FIFA 15 Players Biggest Disappointments

FIFA 15 Players Biggest Disappointments

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In this new episode, “FIFA 15 Players Biggest Disappointments”, the author reveals the names you shouldn’t keep in your buy list, those he thinks could end up being the biggest disappointments.

 

Silvio Teixeira

 
  

FIFA 15 Players Biggest Disappointments

 

The year is over, 2015 is here and we haven’t stopped playing this damn game as we’ve promised so many times. For now, while it’s still not driving us crazy, let’s keep on playing games and making lots of trades. A few days ago we had the TOTY release, and if by one side there’s all the favouritism among most part of the players that should be considered the “best of the year”, this FIFA 15 has brought us many disappointments mainly regarding those players who basically went from being water to being wine. This way, as we already have the Golden Raspberry Awards for recognition of the worst Hollywood films, we’ll start the TOTT – Team of the Tragedy starring all of my own personal disappointments for each position. This one time I said every list has the purpose of creating polemics, after all we haven’t got anyone of unanimous vote and there will always be someone criticizing the fact that it shouldn’t be this one and/or it should be that one instead. Naturally it doesn’t mean they’re simply the worst, it means they are among those we truly expected more from. Some of them can still be good for trades because even while their performance is crap they’re still the best alternative for the position in the league, others because they kept a fame from the last FIFA, they’re just the FIFA 15 players biggest disappointments on my point of view. Shall we proceed to them?

 

Goalkeeper

    Buffon – Was one of the best goalkeepers on FIFA 13, went through a bit of a decline on FIFA 14 and now he’s a mere FIFA 15 bargain goalkeeper. The low price means exactly that he’s no longer one to be trusted. All he’s got left is name and the never ending fails if you insist on keeping him instead of getting Handanovic (who does the job really well) or even the Spanish Diego Lopez.

 

Centre-backs

    Vidic – The Serbian has never been fast, although he used to be the king of air balls and the best defensively speaking if we talk about the last FIFA. However, it looks like he’s lost all of his powers. A player that used to go for 40K can now be bought for 850 coins. The only reason why he’s still an option is because the Serie A lacks good centre-backs, and even then he’s just not the one for the job.

    David Luiz – – I’ll surely get some hate after this indication, but David Luiz has been quite the disappointment on both my French league and Brazilian nationality squads. Everyone already knew he goes up front too much, however he was remarkable on the defence, used to win all the challenges. Now anyone can get past him. He’s still a good centre-back, we don’t really have many options for the French league or Brazilian nationality, but for me he’s one of the biggest disappointments of the current FIFA.

 

FIFA 15 Players Biggest Disappointments

 

Left-back

    Ashley Cole – When the English left-back moved from Chelsea to Roma we were excited to have a good defender for the left side in the Serie A. However, he’s lost speed and defensive power and on practice, and even there being just 3 left-backs in the league, he’s the third option.

 

Right-back

    Micah Richards – Do you remember that fast and reliable BPL right-back? Oh well, look at what happened too, he moved to the Serie A and completely lost his qualities. Even his picture got worse, on FIFA 14 he was all smiley, now he’s just not the same with this sad face, and it tragically makes sense since no one uses him any more. Word has it even Richards himself uses Konko when he plays FIFA 15, or is it just banter?

 

Midfielder

    Fernandinho – Went from being non-rare to rare, but instead of having his stats improved he got worse. He hasn’t only lost six points of pace, two points of shooting and one of dribbling, but maybe it’s the fact that now he’s High Defensive, the fact is that now he doesn’t help much up front like he used to and defensively I expected more from his 81 of interceptions. He’s one of the classic examples that prove that rare doesn’t mean better.

    Gary Medel – If you don’t remember him from FIFA 14 it’s because you never played with silver teams. Medel was a beast on the BPL silver midfield, he was even used on higher level teams. He went from silver to gold rare and there he is, the Serie A, going from CM to CDM as well. His stronger attribute used to be defending and he just had to lose 4 points on that, plus 3 less points of shooting, and as if that wasn’t already terrible, there you go, he also tragically lost 7 points of passing. To sum it up he went from being an excellent player to a beautiful disappointment and it does appear as a reflection on the pitch when you see him failing at simple passing. Sincerely I’d like to meet the person down at EA who did this to the Chilean. I understand that there are people who still like using him this year, he’s not bad, but he just used to be so much better and I expected much more from him this year.

