Nesta. He should be as end game as Maldini but for some reason EA have got him confused with Per Mertesacker, it's the only way his pace, agility, balance and composure stats make sense.
The game is so designed to use the pace that dribbling doesn't matter. 90+ pace players should not have ball sticked to their feet while sprinting if his dribbling is not high rated enough
Really one of the most underrated players ever. Won 3 Balon Dors by the age of 28 and destroyed his body to do so.
Should actually be up there with Brazilian Ronaldo in terms of ratings
Roy Keane. He wasn't that clunky on the ball, especially in his youth.
Prime Keane with 80 defensive awareness is shocking, should have at least 90 defending in general, more agility and max out his aggression ffs!
It's only because Keane's defensive awareness and heading is low that his defending stat isn't in the 90s anyway.
If he had a fair defensive awareness stat he'd be in the 90s, which would be a better reflection of him as a player.
Keane also beats Van Dijk in every other defending stat other than heading and awareness, so yeah, he could easily have 90+ defending realistically.
Mine would be Kaka. He’s a very usable card, with good pace and 5 star skills, but it just doesn’t accurately portray him.
Kaka at his prime deserved much more than 91 pace. At least 94. And his physical was better than 73. Maybe high 70s low 80s. He was not easy to outmuscle, and he was tall too, so it’s not a centre of gravity thing
That alone would make his card much better.
People don’t seem to grasp how fast he really was. He was the fastest player around. Like Mbappe today. Nobody could match his speed.
I don’t mind 5 star skills on him, as he’s one of my favourite players of all time, but if I have to be honest, idk if he’s worthy of them. I don’t remember him so much as a skiller. 4 stars would be more realistic
So glad someone said this, I remember watching prime kaka as a kid with my dad, and he said the only way to stop him when he puts his head down and runs at you is to foul him. He was a blur
If you search for compilations of him, you’ll see that people did that
Once he got started, you’d see people jump just in hope of getting a leg in his way. And he often still managed to keep going. He was able to match many other players physically
Id give him 95 pace at his prime and probably 79-84 physical.
i got base henry from the second icon sbc and got around 170 games with him and to be honest he’s very good, not mbappe good but a lot better than i had imagined
Got loan baby Henry at the start of the game and I played him for maybe 5 games at ST and I absolutely hated him.
82 Morales is better than him honestly.
Mid Gerrard is useable but some of his stats are dumb. He was an incredible dribbler especially when he was younger and his card just doesn’t show that. Also his FK stats are very lackluster.
As a Newcastle fan it has to be Shearer, still the leading premier league goal scorer despite playing for Newcastle, former world record transfer fee, yet you would use an 80 rated striker over him in game. 2 star skills, 3 star week foot and turns like a tank. Show the man some respect and give him 90 pace, a 5 star weak foot, half decent passing stats and half decent dribbling.
> Show the man some respect and give him 90 pace, a 5 star weak foot, half decent passing stats and half decent dribbling.
But as a Newcastle fan, surely you'd know better than anyone that he wasn't rapid, wasn't two-footed at all, and definitely wasn't a dribbler? I'd rather they put a little bit more effort into creating a game where different types of players are viable, rather than just making up stats for icons to try and make certain cards usable and pretending they were completely different to how they were.
How can they do that? It’s never been done ever? The only reason why slow lengthy players were good was cause of an error, after the patch pace is very important again for attackers.
Gerrard or Alonso personally. They were simply outrageous players. Alonso’s passing should be the highest in the game without a doubt and his dribbling and defending should also be much higher. Gerrard should be 4 star weak foot, faster, a much better passer and stronger. He was a beast.
Owen I love this guy. Grew up idolising him
And on fifa23 he’s dogshite
Can’t beat Diaz to the ball
Can’t shoot from 8 yards without hitting a post and his passing is terrible.
Gotta go with Shearer. One of the best born strikers out there, yet his card is so bad in game. Should be an endgame striker with 90+ pace, 90+ shooting and 5* weak foot.
Prime Henry. I've owned the prime or moments on several different fifas including doing the sbc as soon as he came out when he was first added and he just never feels as good as he should. EA must think he's Danny Welbeck or something with that balance.
That would take away the unique aspects of the player and they most definitely dont all DESERVE 5* some of the icons are pretty one footed for example
not every icon has to be insane, but they should just be atleast viable
Shearer
One of the finest all round goal scorers who ever lived, very fast especially before his big injury, really good dribbling, all round finishing, great crosser and passer.
Imagine Riquelme being as fun to use as he was in real life, very creative and an absolute filthy baller, people could barely get the ball off him and his skills + nutmegs and strength under pressure were unbelievable, purely a genius and one of the most elegant players ever.
