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[Trancemeister]

Hinteregger from the Deluxe TOTS SBC. Jesus fucking christ I just cant pack anything good these last couple of weeks.

[John]

Presumably you used it all up getting fucking Eusebio. Stop whinging.

[Danny]

I got Smalling in the Deluxe. I now have three untradeable TOTS Serie A CB's (Smalling, Manolas and De Vrij)

[Yevrah]

Nep's opened about 10 viewer ones on his stream.

4 x Serdar and 3 x Steve so far.

Just a scandal.

[Yevrah]

On the other hand I'm really enjoying the following:

Silvers I've been hoarding > Silver upgrade packs + BPM > 82-88 Upgrade > 82+ Upgrades for dupes and SBC fodder for the non-dupes.

Even packed a shit TOTS from the 82-88's.

[Yevrah]

Ilicic from my 'Deluxe' TOTS pack.

[John]

Did a few upgrade packs as well as the Deluxe and the TOTS challenge that returned a Jumbo Gold.

Duplicate Diego Carlos from the Deluxe pack, but luckily I bought the one I already have and he's held his value nicely so that's a win. Odsonne fucking Edouard from the Jumbo, which would have seen the computer leaving through the window if he wasn't tradeable, then some shitty 86 lad from the Irish leagues from one of the upgrade packs. Not a bad return for essentially zero outlay.

[Raoul Duke]

Fucking Sommer from the "Deluxe" pack. Eat a bag of dicks, EA

[Danny]

ROW as an 82 - Nice.

Another Deluxe rather than Ultimate TOTS - scummy fucks

[Trancemeister]

Niederlechner :wall:

[Danny]

88 Quintilla from the ROW one. Looks like a decent little card but will never get used.

[Trancemeister]

Jozwiak from the ROW. Fuck this game seriously.

[SincereTheRebel]

ROW as an 82 - Nice.

Another Deluxe rather than Ultimate TOTS - scummy fucks

Surely that is a weird glitch. There is the same SBC twice?

[Danny]

Yep. Similar to the party bad crap they did earlier. I think there was three of those with slightly varied requirements.

They have just copied and pasted this one.

[Yevrah]

Ginter from the second 'Deluxe' SBC.

[John]

Richarlison from the second Deluxe. If he was tradeable he'd be straight on the transfer list, but he puts me two players short of an all 90+ Brazil team so I'll just make that so he doesn't go to waste.

[thommo]

As I had bottled the 30th game at the weekend, there were no guaranteed Ultimate TOTSSF players in the 2 red picks I had today. However, I did still get one choice from the Ultimate TOTSSF and what a choice it was - 96 Joshua Kimmich who further bolsters the ridiculous Bundesliga midfield options I have in the club. For the second pick, I took Trauner, the 90 rated Austrian CB who has some pretty crazy stats. There are some solid Austrian choices at the back, not to mention Sabitzer, so could be a fun squad to make down the line.

The rest of the rewards were quite kind to me - Perisic, Coman, Boateng, Saul, Verratti as well as TOTSSF Stuani. I used a few in completing Deniz Undav and the rest will go towards the 96 Modric. The Guaranteed RotW pack was a complete dud unfortunately. Byrne will also go straight into the Modric SBC.

I'm aiming for another full weekend of 30 games if possible, and cracking Gold 2 and 17 wins - especially as the Ultimate TOTSSF will be in the red picks again. I'm going to switch up the team somewhat, with the Ajax trio of Tagliafico, Ziyech and Promes being dropped to the bench and I'll move to a narrow formation to make use of the glut of Bundesliga midfielders. The new TOTSSF Leibold will come into the squad in the left back spot - looks a bit of a bargain for 40k.

[Trancemeister]

Deluxe SBC again.


A duplicate of Yuri Beriche :moop:

[Yevrah]

And no additional upgrade packs and another untradeable SBC pack.

To actively keep taking things away that have been there before is piss poor.

[Danny]

Didnt do yesterdays and wont do todays.

Would rather chuck fodder into Modric

[Yevrah]

I did it with TOTS Oblak and some untradeables (I'm still an idiot) and got Henderson.

[Yevrah]

Would rather chuck fodder into Modric

Yep. Wasn't lost on me that I could have just got him instead. I ignored that fact, but it wasn't lost on me.

At least those Premium SBC's give me something to grind for into next year, I won't be buying next year's version.

[Danny]

I did it with TOTS Oblak and some untradeables (I'm still an idiot) and got Henderson.

Thats not bad though. Getting Smalling in my first told me I was ahead of the curve and to pass on the next :lol:

[Yevrah]

Did I spell it wrong? I meant the shit keeper. :moop:

[Danny]

I thought you meant Jordan not Dean. Oof

[Danny]

They snuck that new objective player in there. He looks good.

[SincereTheRebel]

We haven't got an Ultimate TOTS SBC yet? Just th3 same three SBCs for all TOTS in a row?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It's not like EA to re-use things...

[John]

Richarlison is obscene. I bought 92 Rivaldo and TOTS Marquinhos to fill out the Brazil side I mentioned before, and using that side last night Richarlison scored twenty four goals and assisted seven in twelve games, all Rivals. He seems to run straight through defenders and his shots always just rocket straight into the top corner no matter the angle.

[Danny]

94 and 97 (Premium) David Silva SBCs.

The 94 is just an 86.

The other is 83, 85 and 86.

It actually might be worth doing both.

Edit: Scratch that. Its coming in over the cheapest 94.

[thommo]

So, another weekend of FUT Champs beckons, with the promise of the Ultimate TOTSSF still available in the red picks. Early noise suggests it may be a little less sweaty this week thankfully. This is the team I'm going in with - using 4 depth defence with pressure on heavy touch, and a balanced attack with players in box on 6.

https://i.ibb.co/YNNVVLF/champs-team.png

Promes, Fuenzalida and Undav are the most probable subs, especially if I change to a 4-3-3 as games progress. Just for fun, I'm going to document the weekend shitshow for you all.


Game 1
I'm immediately wary as the squad screen in displayed - my opponent has an all gold Prem team, apart from Prime Moments Ronaldinho and TOTSSF Richarlison. First thoughts are that this is somebody who knows what they're doing. However, Kamada thumps us into an early lead after Werner played him through. My optimism is short-lived though and at half-time, we're 4-1 down and my opponent has quickly proven to be a classic FUT Champs opponent - 1 depth defending and quick counters. He strikes twice more with some glorious cutbacks in the 2nd half, before Kamada and Werner score a couple of consolations very late on to restore a little pride.

Dominating a game isn't enough to win on FIFA. As it is, I'm already fuming and I'm only one game in. Brilliant.

https://i.ibb.co/kMsrtYF/Game-1.png

Me - 3 (Kamada 9', 85', Werner 87')
Opponent - 6 (Lucas 11', 16', Ronaldinho 39', 78', Richarlison 45', 82')


Game 2
Another weird squad to be faced with - a full TOTSSF/Moments team with Mane, Renato Sanches, Verratti, Thiago Silva, but then some random players such as Mariano, Falcao and Ajayi, dropping the overall chemistry to somewhere around 70. I quickly suss that this guy isn't as good and we can control the game pretty comfortably in the middle of the park. Werner plays the role of provider in the 1st half, assisting firstly Sabitzer and then Kamada on the stroke of half-time to put us 2 up at the break.

In the second half, I feel comfortable enough to make a couple of subs - Undav and Lodeiro coming on for cameos. Undav takes advantage of a struggling opponent to thump in 2 goals and lay on Lodeiro for a strike of his own. A walk in the park and a very comfortable win.

https://i.ibb.co/1R75rwx/Game-2.png

Me - 5 (Sabitzer 14', Kamada 45', Undav 65', 83', Lodeiro 71')
Opponent - 0

[SincereTheRebel]

Nice breakdowns.

[Yevrah]

How's Undav Thommo?

Fair play to you for continuing to grind this. I've got the player objectives piling up and I'm struggling so much to start them, let alone play weekend league.

[thommo]

Nice breakdowns.

Cheers Sincere.


How's Undav Thommo?

Fair play to you for continuing to grind this. I've got the player objectives piling up and I'm struggling so much to start them, let alone play weekend league.

Undav is actually pretty good. If I'm honest he's even a slight upgrade on the 2nd POTM Werner - the work rates are the only thing that let him down. Great sub to bring on after 60-70 mins.

I've also neglected the player objectives for the past week - Weekend League is the most enjoyable part of the game for me as it has the finite number of games to measure your performance on, and the matchmaking seems to be a lot more fair than Rivals.

[Yevrah]

I'm on annual leave week after next, so unless EA shit the bed with rewards I might give it a crack.

Rivals is so fucked I'm now in Division 10. I only play it for objectives and quit as soon as I go 1-0 down to anyone with hands to get the shitty, shitty objectives done as fast as possible, but still.

[SincereTheRebel]

Cheers Sincere.





Do you do those after every game?


I'm on annual leave week after next, so unless EA shit the bed with rewards I might give it a crack.

Rivals is so fucked I'm now in Division 10. I only play it for objectives and quit as soon as I go 1-0 down to anyone with hands to get the shitty, shitty objectives done as fast as possible, but still.

They need to change that for the the next game. The way objectives are done is insane.

A lot of work needs to be done IMO. Im still waiting for them to give us a stats breakdown of your WL performances. It might be time for me to put together a lost of things I would like to see. I can probably just look in the Fifa 19 thread and pull the request for FIFA 20

[thommo]

I'm on annual leave week after next, so unless EA shit the bed with rewards I might give it a crack.

