FIFA 22: Machine Learning and ML-Flow

[Yevrah]

Like you I always find the late shift harder, so maybe it's a combination of the two. Certainly there were three opponents I faced tonight that were better than any I faced in the first go.

[Yevrah]

Unlucky Yev. I've just got the points for a crack at my first one so I'll be joining you in there soon. Someone on Reddit was saying Sunday evening is a good time to play as you get people just wanting to finish up the weekend and giving wins away

Cheers Raoul and Godspeed!

[Yevrah]

Unlucky Yev. I've just got the points for a crack at my first one so I'll be joining you in there soon. Someone on Reddit was saying Sunday evening is a good time to play as you get people just wanting to finish up the weekend and giving wins away

Actually, on this and hang the fuck on. If you enter the playoffs on a weekend are you playing people who're trying to qualify for weekend league and people who're already there? If so, fuck me. What a complete shambles.

[Raoul Duke]

I might be conflating the two - not sure

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Did the Hero upgrade after hammering the 78+ upgrades.

Robbie Keane.

Not bad but I was hoping for Ginola or Di Natale.

[Yevrah]

He's pretty good Mahow. Get anything from the 78s?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Nothing amazing but plenty of walkouts.

The only interesting one was Rulebreakers David Silva but he went towards Robbie Keane as soon as I saw his WF and stamina.

[Yevrah]

I packed him yesterday too, not sure will keep.

[Danny]

Ripart from the UCL MM's. I had bought him the other day too.

[Yevrah]

Just reached rank II of Division 3 and realised that due to getting 250 points per win (and with the 500 to come from rewards on Thursday) I only need to win 3 more matches to qualify for the playoffs again. Gotta play 15 more games of Rivals to get the Rank 1 Milestone so I can see me giving it another go on Thursday. :eyemouth:

Kante is brilliant by the way. Revolutionarily so. Cheers for the recommendation Merse.

[Danny]

https://www.reddit.com/r/FIFA/comments/qlbfwl/i_have_failed_to_qualify_for_fut_champs_6_times/

A bunch of people saying to play Friday/Saturday

[Yevrah]

Cheers Danny. Despite its appearance I swear that opening post isn't me. :D

[Danny]

I did get a laugh from the timing :D

[Yevrah]

What's the latest you can enter a current weekend's weekend league? Is there a cut off like previous years.

[Danny]

Not 100% sure but I didn’t enter until Saturday afternoon US time this weekend.

[Yevrah]

Cheers. I have three attempts left to use before next Thursday, so I might give it a go on Friday and Saturday this week.

[Danny]

Zwe loving that Boateng card. Might end up having to do it.

[Raoul Duke]

I think I'll do it but I might want Dante instead. Trying to not do every SBC and save my fodder a bit.

Btw - I saw you had the timed finishing trainer indicators on the other day Yev, I've stuck mine on too to try and get it into my game. Seem to always be a bit later than I need to be with it

[Danny]

Did Boateng and I am the 85 away from Dante. I need to do the same though, fight the FOMO.

[Yevrah]

Was so tempted to do Boateng, but I have Goretzka so need to fight that fear too.

[Waffdon]

I’m going to try him up front as a bit wary of his defensive awareness alongside Fekir. Probably a bit too attacking.

Really need to try 41212 (narrow) but it’s hard to let Sane go

[Raoul Duke]

I picked up RTTK Fred earlier as a few people were panic selling. 100% gonna lose a load of coins but his gold has been amazing for me so want to give him a run out.

[Danny]

You are on xbox right? I keep looking but I just cant do it for 350k on PS.

Going to use RB Onyeka for a little bit

[Danny]

Thats a pretty cool silver stars I will do (not like that) but never use.

No Ronaldo TOTW and Veratti SBC out for a reasonable price.

Requires RB card so the shitters should rise.

[Waffdon]

Boateng up front scores everything with a hunter on him. Thundercunts everything into the near post. 16 goals in 8 div 2 matches.

My defending has went to shit again though. Feel like it was easier against some of the WL players who play with possession and not always abusing the pace. Also just packed Koulibaly from the UCL SBC but screamed thinking it was Mane and thus interrupting my missus on a call. :lol:

[Danny]

Once again, I'll buy the game if Mitrovic gets an IF on Wednesday. 2nd hat trick of the season, 18 in 15. Don't snub him EA or you miss out on my money.

Welcome back :wave:

[Raoul Duke]

You are on xbox right? I keep looking but I just cant do it for 350k on PS.

Going to use RB Onyeka for a little bit

Yep. Managed to get him for about 278k. He is phenomenal. Better than Kante defensively but 4/4 with decent passing.

RTTK Renan Lodi is mega as well.

[thommo]

Welcome back :wave:

:lol: I owe it to Mitro to just use him all year long.

[Yevrah]

Back on for Rivals grind and SB.

https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust

[Raoul Duke]

Goddamn PSG conceding an injury time penalty to draw against Leipzig :moop:

[Danny]

Ajax are through. Gravenberch guaranteed an 84. One more win for that 86 :drool:

[Raoul Duke]

Juve doing alright as well means De Ligt/Dumfries and the rest of the Dutch crew could be quite tidy

[Danny]

Ajax are through. Gravenberch guaranteed an 84. One more win for that 86 :drool:

https://i.redd.it/777718i4vgx71.jpg

Please!

