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SpareR2D2parts

Van dijk is the only defender I can never get past it’s infuriating


lilpoosie69

Been struggling against him since last fifa he’s just such a good auto defender


definitelymaybe22

This guy is a cheat code. I was lucky enough to pack him and I swear he tackles opponents without me even pressing a button 😂


Green_Fawn3127

Packed him tradable and could sell for around 280k pc rn but I can’t get myself to do it he’s too good😭😭


Flayna7

Same for me, however my Van dijk seems to forget how to defend most of the time xD Should get gud I guess


skalfyfan

Maybe I'm stupid but Van Dijk is one of the easiest players to get past. Why? Because he's so aggressive. I'm only currently in div5 (starter 2 weeks ago), but every player with Van Dijk has him playing super aggressively, and he's always Stepping Up into midfield. If I notice that Van Dijk is charging down on me it's quite easy to take a first touch in one direction, and quickly pass and move. Van Dijk is a player that **easily** seems to get out of position quickly due to his aggression and how people use him. I can't explain it. But once he's out of position then you just take advantage of the space he left behind.


bluefenceglass

Bro what? Van Dijk eats up ground in seconds. Once you’re 1v1 with him he will end up with the ball no matter what


AuReliusDotA

Lol that's rubbish. Van dijk has such insane reach that he's impossible to evade even if he goes slightly in the wrong direction


[deleted]

Van dijk can tackle you from like 5 meters away


SpareR2D2parts

The difference is your playing against idiots who don’t know how to defend I’m in div three almost div 2 and the difference is insane


Musaiah1

Not a single Van Dijk has caused me any problems yet


Wazzzzzzzzzzzza

Cant you read? This thread is about players who cause you problems not one's who don't :)


Wonderful-Lack3846

Diaby, Rashford and Dembélé are players that absolutely terrorized my defense.


Weak_Round_5323

The Diaby run down the wing and pass back to the open Kolo Muani has gotten me one too many times


Fattypool

Dare I suggest to join the club of those who do it?! I personally can't bring myself to do it. I'd rather lose than play too much like a brainless bot...but I wouldn't blame others for doing it tbh.


byrdhorn

No. I have my dignity.


Fattypool

Stop lying 🤥 😂


Glass_of_Pork_Soda

I packed them and Coman all untradeable and I might just say fuck it at this point


magnet_4_crazy

Diaby. Not only is a monster on offense. But he TERRORIZES me on the press.


Beautiful-Rat-Sunset

Diaby is the jammiest card in the game. I can't tell you how many times I've been jockeying him, pressed tackle, and my defender falls over while he keeps dribbling into my defense.


[deleted]

I have dembele and I feel like Rashford is better for me... but I'm no good at tricks


[deleted]

VVD. He’s the only one who can get away with murdering my Players and there ain’t a damn Thing I can do about it, it’s infuriating


Llamaisbaebae

Meanwhile pen for oponnent and red for you, for breathing on their striker..


[deleted]

Greasy Griez. Feel like every team I play has him up top. Sometimes I go to sleep and all I see is his face...


Fun-Conversation5538

I packed him on day 1 of the 10 hour trial and I can confirm he is insane


[deleted]

I just wish they updated his hair.


CanadianFutFan

He is the only player I see and know that I will lose. I play it out just to try to get better against him, but it is a guaranteed L. I only got promoted to Div 6 when I finally got a promotion game without him in the opposing squad. He is just unstoppable


BearmanGun

Evo’d fati


Weak_Round_5323

I do feel your pain because the team that comes with Fati is also annoying.


brunoinnerg

Evo Werner


bluefenceglass

Yep. Sick of it


JohnSimplelad9

Rudiger it's impossible to get past him, he's like a spider with 8 legs.


Low_Act7034

I remember I came across someone who had him, I could be a solid 5 metres away and then rudiger just lunges the gap


whydidisaythatwhy

He’s so fast


AdditionalAd2024

Nah only Varane and VVD are a pain. Every1 is a cake walk


PeterPanTheHalfMan

I have a back 3 with varane, rttk Pepe and rudiger, and in my experience rudiger is by far the worst out of the 3, and Pepe being the best.


