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[Pepe]

Managed to use that flick, twice actually:

Also my first ever kick off goal.

That was headed towards wankiest goal territory, but the one-two saved it.

[Yevrah]

Just packed IF Laporte from a bog standard 5k gold pack.

Second walk out on the account.

[Yevrah]

Hernandez from the Loan Icon, a bit shit that.

Horn from my first 81-86 pack though, which is nice.

[Yevrah]

Done 10 of those 81-86's now and have packed:

86 Parejo (third account walkout, shame he's shit, but I might give him a go instead of Coquelin).
83 Giuliano
83 Pickford
83 Horn

Not too shabby and I'm pretty sure someone like Nepenthez will manage to grind an icon from them.

Not sure what to do with Laporte. He sells for 60k+ at the moment and I have 74k of coins on hand, so it's tempting to flog him and go for an ultimate pack when we get them.

EDIT: Parejo in.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Pulled it off again:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpO5K-k6aA8

It is so effective against people who try to pressure you to fuck.

Won 6-3 with Rashford getting 5 of them.

[Danny]

Flashback David Luiz. Yay the same recycled shite.

[Gray Fox]

Okay so what gives with the Rashford POTM? I want to do it but he's gone from the 470k I was happy to pay to 620k. Surely that's not all because it's Saturday?

Also lol at the Luiz SBC. The twitter feed has announced a higher rates and much better looking 89 card, yet the game has it as 88 rated.

[Danny]

Typical weekly uptick, cross requirements with the base icon and POTM Goreztka.

Thats a lot of IF's needed.

People probably prepping/anticipating for OTW SBC too.

[igor_balis]

5 wins 1 draw 2 losses. Came second. Thanks for the team advice.

[John]

The Luiz SBC is doing my head in. With what I have in the club I can get to a squad rated one below the requirement on all three parts, but the existence of the SBC has pushed the price of all the cards that would put me over the line well above what I'm willing to pay for them.

[Yevrah]

I'm so shit at this game right now. My play is so predictable and turgid, I can't create anything.

I come up against people and their players are always moving into space, mine just stand there like total cunts.

[The Merse]

That Luiz is very tempting (EA say his stats will be updated to those on Twitter) with the hard link to Kante. Very little chance of me fitting him in the team though.

In other news, Best became my third icon packed this year, imagine the disappointment that it was his middle card, not the super mega prime version... still chuffed.

[Trancemeister]

84's & 85 are going for an insane amount thanks to the Luiz sbc. Their BIN have been upped drastically.

[Baz]

5 wins 1 draw 2 losses. Came second. Thanks for the team advice.What team did the guy who won have?

[Mike]

Danny ‘The Williams’ Williams is a right knob. I tried to pick options to be down to earth and modest and he’s still a knob so now I pick the knobhead answers.
The only plus side is while I make Hunter look badass, I give The Williams daft hair, awful clothes and the worst tattoos.

[Danny]

Anyone on PS4 want to try do these two friendly seasons FUTSWAPS at somepoint? We can try one where we both score and quit to see if that counts :lol:

[thommo]

I'm still currently using the base Nacho Fernandez at CB for my Weekend League squad. I know there are a number of better options but I do like a lot of his stats, and good work rates too. His 86 UCL Live card is currently approximately 135k on Xbox - has anyone had any experience with him and whether he'd be worth that? Varane is the other obvious upgrade and he's only 80-90k, but I really have liked using Nacho so far so would like to use him more.

[The Merse]

This Haps card is causing me to re-evaluate. His strong link to de Ligt and soft to van Dijk (been planning on bringing in the former to upgrade Ramos and the latter after that as a further upgrade), and strong link to Bergkamp is tempting. Bergkamp's super mega prime version looks ludicrous. Either he or Gullit are essential to intro'ing some Dutch flavour. I won't be doing anything for a few weeks though - my UCL Suarez is catching fire. I paid 1.4m, and have seen his value slide to 1.3m, but it's now up to 1.8m with the knockouts upon us. The further Barca go, the more chance I have of instead getting TOTY Neymar or just keeping Suarez and going for TOTY Modric as my new playmaker instead of Bergkamp/Aouar (below).

The latest option is this, with Bergkamp/Aouar swapping. Ideally, I'd use 3/4 Icons on Bergkamp and my other 3/4 on a Ronaldinho to upgrade Neymar eventually.

http://oi66.tinypic.com/2ijt0si.jpg

[Gray Fox]

The lol shitshow continues. Sommer has been upgraded to 92 for some people but not others, they have him at 88.
The Witsel IF also appears to have moved 1 rating too high for some.

The Luiz SBC has sent the market into overdrive. There hasn't been anything to pump cards back into the market now so prices keep rising.
As such Rashford is now 600k to do. Luiz at just over 300k is tempting. I like Ramos but he is a little short. Though this brings in the feeling of almost an obligation of using a card like that when it is untradeable.

[The Merse]

Trying to work out whether to cash in on these prices or hold off in case Bergkamp or Henry SBC's drop. It's not just Luiz, clear to see other SBC causing the rise too, most noticeably the MLS one which has doubled in price with everyone desperate to link Allesandrini to FB Zlatan

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Was a bit shit today (my players had the worst first touch ever) but I won my last 2 to see me get 11-6 for yet another week.

Pogba, Rashford, Aouar and Raul is such a killer foursome, they are incredible.

It took Rashford about 5/6 games to even score when I first bought him and it's took another 10/15 for me to really understand his game fully having been so used to Crespo. He's now at 48 games, 54 goals and 17 assists.

Aouar is also at 20 games, 12 goals and 14 assists now.

If any of you are thinking of doing Rashford's SBC don't (unless you've got mountains of untradeables) and just grab his HL card. It's cheaper on PS4 and a touch more expensive on Xbox and yet he'll have the same stats when his next IF drops and can go higher.

[SincereTheRebel]

One of my freinds has alos been banned for something to do with GK Sommer. They changed the rating or something after it came out?

[Yevrah]

Rare Mega Pack for coins. Marco Asensio, so could have been worse.

[thommo]

Time was fairly limited in the end, but got up to 11 wins before I knocked it on the head last night. I need to start earlier with the Weekend League; I ended up 11-5, my best record so far in terms of W/L, and if I had more time I could have pushed on to better rewards. It's hard to do so with a little one, but I would love to get more than 1 pick & better packs regularly.

Oh, and for last weeks rewards I took 85 Bellarabi as my player pick, and my reward/MM packs got me IF Hinteregger, IF Jedrzejczyk and OTW Denis Suarez, not a bad haul for SBCs there.

[John]

Ended up being able to do that Flashback Luiz for about 35k outlay, which given the packs that came with each part was not too bad at all. As always though, the game will take whatever chance it can get to boot you in the balls, and the best player I got from the Rare Mega Pack was Neto, who I'd submitted as part of my squad for that part of the SBC. Lovely. Got a total of 16 squad fitness cards from the three packs though, so could have been much worse, and the Luiz itself looks shit hot.

I've been edging back into actually playing this again too, and the gameplay is much better than it was at the start. It helps that I'm verging on having a super team worth several times what it cost due to fancying Felipe Anderson to have a good season early doors and betting on Sterling in the UC Live promotion.

GK - 88 CL Alisson (recently upgraded, early untradeable pack pull)
DL - 87 UC Live Telles
DC - 89 Flashback Luiz
DC - 84 Swap Juan Jesus
DR - 78 Scream Rafinha
MLC - 90 Arthur
MC - 88 IF Fernandinho (recently upgraded)
MRC - 87 CL Firmino
LF - 88 OTW Felipe Anderson (recently upgraded)
RF - 89 UC Live Sterling (recently upgraded)
ST - 91 IF Kane (early untradeable pack pull)

Firmino aside, because he costs buttons, the only player there who cost me anything like what he's worth now is Arthur, and even there I got in early and got him for 150k less than he now sells for. I paid 35k for Anderson, he now sells for a bit over 300k, and though the 209k for Sterling is a lot, it's nothing like the 550k he now sells for, and that's before he's had the upgrade for when City inevitably smash Schalke. Telles has doubled in value too, so hopefully Porto can turn that tie around and he triples.

