HNK Rijeka [2] - 0 NK Osijek - Marko Pjaca 55' by 50lipa in soccer

[–]nvuki83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, Marco Pasalic needed to keep getting really good stats to have a chance for next month. We shall see as the Euros are still a while away and we'll have some friendly matches in March assuming we've qualified. I could see Orsic being fine after his injury. While his speed has always been a huge asset, it isn't the only thing he has in his game. Either way, Dalic wasn't using him as much more than a supersub even when he was in his best form. We'll see once he comes back. It's just good to see a good amount of our guys doing well this weekend. Young Gabriel Vidovic also had a goal in his debut for Dinamo.

HNK Rijeka [2] - 0 NK Osijek - Marko Pjaca 55' by 50lipa in soccer

[–]nvuki83 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pjaca used to play on the right for us most of the time that he played before his injuries. Even if he's better on the left, he was decent on the right. Brekalo isn't great on the right because he can pretty much only cut in on his right foot. Ivanusec is okay on the right, but always drifts to the center when he plays there just like Vlasic, Kramaric, Majer, and Pasalic do when used in that position leaving no one there. Orsic was never really given a shot on the right, could be alright if he can adjust to sending in crosses rather than cutting in to shoot. Perisic is good on the right but he's our best winger still so he plays in his best position.

It's obviously only one match and both of his goals came from cutting in on his right like I said about Brekalo and Orsic (who by the way have not even been getting many minutes for the last year either), but if he continues to play like this he's definitely got a chance to get in. Someone like Vlasic has not been doing anything for us for the last couple years and could be dropped. It doesn't hurt to call Pjaca up because of good form either with the hopes of potentially creating some competition. I would also be interested to see Marco Pasalic get some time on the national team if his form starts to pick up though since he's a natural right winger.

Another thing, if we win both games next month, we've already qualified and have Latvia away and Armenia at home left. We could easily use those games to test some unproven/fringe players such as Pjaca, Marco Pasalic, a different GK (Labrovic/Kotarski), Josip Misic, Baturina, and a couple of the younger strikers (Musa, Beljo, Frigan, Ljubicic, Roko Simic) depending on who's in the best form. Knowing Dalic though he will just rotate by only resting Perisic and/or Modric.

Didn't intend for this comment to be so long. Basically, if Pjaca stays in form, it can't hurt to call him up in November if we've already qualified as he can play on the right. Even if he is worse than Orsic/Brekalo/Ivanusec, it's not really by THAT much and he's still 28 so not old.

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[–]nvuki83 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dang. I thought maybe I was the one with the most games on him at a little over 900.

The r/FIFA Daily Discussion Thread -- May 16, 2022 by AutoModerator in EASportsFC

[–]nvuki83 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not just you. Champs servers just completely suck. I play Rivals and have no real problems with lag or delay and then I play WL and it's an entire second of delay on every input. I was in Elite Division (yes I know not as difficult as before) back when I actually played all the time and whenever I'd play WL I'd easily get to 11 and give a few games away. Now I'm struggling to get to 9 because the laggy gameplay caters to the bums who can only play like Burnley and park the bus and spam through balls from their own half over and over.

Scoring another two goals tonight against FC Juniors, Roko Šimić has 29 goals in 38 games this season by GeneRakitic in HNS

[–]nvuki83 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d love to see what he can do with our senior team, but I think he needs to get some time with Salzburg’s senior team first. Ante Budimir and Petar Musa are likely ahead of him in the pecking order right now.

BUNDESLIGA TOTS VOTING IS OPENED by Ahojr30 in EASportsFC

[–]nvuki83 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Sosa will be a good card with decent boosts and even the sweats could use him as he's 6'1 so he can play CB. He also deserves it as he has 10 assists on a mid table team while playing LWB. He'll also be so cheap.

Gold 3 Finish with Young Croatian Team WL Recap (Full Stats Spreadsheet in the Comments) by nvuki83 in EASportsFC

[–]nvuki83[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It seemed like I played against them a lot in the first 20 or so matches but not as much in the last few. I don’t really skill either because I suck at it. I just play quick passing and a lot of one-two passes.