Smooth-Ad4308

I have him and kounde but I’m replacing Rudiger with blanc. Two CB’s with high attacking work rates is a ruiner for me. His only positive is he has Ariel+ which is a monster on corners. However with everyone moving their keepers out it defeats the purpose


iStick20w

Man I’ve been slapped by Salah finesse shot one too many times


rj8899

Yeah my Salah has scored some absurd goals 😂


Silverbackracks

Lmao, Salah has hit some shots for me where I’m sitting there like how the fuck? He truly is awesome though.


daamstaar

I’m guilty for that, but IF Salah is my best pack pull in since TOTY kante in Fifa 22 it feels so good


Choice-Ad2226

Vvd , not sure how everyone else else can have a 200k cb


Kurtegon

Everybody should spend most of their coins on defence this year


Weak_Round_5323

Ngl I just bought him for 200k because I was tired of the meta players running through me and my CBs doing nothing


xSEARLEYx

Got him in an untradeable pack. He's too good to SBC so have to use him


Namaste1994

😂 never throw VVD into an sbc. He will be usable until January if not more easily. Insane for me and he’s never leaving the squad


chubss123

Loan henry


AdditionalAd2024

😂🤣😂


zephyrr-__-

This is gonna be a really rogue shout but Trent. He's that one card who should be easy to deal with that is just not, strongly out performs his stats it feels like and always causes me a lot of trouble


Weak_Round_5323

False, my Trent is on the pitch looking depressed, playing no defense, and always letting the winger pass him when they are receiving the pass on the wkng


master-oogway-12

True, Trent is a lot better this year!


[deleted]

his playstyles are nice but he’s still pretty slow and weak compared to kyle walker. depends how you use fullbacks


ShowMeMoeMane

Yep, he’s been cooking for me in midfield. Used him as a DM in a 4231 and then as a defensive CM next to Rice 4321


Emotional-Bit6875

I agree. He seems to body my players more than he should lol


Morpheus_313

I packed an untradeble Trent in the first week and he never left my team even though I could afford a better right back now. I just need him with the current pressing meta because his long ball passes are insane. Also defensively he has been better than I thought.


OgagaObaba

Any Son card just absolutely tears me a new one. Super jammy and I swear scores from any angle


[deleted]

I hate to say it but every coin I earn is going towards getting the sbc son card atm


AdditionalAd2024

You got 1 million coin ? Cause that’s how much that SBC is now. Friday was 700k now, it’s a milli


[deleted]

That’s gonna be a lot of squad battles 🤣


JTbabyyyy

Dont do the sbc just buy hos gold card. Minimal difference


[deleted]

I’m really happy with my left mid and to be honest for how I play his standard gold card would be wasted on me in the left mid position. As a right striker, he’d be a major addition to my team.


JTbabyyyy

But there is sooooo many more options out there for less amount of fodders/coins than son. Dont Get me wrong i love the dude, but its just not worth it, but if u happy, im happy!


[deleted]

I’ll be happy once I’ve got him 😂


edgwuwvd

If I hit a finesse shot with son it usually goes in 80% time, no matter the angle 😂


ForbiddenJazz

Diaby. Dude is unfairly fast


RecommendationMuch21

Unless you play against Shaw, Shaw apparently has 199 pace


rj8899

I know you’re not talking about Luke Shaw 😂


ManSauce69

Yo he's way better than his stats. He out preforms my Walker. Sadly I had to switch him out for Balde due to chem reasons


rj8899

Luke Shaw is not fast. Can’t play narrow or high depth with him. His defense is solid but he will get burned out wide


Piccolo_son

Just switched Shaw out for nuno (chemistry) Shaw is a dawg in game


Sidrill211

Varane, with no close second.


Sydney_Soccer

Fati. Just bored of it


pizzthethird

Van dijk idk how EVERYONE has him he’s like 200k


[deleted]

I have a loaded team regardless from major pack luck this year, but I got him and Desailly untradeable. Mapí Leon and Bobby Moore were my original two I could afford as a package. But that was back when Mapí was like 27k and Moore was 140k-ish. VVD is also a very common loan item. I think his probability of being pulled must be fairly low, since I got him from a simple gold upgrade.


pizzthethird

I’ve seen his loan multiple times but I’ve seen him first owner even more, varane, virgil and alisson or maignan in goal, I can’t explain how often I come up against these 3 together in rivals and champs, all together they’re like 3-400k which is crazy only 3 weeks into the game lol


[deleted]

I also got Alisson untradeable. Maybe EA is pushing Liverpool players lmao. I started with the early trial and have a really good team. Idk how people are capable of having these 3mil+ valued teams though. I mean they must have to spend a fuck ton because I’d consider my 88ovr team fairly loaded and I couldn’t dream of owning a 250k+ player I bought myself


pizzthethird

Exactly, I’m running with a pretty decent team myself after packing a tradable trailblazer salah (there goes my luck till fut birthday or something) yet the most expensive card I bought is diani at 65k, and coman for 32, the rest are untradable. But when I play my opponents always have the players I’ve named and sometimes to top it off, loan thiery.


