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zenith10 said:
Anybody rate torres or soldado or reccomend a striker for similar money?
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For a prem team?

I have had both.. I found soldado awful and torres not much better..

I suggest Giroud (he was awesome for me and costs nothing) or Benteke (same as soldado).

Though i currently have Jovetic in my Prem team..

... This advice only apply if your playing a 4-3-3 (or simular) with two winger and an ST.
 
Robbery was my fav combo in 4321 in FUT 13. I've got Robben so far who I really enjoy...LONG SHOTS !!!! AWAY ! (Only with left foot)

But Ribery is far to much at the moment for my liking.
 
Bit late to the game but recently bought Fifa14.

Set up a super cheap Russian team to get me started which is what I do most years, Then I normally move to Serie A.

The chemistry thing is a bit different this year, are the new 'styles' worth using? Everyone is still currently basic.
 
Egon said:
Bit late to the game but recently bought Fifa14.

Set up a super cheap Russian team to get me started which is what I do most years, Then I normally move to Serie A.

The chemistry thing is a bit different this year, are the new 'styles' worth using? Everyone is still currently basic.
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There worth it but if advise buying the player with the Chem card already on as shadow hunter catalyst etc cost a few k alone
 
zenith10 said:
Anybody rate torres or soldado or reccomend a striker for similar money?
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Benteke, Kone, remy, demba ba

Depends on what you are after pace, target man or all rounder.

Generally speaking though with any type of striker you want around 80 pace minimum even for a target man to make him more well rounded and useful for through balls.
 
Egon said:
Bit late to the game but recently bought Fifa14.

Set up a super cheap Russian team to get me started which is what I do most years, Then I normally move to Serie A.

The chemistry thing is a bit different this year, are the new 'styles' worth using? Everyone is still currently basic.
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Russia is rubbish this year should have built a France team.

Kaboul, mangala or koscielny at the back with konko.

Then gibbs at left back with Sissokho and Matuidi in midfield.

Menez, remy and valbuena are all good too.

Depends on what formation your using but I would stick to 4222 or 41212 or 433 formations they seem to be the most effective
 
Metalface Mark said:
German team you will get far more value with than a french team.
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You reckon? I'm not sure about this year as I've not tried a German side, but in the past I always found that the best players were insanely pricey, and the budget players were poor. Serie A has always been best balanced imo.
 
manic111 said:
You reckon? I'm not sure about this year as I've not tried a German side, but in the past I always found that the best players were insanely pricey, and the budget players were poor. Serie A has always been best balanced imo.
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Bundesliga main issue is the strikers for me.

I refuse to use womandzukic, who constantly begs for free kicks and penalties by going down far too easy, yet himself is one of the nastiest players on the pitch.

How he can make some of those horrendous tackles then go down after a slight shoulder barge like someone halved him is ridiculous.

That then leaves Aubemyang, who is the sweatiest of them all, ridiculously OP pace.

overall their best player for the coins is Gustavo, who I simply use for my Brazil teams, best CDM in the game for me.

Kaboul is one of the best CB's in the game, don't see any Bundesliga coming near him, combine him with Mangala on Sentinel and your set.

French players are far cheaper and perform better in the budget stakes.

As you up the cash to 100K for a team then yeah Bundesliga has the better players.

for a team worth 30K or less nothing beats france imo.
 
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Psycho Sonny said:
Russia is rubbish this year should have built a France team.

Kaboul, mangala or koscielny at the back with konko.

Then gibbs at left back with Sissokho and Matuidi in midfield.

Menez, remy and valbuena are all good too.

Depends on what formation your using but I would stick to 4222 or 41212 or 433 formations they seem to be the most effective
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Thanks for that. I just went with what I know, but I agree that Russia isn't as good.

Interesting call on France - are you talking Ligue 1 or French national?

I've been a big fan of 4222 in the past but have been using the 442 variant with 2 CDMs.
 
Egon said:
Thanks for that. I just went with what I know, but I agree that Russia isn't as good.

Interesting call on France - are you talking Ligue 1 or French national?

I've been a big fan of 4222 in the past but have been using the 442 variant with 2 CDMs.
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french national, ligue 1 has no defence apart from silva.

LB - anyone you can afford, can use gibbs for link to Kosc or Kaboul
CB - Managala, Kaboul, Koscielny
RB - Konko

CDM or CM - Matuidi, Sissokho, Pogba

CAM - Valbuena

LM - Allesandrini

RM - Arfa (stay away from Biabany please)

ST - Menez for pacey striker with brilliant passing to set up Remy or Benzema or Giroud/Gomis
 
I use IF Boateng as my ST in my Bundesliga team at the moment he is awesome LONG SHOTS FOR DAYS !!!! plus he is stupidly strong. But not exactly cheap at the moment. I do agree though Bundesliga while they have some solid players the ones that are pretty decent are quite expensive. That said I am loving my Bundesliga team so so so much fun. I always feel rather annoyed when I have to play that one game with my Serie A team to get fitness back because it just does not perform as well as my Bundesliga team.