[Waffdon]

Taking Red Upamecano out my team seems to have done wonders. Theo Hernandez also 10x the player Davies is.

Finally into Div 1 in time for the rewards. Not that they seem much better at all

[Waffdon]

Pogba and Verrati the best I got from rewards. Decent amount of fodder at least

[Yevrah]

Another 1,500 points accrued last night so Friday night will be attempt number 5 (IIRC) to qualify!

If that fails then my rivals rewards will give me 500 points and then it’s 4 more wins in rivals to have another go on Saturday!

[Yevrah]

I'm also thinking about TOTY now. I can't be arsed to save packs again, but what I may well do is suspend the no FIFA points for one weekend only and grind through a ton of them (recycling everything into upgrade packs) in an effort to get one.

[Waffdon]

Done the Hero upgrade and got Morientes. He always scores against me so could have been worse

[Danny]

Took the jumbo rate players pack for my rewards. Sterling, 82 if and 2 84s in there.

Not great but when the 82 it was the main card I was expecting worse.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Stick the entire 5k on Jon Rahm, it's what THE COMPUTER would want.

[Waffdon]

Took the jumbo rate players pack for my rewards. Sterling, 82 if and 2 84s in there.

Not great but when the 82 it was the main card I was expecting worse.

same happened to me when I opened one of the packs on my phone. 75 rated Copa Lib player flashed up but Pogba was chilling behind him.

[The Merse]

Marquinhos, Vinicius or James from this weekend’s packs and I’ll be delighted. Worth me going after Rank 2 again I guess.

Lloris and IF Galeano from today’s rewards. Ok, but Rivals packs aren’t a big deal this year. Look forward to the bumper addition with the milestones next week.

[Waffdon]

Yeah, they’re a bit shit but then again if I’m in division 1 it must be a hell of a lot easier. Hoping I get 12 wins tomorrow but will probably get 10 or 11 again

[Danny]

Finished Dante.

I have seen a few people still mentioning they are expecting FB Mbappe. If we get that and an icon I can see the market finally really getting going.

[Danny]

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[Raoul Duke]

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Capa is on my list. Loved his card last year and early game this year.

Best I got out of my rewards today was Ripart who looks decent as a DM

[Yevrah]

Quite hyped for tonight's content now.

[Waffdon]

Damn, I packed Suarez half an hour ago for getting 500 assists. Away do the bronze milestones for another decent pack

[Yevrah]

And unless I'm much mistaken all we have is a shocking set of rewards for Marquee Matchups.

[Danny]

Looks that way.

[Raoul Duke]

End of the season next week so I guess it's just that Team 2 until then

[Yevrah]

Despite being the shittest MM packs ever seen, I get Lewa from one of mine.

[Waffdon]

I got Keylor Navas from the gold pack for the first part and fuck all from the rest.

What’s that thing happening tomorrow? To do with the esports?

[Waffdon]

Is there no bronze game types? Coming up against loan Mbappe every friendly isn’t fun lol.

[Raoul Duke]

Is there no bronze game types? Coming up against loan Mbappe every friendly isn’t fun lol.

Nope - it's a real shame they don't make them worthwhile to play with

[Danny]

https://www.reddit.com/r/FIFA/comments/qmws3h/league_objectivesmilestones_cards_coming_soon/

Looking forward to these again

[Yevrah]

Nice. Must mean League SBCs won't be far away either.

[Yevrah]

Anyone used HEUNG MIN SON? As good as usual? I need him in my team in place of Kane. Just tried Sterling, but doesn't cut it.

[Yevrah]

Busy on Saturday now so the one shot at qualifying for Weekend League will be on Friday night and with that in mind and in an effort to raise the coins for Son, I've opened my Rivals rewards. Kroos from one pack and nothing from the other.

[Waffdon]

In the nicest way possible, that David Silva Rulebreaker feels disabled. He can’t do anything.

[Yevrah]

:D Waff.

Son in.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

:D

[Waffdon]

I don’t understand why he feels so shit. His stats are decent especially with a finisher on him. Feels worse than bronze players

[Danny]

Has to be the physicals. Would lose a fight to a toddler with that strength and aggression

[Raoul Duke]

https://www.reddit.com/r/FIFA/comments/qmws3h/league_objectivesmilestones_cards_coming_soon/

Looking forward to these again

Probably time to think about picking up any "meta" low-rate players in those leagues. Need an MLS team etc. if Managerial Masterpiece is coming back

[Danny]

I have been trying to keep players like that when I am throwing everyone else into upgrades. My Prem 77 team looks solid. I really could do with working on the rest. Atleast building my templates out.

[Yevrah]

I had a one sherbert too many last night and thought it was a good idea to stick some FIFA points on.

Packed Gundogan and then while recycling the shit golds into upgrades got Casemiro. Packed a load of boards and a couple of walkouts so with the help of my ill gotten gains I decided to do Verratti, Boateng and Dante.