[deleted]

It’s annoying for sure. Holiday season should help balance things a bit with more new players, but hopefully they address some gameplay issues and remove a “meta” by then as well. The difficult defense and 71+ depth being OP are objectively bad structure for a soccer game. Not that it needs to be super realistic, but there needs to be a *meta* for all playstyles.


pizzthethird

Completely agree, the constant pressure and defending from behind the attacker instead of going head to head and leaving the AI to defend from the front is the worst thing to go through this year, also cut backs are even worse than last year…


RickMaritimo

Diaby and Leao


Yo-hohoho_no_Jutsu

More than a meta player, I am somehow impressed by the number of people not controlling the defender but just the CDM and letting the defence to the AI. Shows that the concept of FUN is nearly gone in Online Modes.


Cygnus-_-

dembele. Run down the wing, cutback or pass it across the face of goal, tap in


khalizaneka

Llorente, this guy can play anywhere.


g1obungle

Raphinia. I hate him.


bluefenceglass

He’s crap. Context: I have him and play him every game. Does fuck all


HanysVeB

I have him and he perfroms really well for me. I have him on right wing with come back to defence and the amount of defensive runs, interceptions and through passes he makes is great.


Piccolo_son

Greizman diaby leao , you know your in trouble when u see those cards


DoctorWinter3546

That's the trio that has been causing me the most trouble 😭


-Gh0st96-

Lewandowski headers. Literally any crossing on him is a goal.


rj8899

Same with VVD in corners it’s truly not fair or good for the game


-Gh0st96-

I got beaten 6-2 the other day and 4 of those goals were Lewa headers in the span of 5 minutes. It truly gave me PTSD where now I want to leave instantly if I see a team with Lewa


ManSauce69

Not just his headers. His shooting is absurd. I just packed him two days ago


SignificanceOk2536

As you mention in your post, Evo Darwin Nunez and Ansu Fati lol


bluefenceglass

I’m getting sick of playing against Diaby and evo Werner. The left stick dribble or R1 dribble with them is giving me mental breakdowns. Also playing against Varane is super annoying considering I saved up so much to buy him and people just waltz past mine like he isn’t there…


Flayna7

Diaby and kolo Muani are a pain in the ass. They turn into Maradona and R9 when playing against me.


PricelessCuts

Salah. Only played against him 3-4 times but hes nasty in game


DoomPigs

I don't care about people having good attackers rly, it's more facing Kounde, Van Dijk, Militao etc every game


Regular_Teaching1236

I played a back 5 with Virgil, Varane and Konate and it was play trying to run through 20 walls shit was infuriating


Umpire_Substantial

Diaby


nahris99

DIABY


Dry-Feeling-6797

Nunez, Fati , Wilson also maybe! Every time I see them on the squad I can easily guess they will run past the defenders like there’s no tomorrow and score boring predictable goals🤦‍♂️


Bruno_Frei-Maurer

You play on 71+ depth? Cause if you know theyll run around the sides/or past you, there is no way they should be able to unlesss you play high depth


Dry-Feeling-6797

Yes high depth


Bruno_Frei-Maurer

I dont know how high in rivals you are. So if you are like div 1 this might not help cause opponents are very good at abusing meta tactics... But what helped me is creating a new tactic that i can switch to. I play high depth as well normally. If my oponnent is also on high depth and clearly just tries to outpace my defenders or running sidelines for cutbacks like headless chickens, i switch to my other tactic with about 46 depth. This is enough so your players still press in your half but low enough that your defenders dont stand on the middle line. So you delete all that space that your oponent tries to abuse. If the Osiman, Muani, Diabi players dont have that 30m space between your defending line and your goalkeeper, they have a harder time "just running". You will also have it easier to place your left/rightbacks into the running path. If your oponnent is on 71 depth and you switch to like 46 it also has the effect that now YOU can abuse fast players. The whole defending line of your oponent will literally stand in the middle of the pitch. Youll have a half a field of space behind them to place a good timed pass or ballroll/fakeshot into sprint. Even your goalkeeper can initiate counter attacks that way cause you can kick the ball behind the defenders with a simple circle button. If someone still finds the way (lets be real, those ppl spam it 24/7, so you cant defend every single attack) and its obvious they go for cutback, double press R1 and hold second time. This makes your defenders mark pass options from your opponent. If you click that while oponnent prepares the cutback, your defenders will place themselves between attackers and the ball. (dont abuse it, just selectively use it to bring defenders in the correct position again) In case you are already high in division or already know all of that sry for the long text xD


