Player Review
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It's january and for me that's always the month I get bored with the meta players (Mbappe, christmas hat Payet, Jairzinho, etc) . I did the 88* icon SBC and Ruud van Nistelrooy a.k.a. Van the Man walks out. After surviving the 'OMG ITS CRUYFF OR GULLIT' heartattack, I was slightly dissapointed. But...since Van the Man is my childhood favourite striker I gave him a try in Elite division. To my surprise he is more than decent:
Pace: 8/10 Lengthy with marksman, so feels quicker than stats suggest
Finishing: 9,5/10 Very clinical, as he was in reallife. Very good positioning aswell. Only problem is the weakfoot.
Physical: 8,5/10 pretty good actually
Dribbling: 8/10 This surprised me! With Marksman it's good enough for me
Passing: 7/10 Keep it simple. It's not Pirlo.
Defending: Don't defend with him, it's not van Dijk.
To sum it up: Van Nistelrooy is not meta (duhhh) so don't expect Mbappe. If you, as I do, like taller strikers this year he might be your man. For me he is similar to Leiwa/Cantona/Benzema kind of strikers.
For me personally the best part is that opponents think 'that mf is actually playing him!?' and ragequit after conseding a hattrick;)
++ Finishing, heading, positioning, lenghty
+ pace, dribbling
And the general mojo of playing him
- weakfoot, passing, stamina