[Danny]

I can reorganize my formation to get Luiz in and keep Alves on full chem. Looks like I am going to do the SBC and when Kimpembes value goes up with his 88 rates I’ll probably cash in. Luiz and POTM VVD at the back means I can also get DDG in rather than Lloris (there for the chem link to Kimpembe)

Probably look to do that tonight and flog whatever high rates I have left after. Should be cheap as I have some big untradeables in the club (regular KDB, Alba and Allison some of the better ones)

Edit: that team looks like a lot of fun John do you line up like that in game? If only you got that Dani Alves flashback!

[Gray Fox]

I was hoping someone in here would do that Luiz card. How does he play John ? I reckon I can do him with the 200k I have and the IFs/Untradeables I've not dealt with since Thursday.

He'd be a straight swap with TOTY Ramos in my team. I've also been trying my recently upgraded red Rashford as a RAM in my team, almost like using him as the loan card for the POTM card. He's good but a tad clunky. I do see he is pretty much +4 or +5 on every stat that isn't pace on the POTM variant. However with the headliner being there it would be a gamble.

[John]

I haven't used him yet. Will probably play a few games tonight so I'll have a verdict then.

Yeah I don't fuck around in game, Danny. Everyone is on full chemistry anyway, so there's no need to.

[Gray Fox]

I look forward to the review!

I've just got back from the weekend away and learned EA have said there will not be another prime Icon SBC. There would only be the ones from the Icon Moments players, which cuts out us getting Gullit, Eusebio, R9 or Ronaldinho. I now regret doing Riijkard a little. He's good, but half the reason I did him was to turn him into one of the ones I mentioned before.

[Rich407]

I’ve used FB Luiz for a few games and I’m really impressed. Seems to have no weakness and the fact he can dribble and pass out well from the back is a huge plus. Best CB I’ve used albeit the best CB I’ve got is Futmas Thiago Silva.

[Danny]

I haven't used him yet. Will probably play a few games tonight so I'll have a verdict then.

Yeah I don't fuck around in game, Danny. Everyone is on full chemistry anyway, so there's no need to.

Fair enough! Seen a few people running Firmino in midfield but wasn’t sure if you went 4-1-2-1-2 with it.

[Gray Fox]

In EAs latest wisdom, they've brought out OTW SBCs for both winter and summer players.

They require 83/84 rateds depending on which you want. As such 84s are now selling for 8k a pop pretty much instantly. I had enough in the club to do a few, hoping to get something good from summer as theres a good 6 or 7 that are usable. I got Malcolm in the first, which was a horrible troll. Then 81 Dembele in the 2nd so I've stopped there.

[Raoul Duke]

Pulled Denis Suarez OTW in my rewards earlier who’s bilge. Tried a few runs at the summer OTW and only turned up equally crap players. Luis Muriel on my final go, who will do.

Also picked up Piatek for cash who’s been donning it at Milan and will definitely go up (if EA remember to adjust their ratings...)

[John]

Fair enough! Seen a few people running Firmino in midfield but wasn’t sure if you went 4-1-2-1-2 with it.

Firmino is pretty much perfect in midfield. His high/high work rates mean he does his share of defensive work, and going forward he's a proper all rounder. I think he's played somewhere in the region of two hundred games for me, with just over a hundred goals and just under a hundred assists.

[Yevrah]

Got enough golds now to start doing the Advanced SBC's. :cool:

[The Merse]

Got that OTW weekly objective in one sitting today, which I was more than a bit happy with given I play with only two TOTW - Griezmann, who is out on the left, and Lala at RB. I was also pleased as most of the games were in D4, having finally stopped sabotaging myself to remain in D5. I'm actually finding 4 more enjoyable and have clocked up 6-1-1 in the division this time around.

Anyway, I got Smolov :moop:

So, I recycled him, opting for the OTW Tradeable (All) SBC that needs 1 TOTW, 1 OTW and 82 OVR. Whacked in 8 untradeable 82, an untradeable Keita 83, a shitty IF Che Adams (who admittedly got me one of the objective goals as a supersub) and Smolov, thinking at the very most I'd lose about 10k in opportunity cost for the Untradeables.

Got Felipe Anderson, of little use to me given I have a red untradeable who is now 87 and is my B Team, but netting 250k after tax. Literally only Ronaldo is worth more :D

[Gray Fox]

Worked for the OTW player in the weekly objective after it turned out you can get any, not just a winter one. Just plugged 86 Werner in and off I went.

Doing this reminds me why I hate Rivals. I had people taking the ball into the corner in a rivals match on several occasions. People going 1-0 up and taking all 10 outfield players behind the ball and only playing counter attack.

I came up against I think 1 person doing the objective. I guessed so because he put his only TOTW player in Lala as a striker. It took me 17 games to do this, between losing and then winning some games without getting Werner to score etc. My reward was 81 Dembele who I had from before, so I had to put him into the SBC to get rid of the duplicate. It gave me Dembele right back. I threw it back in again and ended up with Piatek(?) Not the worst as he's playing well in real life but not worth all of that grind.

[The Merse]

Errr sorry Gray Fox. It really should be that one of us had a miserable spell that took ages but ground to an Anderson whilst the other enjoyed their games immensely, got it done in minimal time and ended up with Dembele but the selfish cunt in me is glad I had my cake and ate it...

Mind you, yes I am finding lots of 3-depth sides. I’m breaking them down though now, largely with Cavani first time shots and creating space for Griezmann, who scores from Van Basten-on-crack angles across goal all the time. Will miss him immensely when the time comes to let go of him (to replace Koke more than him, a LW Griezmann would be the stuff of dreams for me.

[Gray Fox]

No worries, I can absolutely not complain about my pack luck this year so it's all good.

[Gray Fox]

Serie A upgrades have hit, few massive boosts but good for the 2 big GKs from the league if you have their TOTW /red items.

That Alan though.

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[Danny]

Boyata with a shadow on him looks decent.

https://www.futbin.com/19/player/19467/Dedryck%20Boyata/?chem=shadow&pchem=10&schem=100

[Raoul Duke]

Serie A upgrades have hit, few massive boosts but good for the 2 big GKs from the league if you have their TOTW /red items.

That Alan though.

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Some very tidy little upgrades in there too (my main team is a Serie A team).

I am moist for that Allan :drool:

[John]

I look forward to the review!

I've just got back from the weekend away and learned EA have said there will not be another prime Icon SBC. There would only be the ones from the Icon Moments players, which cuts out us getting Gullit, Eusebio, R9 or Ronaldinho. I now regret doing Riijkard a little. He's good, but half the reason I did him was to turn him into one of the ones I mentioned before.

Get him. He's the base David Luiz but about eighteen times more so.

[The Merse]

Wasteful Barcelona could not convert any of their 25 shots in a goalless Champions League last-16 first-leg draw against Lyon.

You fucking shambles. Was looking forward to Suarez being further boosted this weekend :(

[The Merse]

I look forward to the review!

I've just got back from the weekend away and learned EA have said there will not be another prime Icon SBC. There would only be the ones from the Icon Moments players, which cuts out us getting Gullit, Eusebio, R9 or Ronaldinho. I now regret doing Riijkard a little. He's good, but half the reason I did him was to turn him into one of the ones I mentioned before.

They're doing the Prime Moments though, and I imagine they'll be similar to the top end prime Icon SBC's. Fucking hope so anyway, I've 6 of the cunts, only 1 of which is even making my B Team.

[Gray Fox]

I could maybe squeeze David Luiz out of what I have now and the 200k left in my club.

Selling TOTY Marcelo now would give me back what I spent due to his price rising. I'd have 1.25m on hand. Doing Luiz would get me close to 1m. I wouldn't have to replace Marcelo with coins due to the upgrade to Robertson, however it would knock Neymar down on chemistry.

It'd leave me with a million to spend on pretty much whatever I wanted.

[Yevrah]

Why are we not getting an Icon Moment for Gullit, Eusebio, R9 or Ronaldinho?

I mean it doesn't matter for my team, but why wouldn't they do those players.

[The Merse]

They said they’re releasing further sets after winter refresh.

[Yevrah]

5/7 done for the OTW objective. Just conceded a shit goal with 5 mins to go to draw 3-3 when I was on for another one.

[bruhnaldo]

My Joao Cancelo went up to an 89 damn... Mertens to 88 that's cool

[The Merse]

Weirdly, considering my previous forays into D4 were so unenjoyable I've avoided it for months, I'm really enjoying DR a lot more now I'm back there. Im 9-1 since promotion and enjoying the more enterprising spirit of the division. It actually seems less sweaty than D5, perhaps as everyone has a Ronaldo. I'm up to 1800 Skill Rating, so verging on D3. I only wish it didn't lock rewards to the division you started in, so I'd get the full D4 rewards tomorrow instead of the D5, but I've next Thursday to look forward to I guess.

