AlfromSleep

Alessandrini thoughts. On the ball he’s rapid and dribbling is really good. Shoots well although I keep forgetting he’s left footed so may switch him to the other wing. Medium defensive work rate means that he needs to have a come back instruction otherwise he seems to hang about out wide (Mollet is the same on the other side when I do my in game switch to 442). Ive won the majority of my rivals games with him on board so first impressions are good. Well worth doing if you feel he’d be usable in your squads or as a super sub.

My son needed a bit of help on FUT Champs so I played a load of games for him. Got to 13 wins and choked in the last match when encountering an opponent that was really good at moving the keeper to make saves.

Will do, I’ll get a few games in later on.

Couldn’t resist the Alessandrini flashback SBC. He’s a perfect fit in my team and was doable with mostly untradeable players from my club. Just need to get Kante bought at some stage to give a defensive mid option.

Update: The little shit claims he has no pack luck yet got Neymar this morning from rank 3 rivals rewards!

I have an untradeable 88 Pirlo alongside Allan as a playmaker but he’s surprisingly good at breaking up play compared to how his defensive stats indicate. BUT when I play games for my son on his Xbox account, he has Allan and Kante together (he’s packed Kante 3 times on two accounts) and it’s mad how great they are as a pairing. My main team is French player heavy so currently saving up for Kante to finally get Pogba sold. Pogba is good but as Mitch says, his size makes his movement a bit clunky.

I’ve got a couple of main squads going just now, both with tactics set to switch to 442 or 4222. I’ve got some pace merchants on the bench, Sane, O Dembele, IF Orsic plus Partay to shore up the centre if I need to hold on. Ben Yedder has been brilliant for me, average of 2.5 goals per game so far.

Defend with your midfielders and let the AI do it’s work with the defence. I still find that I need to switch and make the final tackle but their marking is good.

The Akinfenwa objective was fairly easy, helped by a kindly person messaged me asking to let him score with a header then he’d let me win. I’ve started the French guy but only for the xp and packs now that I’ve got my rivals games played for the week. Ive got over 700 players in my club, would normally just go through and sell as many as possible but these objectives are keeping things interesting.

I’m currently using this team. I’ve freed up enough coins to get Allan in to replace Partay (who is good but Allan looks better). Having multiple 5 star skills players is fun, especially for flick up volleys and rainbow flicks over the last defender to smash it in! After deciding to use Pogba he’s been a revelation in my team. Pops up with crucial goals and assists in almost every game at the moment. Got Ederson untradeable last week so bought Laporte to get him on chemistry after using Lloris and Sanchez for the Spurs link. Varane must be up there with the best CBs in the g

I’m not gonna bother with the weekend league until they sort out it counting towards weekly rivals points as playing the full 30 would offer rank 3 or maybe 2 at best.

I’m really enjoying the game so far. Got by far my best early stage team in any version since starting FUT. Packed an untradeable IF Ederson from rivals rewards but need to get a Man City CB to get him on a decent chem rating. After starting in Div 7 I’ve got to 4 now so think I’ll be at my level there. edit: Just packed Pogba from marquee matchups

That’s the no loss loyalty glitch. If you don’t care about losses on your record just forfeit the game straight after kick off each time.

I’ve done quite well from objectives this week. 88 Pirlo and a Varane but my rivals rewards were all trash.

The Rodriguez SBC isn’t for a loan.