Rivals is so fucked I'm now in Division 10. I only play it for objectives and quit as soon as I go 1-0 down to anyone with hands to get the shitty, shitty objectives done as fast as possible, but still.

Yeah I'd go for it if they keep the TOTSSF in the red picks. Opportunity to really flesh out some squads for other leagues if that is the case.


Do you do those after every game?
I normally just jot down the scores, scorers and assisters for each Weekend League, just as I'm a bit of a stats nerd. Fancied adding to it the weekend and writing up a little something for each game just for the hell of it.

[Yevrah]

If you're a stats nerd Thommo, get into NBA2K20. It's rife with them. And while not without its problems, the game is much better than FIFA.

[Danny]

Going to get to level 15 today. Probably take Gil Das and throw him straight into the second piece of Modric.

[thommo]

If you're a stats nerd Thommo, get into NBA2K20. It's rife with them. And while not without its problems, the game is much better than FIFA.

Considering it's now on Xbox GamePass I might actually give it a go.

Game 3
Very strong French side awaited me with Mbappe, Kante, Varane and Ousmane Dembele in the opposition XI. For the first 20 minutes, I thought I would be in for a battle and it was my opponent who took the lead breaking through with Benzema to smash in an opener. However, Werner dragged us back level soon after and we were fairly dominant for the rest of the half. Werner was again on target midway through the second half, stealing the ball in midfield and sprinting through to power one in the top corner. It should have been a very comfortable win - Ginter heading against the post from a corner, and Kimmich striking both posts with one shot.

But so much of FIFA is down to the mental side of the game, and so it proved when Benzema wriggled into some space and drilled in an equaliser in stoppage time. :moop:

So into extra time we went, and my subs played a big part in sealing the game - Visca getting behind before laying it on to Witsel to score a 3rd. My opponent did hit back once again through a stunner from 20 yards from Mbappe, but Promes was the provider for the winner, setting up Thomas Müller to hammer home late on. It should never have been so tight.

https://i.ibb.co/nB900yf/Game-3.png

Me - 4 (Werner 27', 64', Witsel 94', Müller 113')
Opponent - 3 (Benzema 18', 90', Mbappe 109')


Game 4
I faced a very meta opponent team (Mbappe, Varane, Diego Carlos) with Prime Rush playing up top, and he came flying out of the blocks. I was 3 down inside quarter of an hour thanks in part to two dragbacks inside the box, and once again, it was proving how Weekend League is so dependent on keeping your head.

Once I settled, I came back into the game with Werner providing assists for Müller and Sabitzer, ensuring we went into half-time just 3-2 down. The game felt quite even, with my opponent overall just having the edge and so it proved in the 2nd half - Rush doubled the lead, and I was forced to push forward, with constant pressure applied. This open the gap for Rush to score his second and seal a 5-2 win for my opponent. A frustrating game that I threw away in the mad opening spell.

https://i.ibb.co/T4qtJmV/Game-4.png

Me - 2 (Müller 26', Sabitzer 40')
Opponent - 5 (Mbappe 3', Gnabry 6', Lemar 11', Rush 57', 79')

[Trancemeister]

And here's the ultimate TOTS SBC, 89 rated. Sommer or Carvajal I can feel it.

And it's Sancho. Well atleast it wasn't those two. Although doesn't fit my team one bit.

[Yevrah]

89 rated with 70 chemistry.

They really are a shower of shit.

[SincereTheRebel]

That is stupid expensive but I may do it and I should be rewarded given I don't play as much as I once did. Just under a thousand games played this version. I usually finish closer to 2000

[Trancemeister]

Sancho seem to be common as fuck from this SBC.

[Yevrah]

Sancho seem to be common as fuck from this SBC.

From the players that are good I already have him and Benzema, so I may actually not do it.

[SincereTheRebel]

Moments Zola seems cheap considering it looks like he fits the met. Am I missing something here?

https://www.futbin.com/20/player/45553/Gianfranco%20Zola

[Yevrah]

And now the TOTS SBC has gone.

You couldn't make it up. :D

[Yevrah]

Moments Zola seems cheap considering it looks like he fits the met. Am I missing something here?

https://www.futbin.com/20/player/45553/Gianfranco%20Zola

There are better meta cards for far cheaper than that.

[Trancemeister]

The odds for getting Sancho weren't fair. He was getting pulled like crazy on Runthefutmarket stream.

[SincereTheRebel]

And now the TOTS SBC has gone.

You couldn't make it up. :D

The rating was costly. The fuck they reomve it for?


There are better meta cards for far cheaper than that.

As an icon though..

[Danny]

The removed it cause they fucked up Sanchos weight.

[SincereTheRebel]

82+ cards are sky high

[Raoul Duke]

We shouldn't get our expectations too high, they're only a multi-billion dollar company :moop:

[Yevrah]

Apparently they've tweeted that there was a 'technical issue'.

Honestly gents, don't give this company any more money.

[thommo]

I really don't think I'll bother with the guaranteed Ultimate player for that price. More value in trying out that new 97 David Silva for me.

Took some time to finish off the Squad Battles games for Evander and now I'm back onto Weekend League for the night.

Game 5
Another strange squad to play against - very basic La Liga team with Messi as the only standout player. This was a fairly simple win, wrapped up inside half an hour. Witsel with some neat dribbling inside the box before firing in the opener, before Kamada set up a couple of nice finesse finishes from Werner and Sabitzer. That was enough for my opponent - a rage quit forced after just 25 minutes.

https://i.ibb.co/PNKrwqK/Game-5.png

Me - 3 (Witsel 7', Werner 17', Sabitzer 25')
Opponent - 0


Game 6
The best team I've faced so far - a very strong Prem side filled with TOTSSF players, with Henry, Dalglish and TOTSSF Suarez up top. It was quickly evident that this opponent had more ability, with Suarez smashing in two early strikes. We pulled one back when Werner turned in a rebound from Sabitzer's long range effort, and the rest of the half was fairly even.

The second half, however, was a different story. A contentious decision to award my opponent a free-kick resulted in Suarez curling in his hat-trick goal, and after Fuenzalida came off the bench, he somehow missed a glorious chance to halve the deficit from just 8 yards out. After that it went to pot, Mane hammering in two more and Rui Costa coming off the bench to add a 6th, and I was greeted with the shush and full celebrations/replays each time. Oh, and there was still time for Upamecano to see his marching orders, somewhat harshly.

One of those games you just need to write off, no matter how fucking irritating it was. I really hope I don't come up against van Dijk again.

https://i.ibb.co/5xT7M6F/Game-6.png

Me - 1 (Werner 24', Upamecano sent off 88')
Opponent - 6 (Suarez 4', 16', 49', Mane 64', 90', Rui Costa 77')


Game 7
In came RTTF Konate for Upamecano, whilst he served the one-game suspension. I was up against mainly a La Liga squad and early on was able to really get control of the midfield and keep possession well. Kamada came into his own, firstly slipping through the middle between the centre halves to score the opener, and then drilling in a loose ball in the box to double the lead. Promes came on at half time and got his first goal of the weekend after breaking clear of the backline, and Werner and Kamada combined again on the hour before the former calmly placed in a 4th.

That was enough for the opponent, who gave in to the rage quit temptation and sealed us another deserved win.

https://i.ibb.co/wKr7sNm/Game-7.png

Me - 4 (Kamada 17', 28', Promes 49', Werner 60')
Opponent - 0

[thommo]

Game 8
Back into the first XI came Upamecano, and we were faced with a lower-tier Premier League side with a couple of icons up front. De Gea made some very impressive early saves to keep it level, and my opponent took advantage to score twice in 3 minutes with his first two shots of the game, both coming from Prime Moments Lineker. It was only a matter of time before we broke through though, and Kimmich was on hand to score his first goal for the club, before Kamada sprinted through and leathered it into the top corner to level the scores. There was still time for an insane De Gea double save before half-time.

We took the lead early in the 2nd half through Werner slotting in from close range, but Klose curled in a quickfire equaliser soon after. A tense period of play followed until the final 15 minutes where we finally took full control and sealed a victory - firstly Werner muscled his way through to make it 4-3, before Kamada scored twice in the dying stages to round off a great hat trick.

https://i.ibb.co/HGBVGdL/Game-8.png

Me - 6 (Kimmich 32', Kamada 37', 84', 90', Werner 48', 76')
Opponent - 3 (Lineker 22', 25', Klose 50')


Game 9
A very stodgy midfield battle against a strong Premier League/English team, including the new 97 David Silva. It was tough going in defence, and my opponent was particularly adept at obliterating my forwards with strong challenges and not getting penalised for it. I had to hold on for the majority of the first half with Neuer making a couple of decent stops.

The 2nd half was more of the same, but a key opportunity went missing with 15 minutes left - Axel Witsel was sent through by Undav (on from the bench) and curled a strike onto the outside of the post. It looked a rare goalless draw and extra-time was inevitable, but Sabitzer made some space, dragged defenders out of position and rolled it to Witsel to drill in a winner just 2 minutes from time.

Probably undeserved on the whole, but I will definitely take it!

https://i.ibb.co/nD29V4H/Game-9.png

Me - 1 (Witsel 88')
Opponent - 0


Game 10
We came up against a genuinely incredible side, full of special cards with 99 Messi, 99 De Bruyne, TOTY De Ligt, FUT Birthday Hazard, etc. It was a little surprising, therefore, to completely dominate the first half, barely letting the opponent get a meaningful shot off. Werner was the star of the show, with two very classy assists for both of the defensive midfielders, giving us a 2-0 lead at the break.