[Gray Fox]

I tried selling TOTY Marcelo off to fund Flashback Luiz, with the last thing I wanted being starting it but not being able to finish. I kept getting undercut almost instantly to the point where he wouldn't sell.
Didn't manage to sell him before 6pm so I've missed out. Manolas as a replacement seems good, but is much harder to link in so I doubt I'll be doing that one.

[The Merse]

I tried selling TOTY Marcelo off to fund Flashback Luiz, with the last thing I wanted being starting it but not being able to finish. I kept getting undercut almost instantly to the point where he wouldn't sell.
Didn't manage to sell him before 6pm so I've missed out. Manolas as a replacement seems good, but is much harder to link in so I doubt I'll be doing that one.

https://i.ibb.co/KGrM07t/Screenshot-2019-02-20-at-20-28-14.png

:drool: ?

[Gray Fox]

Okay now that is interesting. I just don't quite have the coins for that.

My 87 Donnarumma has been upgraded to an 88 rated and he looks all as good as that Lafont card. Just a shame he doesn't play for Roma.

[Danny]

Just replace Rijkaard with UCL N’Zonzi /s

[Yevrah]

Can I get any of the otw players from that objective?

[Gray Fox]

Can I get any of the otw players from that objective?

Correct, summer and winter combined. I've seen CR7 packed from it. I got 81 Dembele.


After posting before Marcelo has now sold, which is highly frustrating. I can't just buy him back as that'll be 100k down the drain, so it's time to look at re-jigging the team.

[Yevrah]

Cheers, 6/7 now, so one more to go.

Looking at the two squads, chances are I'll pull something wank.

[Yevrah]

https://i.postimg.cc/KvRthfWv/team.jpg (https://postimages.org/)[/url]

This is the team at the moment, with one of Guilavogui, Tierney or Vardy coming on for Phillips.

[url=https://postimages.org/]https://i.postimg.cc/jqXrYQ79/Stats.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[John]

Is that the 'pack only' team, Yev?

Those stats for Batshuayi and Mane are shit hot.

[Yevrah]

It is indeed.

Some of the games are squad battles on professional, but other than that it's Legendary or Division Rivals (albeit division 6).

I've just put a sentinel on Mina, so looking forward to trying that out on corners.

[Yevrah]

2 games tonight and two weekend league teams faced in my pursuit of the 7th win. Division Rivals always seems so much harder in the evening.

[Yevrah]

4 defeats on the spin now and I've scored once in those games. Being battered all over the shop. No idea why this standard of players are in Division 6.

[Gray Fox]

Didn't have much to do with my money so bought 86 Lala(his headliner was very tempting but is double the price. I'm gambling on the Ligue 1 upgrades taking this IF to an 87, 88 if I'm really lucky.

I also bought the 93 CF Hazard. Both go into the team and I played some Rivals whilst changing tactics slightly. I've moved to 1 depth, drop back(can't beat it, join it) and fast build up.

There's a more noticeable gap now in my midfield due to how the ball transitions so fast in the game, but it's great to see my players flooding forwards once I win that ball back.
Hazard is a dream and I always seem to come back to him as a CAM. He really is the best one. He really does feel like a big upgrade on his 91 card. Though having now checked his in-game stats he's only really +1/2 in things that aren't shooting.
I was tempted to grab POTM Rashford here as he's cheaper than his Headliner card and according to FUTBIN his price has come down from 620k to 560k. If his price continues to tumble into tomorrow, I'll likely sell Hazard back and do Rashford.

I have about half the cost in the club right now, though I'd then have the Raul problem again.

And lastly I won several games on the bounce to get myself finally into Division 2. I'd hit 2199 skill rating a few times only to lose my next game. I don't want to push for Div 1, but we'll see how bad 2 is. I'd love it if I could self relegate down to 4/5 but it takes ages to do it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

With the way Lala is playing his HL will be a 90 in a month and a half.

I used his card in a single player draft (along with moments Best) and he is amazing, a right sided Marcelo.

[Yevrah]

Just finished my first club league SBC, Jisngsu Suning, completed exclusively with pack pulled players. Don’t think I’ve ever done an SBC before where I ended up with 100 chemistry with only 10 players added.

[The Merse]

Somehow dropped to DR rank 2 despite being 2000 points over rank 1 at about 8pm last night. Took the untradeables as I’d cleaned a lot of them out of the squad and landed 87 Sterling, IF Coman, a random 82 rated IF and 84 Kepa along with 11k discard duplicates, and another 20kish of consumables and keepers - definitely worth taking over the coins.

[Yevrah]

I had D6, rank 2 rewards and they were awful.

Got so many duplicates that I could build 4 81-86 upgrade packs, which were also trash.

[thommo]

I've not touched FIFA this week, going to miss out on the OTW weekly objective as I'm not putting myself through that tonight. Did pop on to do the OTW SBC briefly on Monday, and got an untradeable Malcom from it. Not too great but I'm sure I can chuck him in an SBC in the future.

[Yevrah]

I was finding the objective ok, but last night was ludicrous. When you play 4 games and get no further forward it feels like and is a complete waste of time.

[thommo]

I do enjoy the objective they put out that reward players generally, but as you said, a losing streak just kills enjoyment. I've done Demirbay and Rafael Leao in recent weeks, and they both took me a lot of the Thursday night to finish off. For once, I'll give it a miss and avoid the stress.

[The Merse]

Think I may need to sell IF Griezmann and replace with his RTTF. The value of the former is 100k less than I paid two months ago - not bad really, but I imagine will fall further once his RTTF further improves on Friday. The value of the latter is up to 1.2m, so will cost around 650k to upgrade. For day 1, there won't be much difference but if Atletico progress I see him continuing to increase in value, so it makes sense to upgrade and I do have 2m coins sat idle at the moment.

[Gray Fox]

Not a lot doing in my Rivals rewards. In the 4 packs I only got 2 players rated over 82.

I've stuck Hazard up for sale as his current price would gain my coins back for no loss through tax. Bigger cards tend to be slower moving though.

Rashford is down to 540k as it stands, which isn't too far above what I was happy to pay for his 87. Any 84s and up in the rewards from him will knock a good chunk of price off, but I'm now reliant on Hazard selling sharpish.

[Danny]

Falcao special incoming

https://www.reddit.com/r/FIFA/comments/asz8p9/europa_league_falcao/

[Gray Fox]

Good card if pace isn't your thing. Just a shame all of these throwback cards don't come with good levels of stamina.

[Gray Fox]

Falcao is out and he actually looks very cheap. Two, 82 rated squads with 1 TOTW item in there. I'm no market guru but I reckon it'll cost 50k or so.

[Danny]

Falcao is pretty damn cheap. 2x82 teams and total of 1 IF.

Also 87 Rabiot has been added to Ligue 1 SBC

Edit: @fox, snap!

[Danny]

https://www.reddit.com/r/FIFA/comments/at68t0/rabiot/

Rabiot

[Gray Fox]

You get packs back for Falcao too so he'll no doubt be the cheapest 89 you can get. Rabiot looks very good as well.

[Yevrah]

Falcao might be the first special player SBC I do on this account. :drool:

[Danny]

Cheapest 89 is 50k, he is about 50. Easily the cheapest available even if you one get discards from the packs.

Will probably do that card then.

[Yevrah]

First loss of the night in the pursuit for a 7th win. IF Bats opened the scoring after 7 minutes (England scoring too early all over again) and Mane hit the post at 2-2, but I lost 3-2. Fucksticks.

[Yevrah]

3-2 defeat again with IF Bats scoring the opener. More bullshit with players feeling like they have lead weights around their feet.

6 defeats in a row now, it's properly triggered time again. Doing this against teams much better than mine who're all sitting back constantly is such arse.

On the plus side my skill rating is now at an all time low of 758, so I must come up against someone soon who doesn't actually have fingers.

[Yevrah]

Bats scores again. Kick off and the screen freezes. Game doesn’t count and I get penalised for a disconnect. For fuck’s sake.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Did Falcao with club items (untradeables for th bigger players needed) and I got OTW Boateng along with Rakitic in the electrum pack. So I made Falcao for a nice profit.

[Yevrah]

10 defeats in a row now. Down to 640 skill points. My players are completely gone. I’ve never experienced anything like this.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Got Alex Sandro from my MM packs, decent enough.