[Danny]

:D Atleast it kind of paid off.

[Waffdon]

I went full scumbag mode and started Pele to get to 10-8 in WL. Lost 3 in a row and started panicking I wouldn’t even make rank 2. Now to play without Pele and get molested.

Playing on a Friday has its pro and cons. A lot of meh players but then sweaty too and then hardly any chance of a free win.

[Waffdon]

Finished 10-10.

My rewards were the worst I’ve ever had. An 84 and the rest 81 and under for the rare players pack and then highest rated IF was 82. Christ

[Danny]

Eredivisie POTM out. 81 rated 2* 2* CDM for an 83 rated squad.

La Liga POTM. 84 rated CB for a gold squad and 82 rated.

Neither look worthwhile.

[Yevrah]

Back on. Couple of SB games and a bite to eat then Weekend League Playoffs.

https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust

[Raoul Duke]

Dutch guy doesn't look terrible. Decent for MM maybe. Card design looks swish on this one too.

La Liga guy is bobbins

[Danny]

Gosens playerpick. I dont think this is as obvious as some of the others. I would be leaning to the defensive boosted one though.

[Danny]

Bundesliga MM player out. 84 Reece Oxford. Looks decent.

[Yevrah]

Lost the first game 3-2 in dog shit servers. For fuck's sake.

[Yevrah]

Bundesliga MM player out. 84 Reece Oxford. Looks decent.

He does look pretty handy.

[Raoul Duke]

I think the defensive Gosens on stay back is probably the one for me. The attacking one looks great but 80 stamina isn't going to be enough to get up and down for the full match.

The Managerial Masterpiece is a bit different this year - there's no minimum rating so you can just load on some bronze shitters to balance out your Lewandowski up front, which seems a bit weird

[Danny]

I think the defensive Gosens on stay back is probably the one for me. The attacking one looks great but 80 stamina isn't going to be enough to get up and down for the full match.

The Managerial Masterpiece is a bit different this year - there's no minimum rating so you can just load on some bronze shitters to balance out your Lewandowski up front, which seems a bit weird

Good shout, I built a solid team based on the 3 silver rule. Will be nice to get back in and have a look at that

[Yevrah]

1-2 now. Gameplay is as bad as I've experienced this year, which is a real shame as the quality of opposition (if the first three games are anything to go by) is so much worse than earlier in the week.

[Yevrah]

3-5 again. Definitely easier opponents and if I hadn't started when the servers were absolute gash I might have made it. I should have been 3-0 from the first three and instead I was 1-2.

[Danny]

I havent even thought about qualifying this weekend. Depending on what I get up to tonight I might have a bash at it.

[Waffdon]

The RB left mid in La Liga looks very sexy. Might try him up front

[Danny]

They love to get him into a promo. He looks very good with a hunter but the stocky body type always worries me.

[Waffdon]

I did wonder but his agility and balance are literally the best in the game so he’s feeling good. I always seem to do well with new players though and then they fall off a cliff.

[The Merse]

5-1 start to the weekend. Aside from the defeat (outclassed in first game) and one tense 2-1 they’ve been 3 and 4 goal blow outs, with a couple having rage quitted early, so looking pretty decent this weekend.

[Danny]

I think the defensive Gosens on stay back is probably the one for me. The attacking one looks great but 80 stamina isn't going to be enough to get up and down for the full match.

The Managerial Masterpiece is a bit different this year - there's no minimum rating so you can just load on some bronze shitters to balance out your Lewandowski up front, which seems a bit weird

They fucking changed it.

Added 74 and Lower - Exactly 0.

[The Merse]

Keeper movement is such a difference maker, I wish I had the capacity to do it well. Lost the last two pretty much to it - both by a goal, both where the keeper made 6+ saves at near point blank and often into the corners.

Ending the night 8-4. Should be able to get the final 4 wins I’m after tomorrow night.

[Raoul Duke]

They fucking changed it.

Added 74 and Lower - Exactly 0.

:moop:

[Yevrah]

That makes it worse than last year, doesn't it? For fuck's sake. I've got loads of Bundesliga special cards (I'm sure most have) and I'll be able to use two of them if I'm lucky.

[The Merse]

Anyone else noticing that gameplay goes totally to shit in extra time? Wondering if the extra data collection might be to blame?

[Raoul Duke]

I'm not sure I can be arsed to play 20-odd games for an 84-rated centre back. Played a few just now and it's toxic as hell in there, plus the team restrictions means you're just playing with awful players.

[The Merse]

Yeh I’m not touching that. Was bad enough doing friendlies for XP to get Davidson (well worth it, he’s seriously good at RM).

[Waffdon]

I really want that card as well but I’ve been severely struggling to limp my way over the line. On level 29 now. Hope they drop something new so I don’t have to bother with friendlies

[Waffdon]

regarding the managerial mode - the games are easy enough, the biggest issue I have is everyone leaving after going 1-0 down so it’s impossible to win by 2 or more.

[Danny]

Didnt end up qualifying for WL so I will probably just do the MM's and play some SB's over the weekend.

[Danny]

Parejo SBC looks nice.

