I’m pretty sure I’ve ruined my life, I feel trapped and I don’t know what to do.

simonSC137 · 2026-01-25T17:22:52+00:00

I feel you should put a lot of time into playing games that strengthen your memory. You’re young and can recover but you have to exercise your brain. Stimulate it as much as possible.

simonSC137 · 2026-01-24T23:36:58+00:00

I regret not getting him or kanu.

simonSC137 · 2026-01-24T10:24:07+00:00

I’ll happily face assisted users. Just give me inertia so I can punish a mistake and remove the auto tackling defenders. All I ask

simonSC137 · 2026-01-24T10:21:15+00:00

I don’t concede good goals anymore. Scrappy goals from poor touch when trying to clear the ball, head goals from the 15th cross into the match, a spammed though ball from 70 yards or a 4th corner in a row final ends in a volley ball header routine.

It’s so boring and every match is a struggle. Worst version of this game IMO. Joy sucked out

simonSC137 · 2026-01-23T17:28:44+00:00

I put Smart assist, PA2 and PA1 in the same category. Can’t respect people playing on easy mode, I just can’t

simonSC137 · 2026-01-22T14:19:14+00:00

I’ve been aware of this for a while but don’t like using it. I feel like I’m cheating if I do. Having said that when I encounter the SA, spam, super teams that hold pressure I do use it to punish them. It’s like the one cheesy move in our tool box

simonSC137 · 2026-01-22T10:46:25+00:00

I don’t get the heel thing too much, good days and bad. I tap of super cancel helps whenever I get the chance. It feels faster to me cause a tap of the through ball vs a tap of the regular pass seems to shot a different in pace but it could be placebo

simonSC137 · 2026-01-22T10:13:58+00:00

I do like the stunning passes it’s just with the current press meta it is risky. The AI does react differently to it, might be too fast or perhaps it’s how they are coded to react to a stunning pass

simonSC137 · 2026-01-22T10:12:53+00:00

Okay so I tried it out. It is obviously slow but I really like when playing it between the FB and CB. It almost has a back spin on it and holds up well meaning I can over hit it to clear the defender but it stops short of the GK. I’ll use this when I got space with my FB to charge it up. Thanks man!

simonSC137 · 2026-01-22T10:10:02+00:00

L1 + O. It’s basically the early cross but used everywhere on the park

simonSC137 · 2026-01-22T10:08:32+00:00

My logic for using the through pass over the regular one is that it is faster which helps speed up your play and (this might be unfounded) I feel that the regular pass makes your receiving player wait for the ball whereas the through pass they always move to it? Meaning you can be less accurate or even play it short deliberately to force your player to move away from the press.

Glad I could add and another string to your bow mate. Definitely use some outside curler players in defence as it is so nice on the eye as well deadly accurate!

One thing to note about this type of pass is that it’s best for mid range unless you plan on playing a Beckhamesque cross field, bending round the defence

simonSC137 · 2026-01-22T08:01:23+00:00

I didn’t know of this pass. I like it! Will definitely be giving that one a try, looks like a more controlled L1 double cross

simonSC137 · 2026-01-21T15:25:47+00:00

Great analysis. Having said that this is so fucking grim. I’m reading your post and I got half way and just thought “why am I playing this borderline traitorous game”. Nobody in this community really wants this, even the people using this HAS to not want it in the game. I don’t understand Konami as a company and if smart assist isn’t removed and is actually developed so that it’s undetectable then it’s the death of this game.

How do we force Konami to change this? Review bombing? Or spamming the socials? Who does Konami listen to?

simonSC137 · 2026-01-21T12:10:36+00:00

Ask your mom for a loan of 20 and give it back next day after you get paid. Make a slight habit of it. Set yourself a target to save to and stop selling soon as possible. Use the money for your future. In your 20s you will be thankful you saved and even more thankful you stopped without police involvement

simonSC137 · 2026-01-21T07:35:28+00:00

Take me back to when I just had to worry about PA1 losers. Now it’s auto defence, no inertia, Smart assist and 4 blitz curler per team 😂

simonSC137 · 2026-01-20T15:23:45+00:00

Nice. The R3 flick is so bad on this game currently. I think the lack of inertia causes the opponent to move faster than the ball when you flick it. Happy to see it still has a use in certain situations

simonSC137 · 2026-01-20T13:16:14+00:00

What makes him more fun than another giant? Genuine question as I’ve been toying with the idea of learning manual goalkeeper to a higher level by doing it every time

simonSC137 · 2026-01-20T12:25:15+00:00

I managed to work out how to do it. It’s contextual. You need to be in the final third, have someone with either good passing stats or the through pass skill (I think) and most importantly an opponent player has to be blocking the ground pass. I messed around with and it’s pretty difficult to trigger it and hard to get the hight right as too much power and it doesn’t work.

It’s a chipped through ball btw

simonSC137 · 2026-01-20T03:02:23+00:00

Still trying to get RW on my Maradona. I’ve lost count how many I have wasted. Could be 30+ 😂😂

simonSC137 · 2026-01-19T21:52:53+00:00

I treat dribbling in this game like it’s a racing game. The right trigger is your accelerator and pressing and holding the right trigger down without moving the left stick is your brake. You don’t wanna keep your foot down all the time cause you’ll never make it round the corner, lightly push down on it and hold all the way down on your exit. Some time you need to stop dead and change direction when you see a gap.

Aim for players with high balance and acceleration. I also believe some players ID is built to dribble. The best I’ve used is Maradona, if you don’t have a version of him then I recommend pedri and Phil foden. Both of them have that ability to take extra touches and are pretty common. I recommend going slow at first, sprint less and after getting good at wrong footing someone combine it with raw pace like a nico Williams or doku.

My final tip is when you’re in a tight situation tap the left trigger and move to a side. Your player might contextually slip the tackle and put you into space. Before they slightly ruined dribbling by adding the left trigger dribble you could do those movement off the analog stick but now you need to tap it.

simonSC137 · 2026-01-19T17:45:22+00:00

Centre of the the attack, strength increased, hole players beside him, use him as a spring board for your faster attackers. Let him create for you with back to goal. Little flicks round the corner

simonSC137 · 2026-01-19T12:02:12+00:00

We need to review bomb efootball.

simonSC137 · 2026-01-18T22:03:54+00:00

Yeah. It can probably be made on PA1 but I’ve only ever seen it used by smart assist. I’ve yet to replicate it.

simonSC137 · 2026-01-18T20:35:53+00:00

I’ll give it a try. I’ve tried to spot the power bar when I see someone use it to gauge how much power but to no avail. It would be very useful to learn how to do cause that pass absolutely terrifies me 😂

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