2nd half and our opponent came back with a vengeance, Messi smashing in a pretty impressive goal within minutes of the restart. Neuer was on hand to make a couple of good saves, and we should have sealed the win ourselves as Müller missed a 1-on-1 late on. We held on well to grab a 4th win on the trot.

https://i.ibb.co/MGd2jGN/Game-10.png

Me - 2 (Witsel 12', Kimmich 30')
Opponent - 1 (Messi 48')

[thommo]

Game 11
Witsel has developed a pretty nice habit of making runs into the box and tucking in important goals this weekend, and so it continued within the opening 4 minutes of this game. Werner assisted that one and then added a strike of his own just 4 minutes later with a lovely fake-shot-stop into a finesse past the onrushing keeper. Müller rounded out the first half with a lovely curled effort from the edge of the box after some smart dribbling from Kamada.

In the 2nd half I was a little lackadaisical and had Neuer to thank for a number of strong saves, but he couldn't keep out a good finish from Gnabry midway through the half. No comeback was forthcoming thankfully, and Witsel added a 2nd shortly after in a similar manner to his first - this time Lodeiro providing the through ball for the assist. Instead of seeing the game out, my opponent had had enough near the end and quit with less than 10 minutes left.

https://i.ibb.co/fXRQkp4/Game-11.png

Me - 4 (Witsel 4', 69', Werner 8', Müller 41')
Opponent - 1 (Gnabry 66')


Game 12
Up against a strong squad in a 4-3-3 (3) formation, and I'm prepared for the worst. In the first half hour, I can't really get hold of the ball and it culminates with a nice move for my opponent which sees Fuenzalida thump home a goal from just inside the box. I do work a good chance towards the end of the half but Hradecky is on hand to make a strong save.

The second half is pretty much complete domination from my team, but Hradecky is pulling out an inspired performance, with incredible saves from Kamada, Witsel, and Werner. It takes a rebound to beat him late in the half - after palming away another effort from Witsel, Werner is able to volley in the loose ball. Surely this game can only go one way from here?

This being FIFA, no. One breakaway counter and one misplaced player switch from myself and Fuenzalida slides in his second to seal it late on for my opponent. There's still time for Promes to be sent through and for Hradecky to ONCE AGAIN foil me. Fucking infuriating.

https://i.ibb.co/YjPVJnW/Game-12.png

Me - 1 (Werner 72')
Opponent - 2 (Fuenzalida 30', 87')


Game 13
Last game of the night, and I'm faced with another very strong team. I get away with one early on as C. Ronaldo smashes a shot against the post. But wait, the glorious AI has clattered into him post-shot and so my opponent has a free-kick right on the edge of the box. TOTSSF Dybala wallops it into the top corner and I'm 1 down inside 4 minutes. I'm treated to a full celebration, replay and stroll back to the middle. Thankfully, I'm level quickly - Müller sliding a ball into Werner who turns in the box and rifles it home. The two combine again later in the half and Werner is again on hand to power it in to grant us the lead.

My opponent is very good at holding onto possession and building the pressure, and it tells early in the 2nd half. A dinked cross to the back post presents Immobile with a clear header from a couple yards out - heading may be broken this year but he wasn't missing that. I have Neuer to thank for saving a Ronaldo effort from inside the box, and the pressure builds throughout the half. I break late on and his own Neuer saves his bacon with a cracking stop from Kamada.

Extra time is uneventful, if very tense and it goes to the spot. I stop his 2nd pen, but he in turn stops my 3rd. Neuer again saves his 4th, diving to the right, but Müller blazes over and it remains 2-2 going into the 5th round Neuer pulls off his 3rd save of the shootout, and Kimmich crashes the deciding penalty into the bottom corner to seal a very tight victory. 9-4 to finish Saturday night.

https://i.ibb.co/S30bjC2/Game-13.png

Me - 2 (3) (Werner 11', 33')
Opponent - 2 (2) (Dybala 4', Immobile 51')

[Yevrah]

9-4 is cracking. Great effort Thommo.

[SincereTheRebel]

Signing into the web app and I got awarded 2 ultimate packs.

Pack one

Benzema


Pack two

Benzema :cab:

I could probably get him into my team as I could half my team from la Liga. Flashback milato, Modric, etc. But the card does not excite me. We will see.

[Yevrah]

Ultimate packs from the web app?

[SincereTheRebel]

Ye. I filled in the sbc yesterday and submit it before it got taken down. I didn't open the pack, but they gave me another one anyway.

[Yevrah]

What a farce.

[Trancemeister]

I got my guaranteed Ultimate TOTS pack back as well.

Luis Alberto. He's so cheap so a big L on that.

[SincereTheRebel]

Benzema will probably go onto my bench. I really have wanted to try Henderson with his H/H from CDM with get forward and Vardy as a wide CAM.

Ah, I thought the sbc would be repeatable. I would put your duplicate Benz straight back in

[Yevrah]

So anyone that did it early basically got two packs for the price of one, with one of them having a ludicrously high chance of packing Sancho?

If you didn't already have him untradeable that's a bukkake of win.

[Yevrah]

Realised I can do the Ultimate pack with a few league SBC's I'm close to finishing (it's still not worth it) and in the process of doing so it dawned on me that Gosens the Serie A reward actually makes for what is probably one of the best centre backs in the game with a Guardian.

https://www.futbin.com/20/player/48381/robin-gosens

[Yevrah]

Trent from my Ultimate Pack. I'll actually take that.

[Danny]

While I know its not worth it I am tempted to do it purely because I have stuff in the club I will never use and its June.

[SincereTheRebel]

https://www.futbin.com/20/squad/12493758

Running this squad for the past 20 Rivals games and im 15 wins and 2 losses, pushing me into division 2. Vardy isnt special, but again. My wide CAMs do fuck all but pass and defend. I could put anybody there (motm Sancho?) and I wouldn't notice any difference at all.

Henderson is a really good defensive and I find him in great positions offensively, but his shooting is fucking awful.

Trent is a huge upgrade on Prime Zanetti who has over 500 games for me. I like the team but I will probably remove Vardy and still experiment.

[SincereTheRebel]

While I know its not worth it I am tempted to do it purely because I have stuff in the club I will never use and its June.

I did the same. I never do the gamble SBCs but I did for ultimate. I needed to buy sommer for 70k and that was it. I still had a Veratti 87 Red in my club and he was from TOTW 3

[thommo]

So back at it again with Gold 2 still the target, time permitting.

Game 14
Another very strong meta squad, and I was pretty rusty early on. Griezmann went through after 5 minutes, and slotted into an empty net after ball-rolling past the onrushing Neuer. The first half was a tough battle, with not many chances to speak of. My opponent was pretty adept at pushing up with Militao and Diego Carlos to pressure my midfield and it left me very little time to create opportunities.

Early in the second half I found myself 2 down. Hazard somehow managed to keep the ball despite a strong tackle from Ginter and drilled it across the face of goal for Griezmann to thump in his second. It was still very cagey throughout the half, but it was all wrapped up for my opponent when his sub Sancho went through and was able to rifle into an empty net after Neuer had blocked his initial advance. I should have really got myself a consolation but Upamecano saw a header blocked, and ter Stegen made a great save to foil Promes in stoppage time.

All in all, a very tough game and a strong opponent.

https://i.ibb.co/sRjGYjc/Game-14.png

Me - 0
Opponent - 3 (Griezmann 5', 50', Sancho 77')


Game 15
One of the most boring and irritating games I've played for a while. This opponent was happy to just pack the box and occasionally counter, and the first half saw one shot taken from either team. Unfortunately for me, it was Dries Mertens smashing a near-post shot in on the stroke of half-time to put me behind.

Thankfully I was able to score with my first shot of the game as I finally found a little space in behind, Kamada slid the ball through and Marcel Sabitzer slotted it into the far corner to draw us level. Extra time loomed despite a few more efforts, and it seemed as if the tide was turning in my favour - my subs were making an impact and I was finding a bit more space to create opportunities. And it was a sub who won us a penalty early in the 2nd half of extra time, as Undav was crunched right on the edge of the box. Promes stepped up, and I panicked and red-timed the penalty low and wide.

Momentum lost and the game was also lost very late on, Lukaku absolutely battering a shot into the top corner with just 2 minutes left. With stoppage time almost up, I managed to work the ball into Promes in the middle of the box, but Oblak was of course on hand to palm his curling effort past the post. I hope this isn't the start of a Sunday slump. :moop:

https://i.ibb.co/tKxk7tf/Game-15.png

Me - 1 (Sabitzer 64', Promes missed pen 109')
Opponent - 2 (Mertens 45', Lukaku 118')


Game 16
This game needed to be a win for me, simply just to keep on top of the mental torture than Weekend League turns into late on Sundays. And thankfully, Timo Werner was on hand to wallop in a really sweet volley from the edge of the area to put us ahead early on.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0a96ILV4fc

We were awarded a penalty shortly afterwards, and in my eagerness to ensure I tucked this one away, I curled the effort wide of the left-hand post. Once again, momentum had shifted and my opponent went level thanks to Havertz and some really nice close control in the box. This was a point where I could collapse - pegged back to 1-1 against an opponent I definitely felt as if I should beat.