Three new RB's added. Kudus rating looks deceptive, he looks nuts! Cornet(to) is probably the best prem LB.

[Raoul Duke]

Gonna pick up that Kudus. He looks mega

[The Merse]

regarding the managerial mode - the games are easy enough, the biggest issue I have is everyone leaving after going 1-0 down so it’s impossible to win by 2 or more.

That’s what I looked at and thought ‘fuck that’ about mainly. Golden goal on the friendlies is the way to go.

[Danny]

I havent had anyone leave at 1-0 this time.

[The Merse]

Having to wait to go 2-0 or play entire games though? Fuck that.

[The Merse]

Playing with 8 beers inside me as I’ll not have a chance to get in tomorrow. 1 win 2 losses, 3 wins from 5 now needed and everyone is playing horrendously cunty defensive 4231’s. Might just call it as rank 3.

Fully maintain there’s a moral barometer to this game and anyone with <49 depth is at the wrong end of the spectrum.

[The Merse]

Another couple of wins in a row after that to go 11-6 and needing one from three.

All three lost to counter attacking drop back cunts, with the last the most galling, as I went 2-0 up, got a pen on 30 mins and had it saved only for him to score 4 totally bull shit goals - for the first he whipped in a hopeful cross nowhere near his players that my Donarumma punched into my Kimpembe and of course it bounced off him into the goal, for the second I tackled him about 6 times en route to goal, another where I managed to contrived to hit A too many times prior to a goal kick (he wasn’t skipping replays and cut scenes) to short pass right to his striker, and the 4th was a cunty cut back. I pulled one back on 85 and he played it around the back to win it.

Sometimes this game fucking depresses me.

A week off me thinks.

Or I might retire until TOTS when I get the tools to unlock these cunty drop backers without simply doing as they do.

I blame Ole Gunnar.

Edit: sold up the saleable assets and made decent profit - Marquinhos (+10k), Jesus (+40K), Firmino (+10k), Lodi (+35k) more than making up for a combined loss of 13K on Donnarumma and Kimpembe.

I’ll keep my eye on content, but have a busy month or so ahead with work and other commitments, particularly weekends, so it makes sense to cash out for now as only Lodi could possibly appreciate further, and I don’t see it happening even at that.

750k there to play with when I return and a stacked club, still. Should be decent.

[Danny]

Decided on a late night play off run.

Game 1 - Guy leaves in loading screen 0-0
Game 2 - Win
Game 3 - Win
Game 4 - Given a win
Game 5 - Given a win
Game 6 - Given a win

IDK what the fuck I ran into tonight but I like it.

[Yevrah]

Unbelievable. 🙂

[Waffdon]

Yev is fuming :D

[Waffdon]

https://www.futbin.com/22/squad-builder/2688097/copy

Gonna try that team out today. Nkunku on 8 chem but shouldn’t make much of a difference. Wanted to try Oxford out without bog standard Bundesliga.

Probably go 4231 with Nkunku out wide and El Sha through the middle

[Yevrah]

Yev is fuming :D

I haven't had a single free win in the five qualifying attempts.

Go into rivals just now for the first game of the day, play a guy with two red picks in his starting 11, win fairly comfortably 3-1.

The game is just trolling me now.

[Danny]

It was a madness. I was expecting to have to sweat my bollocks off for 5 games that late at night.

[Waffdon]

That Bellingham card feels lovely alongside Pogba. Hopefully he gets another one or two along the season. Oxford is a don as well.

[Danny]

I think that Mahrez FB might have to be done.

[Waffdon]

Does look great. There’s a 50k preview pack which is nice, they need to do that more often. Unfortunately mines has Acerbi as the best player :D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Szczesny as mine, meh.

[Yevrah]

Does look great. There’s a 50k preview pack which is nice, they need to do that more often. Unfortunately mines has Acerbi as the best player :D

I got Haaland and an In Form in mine and it still isn't enough to break even. I'll do it, as it's close enough and I can preview another one, but bloody hell.

[Yevrah]

What is this?

https://www.futbin.com/22/player/22034/marouane-fellaini

[Waffdon]

Easy links there :lol:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fellaini getting a special card? I'm surprised they've never done it before.

[Raoul Duke]

Put a Hunter on him and he's Mourinho's secret fantasy

[Danny]

Decided on some Sunday afternoon WL because, apparently, I am a glutton for punishment.

I have been playing GG, so leaving if I concede first and I have found I typically do not start great. Up to 8-5 right now and getting a headache so probably going to take a break and look at the final 7 games later on.

[Waffdon]

I just made 50k quick selling all the stadium/kits/badges consumables in my club. Didn’t realise half that stuff quick sold for 400 coins. Probably could have got more on the transfer market for some but effort

[Yevrah]

Get on the contacts Waff. Gold Rare ones sell for 450.

[Danny]

11-9.

The early GG games cost me. Also figuring its about time to upgrade at CB. IF Romero and Goe Jomez just arent cutting it right now. Need to have a look and see what my options are.

Tavernier and Reece James were my reds. Saving to TOTW pack for best of (3 of them now). Verratti from the jumbo rare players pack.

