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Re: FUT Champions 2018
By: TheBalbyBuddha Date: October 15, 2017, 5:16 pm
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[quote author=Kiwi link=topic=380.msg36283#msg36283
date=1508094231]
On another note - spent the remainder of the evening catching up
on Squad Battles games. Kinda enjoyable as at least that takes
out the "delinquent cnut" aspect.
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and here's the answer to why i like it so much.
Still find yourself shouting "have it you cnut" when you score a
90th min winner though :D
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Re: FUT Champions 2018
By: TWS001 Date: October 15, 2017, 6:14 pm
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Was playing pro clubs earlier and everyone of us had a solid
start on weekend league and colllapsed in the second half of
games. They're all better players than me and the general
opinion was that they've tweaked the weekend league matchmaking
this year. In FIFA 17, it was often incredibly easy in the back
end of your fixtures, especially on a Sunday more often than
not, but we all thought that maybe they changed things.
Also a discussion about formations and tactics led me to try the
352 after the pro clubs session. We've had talk about it in our
chat the past couple of weeks, and one guy who was top ten on
the those futhead leaderboards in FIFA 15, but has barely played
since has started again this year. On the day of release, he was
using 352 and raving about it. Had beaten Twitch streamers and
Castro backed out against him so far and is possibly top 100
again whilst using it this year.
Since then have also seen rumblings on the forums about 352 and
in our discussion, a couple of others have tried it and it works
well if done right so chucked together a team from the Premier
League using what I had in my club already. Might as well make
use of the likes of Matic, Wanyama, Sanchez, Sakho and Matip,
all of whom came out of rewards from last weekend.
The team ended up:
Giroud - Lacazette (loan)
Cazorla
Arnautovic - Phillips
Matic - Wanyama
Sanchez - Sakho - Matip
Fabianski
Won my first game 2-0 with both goals from Giroud, and the
second game 4-0 with three for Giroud and the other by
Lacazette. It felt very solid even though the opponents were
playing 433(4) in the first and 41212(1) in the second. Ok, it
was division 8, but the opponents both knew what they were
doing, and the first one had 88 Ferdinand. There is definitely
something in using this formation. It felt excellent in attack.
Will stick with using this for a bit and see what happens. Also
managed to maul the AI in squad battles on legendary 6-1 so
attacking wise it could be very good. The typical crap style of
a weekend league opponent will be the test. Wanyama and Matic
were like a wall and were always available to receive the ball
whilst attacking. Maybe Arnautovic and Phillips aren't ideal but
I'm as ever every year, determined to find a way to at least
compete with the typical cheap tactics. Last year I didn't even
make the weekend league until the end of November, so plenty of
time to try and figure stuff out.
The big man, little man combo worked well. Giroud holding it up
and burying a few crosses shows promise for my liking of target
men. Santi Cazorla also seems very good this year.
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Re: FUT Champions 2018
By: KoolKiwi Date: October 15, 2017, 6:54 pm
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[quote author=TheBaldyBuddha link=topic=380.msg36284#msg36284
date=1508105818]
and here's the answer to why i like it so much.
Still find yourself shouting "have it you cnut" when you score a
90th min winner though :D
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LOL ... indeed - :D. I wish there were more than 4 games/day
though! It's not enough to replace WL completely. If they had
Seasons on dedicated servers, I could easily give up the Weekend
League altogether.
Still having issues with passing, must be honest. I have been
pausing, to see if there's something I'm doing wrong. Honestly,
I think that some of the auto passing simply hooks onto the
player that I am not intending to pass to. Weird.
@TWS ... 352, sounds very interesting! One thing I do seem to
struggle with, is the Neymar/Mbappe combo. You've mentioned it
previously that bumping off small strikers is just too OP now.
For a bunch of the last 20-odd games, I did switch to the Calc A
team, with Belotti/IF El Sha up front ... found it more
effective actually.
Oh ... and Belotti ... damn, that left foot is amazing. 28 gls
in 32 games with 11 assists. There is a fair number in there
that I've quit, but I'm not really cared about the actual. The
quality of his strikes though ... :o :o.
On the one point re: quality of opponent - sure, I wouldn't be
surprised if that has changed. But, I do still think there are a
number of opponents where they get the rub of the green and no
matter what, you're going to lose that game. That is what I
despise most - EA effectively deciding things.
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Re: FUT Champions 2018
By: KoolKiwi Date: October 16, 2017, 3:46 am
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Built 2x 352 teams quick - one with Neymar-Firmino upfront,
Pizzi-IF D.Pereira-Carvalho as the midfield triangle and a
Bundes backline. Other was simply a Serie A team with Belotti-IF
El Sha and Pjanic at CAM.
Walked 3 games in Seasons - D6 if I remember correctly.
Thankfully connections were great - added bonus.
Must say that the formation does feel incredibly solid! 2 of the
games were against 433-4 and never felt at risk. The last game
was also against someone I normally struggle against, easy 3-1
victory and way more opportunities than him.
Need to find/buy some decent players - specifically the defence.
It's not easy building hybrids with this formation unless you
get some OP CB's. For me it's having the right GK and right now
the likes of De Gea, Neuer, Courtios are just way too dear.
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Re: FUT Champions 2018
By: gladiatorrrrrr Date: October 16, 2017, 3:47 am
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352, those were the days!
Theme for this week; rebuild all teams in 352 and play for a
week to find out. Good call TWS!
Good to hear that it works KIWI. I stick to my current players +
what I have in the club
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Re: FUT Champions 2018
By: TheBalbyBuddha Date: October 16, 2017, 6:04 am
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Did try it Vs the CPU in squad battles and got over run at times
at the back.
Kiwi Pizzi is class, good passing and solid shot, TWS Cazorla &
Mata too are really excelling for me as CAM seem to me that the
slower more cultured players are good this year
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Re: FUT Champions 2018
By: KoolKiwi Date: October 16, 2017, 12:20 pm
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Yeah - will be interesting to see if 352 is OP in the WL or not.
Not sure if I'll get there this weekend though :D.
Mata ... ooh, what a card this year!! Love him!
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Re: FUT Champions 2018
By: UltimateSimmov2 Date: October 16, 2017, 5:23 pm
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16 wins gents, 16 effin' wins
was 12 wins with 14 games to go. Playing ok. Probably got too
complacent .... maybe
The amount of times in the last 10 or so games I conceded a 90th
odd min goal from a damn rebound was unreal. Shafted hard by EA
Back to Q school, although I don't think i'll make it
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Re: FUT Champions 2018
By: TWS001 Date: October 16, 2017, 5:58 pm
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Sounds like we all got shafted by Futchamps this weekend. I
think the general feeling seems to be that they've tweaked
matchmaking so that after an initial period of games, you only
play similar projected finish standard of players. No more easy
Sundays! Just about everyone I know did much worse in their
second half of games then their first.
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Re: FUT Champions 2018
By: TWS001 Date: October 17, 2017, 3:51 pm
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352 experiment is going very well. Have something like 13 wins
out of 15, and the two defeats I out changed the opponent
comfortably and could easily have won.
Just won the tournament to make it back into Weekend League. Won
3-2 in the first round with an 120th minute winner. I had 32
shots, the opponent 2. That game almost gave me heart failure!
After that, 7-1, 6-5 and 6-2 wins won it. Mario Gomez netting me
5 goals in the final. Could have been more as I started messing
about and was trying to chip the keeper! Picked up IF Zuber and
played him at LM. Pretty much a perfect player for the position
in 352.
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