[Yevrah]

Did it. Almiron. FML.

[Gray Fox]

Decided fuck it, I want to use players I like for the weekend league approaching so I'm now lining up like so:

https://i.gyazo.com/8b8ed0c2b0217e5207fe16163e276ac9.png

Everyone is on full chemistry bar Ramos. The big one here is Raul has been dropped to the bench in favour of a better team balance. I'm not sure if I want Salah or Mbappe on their correct or opposite sides for now.

I'm down to 40k now, but I don't now see a real upgrade for the team that won't cost millions.

[The Merse]

And Lala surely? Just swap Ramos for Varane. Whilst I found NIF Ramos > NIF Varane, Varanes TOTY is fucking amazing.

Edit - oh, start Mbappe at RM. gotcha.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yeah, I haven't tried TOTY Ramos but TOTY Varane is a monster.

[Yevrah]

Lacazette and Leno from a Prem upgrade pack. Also chucked Almiron back in and got Lemar. Still meh, but need to stick now as my golds are depleting which doesn’t help at all for marquee matchups. I’ve been able to do the last two by having a well stocked selection of golds.

[Danny]

Went ahead and did Falcao with untradeables.

OTW 85 Balotelli and Bernado Silva in the mega pack.

[Gray Fox]

And Lala surely? Just swap Ramos for Varane. Whilst I found NIF Ramos > NIF Varane, Varanes TOTY is fucking amazing.

Edit - oh, start Mbappe at RM. gotcha.

Ramos is untradeable or else I would have swapped to try Varane by now.

[Yevrah]

Went ahead and did Falcao with untradeables.

OTW 85 Balotelli and Bernado Silva in the mega pack.

Did him too. Didn’t pack much, but it was very satisfying to get him on a truly pack only account.

Think he’ll go into an SBC as I imagine the upgraded Lacazette might be better with the chem.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The moments Gullit is insane.

[Trancemeister]

Did that FUT champions SBC. Easy and a Rare mega pack as reward. Got a Piatek OTW card, MArquinhos IF, Oyarzabal IF & a 85 Koke. Not bad at all.

[Yevrah]

I'll be all over that.

Diego Costa, Felipe and Wijnaldum, the latter might be good for a prem team to get Lacazette in.

[The Merse]

Ruud's Optimus Prime is out via SBC. Requirements similar to a normal prime - squads up to 89 with IF's, and an Icon.

Looks like I'll be in a good place to get my Gullit or Vieira or Henry after all. :D

4-0 in Fut Champs so far. Enjoying my Fifa since the we spell away from it.

[Yevrah]

A TOTW Player available in weekly objectives is nice. Another Prime Loan Icon Moments Prime Icon Moments Loan Prime available too.

Van Nistelrooy Prime Moments SBC too. Looks fucking expensive though.

[The Merse]

Umtiti added to La Liga SBC rewards. Looks decent and is making my Casilla's finally sell for 2k a pop (thought I'd make a lot more on those, all costing me around 850 a few weeks ago), but no chance I'll be doing that.

[Yevrah]

Bronze Squad
Silver Squad
World Class - 2 IFs
Icon
83 Squad - 2 IFs
84 Squad - 2 IFs
85 Squad - 2 IFs
85 Squad - 2 IFs (why is this in here twice?)
86 Squad - 2 IFs
87 Squad - 2 IFs
88 Squad - 2 IFs

And that's just for Ruud. It's a fucking rip off and there for 30 days only.

[Yevrah]

Sold a load of MLS bronzes and have hit 100k of coins for the first time on this account.

Tempted to gut the club over the weekend and open a shit load of silver packs, ploughing everything into upgrade packs.

Should finish Rank 1 in rivals this week and Elite 1 in Squad Battles, so that'll be another 8 packs to stock things back up again.

[Danny]

Thats outrageous for the Ruud card. Might do the loan though.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

2m, I'd be all over it if he had 4*/4*.

A 3* WF in particular isn't going to cut it.

[Gray Fox]

I had the most bizarre game of FIFA before. My opponent was a possession type which is not unusual, however, whenever he won the ball from me in his own half past the centre circle, his next pass was always back to his keeper.
From there he would wait for the teams to sort into formation. Then what would happen is both his full backs would start to run forwards. I can only control one player so I'd track one, but the other would move in past the RAM/LAM into the space between that player and the full back. He'd then kick it to that player and instantly that side of the field would be overloaded and he'd have a massive advantage. I've never seen this done before and it really took me by surprise.

As for the Van Nistelrooy SBC. That has to be a joke? This is surely them testing the water?

I understand you want these to appear the most desirable cards in the game, but 1.7m? Jesus. I feel like they've seen just how many people have prepared well, as Merse has done here, with several Icons waiting to go. They've then decided to fuck those people over anyway.

If this really is how they want to play it then we're going to see someone like Gullit(lol at his card by the way. Only 3 stats under 85) cost a good 4-5m. You'll be basically asking us who have played up to this point if we're rather trade in everything we have for him.

I've also just seen that 99 Pele is 15m. One just sold as well.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Eusebio is better than Pele anyway.

[Gray Fox]

He's extinct at 9m as well.

Using Salah and I just can't quite get his best position nailed down. He seems very good but seems to almost bog down around the area. Now I'm thinking it could be me having the ball on his right foot. I'm almost hesitant to try those shots, but maybe I should be.

[The Merse]

Gray Fox

Got to agree. Ea’s past record says they don’t like prep’d players. Had they repeated last years requirements I’d be picking my two favourites or waiting for Pelé/R9 with the likes of Petit to boot.

They’re clearly coming for us. I still reckon I’ll do one or two as otherwise I’ve got 4 Icons sat in my reserves and 2 in my B team that are easily replaced (Sol/Nesta).

[SincereTheRebel]

https://i.ibb.co/CHwgtQh/74251-A7-D-B338-46-BB-8559-205-B924-CD254.png (https://ibb.co/CHwgtQh)

[Raoul Duke]

Congrats Sincere.

I picked up Loan Shearer earlier. Quite looking forward to a few games with him.

On the topic of these new Icons and stuff - they're completely out of reach of 99% of people. Must just be to milk the whales. I keep an eye on the number of cards available on the market and there's roughly half the amount there was around three months ago. Gotta be people dropping out of playing the game.

[SincereTheRebel]

Congrats for what? I shouldn't have had a two-week ban in the first place.

[Gray Fox]

Flashback Payet is now out. Card looks good but for 250k, I'll pass.

Up to 6-1 on the WL grind. The loss was quite frustrating. I got superkeepered and auto defended. Adding to the annoyance was my opponent scoring 2 goals. One was from the kick off after I'd just scored. The 2nd was from the second half kick off. I should have scored about 5 goals in this one, most notably Hazard. I managed to carve out some space between the penalty spot and edge of the area, very late on. Probably at about 45 degrees to the goal aimed to pull it back across. He scuffed it, unchallenged and unblocked. I timed it green as well.

[The Merse]

Kondogbia looks amazing with the upgrade. Better in games than middle Vieira, and the nation change has only meanthaving to position change Cavani and Griezmann to accommodate, though it decreases future flexibity. Especially with Suarez also in midfield and suffering from a lack of viable strong links.

Looking forward to giving him and Cavani a go tonight.

[Gray Fox]

He's dropped like a stone in price too despite the upgrade. He's amazing if you can fit the new nationality in.

I'm enjoying Salah a little more in WL gameplay, although still not sure he deserves the near 800k price.

[Yevrah]

Payet's an interesting one. I wouldn't say he represents value at all, but I could probably grind the 81-86 upgrade packs and do him, which would then mean I can get Falcao in the team on 10 chemistry, which would be fapworthy.

[Yevrah]

I see Ruud is down to 1.6m on Xbox now. People shunning him hard, which they should be as his requirements are a genuine disgrace.

[Gray Fox]

If you can get a Catalyst card on Falcao he's very good actually. A Hunter is a waste due his mental shooting already.

Manolas is also down to 190k. The market seemingly recovering from the absolute rinsing the 84s and up took.

[The Merse]

I see Ruud is down to 1.6m on Xbox now. People shunning him hard, which they should be as his requirements are a genuine disgrace.

It’s great. I’ve picked up a load of 86 and 87 IFs for 40k to 50k a pop as a result.