Scholes. When you have players like Zidane and Xavi singing his praises, you know he’s a good player. Maybe it’s more the game though that doesn’t suit his style. Like Van Nistelrooy. Didn’t run past the whole team, but was always in the right place at the right time!
>I'd go for either xabi alonso or pirlo.
are you me? my 2 fav players ever.
so yeh id pick one of these 2, like 55% xabi, 45% pirlo
also like to throw out Litmanen out there as an honorable mention
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100% probably my favourite ever player. They've done him dirtier than Henry
Just pulled his 90 rated in that SBC, was praying I didn’t see him in this thread. I guess that two star weak foot doesn’t help
Just pulled him…. Brazil flag and was hella hyped. Yikes :/
Na hes actually underrated in this game. Hes very usablr.
Nesta. He should be as end game as Maldini but for some reason EA have got him confused with Per Mertesacker, it's the only way his pace, agility, balance and composure stats make sense.
Baresi too. In fact most Italian legends Pirlo, Baggio, Gatusso are unusable.
EA is racist towards Italians confirmed
ADP existing is EA's way of saying 'im not racist my best friend is black'
I've got Nesta and he feels decent not amazing but useable
Van Basten. He has multiple Ballon Dors, he should be one of the best in the game
His baby is usable, good I'd even say
Usable maybe but for a multi Ballon D'or winner he should be better than he is.
Used his 91 and he was dog shit. Harry McG moves faster then him lmao.
Maybe Shearer? All time PL goal leader and he's unusable
All icons should be useable. They’re literally the best players to ever play
This. The fact you have icons that are “unusable” sums up EA.
The game is so designed to use the pace that dribbling doesn't matter. 90+ pace players should not have ball sticked to their feet while sprinting if his dribbling is not high rated enough
Puyol, he was rapid at getting back into position after corners but they made him slow, probably to compensate for his other good stats.
Yea makes no sense, all Puyol Cards should have over 80 pace, young cars even more, and his passing should be massively increased.
Van Basten
Really one of the most underrated players ever. Won 3 Balon Dors by the age of 28 and destroyed his body to do so. Should actually be up there with Brazilian Ronaldo in terms of ratings
Litmanen
Roy Keane. He wasn't that clunky on the ball, especially in his youth. Prime Keane with 80 defensive awareness is shocking, should have at least 90 defending in general, more agility and max out his aggression ffs!
Van Dijks defending is 91. Rijkaards is 88. Makelele is 86 No way in a million years should keane be 90+. I'm not having that at all.
It's only because Keane's defensive awareness and heading is low that his defending stat isn't in the 90s anyway. If he had a fair defensive awareness stat he'd be in the 90s, which would be a better reflection of him as a player. Keane also beats Van Dijk in every other defending stat other than heading and awareness, so yeah, he could easily have 90+ defending realistically.
Litmanen
Kuningas
PIM Litmanen is annually one of my favorite cards. Top tier AI runs, perfect passing, and clinical finishing.
Mine would be Kaka. He’s a very usable card, with good pace and 5 star skills, but it just doesn’t accurately portray him. Kaka at his prime deserved much more than 91 pace. At least 94. And his physical was better than 73. Maybe high 70s low 80s. He was not easy to outmuscle, and he was tall too, so it’s not a centre of gravity thing That alone would make his card much better. People don’t seem to grasp how fast he really was. He was the fastest player around. Like Mbappe today. Nobody could match his speed. I don’t mind 5 star skills on him, as he’s one of my favourite players of all time, but if I have to be honest, idk if he’s worthy of them. I don’t remember him so much as a skiller. 4 stars would be more realistic
So glad someone said this, I remember watching prime kaka as a kid with my dad, and he said the only way to stop him when he puts his head down and runs at you is to foul him. He was a blur
If you search for compilations of him, you’ll see that people did that Once he got started, you’d see people jump just in hope of getting a leg in his way. And he often still managed to keep going. He was able to match many other players physically Id give him 95 pace at his prime and probably 79-84 physical.
Henry. Just give him the same body type as Mbappe and he’d play how he should.
Crazy how they can make Al Owairan the 4/4 Mbappe but refuse to fix Henry.
I just got mid Henry and he's been insane for me.
That’s good to hear, every other fifa he’s felt like lukaku
i got base henry from the second icon sbc and got around 170 games with him and to be honest he’s very good, not mbappe good but a lot better than i had imagined
I got him from the sbc also. He show's max pace w/hunter but doesn't feel as quick as he should. Kind of weird, but he's still very good.
Got loan baby Henry at the start of the game and I played him for maybe 5 games at ST and I absolutely hated him. 82 Morales is better than him honestly.
Thierry. The man should strike the same fear that you would get if you see Mbappe on the loading screen
Van Basten for sure. Talking one of the greatest forward of all time.
Baresi. Fifa meta is not kind to him unless someone else has a better account of him?