[Waffdon]

Up to rank 1 in division 1. 3 wins in a row away from the elite division and then glorious end of season packs on Thursday. Rewards for Div 1 are nice enough but would be good to get there even if it will mean getting destroyed 80% of the time.

[Danny]

Picked up Sangare, Kudus and Lopes as they were at pretty much discard. Machis is down there too.

[Waffdon]

That Lopes has obscene reflexes but seems a bit small

[Danny]

Worst case 85s should get over 11k at somepoint.

[Danny]

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[Raoul Duke]

Base Icon pack is out. Plus a 78+ PP with brick slots

[Danny]

Base Okocha and Mid Klose SBCs are out. As is the Base Icon SBC. 85, 86 x2 and 87 squads.

[Raoul Duke]

Base Okocha and Mid Klose SBCs are out. As is the Base Icon SBC. 85, 86 x2 and 87 squads.

Poor Boras. Almost every Icon he buys gets SBC'd :D

[Danny]

Which one did he buy? :lol:

Going to be interesting to see where the higher rated players go from here. Oblak already moved to 52k (was 48 when I looked 5 mins ago :D )

[Yevrah]

Back on.

https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust

I think we all know why.

[Yevrah]

Back on.

https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust

I think we all know why.

[Raoul Duke]

Which one did he buy? :lol:

Going to be interesting to see where the higher rated players go from here. Oblak already moved to 52k (was 48 when I looked 5 mins ago :D )

Base Okocha for 468k :| He always seems to get rinsed when they release these

Are you selling your Oblaks? I have 5 I bought at 30k

[Danny]

I swear to fuck Yev, if you get Pele this time.
Raoul Duke I think I am going to list them at max bin and see. Last year he sat around the 70k mark after this point, but we all know this market is dying on its arse.

[Yevrah]

You need the repeatable Icon SBC for the Oblaks to really fly.

[Raoul Duke]

Reminder - do the Bronze/Silver segments of the Icon SBCs to get 2x gold rare tradeable cards :sherlock:

[Waffdon]

That Okocha SBC costs like 550k(?) and he’s worth half that? :D

[Waffdon]

Got Ferland Mendy on the upgrades pack and now got him trades or thanks to Duke’s in the above post. Ty, sir

[Yevrah]

Corona and Cornet from player picks last night.

Haven’t yet started the icon sbc. May do it once rewards drop on Thursday.

[Waffdon]

I really wish that POTM Simeone was 4*4*. He would be one of the best in the game. I think I will still do him as he’s like 40k max not taking into account fodder.

[Danny]

81-86 preview packs. 20k each.

81 IF and a bunch of 82s. 15k. I am tempted to buy it as thats not terrible :|

[Danny]

You need the repeatable Icon SBC for the Oblaks to really fly.


Base Okocha for 468k :| He always seems to get rinsed when they release these

Are you selling your Oblaks? I have 5 I bought at 30k

56k on PS now. Up from yesterday.

[Yevrah]

Bit of Rivals and Silver Stars. 50/50 on the icon pack. I know I shouldn't, but it is still there.

https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust

[Waffdon]

Go for it

[The Merse]

Kyle Walker and IF Carrasco from those 81-86 preview packs. Pretty handy.

[Danny]

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[Danny]

I think I am about 5 games away from Elite after a few wins today but I am probably not going push it. I need 2 wins for the level 7 and that will be it.

[Raoul Duke]

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Doesn't seem too bad? Just something a bit more to work towards but not a massive drop for most people

[Yevrah]

Seedorf from my icon pack. Could have been much worse.

[Raoul Duke]

Seedorf from my icon pack. Could have been much worse.

He looks decent. Breakeven in terms of coinage and I think he'll be alright in this version. Plus you can link him in with Gravenberch/VVD/De Ligt and friends. Could build some fun teams

[Waffdon]

Just realised Luis Dias scored twice again at the weekend. All over him if he gets another IF :drool:

[Waffdon]

Zaniola’s Rulebreaker SBC looks obscene. Only 3*3* but ridiculously good stats other than defending. Looks perfect as a b2b midfielder with an Engine on him.

Four properly good players to get in TOTW as well as a few other decent high rated fodder

[Danny]

Funnily enough I was coming here to post how shit he looks :lol:

Vidal for a little more is a better box to box option IMO.

[Danny]

https://i.redd.it/nky06ggb5ty71.jpg

Adidas Promo. The one where people will eventually get an attribute up to 99 or something like that.

[Waffdon]

Funnily enough I was coming here to post how shit he looks :lol:

Vidal for a little more is a better box to box option IMO.

You think? Thought his passing, dribbling and pace were really good for 6ft3.

Defending ain’t great but then I’m used to Fekir there so shouldn’t be horrendous.

[Danny]

Probably one of the better of a questionable bunch in Serie A but I am not sure how he will feel in game. For B2B I think Vidal is probably better. You wouldnt want him being the defensive option as he cant defend and his WR's are questionable. Maybe the best outright CAM option though, unless you drop a CF back (Dybala) or move El Sha inside.

Unique body type might help him though.

I also hated his card a couple of years ago. The objective was a bastard and he was shit after all that. So I may be biased.