This time, my team came through and basically sealed the game with 4 goals in 8 minutes, forcing a sudden rage quit from the opponent. Werner restored the lead with a nice finish after pressing high up the field, before turning provider not once, but TWICE in the 45th minute - firstly for Kamada and then to Thomas Müller. Kamada was able to convert a second penalty of the game early in the second half, and my opponent had seen enough. Relieved to get the 10th win on the board.

https://i.ibb.co/bNBHSyk/Game-16.png

Me - 5 (Werner 18', 40', Kamada 45', pen 48', Müller 45', Kamada missed pen 24')
Opponent - 1 (Havertz 33')

[SincereTheRebel]

Good work. What is your overall record now? 10-6. It starts to get hard now.

At timed finhsing sounds like it is causing you a headache. Turn it off

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Good work, Thommo.

Check Discord though dickhead.

[Danny]

That Aduriz has disgusting agility, balance and Stam for the rest of that card. Probably going to launch him into the ultimate SBC

[thommo]

Good work. What is your overall record now? 10-6. It starts to get hard now.

At timed finhsing sounds like it is causing you a headache. Turn it off

10-6 is indeed the record. I only have the timed finishing for penalties and free kicks - normally I'm fairly solid with getting it green, just some nerves creeping in.

Game 17
The sweatiest game of FIFA so far this weekend, and that is saying something. I was up against 98 Mbappe, 98 Neymar, 99 van Dijk, Prime Moments Petit... and he was very content to control the ball slowly, and drop everyone back as soon as he lost possession. I actually took the lead early on with a nice piece of dribbling to make some space in the box - Sabitzer curled it in from 15 yards to put us ahead. But 2 quick goals (both from cutbacks inside the box, of course) turned the tide of the game, and being behind, he was even happier just to relinquish possession and territory and cut my passing lanes.

I had a couple of promising opportunities in the 2nd half but nothing clear-cut. Once again, I had to push everyone forward in search of the equaliser, and my opponent took advantage, getting to the byline on the left before cutting back for the sub Insigne to wrap up the win with his 3rd shot of the game. One hell of a sweatfest and nothing to show for it.

https://i.ibb.co/n6pHvjY/Game-17.png

Me - 1 (Sabitzer 13')
Opponent - 3 (Neymar 28', de Jong 34', Insigne 82')


Game 18
Thankfully a much easier game - my opponent was happy to sit deep and let me have the ball but they weren't as adept at preventing me from having chances. Sabitzer was on hand to tuck in a chance early on, before rifling in a really nice effort from outside the box just before the half-hour mark. Kamada then made it 3 soon after with a simple run and finish while his defence stood off and watched.

With the game seemingly wrapped up, a little bit of complacency creeped into my game, and Aouar did score twice to cut the deficit to a solitary goal and create a nervy last third to the game. I never really felt in trouble though, and Kamada powered in a second from the edge of the box 10 minutes from time to ensure victory. There was time for a scrambled 3rd for my opponent in stoppage time, but I held onto the ball easily to see out the win.

https://i.ibb.co/br4tryS/Game-18.png

Me - 4 (Sabitzer 8', 29', Kamada 35', 80')
Opponent - 3 (Aouar 41', 66', Savanier 90')


Game 19
Fucking dreadful game. Felt like I was playing against 6 defenders and 4 lightning-fast attackers. Probed and passed looking for a way through to create chances but other than Müller hitting the post in stoppage time, there wasn't much to speak of in terms of real goalscoring opportunities. Josef Martinez blazed in a hat trick for my opponent, with Edouard adding two more. Moving on...

(Forgot to capture the match stats in my disgust at the end. I had 59% possession, but only 5 shots (2 on target), whereas my opponent had 14 shots I believe.)

Me - 0
Opponent - 5 (Martinez 6', 70', 88', Edouard 10', 36')


Game 20
This was just a copy and paste of so many games this weekend. Cunt opponent sitting deep and doing naff all other than boot it down the line for the cutback. Even so, that wasn't the most annoying thing about this one. Take at look at the glorious kit clash that the game decided would be suitable for this match...

https://i.ibb.co/JdTwzFH/Game-20.png

1-0 down from a goal in the first half and I was really struggling to get anything going, simply because I couldn't fucking tell who was a teammate and who was an opponent. To compound an absolute car crash of a game, I was booted off the EA servers midway through the 2nd half, and granted a DNF and loss. All of a sudden, I'm 11-9 with 10 to go. It was all looking so good overnight. :facepalm:

[thommo]

Game 21 (or at least, it should have been)
Fuck the community. I go 1 down to a Chris Smalling header from a corner early on, and then proceed to absolutely fucking batter this guy. Handanovic is keeping him in the game until Werner slots it past him early in the 2nd half. And he quits. Absolute cunt.

https://i.ibb.co/5kcsbhg/joke.png

[thommo]

Game 21
Very fatigued at this point, and seriously considering leaving it, but I load up another game nonetheless. First half is a dominant performance, not allowing a shot on goal for my opponent, and Werner gives us the lead with a typically powerful finish from inside the box. The lead is doubled when another Werner shot is deflected past the keeper on the stroke of half time, and it seems like a foregone conclusion.

Not to be, as complacency yet again rears its ugly head. Firstly Dalglish rounds the keeper to pull a goal back with half an hour left, and Neymar then crunches a shot into the top corner to draw level late on. Extra time is again on the menu, but no drama thankfully, as two brilliant finessed finishes from Promes inside the opening 8 minutes of the extra period wrap up win number 12.

https://i.ibb.co/ph2DhWw/Game-21.png

Me - 4 (Werner 38', Marquinhos og 45', Promes 94', 98')
Opponent - 2 (Dalglish 59', Neymar 78')


Game 22
A tough game against a good opponent with a really strong squad, including 99 KdB. I was quickly 2 behind in the opening 20 minutes, before hitting back through Joshua Kimmich, drilling in from the edge of the box. Mertens was unfortunately on hand to double my opponent's lead just 10 minutes later, but Kamada turned in a rebound just before the break to keep the score to 3-2 at half time.

The second half was very even, with a couple of chances for either side, but it was my opponent who struck first to double his lead once more, De Bruyne tapping in from close range. Müller slammed in a really nice finish with his left foot with 6 minutes left to give us hope, but no luck. Fair win for my opponent.

https://i.ibb.co/q1ZX1cX/Game-22.png

Me - 3 (Kimmich 23', Kamada 40', Müller 84')
Opponent - 4 (Mertens 11', 33', De Bruyne 19', 80')

[thommo]

Game 23
This game was tense and really quite a slog. First half I found myself under the cosh with my opponent making a few good chances inside the box. We held on to half time, and after the break began to get more of a foothold in the game. TOTSSF Vardy somehow blazed a shot wide from 12 yards out and we immediately capitalised, with Werner curling home a lovely finesse from the corner of the box. I wasn't able to hold on though - a free kick from the edge of the box being passed into Ndidi of all people, who got it out from under his feet and thumped a shot through a mass of bodies to equalise with just 6 minutes left.

Extra time started disastrously with Luis Figo rounding the keeper with a ball roll before slotting in just 3 minutes in to the extra period. I took a minute to refocus, make some subs and shift the formation somewhat and it paid off thanks to Thomas Müller skipping past a defender before rifling home. There was time for one final attack as the clock ticked into the 120th minute, but Visca curled a shot off the bar and it seemed the chance was gone. Thankfully, we recycled the ball and Visca slid a pass into Müller seconds later to crash a shot into the roof of the net for a barely deserved win.

https://i.ibb.co/HzJG2Y3/Game-23.png

Me - 3 (Werner 68', Müller 111', 120')
Opponent - 2 (Ndidi 84', Figo 93')


Game 24
After all the dramatics of most of the games this weekend, this was a nice, simple way to break into Gold 3. Müller tucked in the only goal of the game with a volleyed rebound after Kamada had rattled the post for the 2nd time inside the opening quarter of an hour. And the rage quit was forced when my opponent scythed down Werner with a nasty challenge from Eder Militao. An easy and dominant victory.

https://i.ibb.co/RB4Nvgw/Game-24.png

Me - 1 (Müller 12')
Opponent - 0 (Eder Militao sent off 22')

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I think that's me done. 6 games remain and I'd need 3 more wins for Gold 2, my original objective. But it's getting late, and I don't want to tempt fate and sit through another 6 tense, sweaty matches only to miss out at the last yet again.

At 1am, I'm happy to call it a day. 14-10 (1 disconnect), and a Gold 3 record.

[Danny]

Got Kimmich from the Ultimate.

[Danny]

Apparently leak on the promo

FUTMAS Mendy will be an objective (easy) and you will then have to use him to unlock 93 ‘SUMMER HEAT’ Mendy

[Yevrah]

That sounds alright.

I'm dreading starting Raphina and Grealish.

[Danny]

I finished Raphina yesterday. Joao Pedro and Evander felt pretty good.

[SincereTheRebel]

Apparently leak on the promo

FUTMAS Mendy will be an objective (easy) and you will then have to use him to unlock 93 ‘SUMMER HEAT’ Mendy

Same old players then...

[Danny]

Yep. FUTMAS, Shapeshifter and possibly this.

[SincereTheRebel]

Henderson TOTS is good, but his weak foot is killing me. Ive got an idea on another set of players to use but im not sure I can get them all on I0 chem. We will see

[thommo]

Market has all of a sudden had a massive bump. Some 84s and 85s are barely on the (Xbox) market at all.