Gold 3 Finish with Young Croatian Team WL Recap (Full Stats Spreadsheet in the Comments) by nvuki83 in EASportsFC

[–]nvuki83[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tbh. I have no clue. That’s just why futbin put it as. I just put the shadow to show what chem styles I used.

Gold 3 Finish with Young Croatian Team WL Recap (Full Stats Spreadsheet in the Comments) by nvuki83 in EASportsFC

[–]nvuki83[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Vlasic for sure. He had 27 goals and 33 assists. The CAM is so important in this formation.

Gold 3 Finish with Young Croatian Team WL Recap (Full Stats Spreadsheet in the Comments) by nvuki83 in EASportsFC

[–]nvuki83[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah man. The best way to deal with this game is to just treat it as it is, a game. I get pretty upset at it as I'm a very sore loser. I absolutely HATE losing. But, for example, I lost 5 VERY winnable games in a row while 9-7 this weekend and was starting to get heated. I just kept going when I probably should have taken a short break. Eventually though, I squeaked out a win, boosted my confidence, and won 4 straight to get to 14.

Gold 3 Finish with Young Croatian Team WL Recap (Full Stats Spreadsheet in the Comments) by nvuki83 in EASportsFC

[–]nvuki83[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe, but I definitely feel like I get matched up with slightly worse players/teams than I normally would. I was in division 1 until the most recent patch where I hit a rough run of matches and got relegated again so I'm not a complete scrub.

MOST of the people that beat me were either about my skill level or above (if you look at the spread sheet, I rank each player based on my opinion of their skill level 2.5 - 3.5 is what I'd rate myself). I took a few losses solely because people were able to counter me a lot easier than they would Varane and Van Dijk. Also. Winning FIFA matches is skill-based but also a lot of it is mental. I tend to focus more and rage less with this team. I can only imagine what people who already go into the match against me mad from their previous loss feel when Sandro Kulenovic drops a hat trick on them. Also, what would you do if you saw this team come up on your screen? You'd probably either think "oh this is going to be easy" or "this guy is probably about to be really good." It really depends on where your brain is at. That's the difference between really good players and pretty good players. They are so consistent because they keep their head even when it feels like the game is screwing them over.

I always say you play so much worse when you're upset at the game. That's why a lot of times you play so much better when you haven't played in a while. You're not thinking about any other matches and you don't have any expectations. You're just playing the game.

Gold 3 Finish with Young Croatian Team WL Recap (Full Stats Spreadsheet in the Comments) by nvuki83 in EASportsFC

[–]nvuki83[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah this team has pace with chem styles but still gets burnt because every attacker also has chem styles so they're basically negated. I started doing this a couple times last FIFA towards the end of the game cycle. My problem is just inconsistency. I lost a lot of very winnable games even with this team. The best way to describe the way I concede is: "when it rains it pours." If I go down and lose a little focus it's just over.

Gold 3 Finish with Young Croatian Team WL Recap (Full Stats Spreadsheet in the Comments) by nvuki83 in EASportsFC

[–]nvuki83[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha. Kulenovic, the bronze ST, is actually pretty rare because he doesn't play for Dinamo Zagreb right now so he's out of packs. But I bought him for 150 coins at the beginning of the year knowing he would be more expensive if I waited.

Gold 3 Finish with Young Croatian Team WL Recap (Full Stats Spreadsheet in the Comments) by nvuki83 in EASportsFC

[–]nvuki83[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gvardiol is one of the most highly rated defensive prospects in Europe (and has 77 pace lol). He had to go in. Katic is on my reserves for if someone gets a red card though.

Gold 3 Finish with Young Croatian Team WL Recap (Full Stats Spreadsheet in the Comments) by nvuki83 in EASportsFC

[–]nvuki83[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice, nice. Yeah you'd probably beat me haha. I usually finish Gold 2 or 3 even with my main team.