[Danny]

Nkunku with another IF. About to make the RB redundant if he gets POTM.

[Raoul Duke]

Gold Neymar down to < 550k is a nice side effect of his TOTW. Acuna is pretty cool as well if you can switch him up to a DM

[Yevrah]

With Danny on Zaniolo. Hard pass for me.

[Waffdon]

So excited to pack absolutely fuck all in these two 100k packs tomorrow.

[Yevrah]

I genuinely think I'm gonna end up with a load of untradeable duplicates that I can't shift by any other means than doing Klose or Zaniolo segments.

[Danny]

I wont be opening anything until Friday for the promo. If you can hold fire until then I would.

[Waffdon]

You could tell me I was guaranteed an icon on Friday and I still think I’d end up falling under the temptation by opening them tomorrow

[Yevrah]

What is this new promo about?

[Danny]

https://www.dexerto.com/fifa/fifa-22-adidas-99-promo-start-date-fut-players-1681085/

[Yevrah]

Hmmm. I'm not convinced how good that will be. If the special card is a player's gold version to start with and we have to wait a while to get any sort of upgrade and until TOTS to get the full 99 it could be proper lame.

[Danny]

The X button (Normal pass and stand tackle for me) is giving up on me. Its working for spells and then giving up on me.

That made the last rivals win tough :lol: Going to have to take it apart and see if its just not sitting right or I guess get a new black one.

[Yevrah]

Well, rewards were bad.

An 84 IF and 84 and an 85 were all I got from my milestones - everything else 83 or under. Nerfed packs are nerfed.

[Waffdon]

My rewards were absolutely tragic. 3 100k packs got me a highest rated player in Ndidi. Fuck all in the other two packs either

[Raoul Duke]

New Season is out - Level 15 and 30 players look a bit behind the curve (surprise). Will probably get either the Championship double or take Van Ginkel who actually looks pretty solid. Stick a shadow on him and he's a tidy box-to-box.

Think I'll save my rewards (disappointment) for tomorrow

[Yevrah]

My rewards were absolutely tragic. 3 100k packs got me a highest rated player in Ndidi. Fuck all in the other two packs either

That's somehow worse than what I got.

Amusingly a Small Rare Mixed Players pack from a Klose segment (that I did half way through opening the dreadful milestone packs) had Sterling in it.

[Waffdon]

I’ve done Simeone’s POTM to play alongside the 84 Argie TOTW from yesterday.

[Danny]

New Season is out - Level 15 and 30 players look a bit behind the curve (surprise). Will probably get either the Championship double or take Van Ginkel who actually looks pretty solid. Stick a shadow on him and he's a tidy box-to-box.

Think I'll save my rewards (disappointment) for tomorrow

I think I am going to do the same as you. Double Champ.

At level 15 that Pask card actually looks decent. Good starter pace and then good defending and physicals. Decent dribbling for a defender too (agility/balance in the 70's). Body type of high/average+ (I think thats one of the better ones). Obviously behind the curve but I think he will come in handy for English FO/Champ down the line.

Level 30 is a tougher call, they all look pretty decent and I dont think you can go far wrong.

[Waffdon]

Apparently folk got free tradeable icons today due to EA fucking up a load of stuff. Idk if it’s just people who done base icon SBC or what

ea haven’t half upgraded the rewards for milestones. 90 games in Div 4 is what the Elite got this time around

[Danny]

Apparently it was people who did the base icon pack but got a MID from it. They were then given a TRADEABLE base version. One of those was Pele. People packed Mid Pele from the base icon pack and were given a tradeable base for "their trouble".

[Yevrah]

Theory goes there were mids available by mistake in the base icon pack, so the few people who got a mid were compensated for that truly upsetting turn of events with another (this time working) Base Icon pack.

[Waffdon]

Hah, EA really don’t make sense. Their bonus for fucking up earlier in the week was to give an easy 2500 XP objective.

I think there’s a couple baby icons that are better than their mid version, but yeah, utter madness. I was a bit confused watching a stream the other day and 89 Ballack jumped out. Did think that was a bit high for his baby version.

[Danny]

https://i.redd.it/t434g6qca0z71.jpg

[Danny]

Preview packs are up 25k a pop. I got an 86 and I am still not even close to breaking even.

[Danny]

"League SBCs" are up Yevrah

[Waffdon]

They look fucking tragic unless you have a load of fodder in your club which you can sell for 10x the price

[Yevrah]

"League SBCs" are up Yevrah

What have they done? :nono:

[Danny]

They are a lot smaller with not great packs back.

Nep loves them but he would, his assistant will be grinding them for him.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I thought I might be back with those but they're appalling.

[The Merse]

Lewandowski, IF White, IF Zouma, IF Stuani and a good clutch of 84s from Rivals season rewards.


Not sure when I’ll be back on - the missus won’t be taking any new jobs for the rest of the year and weekends looking busy, so likely new year.

[Waffdon]

Just quit about half of my games. I’m pretty bored of the game now. Gameplay just feels horrendous for me now. Off to CoD I go.

[Danny]

Salah POTM a bit pricey.

Someone on reddit got their Pre Order Hero pack added to their account. Maybe we get them early.