[Yevrah]

I was actually tempted by a shadow (I have one saved), for the extra acceleration. It also takes him to 99 Jumping and Heading, with the Power Header trait. Not that crossing to a central striker works for shit at the moment.

After a brief hiatus where I seemed to be able to create chances, my play has gone back to stodgy shit where I get brick walled by everybody. When most online opponents and all squad battles ones sit back to fuck it's a real slog.

I only got back into this for FIFA17, but of the three so far since I have, this has been comfortably the least enjoyable one to play. I'm genuinely sighing before I go into a match.

[Yevrah]

It’s great. I’ve picked up a load of 86 and 87 IFs for 40k to 50k a pop as a result.

How's that down to the Ruud SBC?

[The Merse]

How's that down to the Ruud SBC?

They were all waaaay inflated early on in the promo on hype, but as the prospect of an affordable Prime SBC has wained, they’re being sold off cheap. See the price graphs (only ones bucking the trend are those who’ve been upgraded like Witsel and T Hazard etc).

[Yevrah]

Right, some packs. Twelve 81-86 upgrades and 1 La Liga 2 player 81+

The 81-86's:

81 Gomis - Meh.
81 Ginter - Meh.
83 Reina - Not bad, but I have him tradeable already.
82 Marcano - Meh.
84 Jonas - Nice.
83 Kramaric - Not bad.
81 Maicon - Meh.
82 Kruse - Meh.
82 Lo Celso - Meh.
82 Gabriel Paulista - Meh.
81 Herrera - Meh.
82 Ander Herrera - Duplicate untradeable, so will have to build another one.
83 Luiz Gustavo - Not bad.

And the La Liga Pack:

83 Malcom and 81 Jesus Navas.

I'll take that overall.

[Yevrah]

They were all waaaay inflated early on in the promo on hype, but as the prospect of an affordable Prime SBC has wained, they’re being sold off cheap. See the price graphs (only ones bucking the trend are those who’ve been upgraded like Witsel and T Hazard etc).

But the same thing would happen if there were no promo and all these packs in store.

[The Merse]

But the same thing would happen if there were no promo and all these packs in store.

If the Ruud were replaced by an affordable top tier icon they’d all be 100k. Marquinhos 87 was 125k days ago on the hype. My point is, I’m glad people aren’t hyped for Ruud as otherwise I’d not be picking up these IFs on the cheap as the market has slowed up.

[Gray Fox]

6-1 becomes 7-4.

I've had a very weird time of it this evening. My first game back on saw my opponent pick up an insta-red card to his full back. Most don't bring spare defenders on their bench and he hadn't, so he was screwed. I switched to my possession tactic and wore him down. He ended up quitting as my 3rd goal hit with my having close to 70% possession.
Then came the shit. Back-to-back opponents who went all out defence but had tall players across their front line. Their plan was to absorb, send it down the wing and lump it to the back post. This seems to be my kryptonite as it worked a treat for them. Zlatan v Lala really isn't a fair match.

Then I faced a guy I was beating easily. 2-0 and relatively cruising. He scored one late on and I thought nothing of it. Then he had another attack and I held him up in the box. Next thing I know Rijkaard makes an auto lunge and takes out his player in the 91st to gift him a late equaliser. Then in ET I had a golden chance to win at the death but decided to cut it across to make sure of the goal. His keeper made a huge lunge over to stop the ball. He launched it up the field and hit a pot shot in the 123rd minute, which of course flew in. The guy even sent a message of apology after the game.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Got a draft token in a pack today so I went ahead and did a round of single player draft:

https://i.imgur.com/RENrbAS.jpg

Maradona (who I've never liked his cards on paper) and Gullit are ridiculous.

Maradona just seems to have the ball glued to his feet, it's genuinely hard to lose the ball with him.

[Yevrah]

Spunked 100k coins on a Jumbo Rare Players pack. Only got 83s.

[The Merse]

8-1 start to the weekend, the only loss being a drubbing, but continuing to play really incisive Fifa and have kept 6 clean sheets. Kondogbia’s upgrade is tangible, he feels much more mobile (not that he wasn’t already pretty decent in that regard). Not sure I can feel Cavani’s, but he has been dominant as usual.

[The Merse]

3 Game streak came to an end against this mob - a 23million coin team. Absolute Filth. Pogba, Griezmann and Neymar off the bench too. Took him to extra time and conceded in the worst way possible - a cross, fumbled by Courtois and Ronaldo mishitting it home past Varane on the line :moop: in the 117th minute, and then a DC to end the game immediately.

I mean... How much money does it take to put this together, as this guy was Elite 1 at best - no way a top 100/pro type...

https://i.ibb.co/HYHrJqw/Screenshot-2019-02-24-at-02-25-43.png

[Yevrah]

Kompany, Skriniar and Muller from upgrade packs.

Also chucked OTW Lemar back in and got Piatek, who has a fair chance of getting more upgrades so I might keep him.

[Raoul Duke]

I've played a few games with Piatek and quite like him. Great in the air and a cracking finish. Shame he's got no skill/WF but his card will surely get a bunch of upgrades.

[The Merse]

I find weak foot a loss less of an issue this year as long as you’ve got a really high stat in what’s being asked - Cavanis 97/99 finishing/shot power and Griezmann’s similar mean they actually score belters off their 3* regularly.

Pretty much 50:50 in form since the last update, so I’m now 12-6 though one of those really wrankles as I was 2-1 up until the 92nd when he equalised then defended his way to a penalty’s victory.

[Gray Fox]

I'm 14-8 now. Another loss in 90+ minutes injury time, which takes my total of games lost by 'buzzer beaters' to 5. I should perhaps think about taking the ball to the corner.
My last loss however was a strange one. It was 1-0 to me for a long time. I then scored the 2nd in about the 80th minute. As soon as I did I saw the pause queued up and assumed the rage quit was due. However about 10 seconds in the message comes up to say I've lost connection to my opponent, followed by one saying I'd been disconnected from EAs servers. My Xbox Live connection never dropped and no other internet services in the house were affected. I'm very suspicious of this.

I'll probably play to 17 wins and stop. If I get there inside 4 games I'll try to 20. I feel like everything possible has gone wrong this weekend.

[Yevrah]

I had a similar thing to that in Division Rivals Fox. Dodgy as fuck.

[Gray Fox]

Before I forget later, I thought I'd post. EA advertise their tournament streams with viewership reward possibilities. I always stick them on and mute them in the background. I've been getting free kits most of the time, but last one I got a free pack from it(I think a 25k one). Nothing out of it but it was free.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I did it once (they do it for their MUT streams, the packs suck but they give you them at least 6 days a week) and got fuck all.

[Yevrah]

Why is it always so difficult to find the results for these things?

Not a single other 'sport' in the world makes it this hard.

[Gray Fox]

14-8 > 20-8.

Yesterdays woes well and truly banished in that run. I thought it was all going to unravel at one point in the 2nd game. It was another player insistent on only crossing and defending deep. He got 2 ridiculous rebound goals to help him go 3-2 up late. Luckily supersub Sterling came up trumps for me in the 87th. With no further goals we went to extra time. I had him penned back for almost all of it, but a break away from him saw him score just as the clock hit 120. I pumped the ball forwards as fast as I could and scraped a corner. It was cleared, but not far enough to trigger full time. I sent a driven pass back in, in hope. Sterling just got free and smashed it into the top corner in the 124th minute.

To penalties and it was obvious he couldn't take them. His were either straight down the middle or he'd put it wide. So I took the win and from there raced up to 20 wins.

[The Merse]

Went into my final 5 games on 18 wins, with slimmest chance of Elite, so it was gutting that two of the next 4 were lost in extra time to a single goal. Still 20–9 is a decent weekend after all. Looking forward to my first rewards in a fortnight come Thursday, timed with my first D4 rewards, so I’ll be making sure finish Rank 1 and make the most of Thursday morning.

[Yevrah]

Douglas Costa and Davinson Sanchez from my Squad Battles rewards. I'll take that.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I think this might be my favourite goal this year:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3x_qRPeH90

[Yevrah]

From yesterday's final.

https://clips.twitch.tv/ElatedSaltyMoonTBTacoLeft

[SincereTheRebel]

From yesterday's final.

https://clips.twitch.tv/ElatedSaltyMoonTBTacoLeft

The triple elastico is bonkers.

[SincereTheRebel]

Who is the best PS4 player in here?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I think the first question is who are the PS4 players in here.

It's only me and Danny right now IIRC.