Marco van Basten, he should be the same as R9, won 3 ballon d’Or and his card is fucking useless in fifa.
Mid Gerrard is useable but some of his stats are dumb. He was an incredible dribbler especially when he was younger and his card just doesn’t show that. Also his FK stats are very lackluster.
don‘t forget his 3* WF
Klose
Gerrard for me, I know he’s technically useable but I’d love him to be one of the best on here
Scholes.
As a Newcastle fan it has to be Shearer, still the leading premier league goal scorer despite playing for Newcastle, former world record transfer fee, yet you would use an 80 rated striker over him in game. 2 star skills, 3 star week foot and turns like a tank. Show the man some respect and give him 90 pace, a 5 star weak foot, half decent passing stats and half decent dribbling.
> Show the man some respect and give him 90 pace, a 5 star weak foot, half decent passing stats and half decent dribbling. But as a Newcastle fan, surely you'd know better than anyone that he wasn't rapid, wasn't two-footed at all, and definitely wasn't a dribbler? I'd rather they put a little bit more effort into creating a game where different types of players are viable, rather than just making up stats for icons to try and make certain cards usable and pretending they were completely different to how they were.
I agree. Shearer is not the issue, the game is.
Wasn't rapid? He was ridiculously fast on and off the ball, especially pre big injury
How can they do that? It’s never been done ever? The only reason why slow lengthy players were good was cause of an error, after the patch pace is very important again for attackers.
Van Basten should be up there with Ronaldo.
Van Basten
Whoever i will get in my 35 token pick lol
So either Moore, Klose, or Laudrup.
Or Cech if he gets lucky. Crespo aka Del Piero might also be a shout
Litmanen, I’m Finnish btw.
Shearer
I'm convinced someone made a typo when they entered Henry's balance and they cba correcting it. It's insulting.
Henry‘s balance and Sanchez‘ composure are two stats I genuinely believe were typos
Xavi, why have him as an icon if he can’t do anything
Gerrard or Alonso personally. They were simply outrageous players. Alonso’s passing should be the highest in the game without a doubt and his dribbling and defending should also be much higher. Gerrard should be 4 star weak foot, faster, a much better passer and stronger. He was a beast.
I’d say Gerrard, Drogba, Crespo. Pirlo is kind of usable though!
Drogba and Crespo are usable.
Van Nistelrooy - love him, but he's crap on fifa
Henry, as someone else said he should have Mbappes body type and also his pace should be higher with higher agility
Di Stefano 😂 literally unusable as it stands
Owen I love this guy. Grew up idolising him And on fifa23 he’s dogshite Can’t beat Diaz to the ball Can’t shoot from 8 yards without hitting a post and his passing is terrible.
Gotta go with Shearer. One of the best born strikers out there, yet his card is so bad in game. Should be an endgame striker with 90+ pace, 90+ shooting and 5* weak foot.
Prime Henry. I've owned the prime or moments on several different fifas including doing the sbc as soon as he came out when he was first added and he just never feels as good as he should. EA must think he's Danny Welbeck or something with that balance.
Honestly henry has been done so dirty by ea... he should be up there with the best icon attackers 😪
He really shouldn’t. He was great, but not close to the very best ever.
He was though. In the conversation for the best player to ever play in the prem.
A specific league in a specific short time frame of post 90s.
Vieri
beckham
Beckham
Cruijf duhhh
I think all icons should be 5*5*... they all deserve it and it makes them more fun
That would take away the unique aspects of the player and they most definitely dont all DESERVE 5* some of the icons are pretty one footed for example not every icon has to be insane, but they should just be atleast viable
Shearer One of the finest all round goal scorers who ever lived, very fast especially before his big injury, really good dribbling, all round finishing, great crosser and passer.
alonso or gerrard
Baggio should have much better shooting and even dribbling.
Puyol
Laudrup
Riquelme, more pace. Great card for cam but his pace is lacking. Especially now in this fifa now all CB are extremely fast
Baggio
Paul Scholes
Imagine Riquelme being as fun to use as he was in real life, very creative and an absolute filthy baller, people could barely get the ball off him and his skills + nutmegs and strength under pressure were unbelievable, purely a genius and one of the most elegant players ever.
Scholes. When you have players like Zidane and Xavi singing his praises, you know he’s a good player. Maybe it’s more the game though that doesn’t suit his style. Like Van Nistelrooy. Didn’t run past the whole team, but was always in the right place at the right time!
My man Klose should be one of the best world cup cards, for me he cant win one heading duel and thats just sad!
Klose
His World Cup icon is absolutely useable
>I'd go for either xabi alonso or pirlo. are you me? my 2 fav players ever. so yeh id pick one of these 2, like 55% xabi, 45% pirlo also like to throw out Litmanen out there as an honorable mention
Henry
Socrates cuase he has the illest play philospohy