[Yevrah]

Unbelievably, I think Maestro might actually be the chem style for Salah.

[Danny]

Alright Yevpenthez.

I think I would be leaning towards Hawk or Marksman.

[Raoul Duke]

Salah looks great but not 'x2 the price of his SIF' great

[Raoul Duke]

99 Promo leak: link (https://www.reddit.com/r/fut/comments/qrvc8r/adidas_players_for_promo_tomorrow/)

https://i.redd.it/21nlaxlo91z71.png

[Danny]

Consider me underwhelmed.

[Raoul Duke]

One thing that is good about Salah: Oblak just hit 68k Danny Yevrah :drool:

[Danny]

:drool:

The 88, 89 and 90's are also flying too. Though I dont have many of those.

[Danny]

https://i.redd.it/vu1ysfo4f7z71.jpg

Plus Bergwijn Objective apparently pace boost

https://www.futbin.com/22/player/22083/steven-bergwijn


Asensio SBC (82 + 84).

https://www.futbin.com/22/player/22075/marco-asensio

Dribbling boosted

[Danny]

Asensio is advertised as 86 dribbling in the menus but already had 91 on the card ingame/when you view from the SBC.

[Danny]

Diawara at 11k looks very solid but not much better or worse than Kessie who is a couple of k.

Might nab a couple and hope they are needed for an SBC later this week.

[Danny]

https://www.futbin.com/22/player/22047/julian-alvarez

Pretty much discard. He looks like an absolute filthy supersub.

[Danny]

Morata SBC. Actually looks like a decent card but not sure how he will translate in game.

League Objective player for La Liga. 84 rated CDM. Doesnt look worth it at all. Might do it slowly over time but I wont be pushing it. Atleast Oxford rated well against other CBs.

[Raoul Duke]

Morata SBC. Actually looks like a decent card but not sure how he will translate in game.

League Objective player for La Liga. 84 rated CDM. Doesnt look worth it at all. Might do it slowly over time but I wont be pushing it. Atleast Oxford rated well against other CBs.

His card last year was great in MM and his stats don't compare too unfavourably with Kante (Balance, Reactions and Aggression are the only significantly (~10) worse stats). Reckon he might be decent.

Morata will be shite, of course.

[Danny]

Mid Beckham SBC.

I was going to make a joke about it on here yesterday but they actually did it :D

[Danny]

Dele, Fabian and Di Maria added to packs too

https://i.redd.it/v6kka111plz71.png

Fabian gets the worst boost possible for him :face:

[Raoul Duke]

This promo is so shit. They've picked decent players and then given the dumbest boosts

[Danny]

Beckham SBC costs 50k less than his card. Great work EA.

[Waffdon]

This promo is so shit. They've picked decent players and then given the dumbest boosts

A few players look incredible but on the whole it’s a bit tragic

[Raoul Duke]

Beckham SBC costs 50k less than his card. Great work EA.

If you've got a bit of fodder it's not terrible. I was looking at him a little while back to switch into CAM. Problem would be I'd need to drop Dembele.

[Danny]

Back up to rank 2 in WL.

86 Nkunku (of course....), 88 Goretzka and 87 Cancelo in my Reds. Chuffed with that :drool:

Cant open packs though due 9 dupes

[The Merse]

Beckham SBC costs 50k less than his card. Great work EA.

I’m actually with Nepenthez on this. The game is shitting high value untradeables, it’s fine - it’s a dumpster for all those, and the huge amount of duplicates we have.

[Yevrah]

https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust

Back on. Much catching up to do.

[Raoul Duke]

These 82+ PAC/PAS/DRI SBCs might be interesting

EDIT: Passing might be The One

[Danny]

100% looks like the one.

Takes a decent player to be able to pass vs run fast :lol:

First one was 85 Hazard, dupe untradeable.

[Waffdon]

Dribbling ones I reckon. Maybe purely because of less players.

[Danny]

Pace has 13 pages

https://www.futbin.com/22/players?page=1&position=CB,LB,LWB,RB,RWB,CDM,CM,CAM,CF,ST,LM,LW,L F,RM,RW,RF&version=gold&Pace=82,0

Passing 4 pages

https://www.futbin.com/22/players?page=1&position=CB,LB,LWB,RB,RWB,CDM,CM,CAM,CF,ST,LM,LW,L F,RM,RW,RF&version=gold&Passing=82,0

Dribbling 9 pages

https://www.futbin.com/22/players?page=9&position=CB,LB,LWB,RB,RWB,CDM,CM,CAM,CF,ST,LM,LW,L F,RM,RW,RF&version=gold&pdribbling=82,0

[Danny]

Hummels (why oh why isnt he getting pace), Lukaku and Gundogan from my WL packs.

I have done 4 of the Passing ones so far and packed one each from 82 - 85. Not great value but not terrible for me so far.

Suarez in the last one for a bit.

[Raoul Duke]

Got some decent fodder from this SBCs so decided to complete Beckham. Will line up something like this (https://www.futbin.com/22/squad/3033655) but probably switch to a 4-2-2-2 in-game or 4-3-1-2. Could also switch Bruno in for Rashford for a bit more chem and go for a 4-2-3-1 with Dembele up top

[Danny]

Still tempted by Beckham myself even though I know it probably wont work out in game (because I will have to play him out on the right) and I dont think its great value.