[Yevrah]

I think EA are throttling the fuck out of some of the cards in an effort to get people to pay for packs to complete the limited time SBC's, and probably have been for days.

[thommo]

That's how I noticed - was going to pick up De Vrij to go into the Aduriz SBC and he was over 10k. I checked some others, and even Hamsik is over 5k. I can't remember him ever being that high.

Aduriz is done anyway, managed to shuffle it around to get the team sorted using players in the club. Now to work through the league SBCs again and get that 97 David Silva.

[The Merse]

I think EA are throttling the fuck out of some of the cards in an effort to get people to pay for packs to complete the limited time SBC's, and probably have been for days.

I’ve picked up Cavani, Kante and Depay in the last 24 hours from quite limited BPM->League (trying not complete too many before the promo is out.

Almost got my hands on Raphinha. Just one more Evander finesse and I can focus on getting the remaining 1 goal, 1 assist with Aouar (will be a piece of piss once I can play him at CAM again, right now I’m subbing on Evander there and moving Auoar to CM), and the Liga Nos assists. At least both don’t need wins, which has been an issue with the Brazilian finesses. Evander isn’t a Good CAM for me with that medium work rate and 81 attacking positioning on bench chem. He’s done the job, but is more of a Fred (actually very similar to his 19 card) than a threat, and forcing it to him has caused me a few losses where I should have won comfortably.

Any recommendations for players for Liga Nos assists? They need to be supersub friendly for me.

[The Merse]

That’s Raphinha done.

So after just over 3 weeks, this is my squad:

https://i.ibb.co/Tbf878B/9-B7-CB6-B0-2998-4-AD1-947-A-7261-B549-ACD5.jpg

I've also almost qualified for this weekend, so I'll be making some changes by Friday. The Colombian TOTS go for around 200k total, almost double what I paid when they were in packs, so that, along with the odd sale if needed, whilst keeping >50k and >1500 players in the club should allow me to bring in TOTS Nkunku and Raphinha from the bench and add TOTS Upacamano and Mariano, with only the latter on 8 chem, and TOTS Mandanda in goal.

[Raoul Duke]

Your squad is bonkers in that short a time frame :D

[Yevrah]

Obviously Merse is shit hot at the game and that's played its part, but it's further evidence that EA boost the pack returns for returning/new players to entice them into the store.

[The Merse]

No points, mind. Just solid grind. I’ll BPM away whilst on conf calls, and with the coin boosts, objectives etc, it’s pretty easy. Those Libertadores/Sudamerica SBCs took over from the Icon Bronze/Silver from last year and are even more productive, given they’re not limited to rares and the commons from the competition drop all the time in bronze and silver packs. League are a piece of piss for rating now too, along with some of the harder teams only needing 5 players from the club.

I do have 2200 points ready for the promo though - I got £15 Microsoft rewards from buying some games earlier in lockdown and probably over the past couple of years of not checking them, so I took it as credit for some big packs.

Looking forward to testing myself in Champs. I’m still struggling with elements of this year - particularly my fondness of using the keeps and centre backs to distribute and cross field kicks - this year is the worst I’ve played for outragreous ability of player to do acrobatics to block a clearance kick and then control it on the spot. I’m scoring for fun though, including against guys with plenty of big red cards. I just need to not give those easy goals away trying to be clever.

Not sure I’ll get a full weekend in at any point, mind. The missus working on shoots a lot of weekends helped me get access to the TV in previous years but she’s only just got a 3 day job this week and there’s not much going on for her in the film and telly business still. I’ll be happy with the minimum wins to qualify again, hopefully achievable in 20 games.

[Danny]

Any recommendations for players for Liga Nos assists? They need to be supersub friendly for me.

In terms of buyable I would say Bruno's IF should be good enough to make that happen. He is like 42k but should hold his value as IF's are getting rarer (though they might come back with football being back)

[SincereTheRebel]

So its official. TOTS will be replaced by TOTW for rewards?

[Danny]

I havent seen that if it is. I thought I saw it was TOTS again.

[thommo]

Red picks tomorrow are definitely TOTS, I haven't seen anything regarding upcoming weekends.

[Yevrah]

I've just been given an Ultimate Pack.

[Yevrah]

182 special players in packs.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jskbyOM4zzXQHtmUnxOaOwrJLz1Fq2N81S5Nfmp3Kqw/htmlview?pru=AAABcudMJcw*WMJ8BHlKN0hrBpUGygmTfQ#gi d=0

League SBC grind is back. :chief:

[Danny]

Those Mendy objectives are nuts. I get is a month but jesus.

[SincereTheRebel]

Those Mendy objectives are nuts. I get is a month but jesus.

Is it restricted like icon swaps or can you get the final mendy card when you want if you play all day?

[SincereTheRebel]

You can earn them all at one time which is good. Some grind though. Outside of the box goals and shit

[Yevrah]

You could get it tonight if you could be arsed.

[Danny]

Minimum 37 games. Unless you already have FUTMAS Mendy and can skip step 1 (and do it by default)s

[Yevrah]

Someone will get him today.

I agree it's utterly hideous though.

[Yevrah]

That's 43% of Grealish and Raphina done and Mendy's Futmas card obtained as a by-product.

This hasn't been as shit as I feared so far.

[Danny]

And now you play with mostly La Liga players and get next part of Mendy done?

[Yevrah]

Yep.

Do you know if Mendy is included as one of the 6 La Liga players you need?

[Danny]

I would think he would be. Those sort of objectives that player usually counts (I am thinking the loan prime icons).

[Yevrah]

Can confirm he does.

[Raoul Duke]

Got an Ultimate Pack when I logged in to check the new cards - had Shapeshifter TAA and Renato Sanches in, plus 87 Mena and some random 84/83 cards :cab:

[Danny]

I got a crappy 83 IF.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I logged in for the first time in weeks and got 83 Rabiot...

[Yevrah]

I logged in for the first time in weeks and got 83 Rabiot...

They already have you down as a whale...

[Shindig]

Well, the first step is admitting you have a problem.

[Yevrah]

That's Grealish and Raphina done. 4 hours of my life I won't get back, but it's done. 4 games away from getting Mendy's 87 too.

[The Merse]

Ended up using 900 of the 2200 free points on drafts last night as I was already on 30,000 DR points and up to D6. Had some fun with that, and used the remaining points on the promo packs. Only got one big card - Kroos IF (is it an IF - it's black, anyway), 89 rated. Certainly wouldn't be caught buying with real money. I'm about 50% through the big leagues round 2 and same again for some of the minors. Probably the last round for the big ones and the only one for the minors as I'll concentrate on playing rewards now. I'm on 40k XP for this season now, so looking forward to picking one of the top storylines in a week maybe. I figure I'll be in a good place for the inevitable massive SBCs for TOTS proper / Ultimate TOTS, whatever they fill the likely extended gap to Fifa 21 with.

[The Merse]

One to watch Icardi and a random MOTM in a rare mixed players pack, mind. Good day in the end.

[thommo]

Ended up using 900 of the 2200 free points on drafts last night as I was already on 30,000 DR points and up to D6. Had some fun with that, and used the remaining points on the promo packs. Only got one big card - Kroos IF (is it an IF - it's black, anyway), 89 rated. Certainly wouldn't be caught buying with real money. I'm about 50% through the big leagues round 2 and same again for some of the minors. Probably the last round for the big ones and the only one for the minors as I'll concentrate on playing rewards now. I'm on 40k XP for this season now, so looking forward to picking one of the top storylines in a week maybe. I figure I'll be in a good place for the inevitable massive SBCs for TOTS proper / Ultimate TOTS, whatever they fill the likely extended gap to Fifa 21 with.

Unfortunately they've already said that TOTSSF would be the only TOTS promo this year, even after the leagues restart.

Completed Raphinha and just need 1 more win for Grealish, and have earned the 85 Mendy in the process. In the process, I've loved using Evander, the free Brazilian for the Danish league. The guy is so smooth on the ball and always likes to join the attack. Might stick him on the bench as a supersub.

Also finished up the David Silva SBC for free using a lot of crap that's been sitting in my club. Ndombele will have to be done too in the coming days.

[The Merse]

Cheers thommo

I’m using Evander as well now, and enjoying him as an 8 chem CM a lot more than as a sub Chen CAM I had to score with. His smoothness is just lovely, and his shot power makes up for his finishing when arriving in the box.

Raphinha is decent but the 3* WF is a slight problem. Made up for by Him allowing me to fit in Evander, Marquinhos and Mariano In place of the Colombians I had before. All of whom are grand, Mariano in particular.

Think I’m gonna pass on Ndombele, though it’s tempting for the price.

[thommo]

I've saved all the packs from FUT Champs and Division Rivals to open tonight, along with a selection of league SBC packs; however, I opened the red picks and for Gold 3, they weren't too bad. I was offered an ultimate TOTSSF player in both of the picks, Immobile in the first which I took and Sommer in the second. Edouard was also in the 2nd pick though, and with the Mendy objectives in mind, I took him. He actually looks pretty damn good, so I'm looking forward to trying him out.

[Yevrah]

SBC grinding is now fun again. :drool:

Almost got the 86 segment of David Silva done without even using a completed league SBC player yet.

[Yevrah]

Nep's nailed the shit out of this:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTR4PIAgNag

[Danny]

Watched that last night. I agree with him. I think I will stop at 89.