    Ronaldinho – The Brazilians must be really mad, they not only had to see their national team lose so miserably, then have their main league left out of the game, now they also have to face a dramatic list of several players losing performance. Ronaldinho still keeps his 5 stars of skill, which is good, but on the other hand his shooting is just terrible. Where are the wonderful finesse strikes we used to have him perform? He’s lost points on every attribute except for defending, but what do I want to do with defensive stats on a CAM? If still it was a CDM. A disappointment, no wonder why he’s now an 800 coins worth player…

    Kevin Constant – You shouldn’t even know what I’m talking about, but why would this excellent left-back make it to the midfield? Went from being gold to silver, lost points on several attributes and just to make it brilliant he’s out of the Serie A. He’s now playing at the excellent Trabzonspor (which you shouldn’t even know anything about but hey, it’s a Turkish club). Since he’s French we could think about using him in a Ligue 1 squad or even a French one but no, he went from being one of the best left-backs on FIFA 14 to a nobody on the midfield on FIFA 15. A shame, really.

 

LM/LW

    I’ve had few disappointments on here, some things like Cazorla and David Silva becoming LM/LW didn’t really amuse me at first because that leaves us without many position changing possibilities, yet we can’t consider that a significant disappointment. One of the players that lost performance the most was Andre Ayew, who lost his rarity in the first place, had a few attributes lowered and is definitely no longer that pace beast he used to be last year. Lavezzi, playing in the same league, also suffered performance loss but he also lost value as people realised that, leaving Ayew as an alternative. It’s not a tragedy but, as I said, we haven’t had any big disappointments on the left side. The ones that were crap keep on being like that, the ones that were good didn’t change much.

 

RM/RW

    Garath Bale:Okay, let the stones be thrown at me, I’m sure many of you here must love Real Madrid’s fast and furious right winger, I also had him as one of the best. With his 94 of pace in a FIFA that privileges the pace abusers I hoped I’d easily get past anyone, however none of that happens, he just seems like a good player to me, nothing more, nothing extraordinary. He loses possession very easily, I did expect more from his 81 of physicality. When I first thought about testing him I believed we’d have a new beast on the right wing, but the only beasty thing about him, for me, is the price.

 

ST

    Mario Mandzukic: Who the hell is Mandzukic? He just went from being one of the biggest stars on FIFA 14 to a total stranger on FIFA 15. It’s natural that we’d have some performance loss here once they’re putting an end to the header goal sprees, however it seems like he completely forgot how to play football. It’s just annoying how he can miss so many chances inside the area. I expected to use him in order to surprise people who think you can’t score headers any more, but now the old king of air balls just won’t do.

    Diego Costa: There you go, more stones I think. Naturally I do make a lot of trades with him, and I know there are many people who use him. However, if you played the demo you know it, Diego Costa was a monster, a machine that would roll over the opponents, he’d win challenges on strength and even pace, his shots were good from anywhere. When FIFA 15 actually started you’d just think about earning coins with trading until you had enough to get Diego Costa. It would just be him and 10 more. Once I bought him I realized he wasn’t even close as good to what he appeared to be on the demo, and although he is a good player he’s one of the biggest disappointments I’ve had on this year’s Ultimate Team. If we’ve got an expensive player he has to be at least unquestionable for his position, and that’s not the case. I was happy to sell him for whatever kind of profit because he really didn’t amuse me on the pitch.

 

FIFA 15 Players Biggest Disappointments

 

What about you, what was your biggest disappointment? Who didn’t meet your expectations? Have you lost money with someone like that?

That’s it for today, now I don’t wanna be here when the rage comes from someone who considers one of these the best Ultimate Team player ever… It can always happen, right?

See yooou later!

 
 
 
 

22 thoughts on “FIFA 15 Players Biggest Disappointments”

  1. momentum hater

    As i have tested many things in FIFA 15 (thousands of games played), I can say – the reason for all this that all of you mentioned about almoust all of players you are dissapointed, is one – EA MOMENTUM. And I hate this thing. AAAAHHHHHHH….
    EA – this is the Biggest Disappointment.

  2. Cavani is the best striker out there. He’s cheap and he delivers. He’s not too pacy but if he gets a 1 v 1 with the goalie, he would score 8 or 9 times out of 10. I have used Falcao, Costa, Lewandowski, RVP & Higuain. None of them is as deadly as Edison.

  3. Absolutely disagree with the views here on aguero. For me he is the best striker i have used and i have used RVP Falcao Suarez lewandoski and all the lower ones. When aguero hits it, it stays hit and always on target.

  4. Well, aguero.he kepps getting tackled.And seriously even crouch is better than him. Then theres jerome boateng. He rarely tackles the attackers and gets outran. I like hummels more. tbh tevez is the best striker and most valuable for price(haha i got him for750 🙂 ) Klose is a good striker, but my biggest disappointment was lahm. why? because i do not bother to get an overpriced toty lahm who is rb. So now im stuck with piszsek as a rb and lahm is on the bench.

  5. Lewandowski was a huge disappointment for me as well, last year he was an insane finisher and absolutely lethal. This year he is still good enough to get into positions to score yet he always seems to hit the post, or hit it directly to the keeper even with the most simple finesses.

