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Yes, he is much better.
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Yes, he is much better.
dunno I only saw 2 in auction I sold him. he didn't suit me
debating whether to sell ozil even tho I'm building a german/bundalisa team currently but he doesnt seem that good for rating of 87. gundogan to me is a lot better
Yea..most people got out of div 10 weeks ago already!
just kidding! 
Personally I find that on occasion on the ps4 it takes me up to about a minute to find a game but never any longer. If i see a barca or a Real madrid "badge" I cancel the damn game anyway...as it seems AT LEAST 50% of them lag terribly and it just winds me up for 25 mins just thinking how stupid I was to even accept the game.
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It may seem blastphemy but playing as a CF is a Flase 9 [443(5)] could be pretty fun..
Let me know how it goes..
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I like it!
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This is my latest team. Team name is Pass Abuse:
That team will get eating alive. No height, no strength and no pace. 4-2-3-1 is the best formation for pass abuse I have found.
This is what I built when I wanted a pure passing team. Was way too much hard work though.
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Just wait till you come up against some high pressure teams and see how well your passing is.
I just thought I'd give a few opinions on some of the more interesting players that I've tried so far been meaning to do this for a bit...! of course its all opinions but figured it may be worth noting a few bits down.
*** Aguero - I absolutely loved him on fifa 13. Could even say he was maybe my favourite player on the whole game in a 4-3-3 with various hybrids. Used to be so useful having tevez as a 4 bar massively strong link but then tevez left
This year I'm finding Aguero absolutely terrible....he feels to me a bit like Messi did in fifa13, ie of course he can finish but he's really not that fast at all and he's certainly not strong and as a consequence..he can just be so hopeless for large periods of entire games.
*** Reus - I really wasn't keen on him last year as an ST. To me he was really quick but i prefered Esswein (sorry guys!
) as he just felt equally as fast but noticably stronger. I initially totally overlooked him as a quick glance saw he was an LM and i was already thinking that i'd end up with ribery anyway down the line, so didn't really care. I eventually did try him a few weeks back finally and he's been absolutely fantastic. His shooting ability is miles better, he genuinely does feel fast with great turning ability and more importantly, he actually does have some decent strength now! even if the stats don't seem to show this..maybe its his balance or something? he seems absolutely great now. He really is capable of doing a great job as any of the LM/LW/LF roles imo.
*** Lewandowski - Last year I wasn't that keen...I felt he was very much "ok". He had pretty decent shooting ability, he wasn't that fast..his strength was "ok" ..his workrates were just crap (high/high). This year he has a good amount of strength (he feels very much like ronaldo tbh), he is noticably faster than previously, they've fixed his workrates now to high/medium which is so much better but more importantly..he seems great at finding space and has one of the most deadly finishes in the game for sure. Really enjoying using him and he scores loads.
*** Lavezzi - This is a bit like the aguero story to be honest! I loved him last year and he was part of many amazing hybrid teams with aguero but this year he is weak, seems to always be in crap positions and really doesn't seem very fast either...he just seems super super average
I'm hoping I start to like him more as time goes on.
*** Ronaldo - First expensive card i sold lots of people to buy He was easily the best card on fifa 13 imo but i had a problem with him. Infact, it wasn't even him, but the useless 65 strength "hobbits" he plays in the same league as I just couldnt make a good team with him in except for 5-2-2-1 with him / benzema / bale up front and a whole brazilian midfield / backline ! (again, sorry guys ). The only problem with this is that I really didn't get on with Benzema much in fifa 13 as he was kind of "lumpy" to me but had a great finesse at least. The problem this year i thought would be solved when I first started seeing isco/bale/modric and so on..but I was wrong...only benzema has improved. Isco is absolutely pants and modric..jeez..that guy! statistically he should be good but i don't like him at all! Anyway im babbling now! Basically its the same story....I couldnt afford Bale which may really help sort this problem out if i can use bale as CM and Benzema up front, it could be amazing! Basically when ronaldo gets the ball he is great...he doesnt really feel especially lightning quick but he is quick..his shot is absolutely ridiculous (practically every 20 yarder flies in the top/bottom corner) and his passing is pretty damn good too..of course his skills are great as well but I really wish I could put him in a decent team...Also he isn't like reus where you can play him in any of the 3 roles..imo he pretty much has to be a LW or preferably an LF and i absolutely hate 3-4-2-1 which takes out the best option :/ and EA killed 5-2-2-1 
*** Benzema - To me last year he was really not very mobile and overall quite average but with an above average finesse shot. This year he feels really quite agile with a great finish and just allround a pretty good player. I'm definitely liking him much more on this game!
*** Ibrahimović - He's just an absolute beast really. You don't even really notice his lack of pace that bad because you realise you can't play daft through balls for him when he's not got the momentum going past a defender or whatever. He feels like 200 strength and his shot is just amazing, but with the added bonus that he can pass a bit too. Some of the more basic skills work great with him..especially shot feign because people are already p******* their pants when he goes to shoot and just slide out at you
*** Robben - The best RF in fifa 13 by far imo. Lightning speed and "dat left foot" to me in this one he feels an absolute shadow of his former self....primarily because strength is so important in this game. Of course he is still good but he is no longer the "stand out" best RF/RW on the entire game by miles.