Nothing but a bunch of 83s in my rewards this morning :face:

[SincereTheRebel]

Nep's nailed the shit out of this:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTR4PIAgNag

We have been saying that on here since the game out. He broke it down to the tenth power though.

[thommo]

I agree with some of the points he makes and quite strongly disagree with others.

I think the objectives are actually fine for the 93 - and actually compared to some of the ones we had for the Future Stars cards, a lot easier. If you remember, we had to score braces in 9 wins for Osimhen, lobbed through ball assists in wins for Zaniolo, headed goals in wins for Osimhen also. Simply scoring and assisting in wins (and with a card as good as that 89 Mendy) should not be too hard and will come about with playing Rivals, especially as you have 4 weeks to do it in.

The fact we only have 8-10 weeks left is a big issue. This card would have been nice a little earlier in the lifetime of FIFA 20 and I agree completely that you wont really get the most out of it (unless, like Yev, you continue playing rather than getting 21).

I think Nep just doesn't like playing this game, and can't endorse ANYTHING where it involves a lot of gameplay. And that's fair enough - but as a FIFA content creator, he needs to push through the unenjoyable (for him) gameplay to get cards, get rewards and do his videos, and that shows with the constant whingeing. I watched a bit of his stream of Football Manager this other night, and it was a lot better to watch as he seemed he was really enjoying playing it.

[thommo]

Plus he was wrong regarding the Grealish objective - I had Fraser (LM) and James (RM) playing in wing positions and it worked fine. The rules regarding that objective were fairly simple - the player just needs to be a midfielder on the card to work. The objective, on the other hand, WAS a bastard to do.

[Yevrah]

He specifically says he's fine with the "play 10 rivals games" objectives in getting the card, so I don't think it's an issue about him not enjoying the game, just that the objective system is actively broken.

It's not fun, it takes too long and you generally don't get to use any of the players you'd actually want to. In fact, and on that note, I don't even know what my strongest team is anymore, it's been so long since I had cause to play a game with what would constitute it.

As for FIFA21, I'm actually looking forward to continuing with this game. I've got all the SBC's in the Players tab to do and all of the League SBC's to do and finally keep the players.

[SincereTheRebel]

It's not fun, it takes too long and you generally don't get to use any of the players you'd actually want to. In fact, and on that note, I don't even know what my strongest team is anymore, it's been so long since I had cause to play a game with what would constitute it.



You dont know what your best players are, becuase you dont have any histrocial stats to go off besides goals and asssists. Ill keep saying it, but showing me that my goalkepper has scored 0 goals is fucking irrelvant. I need saves per game, tackes per game, interceptions, etc.

[Yevrah]

Agree with that, but I don't even know what my 'Ultimate Team' would look like. I've been doing so many SBC's and obectives since I last used it I've no clue now at all.

[Danny]

90 Mane in the Twitch Prime player pick.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

89 Koulibaly.

[Yevrah]

EA have nailed it.

[Danny]

Shapeshifter.....

Portuguese.....

LB ..... FUUUUUU

[thommo]

Wow, the content today is the best it has been for a long time. The grind :drool:

[Yevrah]

I'm off next week. If I stay motivated I'm going to get so much shit.

[Yevrah]

Is there a list anywhere that shows what the colour base card of all the re-released special cards is?

Tempted to pull one together if not.

[Danny]

I dont think so.

I pulled 87 WF Areola and 86 SS Hateboer in a couple of those upgrade packs. Former is of no use to me and will help with finishing Modric.

[Yevrah]

See they've slipped in an 81 rated squad into Marquee Matchups. Cunts.

[Raoul Duke]

Anyone done the Prime Icon SBC yet? Tempted to liquidate the club and go balls deep

[Yevrah]

I haven't, but depending on what SBC's we get I'll probably do a few.

[Danny]

Did Perisic in an instant. His 87 is still in my team so went into to lower the cost. Did the SB stuff for Kessie and got one of the wins while finishing off FUTMAS Mendy.

Move onto my La Liga side and start playing the games. Should unlock Kessie along the way as I have 5 of my front 6 set as midfielders. If it’s not happening I’ll make Benzena a midfielder and start one of my midfielders upfront.

[Yevrah]

More good content today. Spent hours since 6PM yesterday opening bronze packs.

[Danny]

I don’t have the drive for any of that. That’s long gone :lol:

[Yevrah]

I can't remember the last time I played a game without it being tied to an objective, but offer me 3 silver players for 11 bronzes and I'm all over that shit.

[Yevrah]

That's Perisic and Ndombele done with fodder accrued over the last couple of days.

Are we getting Kent tonight?

[Trancemeister]

It's Luka Jovic. 2 segments, 84 & 86

[Danny]

There is no way it was actually Jovic though. Seems fishy as fuck.

[The Merse]

9-9 so far in my first Weekend League. Happy with that as I found it a massive step up from d6 DR initially, and found myself 2-6. After reflecting a bit on where I was going wrong, I picked up the pace of my ball movement and added a very risqué ultra attacking option which has helped massively breaking down all these drop back cunts, I’ve won my last 3 by 4+ goals each (the last one being an 8-2 win).

Would be very happy to get Gold 3. Yes, it’d constitute a disappointing weekend for me in any other fifa (aside from ones where I’d take silver due to having plans to actually do something etc) but it’d be ace having come into this so late, and two two of three packs would help me massively.

[Danny]

4/6 and 4/10 on the two Kessie online objectives. The 4 goals coming in one game where the other lad gave up at 4-2.

Doing Mendy at the same time but obviously that’s just games so not really keeping track of it

[The Merse]

That Kessie looks incredible. Not sure I could ever fit him in though so I’ll concentrate on getting Mendy this week. I’ve got a raft of decent La Liga untradeables (85 Vinicius, 93 Moreno, 89 Gil Dias and 90 Avila all perform well as supersubs) and 4 of my starting WL team are French already, so hoping it’ll be easy enough to do the 89 without straining too much.

[thommo]

I completed Perisic's SBC and one segment of Ndombele's with all the various fodder from rewards and upgrade grinding yesterday. I also managed to complete Kessie this afternoon, along with 8/10 games for the 87 Mendy.

Haven't started Weekend League yet though, so that is going to be one hell of a grind from now till tomorrow evening. 14 wins is the primary aim for the 2 picks, with Gold 2 the dream if I can get all 30 games in. Perisic will go straight into the first team, while Kessie will be the defensive supersub of choice for the weekend.

[Yevrah]

M/M kills any striker, so it doesn't really matter what stats Jovic has, he won't be very good.

[The Merse]

Yeh he looks a bit underpowered for the value for me. I’ll keep my Osimhen, who’s fucking incredible.

Speaking of M/M, I’m continually fielding one in midfield which is annoying normally, but Evander has been incredible for me this weekend. I had planned on replacing him with that 92 Draxler, which I’m 10k XP shy of, so should have by the end of the week, but at this rate it might be difficult for him to displace Evander after all.

[The Merse]

Ended up on 14 wins with 4 games remaining, so 14-12, but more like 14-9... more on that...

Can’t be arsed with the rest as I’m pissed off at the 3 DC’s I’ve had in suspicious circumstances - all Within seconds of going 1-0 up, 2-0 up and drawing level at 1-1 respectively, all booting me to the start screen and giving me a loss and DNF, despite me not losing Xbox live connectivity or having any issues getting straight back into FUT. Frustrating, as otherwise I’d have backed myself to get Gold 2 this weekend.

[SincereTheRebel]

That perisic card looks good. You could play him anywhere really. Makes me tempted to do him and Modric flashback and get eder militao in there too.

[thommo]

This is the worst weekend yet for gameplay regarding Weekend League for me. It's incredibly unresponsive, close dribbling is impossible and I'm conceding so many goals for passes directly at the opponent or tackles that immediately rebound to him.

I'm 5-8 going into today.... I was 9-4 last weekend at the same point, and 10-5 the weekend before.

[Yevrah]

Just got headliners Reus from the Jumbo Premium Gold Pack via the Inter SBC.

The safe door made it look like the pack only contained a standard gold card and when I opened it no animation occured and Reus popped up.

Not sure whether to sell or keep. Advice welcome.

[John]

Did the Prime Icon SBC and of course got 89 Sol Campbell, whose Moments card I was already using. I've now done five SBCs that guarantee a specific class of card and in three of them I've pulled someone I already had. Just horrible.

Richarlison continues to cause absolute bedlam in the opposition defence any time he gets the ball. His first touch almost always puts him into at least a yard of space no matter where he is, so opponents are left with the option of lunging in or giving a 93 striker an unopposed shot on goal.

For anyone who can fit him in, I can't recommend TOTS Matheus Pereira highly enough. I think he's about 75k now and he's an absolute menace.

[Danny]

Yevrah he is supposed to be a good card but with bundesliga is ending soon so unlikely to get boosted. Might be worth selling and picking up again later should he interest you.

Did that moments player SBC with crap in the club and got a duplicate Ramsey. So need to find something to throw him into (ill be passing on Ndombele and Jovic)

[Yevrah]

Yevrah he is supposed to be a good card but with bundesliga is ending soon so unlikely to get boosted. Might be worth selling and picking up again later should he interest you.

Did that moments player SBC with crap in the club and got a duplicate Ramsey. So need to find something to throw him into (ill be passing on Ndombele and Jovic)

Cheers Danny. He's dropped by 40k since I posted that so I might list him up overnight for what he was going for earlier and see if anyone bites. Got IF Hummels to, so could be close to bringing in 250k, which would be nice.