  6. Def agree with Bale. For his price you expect a bunch but he is only as good as feghouli.

  7. my real disappoinments are:
    GK: Casillas – Bravo is way better than him
    RB:Dani Alves – De marcos is faster and stronger and costs 1/40 of dani alves.
    CB:pepe – in fifa 14 he was the beast. Now he is just causing penalties instead of winning the tackle
    CB:hummels – costs 5 times more than benatia but much slower than him
    LB: filipe luis – he is nothing compared to clichy
    Cdm: ramires – he is too fast but is not able to win tackles or headers. Tiote is a cheaper and better choice. Has good physicality and average pace. Links really good with yaya toure in the midfield.
    Cam: of course Angel Di Maria. Really fast but doesnt have the thing that i cant name 🙂 i prefer mesut ozil and oscar
    Rm/rw : jesus navas – i cant see him on the pitch. I feel that im playing with 10 man. Sanchez is really good but willian has great ball control.
    Lm/lw: schurrle/reus – i cant feel their pace. Ashley young in bpl and ibrahima traore in bundesliga feels faster and better dribbler themselves
    ST : lewandowski, aguero, diego costa,falcao – they are really priced and best with overalls but the reality is so much different. They dont feel fast and agile. Even with aguero i cannot do slaloms and pacey dribbles. Adrian ramos, sturridge, van persie and balotelli are my choices.

    1. I disagree with Falcao, It takes time to master his card. I have him in a RVP and Falcao partnership and he has netted 90 goals in 65 games for me. Although he isn’t fast, his 92 attacking positioning is helpful to get past players like Onuoha, Koscielney, Mangala etc,
      Not to mention that 4* skills as well.

  8. I don’t really agree with Costa as a disappointment. He is my top scorer in Online season, better than even Aguero. Costa scored some beasty goals from halfway of the pitch for me and he even scored lot of headers. However the biggest disappointment for me is De Maria because of his stamina. He always looses stamina after 65 minutes or so and get injured so often, also don’t score so often. Aguero is good but not worthy of 400-500 k coins.

  9. Hello Silvio, I’m new on FUT world and I’m reading the fifautem for a while, and there is so many nice tips for developing the squad and everything else.

    But for “normal”players it’s hard to build a nice squad with good players.

    I’ve noticed that on the past 2 days some players value astronomically increased… for example Courtois and Kompany, both almost double priced.

    I’m pretty sure this is because TOTY packs ceased and the market have all those amazing players for sale ,but I ask you… do they prices have a chance to drop?

    This is seasonal or for here and forwards the price will just rise.

    I’m new on FUT world, but for non autobidders and coins buyers player it is really hard to gain some coins to build a nice team.

    Thanks.

    1. Hi Jorge.
      I’m not Silvio but I will try to help you.
      Yes, the prices are going up because TOTY packs ceased. They will keep high for a long time. Te next time you will find prices like the ones you found laste week will be during TOTS in May/June.
      If you want to learn how to make coins you just need to read the articles about that topic we have published.
      Regards

  10. Lukaku and Costa would be close, but not quite what you ask for up front.
    Tevez would, especially is IFs.

    Hard to say the stamina a player would have from his card, I find the high physical ones are all super strong players regardless of stamina

  11. Costa, Bale, Mandzukic, Aguero have all been disappointments for me. I don’t know about last year, but Aguero loses the ball way too often, he’s also non threatening on air, got no strength or stamina. There are very few strikers who have got good physicality as well as pace (at least both 85+). Can anybody suggest me strikers with around 85 physical and pace?
    Tevez has been best striker for me, he better get an upgrade! I prefer strikers like Eminike, Doumbia and Musa over most of listed above haha.

    But, by far my biggest disappointment is Javier Mascherano not being available as a CDM. Lahm is available as both CDM and RB, so why not Mascherano? At least he plays as a CDM for his country.

    1. Try Jackson Martinez! He can slot into multiple hybrids because he is columbian. he had 82 pace which is the downside but he has 82 shot and good physical stats. Plus 4*skill and 4*WF

  12. Well i think Diego Costa is a beast on fifa 15,i play with him pretty good(33 matches-34 goals-15 assists-all in online seasons)but my biggest dissapointment is Sturridge..Every time i was playing against people who had daniel on their squads they abused me with the 89 pace so i bought him thinking that i will be one of them but it seems that he runs on one leg only and the defenders outrun him many times

  13. Hi Rodrigo, can u do a bundesliga guide like
    Ligue 1 Squad Guide for FIFA 15 Ultimate Team.

    Also verry nice info here, keep upp =)

  14. My biggest disappointment was saving and trading for months to be able to get Lewandowski (about 200,000 at the time when he peaked) and realising I got a better goal average with Ramos currently costs <1,000

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