*** Hulk - God..last years hulk....60 pace or what?!?! On Fifa 14 however, he feels fantastic. He's really quite fast....absolutely massive strength and a rocket of a left foot. I've tried the inform too but it felt quite similar if i'm honest....I think Hulk is now the best RF on the game.
*** Diego Costa - Was he even on fifa 13!?!? I don't remember trying him tbh but he's an absolute BEAST on this game. He has to be right up there with the best forwards in the game really for a generally budget price. Once he gets going he has pretty fast and has massive strength and a very powerful shot that is hard to stop.
*** Schweinsteiger - Laughable pace but just like the last one...he is just everywhere. I'd even say he's slightly better this year than in fifa13. At the moment he's keeping CDM Lahm out of my team.
*** Lahm CDM inform - He does so well generally for me as an allrounder but it drives me crazy how often he gets in shooting positions yet only has 60 shooting I'm hoping at some point to try him in another formation that suits him better. My concern atm is that he's a bit too similar to Gündoğan but for hugely more money.
*** Kone - Much lower budget than these guys but he can't half score goals! ridiculously overpowered!
*** Fer - The norwich city CDM guy..He's 400 coins and is a total mini-Yaya Toure. Well worth considering if on a budget
*** Distin - Same thing, budget player but really really good for prem teams. He plays very similar to Kompany for me.
*** Ramires - Just like last year..he is a massively important player for brazil/prem teams when it comes to moving the ball forward quickly. I'm really curious to try out Fernandinho inform at some point in case he is similar but with much better passing stats
*** David luiz - Its such a joke how OP he is in game really but he can often cause goals by being out of position for me...it leaves me in such a tough situation as to who to pick...i think i prefer him in 3 man defences than when I have 2 CB's tbh. I often put Kompany and Distin together instead.
*** Thaigo silva - He just isn't "that" good this year imo Its the fact he is a pretty average 6ft and about 80 strength (pretty borderline imo for a CB). The nature of fifa 14 imo gives such an advantage to CB's with nearer to 90 strength, even if they have 10 or more less pace. I think if you have a 6ft 3/4 defender like boateng/distin/kompany then it just miles better overall tbh. Don't get me wrong..he is still good, but just not the same
Jeez holy epic long post batman!!
been meaning to do this for a bit...! of course its all opinions but figured it may be worth noting a few bits down.*** Aguero - I absolutely loved him on fifa 13. Could even say he was maybe my favourite player on the whole game in a 4-3-3 with various hybrids. Used to be so useful having tevez as a 4 bar massively strong link but then tevez left
This year I'm finding Aguero absolutely terrible....he feels to me a bit like Messi did in fifa13, ie of course he can finish but he's really not that fast at all and he's certainly not strong and as a consequence..he can just be so hopeless for large periods of entire games.*** Reus - I really wasn't keen on him last year as an ST. To me he was really quick but i prefered Esswein (sorry guys!
) as he just felt equally as fast but noticably stronger. I initially totally overlooked him as a quick glance saw he was an LM and i was already thinking that i'd end up with ribery anyway down the line, so didn't really care. I eventually did try him a few weeks back finally and he's been absolutely fantastic. His shooting ability is miles better, he genuinely does feel fast with great turning ability and more importantly, he actually does have some decent strength now! even if the stats don't seem to show this..maybe its his balance or something? he seems absolutely great now. He really is capable of doing a great job as any of the LM/LW/LF roles imo.*** Lewandowski - Last year I wasn't that keen...I felt he was very much "ok". He had pretty decent shooting ability, he wasn't that fast..his strength was "ok" ..his workrates were just crap (high/high). This year he has a good amount of strength (he feels very much like ronaldo tbh), he is noticably faster than previously, they've fixed his workrates now to high/medium which is so much better but more importantly..he seems great at finding space and has one of the most deadly finishes in the game for sure. Really enjoying using him and he scores loads.