[Yevrah]

Oh and I'm actually going to play FIFA now, with my best team. Seems worth knocking in the 8-10 games I'd need to get Elite 3 in Squad Battles.

[Danny]

I dont even know what that is anymore.

I have 87 Mendy in. 5 games played. 1 cross assist (we have missed some serious sitters) and 2 outside the box goals (completed with Ben Yedder)

[Yevrah]

Kamada from that SBC, who I already have. At least it's a 91 I guess.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I did it.

Got a duplicate Leon Bailey.

I've really been put on their shitlist.

[Raoul Duke]

Did Perisic and MOTM Havertz to pump up my Bundesliga team. Not really arsed about playing much any more though

[thommo]

Thankfully, managed to have a really decent afternoon/evening session yesterday on FUT Champs, going 9-3 to recover to 14-11. Gameplay was still very stodgy and I don't doubt a couple of opponents were definitely impacted too as I scored a few questionable goals. Both Werner and Müller scored over 25 goals this weekend - Müller definitely performs a lot better as the central CAM behind Werner.

That Moments SBC is tempting, in case I get one of the big cards available (Hazard, Lucas, etc.), but there are a lot of shitters that could make it a right waste of time. If I generate enough fodder through league SBCs, I'll do it.

[Yevrah]

Sold Reus overnight for 200k, taking me back up to 1.4m coins and have just chucked Kamada's duplicate into Havertz. Probably a waste but, fuck it. Means I don't have to piss about with quick sell recovery and inevitably forget.

[SincereTheRebel]

Anyone used moments Ferdinand? His agility and balance is shocking but I would like to use him. Sergio Ramos TOTS is a similar price, and he would easily go into my team.

[Danny]

I haven’t but I still use the Baby a lot as he is still good and makes linking easier. I imagine that one is a monster.

This summer showdown thing is interesting. Looks like the SBC ends after the game too so you can pick up the winner (assuming the game isn’t a draw) after.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

His agility and balance are more than fine for a CB.

Look at Van Dijk, his TOSSF has 77/66.

[Yevrah]

Both of those showdown cards look mustard so I'll do both SBC's.

[Danny]

Finished 89 Mendy's 12 games tonight. Might mess with getting the next one while doing whatever objectives they throw up next.

[Raoul Duke]

Rashford looks good but too expensive for me :cry:

[Danny]

Still worse than his TOTS on 7 chem. Ill pass.

[Danny]

Headliners Semedo from the voting pack. Probably sell him as I have 89 Mendy and 92 Regulion as my full backs. Mendy's 5* seeing him play RB.

[Danny]

Mertens from the Party Bag

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Nathan Ake, lol.

[Yevrah]

What's actually in that Party Bag? Only the players in the three categories that are in packs currently?

[Yevrah]

The market is now so inflated, Saul's regular card is more than his headliner.

[The Merse]

Aiming to get 87 Mendy done before the weekend, then the 89 next week. I’ve done the Premium Modric flashback in preparation, and will throw most of my league SBC TOTS into doing Militao’s, giving me a nice Real Madrid strong link trio on the left. TOTS Avila, Storyline Gil Dias and Neto should complete my Liga Santander starters.

A few position modifiers and I’ll have everyone in my final team on ten Chem aside from my right back Mariano, but I’ll upgrade to TOTS Lala at some point soon after. Maybe whilst going for the 89 if I can afford it. I’ve got to the point where I’m slowly liquidating, only keeping those clubs I’m likely to complete soon.

[Danny]

Did a few of the 82-88 packs to burn some non rares. Apparently the animation is broken for Headliners? I got a non board that just went straight to it being 87 HL Delaney :cab:

[Yevrah]

Yeah, same thing happened when I got Reus.

Van Aanholt from the SBC. Great party that was.

[SincereTheRebel]

Moving around the puzzle pieces on futbin and most full-backs moved to centre back on 7 chem are miles better than a 10 chem central defender.

[Raoul Duke]

I've been flogging off some 83/84 rated cards for mental prices :cab:

[Danny]

These Bruno cards :drool:

[Raoul Duke]

These Bruno cards :drool:

Indeed. Even the 90 card is great, certainly for the "price".

[Yevrah]

Fair play to EA for that one. His 94 will be one of the best cards in the game, assume the others aren't too shabby either, but a 90, 91 and 92 to whack into an SBC when you're done is immense.

In other news, Kent is in draft and it's a tragedy he didn't win. It also looks like they might have broken the upgrade path on the new TOTW, some look to have been boosted beyond the usual formula.

[Danny]

Guess I will actually work on that main Mendy while doing the "play" games with Bruno.

[Yevrah]

I need to do the two longer Kessie objectives still and most of Mendy, so I can feel a day of grind coming on to hammer through all three.

Finished the two Bundesliga SBC's too, but think I'll pass on Rashford. Have most of the league SBC's ready to tip in again too, so a Prime Icon could be on the cards, but assume Firmino tomorrow will make a dent in that. Particularly as 80 and 81 cards in flank positions now seem to be going for 5k+.

[Danny]

Two games, two Mendy assists and two people leaving when I put him upfront :lol: bastards.

[Yevrah]

I don't know if there's a shitter 'community' than the FIFA one.

[SincereTheRebel]

I don't know if there's a shitter 'community' than the FIFA one.

Its the way the game is designed for me. Are there any other games that have a lottery style reward system you can loaf money on like fifa points?

[Yevrah]

Agreed, EA's shithousery doesn't help.

[The Merse]

It being based around football doesn’t help.

Not sure I’ll complete Kessie. Ground out the Serie A goals today, well all but one... Annoyingly it should have been done last night as I gave two guys wins in exchange for goals (I’m using TOTS Gosens as my only half decent Serie A player but his M/H WR, 3* WF and general shite movement doesn’t lend itself to lots of goals). In the first I got three, then did the remaining 7 in the next game but the game bugged out at the end - that thing where it doesn’t load the menu at full time and neither of us got our objectives. I’ve still got the 5 wins with goals and assists from midfielders to go (1/6). I’d normally get it through Aouar but I had him as a CF until today due to needing him as a forward for the Raphinha stuff the other week, and it’s taken three fucking days to snipe a CF>AM card.

We’ll see. Would be nice to net him for a super sub as he looks nuts.

[Yevrah]

That's Kessie done, finished off with a 2-1 win against a total cock having come from 1-0 down.

Set the squad up so I can do the second cards of Mendy and Bruno in tandem.

[The Merse]

Finished Kessie and Bruno in the same game. I might do the same as you, Yev - albeit that’ll mean pretty much throwing games as if asked to put together a Premier League and France XI it’s not going to be particularly pretty. Nonetheless, worth it to get an extra 91 and the 89 Mendy. Might try to get a few played whilst I’m working, accepting the loss and just twiddling the joystick.

[Yevrah]

I've got Boly's Rare Gold card in mine to make it work. :eyemouth:

[The Merse]

Picked him up yesterday as well, from the pack that came with Kessie! Pack fixing, clearly.

Hamdallah from the first WL picks. 93 Busquets from the second. Headliner Joelinton, 2 x 85, 1 x 84 and 2 x 83s from the packs. Took the coins from DR. Sets me up well for further SBCs and probably have enough to replace 8 Chem Mariano with 10 chem TOTS Lala

[thommo]

Opened up the red picks - 88 rated Jordi Quintilla in the first. He looks pretty average, CDM from the Swiss league. Out comes 95 rated TAA in the second, really chuffed with that as a red pick considering all the players I could have got. For comparison, another one of the options in those reds was 83 rated Haller - a nice red version of his non-upgraded OTW card.

Some 84s and 83s in the packs which will go towards the Boetius SBC. I did the guaranteed Moments SBC last night and got a duplicate Kamada, who went straight into the Diaby SBC, so I will have both of the Summer Showdown cards this evening, ready for their upgrade(s).

[Yevrah]

Assuming everyone's hard passing on Rashford?

[thommo]

It's a little more tempting now I've got a red TAA, but ultimately my main squad (if I have one anymore) is Bundesliga, so I'll only do him if I get a shedload of good pulls from league SBCs.

[Danny]

I am. I will be buying his TOTS at some point. Rather use that one.

Icardi OTW my best pack in rewards this morning.

[The Merse]

I’m tempted for the Bruno link, but having gone and sunk a load in for Modric and Eder Milatao, and with Osimhen the greatest striker I’ve ever played with not called Mbappe (that agility, balance and speed on a guy of his frame and physicals is obscene), I’m struggling to see how I get him in.

Oddly, Benjamin Andre (TOT, 88) is a quiet start of the team too. With a shadow he’s a brilliant stay back CM. If I could ask for better in one position, it would be RW - Raphinha is decent but the 3* WF is just a major issue for me. Aouar has less of a problem as I can shift him onto his right more frequently.

[Raoul Duke]

Firmino looks meh, especially when Bruno is near enough the same player for free

EDIT: Winter Refresh Cornet out of a 1 player pack I got for playing a friendly to do the Pirlo/Ronaldinho objectives :D

[Yevrah]

Yeah, was hoping for a 96+.

Still, another card on the "to do once the game has finished" pile.

[Danny]

90 Bruno in.

1 goal and 3 assists in wins 89 Mendy done so far. Got the clean sheet one with a rage quit too.