[Baz]

Mike but he only plays the journey

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The worst game mode in the game, brilliant.

[John]

I'm on PS4, but this year is the least I've played it at least since Ultimate Team was released.

[Trancemeister]

I'm on ps4 but I rarely play anymore. Stick mostly to SB.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

If anyone wants to try out the moments icon then do a draft. You're pretty much guaranteed at least one per draft.

Nep has a theory that they're dropping so much because they're not fully classes as icons. You can't use them in the icon SBCs and they're dropping in drafts like regular golds.

[Danny]

They fixed the SBC thing, not sure about draft though.

[The Merse]

Seedorf SBC up.

If it were H/H or H/M I'd be all over it.

[The Merse]

Did a draft with 15k coins for the fun of it and had great fun with Cruyff, Eusebio and Maradona. Could only fit Maradona in at CDM (4-1-2-1-2 wide) and he was immense there running from deep. The stand out though was Headliner Werner, who with a deadeye is just incredible. Won 2-0 (rage Quit), 5-1, 5-0 (rage quit), 6-0 (rage quite before half time). Maldini was my rock at the back and easily the best CB I've played with.

Gold 2 x rare gold packs and a premium gold pack back. 2 walkouts - Buffon and Ozil and 2 83 rated into the club with 5k discards. A good night all in all.

[The Merse]

Did another draft, lost in the final, got another Buffon :D

[Gray Fox]

You and Nep are inspiring me to give the draft a go through the week.

He's theorised that the only bad spot to lose is the Semi-final. Everywhere else you should at least make your 15k entry fee back. All the TOTY and Super Icons possible makes it worth trying as well.

[The Merse]

Same from my experience. Lost in the semi today as well and got shite back, but still probably 90k in profit on my entrance fees.

[Gray Fox]

I've been looking at the rewards for Rivals Div 2 now I'm here for the first time. Seems much more rewarding here. I don't quite have a grasp on the points needed per rank, but I only played 28 games of WL and haven't touched Rivals since the latest refresh, yet I've only just been knocked into Rank 3.

Rank 3 will get me as untradeable, 2 Rare Players Packs and 2 Rare Electrum Players packs.
Rank 2 is 6 Mega Packs and 2 Jumbo Premium Gold packs.
Rank 1 is 4 Mega Packs, 2 Rare Mega Packs and 2 Rare Mixed Players Packs

For completing WL Rank 3 is a guarantee. By the looks of it, Rank 2 will require a few games on top, maybe 4 or 5 through a given week. Whilst rank 1 is only on about 18.5k points at the time of typing. Considering how little effort Rank 2 should be I think it's the sweet spot here, but it should provide a nice balance between all the yummy consumables needed and potential for a player pull.

It does show why people are willing to self relegate though. If I were to get myself down to Div 4, I could earn Rank 2 now without playing a single Rivals game and get 2 Mega Packs, 2 Jumbo Premium Gold Packs but also 2 Rare Players Packs. Literally zero work other than playing WL to get that.

[five time]

Played two games last night and finally came to the realisation that I just don't enjoy this game. I love the collectable aspect and squad building but I just don't have fun playing matches.

The new icons sum it up for me currently. I'd like to have one but I'd have to dedicate so much time per week (or throw in more money) to afford one and playing those games just feels like a chore most of the time.

I'll follow the thread and updates still but I'm pretty sure that's me done for the year.

[Gray Fox]

It seems they've listened to feedback and are now making the Icon SBCs without the 30 day time limit. They also made Seedorf a little cheaper by removing the extra 85 rated squad.

He's just over 1.4m which is still a tad pricey for my liking, but at least you don't have to tick them all off in 30 days now.

[SincereTheRebel]

There is a new patch. Please tell me the position changes are fixed?

[Yevrah]

Apparently so.

The Icon time limit being removed might be enough to pull me back onto my main save as I'd love that grind. Not that I fancy RvN or Seedorf mind.

If I sold everyone and just built from an untradeable base I'd probably have about 7m coins to play with.

[Raoul Duke]

You could build a phenomenal Dutch team on this

[Gray Fox]

I've still not touched Rivals yet other than my WL games and I'm only 1,000 points under the threshold for Rank 2. There mustn't be many people in Division 2.

[Danny]

You could build a phenomenal Dutch team on this

Someone posted this on reddit:

https://www.futbin.com/19/squad/5599687

Thats without all of the icons, De Jong, two of the better VVD's or the FFS Kluivert who looks very good.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.futbin.com/19/squad/5629999

That is pretty tasty.

[SincereTheRebel]

Im going to have one last go at this game in order to get into elite 3. That is the goal. Ive got an idea of a team i want and im it is going to be touch and go if I can afford it with my current setup. Im going to need to trade hard for a week or so in order to get some more coins. Stay tuned.

[Gray Fox]

Tried out the draft and got this first time:

https://i.gyazo.com/e47d00ae2f4c203a908273ffb415d955.png


The midfield of dreams. I had Viera set to stay back, Modric was left balanced and Pogba set to get forward. It worked perfectly. I even enjoyed Pogba who I usually struggle to use right.

That forward line was also fantastic. I can't really say enough about Eusebio. Felt like a card that's 10m+ Best also felt like his Prime has taken PEDs. Vinicius feels like a Neymar that is harder to knock off the ball. My only complaint of the 3 is Vinicius sometimes is unreliable on his weak foot.

The left side of defence was meh, but after being given those before I can't really complain. I did get the FFS Mendy on the bench. I brought him on for Nacho in all 4 games.
Ran through to the final and won, only really being troubled in the semi final. My opponents formation countered mine so it was a very end to end game. Great fun was had though.
Unfortunately I got 2 gold packs and 2 jumbo gold packs as my reward. A shadow card in there means I may have scraped back most of my entry fee.

[The Merse]

Decent morning for me. 81 Vermeer and 84 Zaha were disappointing red picks, but got also got Vermeer IF in the Fut Champs packs along with 5 x 83-84's.

Took tradeables from DR Rewards and got another 4 or 5 83-84's, along with Aubameyang 88, who's sold for 112k. Handy day, probably 200k up in coins + value of those now in the club.

Got an Utrecht CB worth 30k in last nights draft reward as well. Will keep him for now as I may be doing the Eredivisie SBC, albeit I'm 50/50.

[Baz]

Im going to have one last go at this game in order to get into elite 3. That is the goal. Ive got an idea of a team i want and im it is going to be touch and go if I can afford it with my current setup. Im going to need to trade hard for a week or so in order to get some more coins. Stay tuned.

Ban lifted?

[SincereTheRebel]

Ban lifted?


https://i.ibb.co/CHwgtQh/74251-A7-D-B338-46-BB-8559-205-B924-CD254.png (https://ibb.co/CHwgtQh)

Facts. It appears a lot of users got banned around the same time and we all got it liftedm eventually after a review.

[Yevrah]

Does anyone else keep dropping out of Xbox Live/EA's Servers while playing this and being booted out as a result?

[Danny]

IF Lala
IF Suso
IF Hulk
OTW Goretzka
Ultimate Scream Diego Costa
FFS Foden

EA smashed that FUTSWAPS imo

[Gray Fox]

Re-released best of TOTW/Special cards.

Dropped FUTSwaps which is a hell of a lot better this month and the Icon Moments Cannavarro.

[Trancemeister]

Please enjoy this two player pack with 1 rare. 75 rated Sanogo. Fuck off.

[The Merse]

Ultimate pack too no?

Also, promo packs are half price with coins. Have got Jamezzz, Zlatan, Otamendi and a few other decent pulls so far.

[Trancemeister]

Just found out I got screwed out of an Ultimate pack.

[The Merse]

Opened 6 of the 25k packs and 5 of the Rare Mega's. Probably broke even overall, so worth it for the fun of it and the chance of something big.

[thommo]

I got an Ultimate Pack AND a Rare Mega Pack on logging in. Going to shoot through some of the SBCs then open up all the packs I have shortly. Might dabble in the store if packs are half price too.

[Danny]

Just found out I got screwed out of an Ultimate pack.

Try logging in again, I didn’t get mine originally but it’s there now.

Gonna save that IF Messi walkout until I get home :happycry:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I only got a bastard rare mega.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

2 for 1 ultimates.

ffs, I have no coins or points.

[Gray Fox]

Only a rare mega for me as well.

Positives here are the FUT Swaps this month are genuinely awesome. I can't decide which of them I want. I bet Yev will love these on his first owner account too.