*** Lavezzi - This is a bit like the aguero story to be honest! I loved him last year and he was part of many amazing hybrid teams with aguero but this year he is weak, seems to always be in crap positions and really doesn't seem very fast either...he just seems super super average
I'm hoping I start to like him more as time goes on.*** Ronaldo - First expensive card i sold lots of people to buy
He was easily the best card on fifa 13 imo but i had a problem with him. Infact, it wasn't even him, but the useless 65 strength "hobbits" he plays in the same league as I just couldnt make a good team with him in except for 5-2-2-1 with him / benzema / bale up front and a whole brazilian midfield / backline ! (again, sorry guys ). The only problem with this is that I really didn't get on with Benzema much in fifa 13 as he was kind of "lumpy" to me but had a great finesse at least. The problem this year i thought would be solved when I first started seeing isco/bale/modric and so on..but I was wrong...only benzema has improved. Isco is absolutely pants and modric..jeez..that guy! statistically he should be good but i don't like him at all! Anyway im babbling now! Basically its the same story....I couldnt afford Bale which may really help sort this problem out if i can use bale as CM and Benzema up front, it could be amazing! Basically when ronaldo gets the ball he is great...he doesnt really feel especially lightning quick but he is quick..his shot is absolutely ridiculous (practically every 20 yarder flies in the top/bottom corner) and his passing is pretty damn good too..of course his skills are great as well but I really wish I could put him in a decent team...Also he isn't like reus where you can play him in any of the 3 roles..imo he pretty much has to be a LW or preferably an LF and i absolutely hate 3-4-2-1 which takes out the best option :/ and EA killed 5-2-2-1 *** Benzema - To me last year he was really not very mobile and overall quite average but with an above average finesse shot. This year he feels really quite agile with a great finish and just allround a pretty good player. I'm definitely liking him much more on this game!
*** Ibrahimović - He's just an absolute beast really. You don't even really notice his lack of pace that bad because you realise you can't play daft through balls for him when he's not got the momentum going past a defender or whatever. He feels like 200 strength and his shot is just amazing, but with the added bonus that he can pass a bit too. Some of the more basic skills work great with him..especially shot feign because people are already p******* their pants when he goes to shoot and just slide out at you
*** Robben - The best RF in fifa 13 by far imo. Lightning speed and "dat left foot"
to me in this one he feels an absolute shadow of his former self....primarily because strength is so important in this game. Of course he is still good but he is no longer the "stand out" best RF/RW on the entire game by miles.*** Hulk - God..last years hulk....60 pace or what?!?!
On Fifa 14 however, he feels fantastic. He's really quite fast....absolutely massive strength and a rocket of a left foot. I've tried the inform too but it felt quite similar if i'm honest....I think Hulk is now the best RF on the game.*** Diego Costa - Was he even on fifa 13!?!?
I don't remember trying him tbh but he's an absolute BEAST on this game. He has to be right up there with the best forwards in the game really for a generally budget price. Once he gets going he has pretty fast and has massive strength and a very powerful shot that is hard to stop.*** Schweinsteiger - Laughable pace but just like the last one...he is just everywhere. I'd even say he's slightly better this year than in fifa13. At the moment he's keeping CDM Lahm out of my team.
*** Lahm CDM inform - He does so well generally for me as an allrounder but it drives me crazy how often he gets in shooting positions yet only has 60 shooting
I'm hoping at some point to try him in another formation that suits him better. My concern atm is that he's a bit too similar to Gündoğan but for hugely more money.*** Kone - Much lower budget than these guys but he can't half score goals! ridiculously overpowered!
*** Fer - The norwich city CDM guy..He's 400 coins and is a total mini-Yaya Toure. Well worth considering if on a budget
*** Distin - Same thing, budget player but really really good for prem teams. He plays very similar to Kompany for me.
*** Ramires - Just like last year..he is a massively important player for brazil/prem teams when it comes to moving the ball forward quickly. I'm really curious to try out Fernandinho inform at some point in case he is similar but with much better passing stats
*** David luiz - Its such a joke how OP he is in game really
but he can often cause goals by being out of position for me...it leaves me in such a tough situation as to who to pick...i think i prefer him in 3 man defences than when I have 2 CB's tbh. I often put Kompany and Distin together instead. *** Thaigo silva - He just isn't "that" good this year imo
Its the fact he is a pretty average 6ft and about 80 strength (pretty borderline imo for a CB). The nature of fifa 14 imo gives such an advantage to CB's with nearer to 90 strength, even if they have 10 or more less pace. I think if you have a 6ft 3/4 defender like boateng/distin/kompany then it just miles better overall tbh. Don't get me wrong..he is still good, but just not the same Jeez holy epic long post batman!!
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It may seem blastphemy but playing as a CF is a Flase 9 [443(5)] could be pretty fun..
Let me know how it goes..
Could do, but to many links to CF and I don't like many Light 1 players aside from Ibra & Zeke, Falcao is great but not sure how well they would work together! Could adapt my current team, hmm....
Had Ibra at CAM in 433(4) back on 360, and people have said he feels better on next gen, need to better the 102 in 102 he had for me before!
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Don't you just love playing against people who make there players run like marathon Zombies by spamming the team mate contain button...... Could barely get the ball out of my half due to the first touch taking an age to execute.
Could barely get the ball out of my half due to the first touch taking an age to execute.
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yeah boi
Anyone want to lend me Ronni and I'll lend you 2000 rare gold contracts.
Anyone want to lend me Ronni and I'll lend you 2000 rare gold contracts.
Quick question guys. A lady at work has just mentioned that her nephew is getting a xbox one for xmas and he wants points to buy players on fifa 14. She wanted to know if the xbox points voucher she can pick up from tescos can be easily converted to Fifa points?
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