TheEiking

Feels like Swiss cheese in game. His animations are awful.

He's a demon at CM. I have him on box to box in a 433 attack (my solution for a 4213 which doesn't need CDMs) and he really does a great job linking things up and making nice runs to the box. Decent shooting (scores some clutch goals out of the midfield for me), but really excels at CM and LB - I moved him into the midfield after a few matches since I wanted his pace and skills in the midfield to help in my build up and bridging from the defence to attack (I like to pressure centrally).

I don't love it, but look at the Women's World Cup results (they bottled the last one, but have been scary hard to beat before that) and they win it more than anybody.

I wouldn't spend the coins to upgrade from the Prime, but this card is a demon. He's the quickest keeper off the line I've used this year (both AI and manual movement). He's way clear of the other icon keepers (I haven't used Prime Yashin, but he's clear of the mid and the rest of them).

Why are these guys showing up at the back of the pack? I de-genned an 86+ pack on coins and thought it was just a Ruben Dias only to find this guy at the back. EA - fix your coding.

Great review. I’ve loved him at RAM in a 4-2-3-1, since I often use the outside cams like wingers to move up and down in my buildups. I couldn’t put a finger on it til I read your review, but your stamina explanation makes so much sense why he drops off late in a match. I usually have a sub available for him, I just tended to keep him on.

I didn't love him. I played with him for a few days after I packed him but ended up selling him (I packed him twice over the week and sold him after packing De Bruyne and Kante). He was good, but felt like he was wasted at CDM and wasn't as strong at CAM. Compared to the other TOTY midfielders he didn't feel like he had the same sauce.

Good review. I didn't find him quite as clinical as I expected (thinking back to him in his prime), and he missed a few clear path shots that my TOTS Havertz would bang in easily. I've relegated Torres to super sub because of that and his stamina rather than linkability (I've got the Icons to insulate any chem issues).

Sancho's card is going to be broken. His FFS card was ridiculous, and this card will be ****a boosted. Though less linkable in hybrids, there are some beast cards that will come out in this TOTS.

Great review! I know I want him in my squad (I have for a while, I get him all the time in drafts and like his play), but am struggling with wanting to pour coins into him leading into and now in TOTS. For now I'm slowly building up the club through grinding league SBCs to eventually get him. I'm regretting doing Primer Del Piero first (even though he's my top scorer beyond CR7).