Cannavaro seems cheap(1.1m) for the boosted Icons. I just don't know if I could ever play a 5"9 CB in the current state of the game.

With Mbappe and Neymars special cards back in packs it might be a good time to put resources into the 81+ Ligue 1 upgrades. There's so few rare golds in the league rated above 81 that you're looking good on boards for most packs.

3 more OP Icons due in the next week as well.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'd love the Foden but I'm away for most of the month so there's no chance.

[Gray Fox]

Negative side is that the big streamers/Youtubers have started a new phrase call the "fun leave" or "fun quit" claiming they weren't having fun so have left. The downside here is that they're purposefully pulling games back level before leaving, so the opponent gets nothing.

The other thing they're doing that's quite irritating is the 193 draft competition. They're loading up on FIFA points and using them to enter the draft. If the draft isn't 193 rated they're quitting out instantly in their first match and trying again. They're competing to see who does it first. I've seen them waste hundreds on this as well.

[thommo]

Ultimate Pack yielded Buffon, Navas, Khedira, a random 76 IF and some other 84s/83s. Pretty good all in all.

I opened up one Rare Mega Pack using coins and pulled 84 IF Zaha. As I managed to get him as my red FUT Champions player pick, sold him instantly for 24k and comfortably made profit across the whole pack. Sorely tempted to rinse through them all now.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Negative side is that the big streamers/Youtubers have started a new phrase call the "fun leave" or "fun quit" claiming they weren't having fun so have left. The downside here is that they're purposefully pulling games back level before leaving, so the opponent gets nothing.

The other thing they're doing that's quite irritating is the 193 draft competition. They're loading up on FIFA points and using them to enter the draft. If the draft isn't 193 rated they're quitting out instantly in their first match and trying again. They're competing to see who does it first. I've seen them waste hundreds on this as well.

What nonces.

[thommo]

Opened up the rest of the Rare Mega Packs with coins and got Otamendi, Mahrez, Sokratis plus a lot of 83s and a ton of good consumables. Depending on how many of the players I can sell/use for SBCs, but feels like they were pretty good value.

[Gray Fox]

8-2 to start this weekend. Salah has sold on and in comes Messi to play as my CAM. It means putting Raul back up top and I've got Sterling playing as an orthodox right winger.
The attack has a lot less physical presence now, but I'm having a lot of fun with it.

[Yevrah]

Back on my main account now, with the grind of the Prime Icon Moments being too hard to resist. I think I want Shearer as he actually looks usable now.

[Gray Fox]

What do you make of the swap deals Yev?

An 87 rated IF with good nationality is a great value at 6 tokens. I'm not quite sure Hulk should be 8, based on the previous sentence. Lala is decent for a pittance and I'm glad they've reduced the 100k pack to 9 tokens.
The big boys is where it's at though. I'm leaning towards Goretzka at 10 tokens. He's a live item and both he and Bayern are hitting form. This also leaves 4 tokens to pick up 81 Lala as well.
Costa is very good as is, but the change in stats hitting him could render him useless. Foden looks good too, as a 200k card for a pittance. I like this month a lot, but I'm not sure the biggest 2 are going to be worth it come the end of it. Still I'll be trying to get the full 14 for once.

Anyone about for the 3 friendly games later on?

[Yevrah]

I'm out tonight, but will need to do those friendly games at some point, so if you don't catch a bite tonight, let me know later in the week.

As for the Swap Deals. It's disappointing that they're not unique cards, but I think the offering is good, albeit a little random in places.

[Yevrah]

The bigger problem I have at the moment is losing connection to the EA Servers, it's making the game unplayable.

[Gray Fox]

I'm assuming so, but have you tried port forwarding? It probably wont do a thing, but I'm assuming you've tried most conventional methods. I couldn't connect to some of the guys in here before I did it and had troubles playing with friends too.

Did the Draft Token reward and entered the draft. Got TOTY Modric and Kante along with The Best Best and OP Del P. All of those four are incredible. I had to bodge the defence. I got a random brazil non-rare gold from Serie A that linked to Headliner Alex Sandro but other than him the best defender I got was Bartra.
I ended up moving subbing Bale on at LB and moved Sandro to LCB.

It was good fun. Best scored almost all of my goals. I've used his old prime version and it felt good, but this card is another level. If he were to drop tonight I'd be hard pressed to not do him.

Apparently we are due 4 more Icons until the end of this mini-event. They really need to start dropping the big guns soon. I really don't want to be seeing someone like Laudrup or Kluivert. It'd also be hard to stop me doing Gerrard if he comes out.

[Gray Fox]

Petit is the one that we get. Looks tempting but expensive.

[Yevrah]

Looking back on my main account there were 3 SD Huesca Silvers I bought for 300 coins each that are now worth 10k each. Nuts.

[Yevrah]

Petit is the one that we get. Looks tempting but expensive.

He looks as expensive as Ruud and has 3 star/3 star, so another rip off.

[Gray Fox]

Coming out at about 1.5m. I really don't want to know what they value the likes of Gullit at.

[Yevrah]

I did Gullit and R9 last year and IIRC they were around the 3m mark to start with. Given there are only 3 months left of this game being a going concern they really shouldn't be any more than that.

[Raoul Duke]

I built myself a silver team earlier, so I could do the draft token requirement. Went with Crouchbot up front :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

32 pace.

Does that mean he just walks around the pitch?

[Raoul Duke]

He's so tall he doesn't need to move much

[Danny]

Is that the 5 assists one? I planted guendouzi in CAM and gave the AI a humping

[Raoul Duke]

Yeah was just going to do that but then got into the idea of having a Silver Team so built one

[Danny]

Kasper Schmeicherl SBC up. 87 rated. 30k according to Futbin

[The Merse]

I’ll hold out to see what Vieira costs before thinking on Petit. Doesn’t look a big enough upgrade vs Kondogbia.

[The Merse]

Have contrived to go from 8-2 to 15-11 this weekend. Really struggling at the moment against a lot of ultra aggressive, high press types, giving up a lot of leads losing the ball in my own half.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Is the 1 depth, drop back fast build up bullshit still going on?

[Gray Fox]

It is, but it's very much player dependant. Some have just stuck it on despite it not suiting them and you can break through them pretty easily. It's those who combine it with AI defending that are the problem. You can put your controller down until you get the ball and pretty much force your opponent into long shots.

The problem I'm having is dealing with crosses to CR7. He beats VVD in the air regularly which I find laughable. I'm 11-2 myself and will probably not play much more. I'm in bed early tomorrow night so no chance I'll be playing all of my games.

I've found switching to 4-3-3(5) is giving me much more control in games. Preventing the above mentioned scumbag tactics. I've had a few 1-0 wins in this, with possession around 60% which I'd not have thought possible usually.
POTM Sterling feels like a big upgrade to the last time I stated him. He seems to glide with the ball and is more reliable kicking it now.

[The Merse]

Fuck. 16-14. Worst weekend in a long while. Playing through the early hours is always a bastard, but today I just found myself being assaulted. Everyone was super aggressive in defence, very attacking and playing that haphazard ball-bouncing-everywhere way that feels so difficult to deal with. I’m not sure if there’s a new aggressive, attack minded meta - if there is, I welcome it - and I’m not coping with adapting to it, or whether it’s just the opponents I got this evening/morning.

[Yevrah]

Is the 1 depth, drop back fast build up bullshit still going on?

It most definitely is. Just lost 4-1 to someone who had less than 40% possession.

[Yevrah]

Quite enjoyed the weekly objectives so far. Went full silver for the draft token one and also took the Crouchbot route (he was in my club so why not?) and the Rome/Lazio one meant getting to use RTTF SMS and Futmas Lukaku, both of which I enjoyed.

[Yevrah]

Anyone on Xbox free to do the Online Friendly Futswap Objective?

[SincereTheRebel]

So it appears the position change issue is finally fixed. Haven't noticed it which is good.

I'm now playing a 41212(2) on my return. I was struggling in rivals with my usually 4231 narrows. I play balanced, and all sliders on 5 except for depth which is all the way up. That sounds crazy, but it works really well for me. The middle is congested and most players I come across don't play with width, even if they do. I'm don't concede many headers at all. I need to work on my team though. I want some new players but can't afford them yet.

[Yevrah]

What's your team now Sincere?

