotting away somewhere in the club, I would strongly advise you to at least give him a go. If you are really worried about the passing, play him in a 2DM formation next to a better playmaker. I use Barella for this role, but any useable midfielder with decent defending, passing and work rates should be fine.

Pace - paired with height and agility, he's absolutely rapid, especially for a CDM

Ball winning ability - result of unique animations?

Dribbling - agile and rapid

Passing - better than expected

Physicality - ignore what it says on the card, he can stop anyone - faster strikers with his pace and bulkier strikers with his insane tackling

Not really anything, maybe his long passing could be better, otherwise a perfect CDM/box to box midfielder

Formation: 4222

Position: CDM

Games: 6

GPG: 0.17

APG: 0.17

4.5

Overall

2.5

Value

4.5

5.0

Stamina

Pace (9/10)

Shooting (7/10)

Passing (8/10)

Dribbling (10/10)

Defending (10/10)

Physicality (10/10)

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