As for CB's considering I only have 3 CB's I have to say I think my Bundesliga defence does a freaking amazing job. I don't concede hardly any with them, I also think only have 3 CB's has forced me to become better at defending too. I find myself making better use of my defenders by positioning and intercepting a lot more than I normally would with 4 or the dreaded 5 at the back. The only time they fail is when the sweat is too much. But then to be honest.... if I ever come up against someone with the likes of Eto and Sturridge up front I go to ultra def for the first 20mins of the game or so to see how they play. Yea Yea ultra def mode... but seriously when you have only 3 defenders and it looks obvious that you are going to get some dude just wacking over the top through balls. Last thing I want is my defence line to far forward. Especially as I have not got the fastest defenders in the world. Tactical decisions f t w

My Bunda team 3421:

LF - IF Sam ST - IF Boateng RF - Robben
LM - Alaba(7chem) - CM's Gundogen + Draxler RM - Farfan
CB's - Dante - Boateng - Ho (that silver Koren...seriously he is godly)
GK - Neuer

I had Reus at LF for a while but... I dunno I felt like he was hardly ever in the game, IF Sam despite his low strength is pretty good seems to get into positions and the 5* weak foot is amazing for shooting.

Tim wasn't we meant to play a couple games last week ! I dunno if I have your GT added or not. Would deffo like to give someone here a couple of games tonight if anyone is free on Xbox of course. I got no headset tho :(
 
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Adsta said:
Tim wasn't we meant to play a couple games last week ! I dunno if I have your GT added or not. Would deffo like to give someone here a couple of games tonight if anyone is free on Xbox of course. I got no headset tho :(
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We were, but we can any evening this week I'm sure, too, you have me on there, Zippy Saturn :p

Psycho Sonny said:
Kaboul is one of the best CB's in the game, don't see any Bundesliga coming near him
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As much as I know you hate him, not sure why, but Dante is phenominal, Sokratis too is so good, great pairing, Kaboul didn't seem that good for me this year, same as Barzagli felt better than IF Benatia, its not all about pace with CB's now.
 
Adsta said:
I use IF Boateng as my ST in my Bundesliga team at the moment he is awesome LONG SHOTS FOR DAYS !!!! plus he is stupidly strong. But not exactly cheap at the moment. I do agree though Bundesliga while they have some solid players the ones that are pretty decent are quite expensive. That said I am loving my Bundesliga team so so so much fun. I always feel rather annoyed when I have to play that one game with my Serie A team to get fitness back because it just does not perform as well as my Bundesliga team.

As for CB's considering I only have 3 CB's I have to say I think my Bundesliga defence does a freaking amazing job. I don't concede hardly any with them, I also think only have 3 CB's has forced me to become better at defending too. I find myself making better use of my defenders by positioning and intercepting a lot more than I normally would with 4 or the dreaded 5 at the back. The only time they fail is when the sweat is too much. But then to be honest.... if I ever come up against someone with the likes of Eto and Sturridge up front I go to ultra def for the first 20mins of the game or so to see how they play. Yea Yea ultra def mode... but seriously when you have only 3 defenders and it looks obvious that you are going to get some dude just wacking over the top through balls. Last thing I want is my defence line to far forward. Especially as I have not got the fastest defenders in the world. Tactical decisions f t w

My Bunda team 3421:

LF - IF Sam ST - IF Boateng RF - Robben
LM - Alaba(7chem) - CM's Gundogen + Draxler RM - Farfan
CB's - Dante - Boateng - Ho (that silver Koren...seriously he is godly)
GK - Neuer

I had Reus at LF for a while but... I dunno I felt like he was hardly ever in the game, IF Sam despite his low strength is pretty good seems to get into positions and the 5* weak foot is amazing for shooting.

Tim wasn't we meant to play a couple games last week ! I dunno if I have your GT added or not. Would deffo like to give someone here a couple of games tonight if anyone is free on Xbox of course. I got no headset tho :(
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that team is far from cheap though which is what was being discussed.

also 3 at the back is actually better defensively than 4 at the back which has high attack full backs.

no matter what your 3 stay at the back at all times.

with 4 at the back, sometimes you are left with 2 at the back, so the whole 3 at the back being open defensively is flawed imo, especially if you have 2 CDM's too.

it is open on the wings but with fast CB's on either side your usually covered unless of course they are using someone with 85+ pace, as you push the CB wide a CDM will fill in his spot making it essentially 4 at the back at times.

i just find 3 at the back far too destructive if you make a mistake, 5 at the back is useless this year unless you have enough coin to buy players like Neymar up front who even with a 5 year old controlling him can score from anything.

so i use 4 at the back with med/med fullbacks, i may even try 41212 again now that i have found the right full backs to use.
 
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