[Danny]

3/4 and 6/10 after a couple of games tonight.

[Danny]

Apparently Cavani is the objective this week.

[Yevrah]

Given how unusable he'll likely be that better be in Squad Battles.

[SincereTheRebel]

I thought he would have got some end of an era or something.

[Danny]

95 Zlatan. Wrong striker from the 'leak'

[Yevrah]

They've nailed it again.

[Danny]

Now have to graft those Zlatan wins while doing Bruno. Atleast I only need one more Mendy goal win.

Or just buy Ronaldo when I have to use a bunch of Portuguese players.

[Yevrah]

Ronaldo is going to get a lot closer to a thousand goals for me due to this. 839 and counting.

[Raoul Duke]

Kubo for just playing some Squad Battles is pretty great

[Danny]

Agreed. I can have the game play those for me over the weekend no bother.

Despite saying I wasnt going to get him I am almost done with Mendy. Without the Bruno stuff I know for certain I wouldnt have bothered.

[John]

Kubo looks great for that little effort, but the card has brought up something that annoys me. His pace on the card is 99, but his actual stats are 99 acc and 93 speed, which means he isn't a 99 pace player. I know the on card stats are rarely perfect representations of a player, but when there are only two stats to be averaged it seems particularly egregious.

[Yevrah]

Yeah, it's down to that shitty formula they use.

[John]

Richarlison is closing in on two hundred goal contributions for me and he's barely over a hundred games. He's just absolutely bananas.

[SincereTheRebel]

I can get Kubo in my team on full chem as he soft links to Kamada. If he feels like sterling, it sould be a fun card as gnabry isnt cutting it for me.

[Danny]

Currently have a 85 dup Gulasci and a 90 Ramsey waiting to be recovered. Fuck all interests me from the SBC right now though :moop:

[Danny]

Kubo done. I probably played about 3 games worth of time and let it run the rest of the time.

[John]

I've just had a look at that Zlatan and it can fuck right off. That's an obscene card.

[The Merse]

Shit balance mind, which I rate highly in this. But otherwise, yeah - he’s gonna piss off. Especially offering a strong link to that obscene Kessie.

[John]

Poor balance combined with high strength and ball control tends to result in a player winning a shitload of free kicks, in my experience.

[Yevrah]

I don't think he'll be that good. He'd have been much harder to get if he was.

I'll do him because it's Ibra and I wanted one of his cards mind.

[The Merse]

Better start this weekend, 4-2 both defeats on pens and after last minute equalisers. Despite lower OVRs, Sarr and Militao are massive steps up. Two goals and two assists for 87 Mendy from LB too, so I’m hopeful I can upgrade all the way to the 93 through rivals.

[Yevrah]

That Eriksen looks well expensive.

[Danny]

He does. He looks filthy though.

[SincereTheRebel]

Im going to play a bonkers all-out attack type tactic. Not sure what formation yet but im bot going for any objectives. Bo interest in Zlatan, Mendy or Bruno.

[Danny]

Did Eriksen using couple dup untradeables and what I had in the club.

Seria A front 6 is now (in a 4-2-3-1)

90 PM Ramsey 94 SH Kessie
88 SS Mkhi 94 SH Eriksen 90 HL Mertens
92 TOTS Joao Pedro

[The Merse]

Im going to play a bonkers all-out attack type tactic. Not sure what formation yet but im bot going for any objectives. Bo interest in Zlatan, Mendy or Bruno.

Can recommend the 424. I’m using it for my all out attack plan, and it really does work a treat. As long as one mid is stay back and cover central and the other is neutral and cover wings with H/H or M/H it doesn’t get anywhere near as exposed as I thought it would.

Stay central on the big man Striker, get behind on a nippy agile one. Loads of movement, keeps their defence wide and cuts through drop back really well. Don’t drop back on defence, want that defensive line moving up to win balls before they get into the final third. Works best vs 442, 433 all variants, gets exposed a bit vs 41212 and 4321/4312

[The Merse]

5-5. Two DCs whilst winning and a hammering at the hands of TOTS Messi and TOTS Neymar accounting for the losses, frustratingly.

[SincereTheRebel]

Can recommend the 424. I’m using it for my all-out attack plan, and it really does work a treat. As long as one mid is stayed back and cover central and the other is neutral and cover wings with H/H or M/H it doesn’t get anywhere near as exposed as I thought it would.

Stay central on the big man Striker, get behind on a nippy agile one. Loads of movement, keep their defence wide and cuts through drop back really well. Don’t drop back on defence, want that defensive line moving up to win balls before they get into the final third. Works best vs 442, 433 all variants, gets exposed a bit vs 41212 and 4321/4312

433v3

RB, LB - Join attack, overlap,
CDM - stay back, cover center
CMs - stay back, stand on the edge for crosses, conservative interceptions
LW, RW - free roam, come short
CF - False 9
10 depth

:drool:

I went from div 3 to 1 last night. All my players are in the centre except my full-backs who are the outlets out wide. I keep possession until the perfect oppourtinty comes. I don't think there was a game I didn't score 3 goals. I do get exposed on the counter but fuck it. Brought back enjoyment.
Persic as a CM next to modric is great. Both full backs are H/H so they go up and down extremely well

People playing for obj does help as people quit real fast

[Raoul Duke]

Did the Prime Icon pack and got Klose :moop:

He's not bad and would probably have been great 6 months ago. As it is he's probably only just scraping the top 10 strikers I've got at my club. Ah well, that's the dice roll.

[Yevrah]

That wouldn’t be so bad if heading wasn’t a complete shit show.

[SincereTheRebel]

Its no longer enjoyable. Im playing against 11 men behind the ball.

[Danny]

Shane Lone in the flashback SBC.

Did a few 82-88s and packed 2x Maguire OTW (86), 88 HL Moreno and some other ok stuff. Did the Party bag due to that Maguire dupe and got SS 88 Trent.

[The Merse]

Its no longer enjoyable. Im playing against 11 men behind the ball.

Drop back, low depth still being so OP (I’d argue moreso this year than last) is disappointing. They really need to do more to emphasise the issues of such strategies - as it stands, it’s actually a great way to attack as the whole, u-turn through ball to player rushing from deep thing is also OP.

That and skill move spamming makes for some boring and frustrating games.

[Yevrah]

Allan for me from the Flashback SBC.

Guess that's a win and nice to get one I didn't already have, but shame to get one I could craft anyway.

[SincereTheRebel]

Drop back, low depth still being so OP (I’d argue moreso this year than last) is disappointing. They really need to do more to emphasise the issues of such strategies - as it stands, it’s actually a great way to attack as the whole, u-turn through ball to player rushing from deep thing is also OP.

That and skill move spamming makes for some boring and frustrating games.

True. Hopefully, it gets addressed in the next one. Once you win the ball in defence, when you press pass you can ping it straight to your ST with pinpoint accuracy. Passing is too assisted and tackling is too assisted for me.

If you want to defend a lead and time waste, once you have the ball. Just put down the pad. The game will defend and shield the ball for you.

[Danny]

Mendy done, Zlatan in, Kubo in and I am 1/2 way through the next Bruno. Productive weekend.

Took me a while to get on with Ronaldo this time but when it clicked it went well. Eriksen felt great in game too.

[The Merse]

Bowing out at 8-6 this weekend, can’t really be arsed with more than that. Played some good stuff, and could easily have won in 5 of the defeats had it not been for pens and DC’s so I’m happy enough for my second venture into weekend league, as I’m not going to be playing the next weekend with the plans I have, and perhaps not the weekend after that.

[thommo]

Started in pretty good form and got to 7-3, before a crushing 4 game losing streak. A couple of quality opponents, but a couple of really awful games, where my players felt like they were in treacle and nothing I did could stop the loss. Thankfully I turned that around and won 4 of my last 5, ending on 11-8. Not the 14 wins I would have liked, but I didn't have as much time this weekend.

Prime Zanetti is still a stalwart in the team, and he's closing on 900 games now. Thinking of changing the team up a little next weekend - Diaby and Mendy in for Perisic and Leibold on the left hand side, with Kamada and Kubo coming in on the right for Witsel and Bellarabi. Witsel and Perisic have both been very good, but it'd be nice to mix up some of the players for a weekend and move them to the bench.

[SincereTheRebel]

Started in pretty good form and got to 7-3, before a crushing 4 game losing streak. A couple of quality opponents, but a couple of really awful games, where my players felt like they were in treacle and nothing I did could stop the loss. Thankfully I turned that around and won 4 of my last 5, ending on 11-8. Not the 14 wins I would have liked, but I didn't have as much time this weekend.

Prime Zanetti is still a stalwart in the team, and he's closing on 900 games now. Thinking of changing the team up a little next weekend - Diaby and Mendy in for Perisic and Leibold on the left hand side, with Kamada and Kubo coming in on the right for Witsel and Bellarabi. Witsel and Perisic have both been very good, but it'd be nice to mix up some of the players for a weekend and move them to the bench.

This is the team im using at the moment. I want to try TOTS Ramos for next WL over Prime Ferdiand. Kubo isnt as great as I would have hoped. He does not seem fast enough at all.

https://www.futbin.com//20/squad/12493758

[Danny]

Fabinho vs Foden for the 'SUMMER SHOWDOWN'

Both up to a 92.

[Danny]

88 Vardy from FUT 17 SBC.

[Raoul Duke]

Fabinho looks miles better than Foden

[Danny]

96 rated CDM before upgrade/chem style