[SincereTheRebel]

GK - De Gea
LB - UEL Live Marcos Alonso
CB - Prime Sol Campbell
CB - SIF Van Dijk
RB - UCL Live Aurier
CDM - IF Kante
CM - KDB
CM - IF Pogba
CAM - IF Hazard
ST - IF Son
ST - SIF Mahrez

Its been like that since december. Hazard as a CAM is nasty. Those small players in that position on a free role cause havoc. Since changing formation, my strikers no longer score goals. It all comes from midfield.

[Gray Fox]

They've dropped OP Baggio tonight.

He looks a good CAM, but is again too expensive to consider. 1.6m currently. I'm guessing people are just not doing these as Petit is now below 1.4m. Seedorf and Cannavaro down about 1.1m as well. Again though, we're getting middling ones that are good, but are they going to replace TOTS players that are coming up? Give us a big one for fucks sake.

I'm 16-2 in champs now and breaking for food. I don't think I'll be playing beyond 17. Though I am playing very well tonight. I keep scoring the same goal as well. Messi getting the ball in behind their CM and Raul making a run between LB and LCB, through ball and finish into the far corner.

[Gray Fox]

Win 17 came at the first attempt. 6-1 too and I'm really enjoying the team.

Scored a couple of goals I really liked to.

https://xboxdvr.com/gamer/sniper-wolf-tp4/video/70449115

That one is my favourite type of free kick to try beyond faking keeper movement out. They almost always end up hitting the bar for me so it was satisfying.

https://xboxdvr.com/gamer/sniper-wolf-tp4/video/70449428

Speaking of faking the keeper out. This one was great to pull off as he'd already caught me off guard with keeper movement before.

[The Merse]

Saving packs for TOTS now. Hopefully before long an OP Vieira SBC will be released that I can do entirely from the club, I'll then buy van Dijk and Alexander Arnold to upgrade from Live Kondogbia, NIF Ramos and TIF Lala, and keep saving packs and coins for TOTS and the deflation of other cards come May.

I'll also be making some St Pat's investments. That, along with Fut Birthday might bring a card or two I'm keen on, but I'm not hopeful.

[Yevrah]

I know I’ve said this before but they’ve fucked the icons so hard this year. Who, in March, is going to go anywhere near that Baggio, even with untradeables, let alone actual coins?

[SincereTheRebel]

I didnt see any point in releaseing moment icons. It would have been much better if they released icons that are lower than the lowest icons or just random moments. How many icons are left to release as SBC. It looks like there are at least 20?

[Yevrah]

I have the 365 goal (and now 85 rated) Dembele back in my team. :drool:

[Yevrah]

I'd buy his headliners card if I could keep the record he's amassed.

[thommo]

Struggled to 11-9 this weekend. Found the gameplay to be so stodgy, with a ton of button lag. I definitely got outclassed in a few games by better players, but I lost a few where I would expect to be winning. With no major weekly objectives, I might take a break this week.

[Gray Fox]

I know I’ve said this before but they’ve fucked the icons so hard this year. Who, in March, is going to go anywhere near that Baggio, even with untradeables, let alone actual coins?

This.

I mean if you make the price cheaper then it's a different story. Like for example, Nedved. His 650k is cheap enough to make me think, screw it I'll try him. In reality they're about double the cost they should be right now.

We may be due another one at 6 but no doubt it'll be another middling one. My prediction is Giggs or Puyol.

[SincereTheRebel]

They need to start dropping the elite ones. We have had a lot of cards dumped with the 2-for-1 packs so i exspect Pele 99

[The Merse]

I can see the point. A bit, but in general I am with Yevrah

The point that could be argued is that the OP Icons were needed due to the Prime's losing their value this year due to soooooo fucking many special cards. It's rendered Hero/MOTM and TOTW cards almost utterly pointless, to the extent that only Suarez and Lala's every show up in FUT Champs and the two of them are pretty much just there to service One To Watch and Headliners cards. The second batch shows more meaningful upgrades - Vieira, Gullit and Desailly just about justify the SBC's now (if the same as their primes would have been / were last year).

[Yevrah]

I don't necessarily mind the addition of the Prime Icons, they've just handled it badly (as they have done with icons all year) and are still releasing cards that nobody really wants, for a price that isn't worth paying.

[Yevrah]

So Giggs then.

Looks like 200k to 300k to upgrade the Prime if you already have him.

It's a shit card anyway, so I doubt anyone's really arsed.

[Gray Fox]

Them actually doing Giggs shows how out of touch they are with this.

I'm fully convinced we're getting none of the big guns until TOTS time.

[Yevrah]

Yep.

If it needs to be said, which it probably doesn't in here, the card serves no-one. If you're a casual he'd be pretty great for your team, but you won't be able to afford him and if you're not a casual and can afford him there are so many better options. Seedorf for one if you must do a current SBC and even he's not spectacular.

When do you fancy doing those games Fox?

[Gray Fox]

2* WF and 3* skills make it even worse. The only person that card serves is a die hard United fan with loads of spare coins about.

I can be on later this evening, or Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday. Whichever is easiest.

[Yevrah]

Shall we say tomorrow? I should be available from 8 ish.

[Gray Fox]

Sounds good to me. We may have another disappointing Icon out then too.

[SincereTheRebel]

If they keep putting these type of icon SBCs out, people must be doing them. Surely you wouldn't release them if no-one is doing them.

[Danny]

FYI on the FUTSWAPS you don’t have to finish the games. Me and a random from Reddit trades off goals and quits to do it. Took us under 30 min.

I am going to do the Giggs loan purely cause I am a United fan and I want to try the United cards. I think 2* WF is going him a little dirty. Not that 3/3 is much better.

[Trancemeister]

Got Fabinho from the UCL sbc. Would be great if I didn't already have his IF. Would it be worth selling the IF and keep the CL card.

[Yevrah]

I'll be ready about 8:15 Fox if that works for you?

[Yevrah]

Bought myself 11 Toni Kroos' for 50k or under.

Figured as it's the lowest he's been since December and there'll be an SBC that utilises him soon he's worth it. 1m left in the bank.

[Gray Fox]

Yeah sure, I'll get on just after 8.

No Icon or anything worth anyones time has sent the player base a little crazy. There are 40 Icon moments cards so far and we've had an SBC for a whole 6 of them. Not looking promising.

[Gray Fox]

Some good games there Yevrah

I was testing out a new 4-1-2-1-2 though some of it. Changed from fast build up to a possession version in which the full backs push up, instructed to overlap and join the attack.
It worked well in penning you back as I got more used to it, but as you saw, the right pass on the counter and you were in to score.

[The Merse]

Anyone fancy some friendly seasons tomorrow night (or tonight rather, Weds night that is...)?

Bought a Kimoembe for 345k having seen Tagliafico go extinct at a 300% markup. Fancy PSG to do the business and he might just be my new CB in place of Ramos if his upgrade takes his base defending to 90 and he hits 85 jumping.

[Gray Fox]

I'll be on later tonight Merse and I'll be good for some games.

TOTW this week looks pretty damn good actually:

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I've had Donnarumma as a red pick every time he's made TOTW so we'll see if the trend continues. I'd probably want Mkhitaryan or Fekir out of what's there but anything 86+ you can't be complaining about.

[Trancemeister]

Had a pack left from the one man down sbc. 88 Quaglirella.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Did the UCL SBC and got Rodrigo.

Not a bad one considering how cheap it is.

[The Merse]

Bought an extra Cavani and Kimpembe when United scored their second, in a slight dip. 470k & 330k invested in this now. Bit of a gamble, but giving me a similar feel to having a bit of real money riding on the match, so quite fun.

[The Merse]

I really wish I'd not logged into FUT tonight :(

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Never bet on the French.

[The Merse]

1.1m down to maybe 700k I reckon. FFS.

VAR, Solskjaer, Buffon. All cunts.

[The Merse]

Gray Fox

Cheers for that, nice to finally beat you once, if it looks a fleeting prospect of happening again.

Did you change up 2nd game into more pressing?

I can't deal with this oppressive pressing as soon as I win the ball, as I regularly win it in my final third and then have 4 players on me, no outlets and clearances seem to hit the pressers all the time. You've also got that thing down where I fend you off, turn away press to pass and you've nicked the ball from between my legs, behind me. Happened vs Ramos and Varane a few times. Most infuriating. Well played - I'd say I only meet a couple of your quality in each weekend at most.

Did call you a trashy Fifa 11 cut-back Cunt to the missus though once though ;)