I have dupe Ramos and Verratti cards that I need to save from the gulag so he seems perfect for it.

[Danny]

Did the loan to use in rivals. 1 goal and 3 assists in 4 games. I had an engine on him since I was happy to throw one of those away and I really didnt notice a lack of pace.

[Danny]

Bit of a tragic upgrade on that Insigne.

[Danny]

Another LW silver star. Gordon from Everton. He is a numbers up card and his dribbling should be the one to go up (according to reddit)

[Yevrah]

Back on for Bergwijn and to pack in form Mbappe.

https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust

[Danny]

88 POTM Nkunku.

https://i.imgur.com/xlrpy0Z.png

[Danny]

De Jong and Ginter from my rewards today.

[Waffdon]

Draxler looks great but how is he more expensive than that Nkunku

[Raoul Duke]

draxler looks great but how is he more expensive than that nkunku

psg + 5* wf

[Danny]

All three today have been priced like they should have come out before the base icon sbc.

[Danny]

1461393777755668484

[Raoul Duke]

1461393777755668484

Mbappe and Hernandez will be useful but the rest are pretty meh. Does it mean the OTW Camavinga upgrades?

[Danny]

Nah. They only go with performance upgrades unfortunately.

His OTW should be an 82 by then.

[Waffdon]

Div rivals feels much harder now. Div 2 is an absolute sweat fest

[Danny]

Numbers MATS from Marquee Matchups. Only 65k right now but I would imagine as a 91 he will continue to go up.

[Waffdon]

I got Marquinhos from the League SBC for the prem which is handy. Going full cunt mode with a back 4 of Mendy, Marquinhos, Kimpembe, Davies.

Reyna is real nice as a striker and Hunter on him. 40 goals and 17 assists in 38 Div 2/3 games for me. Into Div 1 now but probably will leave it until next week. Probably going to be another slog of a WL with Mbappe in packs

[Danny]

Rivals did feel a bit sweatier over the last few nights. Doesn’t help when I am trying to do the shitty weekly objectives in rivals.

Ended up doing Beckham to clear out some dupe untradeables but I can’t see myself touching anything out right now.

[Waffdon]

I done the Insigne and he’s just a bit useless against decent players. Probably will be incredible playing friendlies or something against meh players but even off the bench he gets thrown off the ball from anyone within 2 metres of him

[Waffdon]

Acerbi my best player from the 100k pack for 8 wins in WL. Jonny Evans from the TOTW pack and Shaqiri from red picks.

Christ

[Danny]

:|

Apparently we are getting foundations objectives tonight. Likely Eredivisie. Also seeing something about Neres.

Explains why Gravenberch is 50k (I grabbed him at 17k) and Kudus us up to 17k (11.5k buy price).

[Danny]

Looks like some OTW are starting to go too. I picked up Sabitzer for 27k a while back, he is up at ~50k today with Bayern being able to win their 5th today.

Might have to sell in the hype before the game to secure the profit.

[Raoul Duke]

These Eredivisie players are pretty great for the "cost"

[Danny]

They are. Neres is....pricey though.

[Raoul Duke]

They are. Neres is....pricey though.

He is, but I'm collecting all the Eredivisie stuff this year so I'm in. 61 days to chuck fodder into it too. Would have preferred Anthony as he's been great IRL.

[Danny]

Oh I am sure he is filthy in game, and I will probably do the card but was a little shocked to see the price.

https://i.imgur.com/YuBbzuu.png

Another FUT Hero SBC Yevrah

[Danny]

Liga Nos Sunday and EFL Tuesday apparently.

[Yevrah]

Back on gents.

https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust

Fuck yeah!

[Yevrah]

And again.

https://www.twitch.tv/chemicallocust

Had a manic 10 days and so looking forward to a grind on this today.

[Yevrah]

Oh and sold all of my Prem Bronzes and Silvers for about 250k, so Messi in!

[Waffdon]

Declan Rice is lovely. An actual DM who sits and tackles everything without wandering off. He had 99 short passing already so not sure what else they can really improve him on. Does vision etc make a huge difference?

[Yevrah]

Messi is unsurprisingly fantastic. 2-2 in Playoffs currently and really should be 3-1. Will wait until the 6PM server shitfest has died down before I continue.

[Yevrah]

Base icon upgrade, same price as last time.

Helmet Cech Icon out (looks not too bad if you want an icon keeper) and Mid Petit who looks expensive.

[Raoul Duke]

I'll go for that Cech. Used Schmeichel for loads of games last year and Petr looks great this year. Long-term I want Van der Saar but he'll be solid.

Gonna prioritise Neres first though

[Yevrah]

3-5 in Playoffs again.

Lost every game to the red pick teams I faced, including one where I was 3-0 up and another where I was 2-0 up. Rallied to 3-3 and then faced a guy who was amazing at dribbling in game 7 to lose that and then one in game 8 who was amazing at defending (I had 72% of the ball).

The game continues to troll me hard.