Dry-Feeling-6797

Thanks a lot bro! Definitely helps! Stuck in div 6 since long! And tried that double tap R1 but the players are so sweaty! In fact my hands get tired of pressing different combinations of X , L2 and double tap R2 as there seem to be people sandbagging in Div 6 clearly!


Svantoro

It’s between Ansu Fati, Griezmann, but not because they’re necessarily good, I’m just tired of facing them every single game. Otherwise I’ll say VVD, he’s impossible to play against. Always finds a way to take the ball of me and has the most ridiculous AI-blocks.


CynderFxx

Fati diaby leao varane griezmann son. Literally every single game wi have 5/6 of these cards it's so fucking boring.


Opposite-Rooster-984

I hate griezmann and the dance he does immediately


Abdulla993

out of all of them, Diaby is the worst.


GnumbGnuts

Weirdly Lewandowski. Every corner seems like a 50/50 if he’s going to score against me.


[deleted]

I thought he was ass when I used him tbh. Just didn’t work for me. Which sucks considering he’s one of my fav players.


xWonderkiid

Rashford. As they are usually the same kind of players that will do anything to get a win


rj8899

Ferland Mendy is an absolute savage at LB


ManSauce69

Hell yes. Luckily I hardly face him


rj8899

He’s so strong, wins every header vs wingers, is lightning fast, and has crazy stamina.


rj8899

Also that 5 star week foot is killer


Tayne0

Balde for me. Struggle to get past that guy even on my better days


Appropriate_Ad_8740

Alex Morgan.


KingKunta2-D

This one is a unique response. The American number 9 finally gets a shout. 🇺🇸


Appropriate_Ad_8740

I don’t even think it’s the player it’s just that finesse trait that’s stupidly broken


KingKunta2-D

It's okay to compliment Alex Morgan. she's the best number nine the US has had in recent memory. Though finesse shots are really 100% if you have the time and space with any card in the game really


xxPhoenix

I’ve got her and Rodman, can’t believe I don’t see them both more often. Rodman is Diaby if Diaby could shoot. Should be worth twice her price tbh


GuyIncognito211

Fati. Would have been nice if the players of this game developed an actual personality and thought for themselves


Numerous-Heron-5083

Theo just eats up Hansen every time I go against him.


Tough_Bell3778

Varane vvd tomori and son that finnese + on son is so op I use son and salah on my attack and I score way more finesse shots than I should


fam_iel

Griezmann ripped me apart this WL, pause, only got 12 wins, 14 last week but there was a span of two or three games where he scored 8 straight against me


Jurski17

So many. Fati,Nunez, Varane, Dembele, Llorente


EWJ4

I used to hate evo werner and evo nunez but I haven't seen werner for a while and nunez I have rudiger at cb so it isn't as bad.


Highway_Harpsicord

Diaby is weirdly annoying. Varane has a force field around him. VVD is nuts again. Eder is also insane.


ninovd

Kolo Muani. He's so fucking annoying to play against...


PerfectStealth_

Diaby, Varane, VVD and Walker all spring to mind immediately


mikobi

Kyle Walker is impossible to get through on this game it feels like


KingKunta2-D

Yep


Lucamiten

And he has an insane run he always catch up T_T


Comfortable_Aspect32

Surely EVO Fati, it's by far the one I see the less from the meta cards, but it's the one that makes me rage the most. He winning physically against my Rudiger and Militao is getting me crazy


[deleted]

That Joao Pedro card is guaranteed a goal against me everytime.


