Alisson, B. Silva + Lukaku plus mostly 83s. Decent.
Alisson, B. Silva + Lukaku plus mostly 83s. Decent.
Fabio Silva looks he could be fun with a few upgrades.
Rakitic is a pass. Just give us Ramos ffs.
Very unlikely to get those upgrades. I think they kinda killed Silver Stars when they brought out all the Brazilian crew
They did. Too easy for links when they did that.
Got called a hacker in Silver Stars
After I got Makelele in my first Icon Swaps pack, I did wonder if that was me properly done, but I've done a couple of the SBCs out to throw stuff away. My 87 x 3 landed me a Parades and my 3rd Mbappe in about 4 weeks. Unfortunately my 85+ had me see 86 Sommer as the best available. Yuck.
I think I'll finish up the swaps to see who my bigger Icon pack yields.
The only other thing I can think of doing is properly dumping anything that isn't in my first 11 into that Prime/Moments pick. I'll likely not get much, but really what else is there now? I doubt there much if anything in the way of a promo now as attention will turn to '22. We're on the cusp of July now. Interest is dying and the players I'd submit just aren't getting used.
There's a new promo which is basically Summer Heat coming on Friday apparently. I'll complete Icon Swaps just to get to something approaching my "Ultimate Team" and then that'll probably be it. It's annoying to spend the whole game cycle trying to build a team you really want and then use it for about 7 games
Icon pick has been completed. I didn't actually have to kiss too much goodbye. Though Cannavarro and POTM Felix have now left us. A shame, but neither has even threatened the bench in months and I thank them for their service.
In putting some of these cards though I realise how much I need to stop hoovering up random player SBCs. For example, Olmo and Bellinghams moments both went into one and neither really lasted a week in my team before something newer and shinier came out. That's near 400k of fodder gone right there.
Lessons to be learned for '22. Still we had a pick to claim:
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Not the megastar you'd hope for but at least very useable.
I had Mid Henry from one of the earlier Swaps and he was terrible. As you say, the balance kills him and he's really clunky.
Sanchez from the guaranteed (its only 85 rated)
But more importantly.....lads....
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100k preview pack worth it for once. Sold him though. Tempted to buy Pogba with the proceeds
@Danny
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Rebic from my PTG 2 SBC.
Meh.
I submitted Nandez into this and got...Klostermann. Normally that would be great but I already have Hernandez, Boateng, Tapsoba, Zagadou from that league, and that's without any FB at CB shenanigans
I never got on with Boateng.
He went into Cantona.
I didnt get Zagadou but have the others from your list. I was using Mbabu at CB because I also had Bender and Lazaro at RB not just because I am rat . Bundesliga came out of TOTS/PTG very well.
Oh yeah, I've also got Rousillon/Angelino at LB and Lazaro/Bender at RB still A lot of those are up for the chop once a decent SBC comes out.
Boateng was great for me for a short while then quickly fell behind the curve once Big Daddy Tap came out
Ramos is here @Danny.
I saw. That 98. Fuck me.
Neuer back from the Gulag. Your time is here.
My back three trio could now be TOTS Courtlois, PTG Eder and this Ramos
CB version looks better.
He's basically perfect with a catalyst.
I'm going CB with an Engine to boost his agility. Fuck I wish I'd packed that RB Llorente to pair up with him.
Decent requirements and 29 days to do it too
Top two segments done and I have only given up the dupe Neuer and TOTS Oblak from the real big cards. Not gonna have many rare golds left but I got Lewa from the second pack.
If you don't need to open the packs I'd probably keep them for next week as Summer Stars is coming.
Yeah I really should save them but I dont have a great amount of smaller fodder.
Ramos is pretty much craftable is if you hammer the 82-88
93 Eder for an 81 and 84.
TOTS/PTG player pick from France, Portugal or Germany for an 85
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My options were Ricardo Santos, Palhinha or Gundogan.
Was really hoping Bruno would come home.
I put in Neuer, no longer need him after the VDS pull and I found him to be a bit crap if I'm honest.
And I got... Neuer back(ffs), Mukiele or Clauss. I took Mukiele out of spite and he is just about the most valuable. He helps out this weekend too.
Andre, Cancelo (dupe) and Muller for me.
Right - that's Ramos in. As I said, took the CB version. Managed to do it mostly with stuff from the club but had to sacrifice some heroes, but nobody who was in danger of troubling the first team.
Dream defence would be Alba - Ramos - Militao - Llorente and I'm halfway there.
Could do with an Italy win tonight to help Verratti's quest. Vinicius now up to 95 and still with potential if Brazil can keep doing the business.
Dupe Di Maria, Dupe Casemiro and Guanca from my PP pack. Both of the first two are untradeable already. Will take the rat for the rating.
2nd player pick today but this one gave me P2G Chilwell, TOTS Martinez or TOTS Honeyman. I can make Lautaro work on 8 chem so I took him. 4 goals in a 22 minute rage quit on his debut. Feels good.
I have him in my Serie A side. I like him a lot. Already submitted Belotti because he wouldnt be getting past him.
Guanca, Otamendi or Tagliafico for me.
Took Tag but no idea if I'll ever use him.
I got Gundogan yesterday and submitted him into today's. Got Tavernier. Already had his Headliner but he's not going to get into the team
Gave the French themed WL a go with this after the two player picks:
My first pick gave me Areola. I put him in goal so I could bring in P2P Paredes. 2nd pick was Fekir who replaced Aouar for the final stretch and the 15th win got me a red Ruben Dias. Not the best picks but I wont complain.
I went 15-6 in the end. That defence just isnt for me. Makelele is slow, weak and not very agile. Hernandez actually feels good, but does need a stat boost so go France. Kimpembe I found a bit meh and Mukiele felt strange. It was as if he was playing without a brain. Seemed very dopey. Bamba just felt out dated at this point.
Roussillon actually felt pretty good, but when you're used to Alphonso Davies, it's a bit harsh on him. VDS and Martinez though were both fantastic. Martinez with 28 goals in the 18 games he got played for.
I feel like I could have done better than that record with a better defence. There were 3 late collapses from me, including one that I managed to lose despite being 5-4 up on the 87th minute.
Bought Chilwell and Paredes the other day. Would make nice coin on them right now.
Thought about a Foden gamble yesterday but didnt do it. His price has just doubled to 1m. ffs.
Meslier looks great for the Silver Star. Finally, a keeper
85 - 90 TOTS repeatable for an 82 squad.
I dont have anything in the club to do those but I really want to
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I've just gained a serious load more fodder because I've pretty much decided I'm done.
I don't think I'm going to bother finishing off Swaps (I would have gone for the 92+ PIM pack) and I'll only play sparingly as such I only really have use for my first team. Everyone else can go.
Had some satisfying games in the Silver Stars - 3-0 down against some knobhead who loved a dance/pause, came back to 5-3 just after half-time Dalbert is such a great card. Sambia scored a free kick in each game too, somehow!
Summer Stars cards are suitably bonkers
My saved packs were absolute shit.
The eight 82+ had 4 83's and 4 82s, the 83+ had a Dire Maria, 1 85, 1 84 and the rest were 83s.
In the big 87+ pack I got Handanovic and 2 87s.
Awful.
That Gosens for just some SB games is great
It doesn't seem worth starting a new thread over but 'New Football Game - Online Performance Test' is out until the 7th. It's erm ... PES 2022 but they're using the mobile game as a base. As such, it doesn't look great and the online performance is ... under the weather.
There's a proper demo out at the end of the month. Hopefully they can at least sharpen the game's look.