Player Review

93 - Icon Moments

1.0

WORST GK

By DaShooter, 09-05-2022

This is my first EVER review of a player. I always love reading the reviews of players to see what others are experiencing, and I NEEDED to do a review over this Moments Iker Casillas card (150+ games played).. Possibly the worst GK I have ever used in FIFA...

First a little background.

Before, I had TOTY Mendy at GK (300+ games played), which wasn't too bad at all! Only knock on him I had was he was too slow, and had some really bad animations where he would give up silly goals. Because of that, I had been looking and waiting for a better GK ever since. So when Icon Moments Iker Casillas became available, I thought it was a no brainer!

That being sad, Casillas IS faster than Mendy. Casillas also doesn't have a problem with dumb animations being the reason for goals being scored on me. And that's about it, those are the ONLY traits Casillas is better than Mendy at (in my opinion).

I feel like a big problem with him is his height. The game lists him at 6'1. Feels like he is 5'1, I mean EVERYONE towers over him.

Casillas can NOT stop a shot to save his life! Almost every finesse shot goes in, especially if the finesse shot is outside the box. He can't stop any chip shots. Almost every shot will go over his hands. Even on penalties!! You can guess right, but he is too short that you will never be able to stop a shot with the upper corners. In 150+ games he is giving up about 3 goals per game.. Which sucks because I need to put up about 4 goals a game to get a win.. VERY frustrating.

Now I will admit when he is 1v1 he isn't the worst. When the defense breaks down or you "accidentally" get your CB out of position, THAT's when Casillas will make surprising saves. But the shots that are routine to other GK's he doesn't save those for some reason.

I know Casillas has "Saves with feet" trait but doesn't happen as often as I expected (about same as Mendy).

He also has "Comes for crosses" but more often than not he just punches it clear.

I just feel like if this card is worth 6 teams (Bronze, Silver, 83, 85, 85, 87 team) and cost about 290k to complete, I shouldn't be having this many problems with him. Especially since he is a 93 OVR, he should be better. My TOTY Mendy at an 89 OVR felt better. To bad I used him for Casillas SBC..

Overall, I really wish I kept Mendy and the players I had to give up to get Casillas.

Don't make the same mistake and keep your fodder, wait for someone worth it! I mean Lloris or Alisson are both 95 OVR and are only 100k.

I gave him 5 star "Game Changer" because I used to be solid, until I got Casillas and he literally changed the game for me. In a bad way.

Saves you when you least expect it

Will get scored on when you least expect it
height
finesse shots
chip shots
Any shot

Formation: 4411

Position: GK

Games: 160

GPG: 0.00

APG: 0.00

1.0

Overall

0.5

Value

5.0

1.0

Stamina

Pace (1/10)

Shooting (1/10)

Passing (1/10)

Dribbling (1/10)

Defending (1/10)

Physicality (1/10)

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