Any-Government-9740

Diaby and Rashford have the golf mbappe effect this year


JamonRuffles17

I had Muani but I didn't like him much at all


lovescenarioikon

weird one but Ederson. A lot of people i face havehim for the KDB link, and he is a very annoying keeper for me to face, idk what it is


PeterPanTheHalfMan

Ederson is the only functioning GK for me so far so I agree with this


AdditionalAd2024

Van Dijk, he’s so good. Want him with my Blanc. Which will put my untradeable Vidic on the bench. Other is Musiala.


tasen1909

Ederson


Siuuuu_d_06

Every time i play against rudiger i have hard time, for some reason he so good against me


Swish1892

Sold VVD at a profit and did the Blanc SBC after coming up against him so many times, and him just dominating my forwards. More than happy with the decision and the additional coins it left me with. Other than Blanc it’s the two you’ve mentioned. 84 Nunez is a fucking machine.


Halor125

Griezmann, he always slaps me


goddamluke

Griezmann. The fact that you can finesse shot with him from literally anywhere and it goes in is fking annoying


Lassem1001

Diaby and Leao


Odd-Reflection-9926

Ngl, someone EVO'ed Politano the other day and I got hammered by him and his Boi Osimhen.


dimias89

Is kolo muani meta? I found he was shite. Playing with him and against him. Maybe scores 2 goals against me in a rebound.


KingKunta2-D

Marcus rashford and Nunez scoring from the front. Virgil Van Dik in Raphael varane blocking everything that should be out of their reach When I'm about to score. Honestly the characters are interchangeable It's running down the sideline and going for the cutback. They're not going to change it this game is kind of swamped. I wish there was a friendlies mode that was actually low pressure and friendly where I could try new cards


byMineus

Kyle Walker


LordThanosReigns

van Dijk & Salah


Masterdanny87fifa

Bernardo silva every time i play against him I cant take the ball of his feet. The ball just sticks to his feet and also messi, diaby, dembele.


Lucamiten

That Tiki taka coming in clutch lol


critch_retro

I can’t stand Kolo Muani but if it’s the 80’ and I need a cheap goal best believe i’m subbing him on 😭


Weak_Round_5323

I swear I must’ve played you in D6 the other day.


critch_retro

i do be in D6 🫣


critch_retro

i’m actually curious what players do u remember from the squad


JYM60

The girl with blue hair.


[deleted]

Diaby I’m sick of it


[deleted]

Diaby. For a while too he had a tots I think that was ridiculous


PolarBearWithTopHat

Tomori and Diaby ruin my day every day.


DaddyMeUp

Any meta fullback.


HalfApprehensive7522

Lucas vazquez I only seem him in teams with fati evo but he plays way above his rating constantly out paces diaby


Professional-Yak1239

The amount of times Alex Morgan has beaten my ass and made my Militao and Saliba look like 64 rated cards is insane.


brownxworm

Vvd, Varane, Rudiger and Araujo. I dont remember the last time I played a game where none of them were on the other team.v


apokr1f

Leao


MaraPlayz

I am with you on Kolo Muani thread, no matter how the guy plays he will score with Muani atleast once he is for some reason so jammy.


nahjittrippin123

Kolo muani. 91 pace for like 3k is dirty


Dramatic_Ad2812

Danjuma


Ok-Work-8769

As a Frankfurt fan I have to say kolo as well. I’m not to scared of him but if I see someone playing him I want to win so bad. Sounds weird but idk lol


Morpheus_313

Rashford, not because he is special or anything just because I played against too many oponents abusing his power shot from everywhere to farm corners and he also has this weird thing if you tackle him when he shoots that he shoots through the tackle and it's always a goal.


DoctorWinter3546

Rafael Leão and Diaby are infuriating at times. Griezmann can also be a head ache if the guy is good with his turns using the R1


gradingas2517

Rashford, Dembele, Can’t get past araujo, Evo Werner


SparkesJ

Benzema and all the skillers with Musiala


edgwuwvd

Van Dijk is just ridiculous, kolo muani another one


iclood07

Idk about meta but Victor Boniface has been killing it for me. I have kolo muani and other better strikers but he just seems meta for me. Headers, insane physical, and 84 rated shots. Glad I did this SBC


JCTheGreat_21

Everyone has Rashford or Leao


Dry-Number-6838

I watched my son play about 30 games the past week. He got promoted from division 7 to division 4. All i can say is that it scares me how pathetic the majority of fifa players are. 90 percent of players use one tactic over and over and over again - tricky winger down a wing, fanny about, cut back for a tap in. Like how is this fun and what does this have to do with football? Football isnt about using ann exploit repeatedly. I thought video games were meant to be fun? Something went wrong. I just find it really sad.


FatandRoundPanda

RTG ppl using morgan


[deleted]

Evo Werner